No Need For Anymore Sacrifices for Sin (Heb. 10:15-18)

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 05-08-03

 

My Worship Time                              Focus:  No need for any more sacrifice’s for sin

 

Bible Reading & Meditation                         Reference:  Hebrews 10:15-18

 

            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.”

 

            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.