SPIRITUAL
DIARY
Date: 05-02-03
My
Worship Time Focus: Problems with the OT
sacrifices
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Hebrews 10:2-4
1. Message of the verse: “Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be
offered, because the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer
have had consciousness of sins? But in
those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year by year. For it is impossible for the blood of bulls
and goats to take away sins.”
(NASB) “If they could have provided
perfect cleansing, the sacrifices would have stopped, for the worshipers would
have been purified once for all time, and their feelings of guilt would have
disappeared. For just the opposite
happened. Those yearly sacrifices
reminded them of their sins year after year.
For it is not possible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away
sins.” (NLT)
In these verses the
writer is pointing out some of the deficiencies of the OT sacrifices that were
offered by the people and also the High Priest on the Day of Atonement. These OT sacrifices could not take away sin
and they could not take care of the guilty conscience that these people
experienced, and were even reminded about as verse three says. Verse four talks about the fact that the
blood of bulls and goats could not take away the sins of people, for it is only
by the blood of Jesus Christ that sins can be taken away.
2. Spiritual meaning for my life today: I am going to have to do some more research
into the part about a guilty conscience, for there are times when I have one,
and I do know that this is probably suppose to happen when ever I sin. I know that I must not be experiencing the
kind of guilty conscience that the people of the OT experienced, but I still
need to do some more research on this subject.
The word of God was challenging to me today.
My
Steps of Faith Today: To
trust the Lord with the problems that we are going through at this time.
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