Hebrews 10:1-18
Whose approval are you seeking? For many it is an unknown, but most of us are looking to
someone, in hope of finding approval.
Many a person is still seeking mother or dad’s approval and they may not
even be alive, and that is sad because their performance will never match-up
with the demand that is in their minds.
But what about the many who are still trying to find approval by
performing some religious service?
If you are one of them, ask the Holy Spirit to enlighten you as to what
the writer of Hebrews 10 is sharing with us.
The Tenth chapter begins in this way; “For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to
come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same
sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw
near. Otherwise, would they not
have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed,
would no longer have any consciousness of sin? But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sin every
year. For it is impossible for the
blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.” All they were doing in sacrifices and offerings
were a shadow, a silhouette, a reflection, of something or someone, and it was
Christ. Can you understand how difficult
this message was to a devout Jew, it’s like telling a Baptist that it is not
what comes from outside of you, like dancing or a drink of wine that corrupts a
person, but what comes from the heart.
So they like us, often try to seek God’s approval by their performance.
The Scriptures are very clear that once we are in Christ, we
are accepted and acceptable to our Father in heaven. It is not our sacrifices and offerings that make us
acceptable, but what Jesus Christ has done. If it has been a while since you have read the High Priestly
prayer in John 17, this may be a good time to see how God is praying for you.
From the Back Porch,
Bob Rice
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