SPIRITUAL
DIARY
Date: 05-07-03
My
Worship Time: Focus: Our
perfect, Becoming Holy
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Hebrews 10:13,14
1. Message of the verse: “13 Since that time he waits for his enemies
to be made his footstool, 14 because by one sacrifice he has made perfect
forever those who are being made holy.”
(NIVS) “Their he waits until his
enemies are humbled as a footstool under his feet. For by that one offering he perfected forever
all those whom he is making holy.” (NLT)
The end of
verse thirteen is a quote from Psalm 110:1, and it is a Psalm of David, which
speaks of the Messiah, Jesus Christ, who after He had accomplished victory for
sinners on the cross went to heaven where He is now sitting at His Fathers right
hand and He will not return to earth until after the seven year tribulation in
which His Father will accomplish this task that is written about here. (See Phil. 2:10) Verse fourteen speaks of the different parts
of the process involved in sanctification.
There are three parts to this process and this verse speaks of two of
them. It says in this verse that of one
sacrifice we as believers are made perfect and are being made holy. We have a perfect standing before God because
of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross, and while we are still here on
earth we are continually being made holy by God as He, in the person of the
Holy Spirit who lives within us, uses things like The Word of God,
circumstances, the preaching of the Word, and other things to continually
conform us more and more to be like Jesus Christ, and this is called continuing
sanctification.
2. Spiritual meaning for my life today: I would like to quote part of the verse note
from the NLT “Life Application Study Bible” on verse fourteen for this part of
my diary. “We should not be surprised, ashamed, or shocked that we still need
to grow. God is not finished with
us. We can encourage this growth process
by deliberately applying Scripture to all areas of our life, by accepting the discipline
and guidance Christ provides, and by giving Him control of our desires and
goals.”
The Word of God provided a very big challenge for me as I
read it this morning.
My
Steps of Faith Today: I
must trust the Lord to meet this challenge that I have been informed of for the
lesson today, and from the quotation above.
Memory verses for the week:
Psalm 40:9-12
9.
I have proclaimed glade tidings of righteousness in the
great congregation; Behold, I will not restrain my lips, O LORD, Thou knowest.
10. I
have not hidden Thy righteousness within my heart; I have spoken of Thy
faithfulness and Thy salvation; I have not concealed Thy lovingkindness and Thy
truth from the great congregation.
11. Thou,
O LORD, will not withhold Thy compassion from me; Thy lovingkindness and Thy
truth will continually preserve me.
12. For
evils beyond numbers have surrounded me; My iniquities have overtaken me, so
that I am not able to see; They are more numerous than the hairs of my head;
And my heart has failed me.
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