SPIRITUAL
DIARY FOR 03-28-03
My
Worship Time Focus: Jesus Christ the High Priest we Need
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Hebrews 7:26
Message
of the verse: “26 For it was fitting
that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated
from sinners and exalted above the heavens;”
(NASB). “He is the kind of high
priest we need because he is holy and blameless, unstained by sin. He has now been set apart from sinners, and
he has been given the highest place of honor in heaven.” (NLT)
The
description of Jesus Christ as High Priest in this verse is given because He is
without sin, and that cannot be said of the OT priests, for they were merely
men and they were born, just like all men with a sin nature, and thus they
sinned. Jesus Christ was suited to meet
our need because He was without sin. He
is holy, “1) undefiled by sin, free from wickedness, religiously observing
every moral obligation, pure holy, pious.”
He is innocent, or as the KJV says harmless, “1) without guile or fraud,
harmless, free from guilt.” He is
undefiled, “1) not defiled, unsoiled 1a) free from that by which the nature of
a thing is deformed and debased, or its force and vigour impaired.” He is separated from sinners because of His
position, exalted to the right hand of the Father in heaven. While Jesus Christ walked the earth He was a
friend of sinners as described in Matt. 9:10, 11:19. However even though He had contact with the
sinners it was without contamination. He
was not isolated; He was separated.
Spiritual
meaning for my life today: The
things that are said of Jesus Christ in this verse will be true of all of us
believers when we get to heaven with the exception of the exalted position He
has at the right hand of His Father. In
position believers today are holy, innocent, undefiled, but we are not
separated from sinners. The thing that I
have learned, or have been reminded of in this verse, is that I too am to be in
contact with sinners for the sake of befriending them to give them the message
of salvation, but I am not to be contaminated by them. I am to be in the world but not of the world.
The Word of God has brought conviction to my heart, and
also has challenged me.
My
Steps of Faith Today: To
be in the world but not of the world, to trust the Lord for safety and all the
other aspects of having a good vacation with Sandy. To trust the Lord to get me over to EMH to
work out without problems with IBS, and to have a profitable time with the men
at the Bible study this afternoon.
Memory verses for the week:
Psalm 40:1-6
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 is the man who has made the LORD his trust, And
has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
5.
Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders that Thou hast done,
And Thy thoughts toward us; There is none to compare with Thee; If I would
declare and speak of them, they would be too numerous to count.
6.
Sacrifice and meal offering Thou hast not desire; My ears
Thou hast opened; Burnt offering and sin offering Thou hast not required.
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