Post by Woody Williams on Dec 23, 2005 8:05:34 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Hebrews 8:1-4, 6-7, 13
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Now the main point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high
priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the
Majesty in the heavens, a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent
that the Lord, and not any mortal, has set up. For every high priest
is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; hence it is necessary for
this priest also to have something to offer. Now if he were on earth,
he would not be a priest at all, since there are priests who offer
gifts according to the law. But Jesus has now obtained a more
excellent ministry, and to that degree he is the mediator of a better
covenant, which has been enacted through better promises. For if that
first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need to
look for a second one.
In speaking of 'a new covenant', he has made the first one obsolete.
And what is obsolete and growing old will soon disappear.
Devotional
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There was a need for Jesus to come to earth. As Messiah he would
fulfill the first covenant and initiate the new covenant. He became
the once-for-all sacrifice and high priest that inaugurated a new
covenant, a pact of friendship with God through God's Spirit and
grace. Celebrate this friendship as you celebrate the Christmas gift
of God's own Son.
Prayer
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I praise and thank you, God, for your friendship in Christ. Amen
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Now the main point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high
priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the
Majesty in the heavens, a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent
that the Lord, and not any mortal, has set up. For every high priest
is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; hence it is necessary for
this priest also to have something to offer. Now if he were on earth,
he would not be a priest at all, since there are priests who offer
gifts according to the law. But Jesus has now obtained a more
excellent ministry, and to that degree he is the mediator of a better
covenant, which has been enacted through better promises. For if that
first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need to
look for a second one.
In speaking of 'a new covenant', he has made the first one obsolete.
And what is obsolete and growing old will soon disappear.
Devotional
----------
There was a need for Jesus to come to earth. As Messiah he would
fulfill the first covenant and initiate the new covenant. He became
the once-for-all sacrifice and high priest that inaugurated a new
covenant, a pact of friendship with God through God's Spirit and
grace. Celebrate this friendship as you celebrate the Christmas gift
of God's own Son.
Prayer
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I praise and thank you, God, for your friendship in Christ. Amen