Hebrews 13:20-21
NOW MAY THE GOD OF PEACE,
WHO ROUGHT FORTH FROM THE DEAD THE GREAT PASTOR
OF THE SHEEP, OUR LORD JESUS,IN VIRTUE OF THE
BLOOD OF AN EVERLASTING COVENANT,FIT YOU WITH
EVERY GOOD THING TO DO HIS WILL; WORKING IN YOU
THAT WHCH IS WELL PLEASING IN HIS SIGHT, THROUGH
JESUS CHRIST, TO WHOM IS GLORY FOREVER AND EVER.
AMEN.
Hebrews 13:20-21
I mean read that Bible verse again!!! Wow! where do I start?!?
We often speak of "THE GOOD NEWS", these are the good news:
We are sinners.
God loves us but hates sin.
He gave all, and expects us to give all.
He demands that we be holy as He is holy.
IT IS POSSIBLE TO OBEY GOD = good news!
How?
If we humble ourselves before Him, and acknowledge we are not gods, accepting our humanity and sinful nature- then we have access to God.
Then we can plead on the blood of an everlasting covenant. Let me try to give you a picture of what this means.
In Leviticus you can read about all the animal sacrifices that had to be done, sheeding their blood and presenting it before God was God´s command, it was the prescribed way to find forgiveness from sin. But animal´s blood only found forgiveness -better than nonthing, but here is the GOOD NEWS of the NEW COVENANT:
We can find forgiveness
AND CHANGE
through the blood of the Lamb.
Jesus is called the Lamb of God. We did not even have to present our own children, God gave His son.
When His blood was shed it was presented before God...do not rush. Stop and try to think what happened in Heaven, before the throne of God, before the Father.
The scripture tell us that here on earth darkness filled the sky. stop, breath, think...what was going on?
Jesus had taken our sins, and had become unpresentable before God- and God´s wrath fell upon Him. The Father turned away. Jesus cried "Father, Father, why have you forsaken me!"
Now, the Blood of The Lamb is being presented before the Father. The blood that asks for forgiveness from sin. My sin, your sin.
I personally think that Jesus went to the cross for a greater love than the love for me and you. It hurts my ego a bit, but I believe that He did it more than anything out of love for His Dad.
I think He saw Dad´s pain, and left all comfort behind. All personal ambitions and all personal desires. He accepted the plan of becoming a man and taking the cross, out of deep earnest love for Dad.
And you know what I think. I think that when Jesus´ blood was presented before the Father, the Father felt all that love. I think it was a huge "I love you Dad, You are the greatest of all" present. Given to Him by His only son. His favorite. The delight of His heart.
I think God´s heart melted,and He chose not only to honor that blood by giving all who plead on Jesus' blood forgiveness, but He had to do something more to honor such blood, such sacrifice, such love.
I think God was silent, just allowing the fragance of such love fill the whole universe and His own heart.
The Father gently rocked, back and forth, back and forth, sipping it all in..."what love, what love my son has for me!"
I honestly think He forgot about you and me for that fraction of time. Such deep love, just makes you forget the world, the universe...all.
Then came the moment when God had to come down from the cloud and then He remembered you and I and His son's sacrifice.
Do you know God could have rejected the sacrifice? yep it was a huge possiblility- it was His choice. He could have weighted all humanity's sin and decided that that sacrifice was just not enough.
But by now you know why it was enough. SUCH FRAGANT LOVE, PASSIONATE AND HUMBLE LOVE, SUCH SWEETNESS, SUCH TENDERNESS: "DADDY, I LOVE YOU,
YOU ARE THE GREATEST OF ALL!"
So, if we had any hint that perhaps God accepted that sacrifice for any of our beauty...forget it, our sin outweighs our beauty...it was Jesus' love that conquered the victory...for you and for me.
Father looked at our big brother's blood, knodding and thinking deeply He took His pen and wrote:
I hereby make a resolution that anybody who pleads the blood of my son, will not only be forgiven but will also be fitted to do MY will and I will work in this person that which is well pleasing in My sight.
