SPIRITUAL
DIARY
Date:
03-13-03
My
Worship Time Focus: Melchizedek has a
family history that is different!
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference:
Hebrews 7:3
1.
Message of the verse: “Without
father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor
end of life, but made like the Son of God, he abides a priest
perpetually.” (NASB) “There is no record of his father or mother
or any of his ancestors—no beginning or end to his life. He remains a priest forever resembling the
Son of God.” (NLT)
As
I have studied to find what this verse means I found out that there are at
least two views as to who Melchizedek was, and I would think it is because of
this verse. As stated in the focus
portion his family history is different and that is why there are these two
views. Some say that Melchizedek was
none other than the preincarnate Lord Jesus Christ. Others say the he was a
real man who was the king and priest of Salem, but that there was no record of
his genealogy like that of the priests who came from Aaron. My own opinion, for what it is worth, is that
he was a real man and that because we have an all knowing God who had all of
this planned from eternity past to have this priesthood of the order of
Melchizedek so that all New Testament believers would have access to Jesus
Christ as their eternal High Priest. I
want to add the Strong’s definition of the word like because it is only used
here in the NT. “ 1) to cause a model to pass off into an image
or shape like it 2) to express itself in it, to copy 3) to produce a facsimile
4) to be made like, render similar”
2.
Spiritual meaning for my life today:
I am so thankful that God is in charge of all things as He was in charge
of the Priesthood of Jesus Christ after the order of Melchizedek. This verse teaches me of the fact that God
does know all things.
The
Word of God was both challenging and refreshing to my heart today as I read it.
My
Steps of Faith Today: I want to trust
the Lord to continue to give me a deeper desire to love Him more and more each
day, to be less selfish in my life, and to love my wife as Christ loves the
Church.
Memory
verses for the week: Psalm 40:1-4
1. I waited
patiently for the LORD; And He inclined to me and heard my cry.
2. He brought me up
out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay; And He set my feet upon a
rock making my footsteps firm.
3. And He put a new
song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; Many will see and fear, And will
trust in the LORD.
4. How blessed it
the man who has made the LORD his trust, And has not turned to the proud, nor
to those who lapse into falsehood.
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