SPIRITUAL
DIARY
Date: 05-08-03
My
Worship Time Focus: No need for any more
sacrifice’s for sin
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Hebrews 10:15-18
1. Message of the verse: “15 The Holy Spirit also testifies to us
about this. First he says: 16 "This is the covenant I will make with
them after that time, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their hearts, and I
will write them on their minds." 17
Then he adds: "Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no
more." 18 And where these have been
forgiven, there is no longer any sacrifice for sin. (NIV)
“And the Holy Spirit also testifies that this is so. First he says, ‘This is the new covenant I
will make with my people on that day, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their hearts so they
will understand them, and I will write them on their minds so they will obey
them.’ Then He adds, ‘I will never again
remember their sins and lawless deeds.’
Now when sins have been forgiven, there is no need to offer any more
sacrifices.” (NLT)
Verse 15
speaks of the Holy Spirit testifying of “this” and that has taken me some time
to try and understand what the “this” is that he is speaking of. I have come to the conclusion that he is
speaking of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ being all that is needed to satisfy
God for all sin for all time. (I realize
that a person has to accept this sacrifice in order to receive forgiveness of
sin.) The writer goes on to again quote
from Jer. 31:33-34 which speak of the new covenant that God will have with His
people, and it is based upon the finished work of Jesus Christ upon the
cross. God can now put His laws in the
believer’s heart so they can understand them, and also write them on their
minds so that they can obey them. Then
in verse 17 he adds that He will never again remember the believers lawless
deeds or their sins again. I believe
that the Bible makes it clear that when a believer sins that he should confess
or agree with God that he has sinned and that God is faithful and just to
forgive us of our sins, this according to 1John 1:9. The other point is similar to the one made
yesterday when our position as a believer was brought up and that we as a
believer have a perfect position with God once we have been saved. I do not believe that God will ever bring up
our sins in heaven because they are all under the blood of Jesus Christ,
however as a believer in Jesus Christ, one saved by His blood I have a
responsibility to walk worthy of my calling, and that means confessing any sins
that I do to God, my Heavenly Father.
Now in verse 18 the writer makes the point that after the sacrifice of
Jesus Christ for the sins of the world there is no more sacrifices needed or
accepted for any sin, as Jesus said when He was dying on the cross, “It is
finished.” That means, “Paid in full.”
2. Spiritual meaning for my life today: There is no more important truth that I will
ever here than what is wrapped up in these verses, for in them I learn that all
of my sins have been paid for by Jesus Christ on the cross, and that I will
never have to do anything on my own, nor could I to have my sins paid for. The song “Jesus Paid it All” is appropriate
here, for He truly did pay it all, and I truly owe all to Him. I must say that I do have a hard time
accepting God the Father’s love, I believe in my heart that He has accepted me,
but there are far too many times when I do not act or feel like I deserve the
great gift of love, and I know that apart form the grace of God I do not
deserve it. I want to have this truth living
in my life very much, and perhaps more than anything, and as I write this I
would pray that I would empty myself of all pride of life, and anything else
that would get in the way of receiving my Heavenly Father’s love.
The Word of God was a blessing to my soul as I read it this
morning.
My
Steps of Faith Today: To believe that my
Heavenly Father will take me to the wound that I have suffered as a child, and
that He will identify this wound to me, and then release me from it so that He
can fill me with His perfect love.
Memory verses for the week:
Psalm 40:9-12; 1John 1:9
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 that the hairs of my head;
And my heart has failed me.
18. There
is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves
punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love.
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