Thursday, October 7, 2010

Saved from the guttermost to the uttermost

"For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God. And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest: 21(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:) 22By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament. 23And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death: 24But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. 25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. 26For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; 27Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself. 28For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore." (Heb. 7:19-28).

In the Old Testament the high priest would enter into the holy place to intercede on behalf of the people with offerings and sacrifices. But that system which was only temporary was a picture of what Jesus would do in the future on our behalf. Jesus is our high priest who did not just bring a sacrifice to atone for our sin before God. He himself became our substitutionary sacrifice when he paid for our sin with his own blood (2 Cor. 5:21). As sinners we are deserving of God's wrath and judgement (Romans 6:23). But by the grace of God Jesus bore that wrath on the cross on our behalf. He not only died in our place but he rose again and forever lives and pleads our case before God. The Apostle John wrote, "My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 2And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world" (1 John 2:1-2). All who come to God by way of Jesus and his death, burial and resurrection are saved from the guttermost to the uttermost. Can I get a witness?

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