As we believe Hebrews 8, we believe into the Grace of God. The Grace and peace of God is multiplied unto us.
3 How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He’s the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. 4 Long before he laid down earth’s foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. 5 Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!) 6 He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son. 7 Because of the sacrifice of the Messiah, his blood poured out on the altar of the Cross, we’re a free people — free of penalties and punishments chalked up by all our misdeeds. And not just barely free, either. Abundantly free! 8 He thought of everything, provided for everything we could possibly need, 9 letting us in on the plans he took such delight in making. He set it all out before us in Christ, 10 a long-range plan in which everything would be brought together and summed up in him, everything in deepest heaven, everything on planet earth Eph 1:3-10 (MSG)
God has us in mind because of what God wants to do from the foundation of the world, as we simply are in Christ we receive what God has in mind for us. It is God that makes us holy because of His love. God is raising a Holy community, we are a holy people. God wants to make us WHOLE – no fragmentation spirit, soul and body. One of the expressions of God’s love is to make us whole. When we receive Christ we receive the Wisdom of God. There is no terminal sickness that Gods Grace cannot touch. He died to make us whole; we have the fragrance of Christ all around us.
When God gave Christ, there many things that followed the gift. Everything you ever needed in life is in Christ. If there is a warehouse full of things, all you ever need to access that is the key, Christ is the Key to all that God the Father has in store for you.
The devil is not our problem; he was defeated many years ago, not just a defeated foe but a defeated fool right now under foot. Don’t exalt him by your belief systems.
In the Old Testament Leviticus 16, every year the High Priest must shed blood on behalf of himself and the people. In the New Testament Jesus because the lamb that took away the sin of the world. When God looks at the world He does not see you and me, He sees the blood of Jesus. When God sees the Blood of Jesus, all such who are under the blood are the beloved of the Lord. We must believe in the sacrifice of Jesus and not something to be toyed with every day religiously, it’s the very life of God.
John 20: 17 “17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father” Jesus speaking to Mary after resurrection. This typifies the Priest hood covenant, here Jesus has offered His blood, but has not yet ascended up to sprinkle the blood on the mercy seat. He as to fulfill the law, offering the blood on our behalf. That same day, later on they were able to touch Him. As we believe in the blood of Jesus, we have our freedom. Remembering this would give us the Grace to receive what Jesus has provided and guarantee us to walk in Gods favour. This will cause God to share his glory with us.
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrew 12: 2 KJV
He began our faith and will finish it, He saw the glorious realm on the other side of the cross. The ministry of Jesus after resurrection has more potency. In the Gospel you don’t see more of Grace, but in the epistles you see more Grace. His very ministry after the cross.
24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter;25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward. {of Christ: or, for Christ} 27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. 28 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them. Hebrews 11
There is faith to receive things and also faith to refuse things that are not of God. This is also an act of faith. If you are walking with God and don’t expect any reward it is because you do not know the God you serve. If you don’t see this you cannot reject some things. Moses saw something Greater than be an ordinary pharaoh. God has something greater in mind than what you are pursing. There are some eternal weight of glory that God has reserved for us.
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Hebrew 10: 22
An evil conscience is the conscience of unbelief; we must come to God believing on His sacrifice, not believing that our personal sacrifice is worth more than what Christ did. Let us be washed with pure water of the word.
Mark.9: 13 ‘go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.’-
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