Perfectly Going Towards Perfection (Heb. 10:13-14)

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 05-07-03

 

My Worship Time:                                                    Focus:  Our perfect, Becoming Holy

 

Bible Reading & Meditation                         Reference:  Hebrews 10:13-14

 

            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.”  (NIV)  “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. 

 

            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.