SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 11/10/2018 10:27 PM
My Worship Time Focus:
PT-1 “The Redemptive Results”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Ephesians
1:7b-9a
Message of the verses: “the forgiveness of
our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace 8 which He lavished on us.
In all wisdom and insight 9 He made known to us the mystery of His will,”
In
today’s SD we begin to look at the first portion of “The Redemptive Results,”
and I suppose that it may take us a few days to finish this sub-section, for it
is a long one.
We
will begin by looking at one of two aspects that speak of our redemption, and
that would be forgiveness. This makes a
lot of sense when you think about it for the primary result of redemption for
all believers is forgiveness which is one of the central salvation truths of
found both in the Old and New Testaments.
Now in order for you to receive the forgiveness that God offers you
through the death of His Son you have to understand that you are in need of forgiveness,
that you are a sinner and that you can do nothing on your own to receive
forgiveness, for that has to come from God.
Jesus said the following to His disciples at what is called the “Last
Supper” “for this is My blood of the
covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins.” Now just a word about the “My blood” portion
of this verse as we have already spoken of the fact that this speaks of
Christ’s death, but when a believer takes the elements of communion the “juice”
is not really the blood of Jesus Christ.
Our Pastor spoke of this just last week explaining that his wife always
has a picture of their two sons in her purse and so when she talks to someone
she says “these are our two sons” knowing that they were only pictures of their
two sons. The same is true with the
blood and bread as they are pictures of the blood and body of our Lord.
Because
of the hour is very late I want to close this SD with a quote from John
MacArthur’s commentary as he writes about Yom Kippur. “Israel’s greatest holy day was Yom Kippur,
the Day of Atonement. On that day the
high priest selected two unblemished sacrificial goats. One goat was killed, and his blood was sprinkled
on the altar as a sacrifice. The high
priest placed his hands on the head of the other goat, symbolically laying the
sins of the people on the animal. The
goat was then taken out deep into the wilderness, so far that it could never
find its way back. In symbol the sins of
the people went with the goat, never to return to them again (Lev.
16:7-10).” Once again I relate this to our Pastor’s wife with the
pictures of her two sons in her purse.
Answer to yesterday’s Bible
question: “Genesis 3:15.”
Today’s Bible question: “Who said “"Give me here on a platter
the head of John the Baptist.’”
Answer in our next SD.
11/10/2018 10:48 PM
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