Friday January 20th
Bible Reading: Heb. 9: 11 - 28
Topic: The New Covenant
Yesterday, we saw that the
Old Covenant with all its regulations could not deliver man from the power of
sin and the devil.
This was because, not only
were the Priests of the Covenant the incapacitated by sinfulness and weakness,
the blood of animals could not take away sin permanently. At best they covered
it before a Holy God and so they had to continually repeat the process.
The Good News is that
there is a New Covenant with a new High Priest from Heaven.
He is the Lord Jesus
Christ (John 3: 38). He is the Mediator of the New Covenant.
He did not enter the
earthly Tabernacle in Jerusalem but the Heavenly Tabernacle made without hands.
And He did not enter with the blood of animals but with His own Sinless Perfect
Blood.
With His own Blood He
atoned for the whole human race. God was pleased with this Sacrifice (Heb. 10:
5 - 16)
God would save as many as
would identify with this atonement of the High Priest, Jesus the Son of God
Repent now from your sins.
Give your life to Jesus, the High Priest and Mediator of the New Covenant.
He promised to save you
and dwell in you (Matt. 11: 28 - 29; Rev. 3: 20)
There is no other
sacrifice that can save anybody. Jesus is asking you to come to Him and be
saved (Heb. 10: 26 - 31)
Prayer:
Thank You Jesus for dying
for me. I acknowledge my hopelessness, I put my faith in You, make me Your Own,
Amen
Memory verse: Heb. 9: 22
"And almost all
things are by law purged with blood and without shedding of blood is no
remission."
Source:
The Daily Fountain
(The Daily Devotional Guide of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion)
(The Daily Devotional Guide of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion)
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