And then He sealed the covenant,
with the blood of The Lamb.
I can change, I can plead on the blood of an everlasting covenant, and I can be pleasing to God,
That is The Good News!
WHO ROUGHT FORTH FROM THE DEAD THE GREAT PASTOR
OF THE SHEEP, OUR LORD JESUS,IN VIRTUE OF THE
BLOOD OF AN EVERLASTING COVENANT,FIT YOU WITH
EVERY GOOD THING TO DO HIS WILL; WORKING IN YOU
THAT WHCH IS WELL PLEASING IN HIS SIGHT, THROUGH
JESUS CHRIST, TO WHOM IS GLORY FOREVER AND EVER.
AMEN.
Hebrews 13:20-21
I mean read that Bible verse again!!! Wow! where do I start?!?
We often speak of "THE GOOD NEWS", these are the good news:
We are sinners.
God loves us but hates sin.
He gave all, and expects us to give all.
He demands that we be holy as He is holy.
IT IS POSSIBLE TO OBEY GOD = good news!
How?
If we humble ourselves before Him, and acknowledge we are not gods, accepting our humanity and sinful nature- then we have access to God.
Then we can plead on the blood of an everlasting covenant. Let me try to give you a picture of what this means.
In Leviticus you can read about all the animal sacrifices that had to be done, sheeding their blood and presenting it before God was God´s command, it was the prescribed way to find forgiveness from sin. But animal´s blood only found forgiveness -better than nonthing, but here is the GOOD NEWS of the NEW COVENANT:
We can find forgiveness
AND CHANGE
through the blood of the Lamb.
Jesus is called the Lamb of God. We did not even have to present our own children, God gave His son.
When His blood was shed it was presented before God...do not rush. Stop and try to think what happened in Heaven, before the throne of God, before the Father.
The scripture tell us that here on earth darkness filled the sky. stop, breath, think...what was going on?
Jesus had taken our sins, and had become unpresentable before God- and God´s wrath fell upon Him. The Father turned away. Jesus cried "Father, Father, why have you forsaken me!"
Now, the Blood of The Lamb is being presented before the Father. The blood that asks for forgiveness from sin. My sin, your sin.
I personally think that Jesus went to the cross for a greater love than the love for me and you. It hurts my ego a bit, but I believe that He did it more than anything out of love for His Dad.
I think He saw Dad´s pain, and left all comfort behind. All personal ambitions and all personal desires. He accepted the plan of becoming a man and taking the cross, out of deep earnest love for Dad.
And you know what I think. I think that when Jesus´ blood was presented before the Father, the Father felt all that love. I think it was a huge "I love you Dad, You are the greatest of all" present. Given to Him by His only son. His favorite. The delight of His heart.
I think God´s heart melted,and He chose not only to honor that blood by giving all who plead on Jesus' blood forgiveness, but He had to do something more to honor such blood, such sacrifice, such love.
I think God was silent, just allowing the fragance of such love fill the whole universe and His own heart.
The Father gently rocked, back and forth, back and forth, sipping it all in..."what love, what love my son has for me!"
I honestly think He forgot about you and me for that fraction of time. Such deep love, just makes you forget the world, the universe...all.
Then came the moment when God had to come down from the cloud and then He remembered you and I and His son's sacrifice.
Do you know God could have rejected the sacrifice? yep it was a huge possiblility- it was His choice. He could have weighted all humanity's sin and decided that that sacrifice was just not enough.
But by now you know why it was enough. SUCH FRAGANT LOVE, PASSIONATE AND HUMBLE LOVE, SUCH SWEETNESS, SUCH TENDERNESS: "DADDY, I LOVE YOU,
YOU ARE THE GREATEST OF ALL!"
So, if we had any hint that perhaps God accepted that sacrifice for any of our beauty...forget it, our sin outweighs our beauty...it was Jesus' love that conquered the victory...for you and for me.
Father looked at our big brother's blood, knodding and thinking deeply He took His pen and wrote:
I hereby make a resolution that anybody who pleads the blood of my son, will not only be forgiven but will also be fitted to do MY will and I will work in this person that which is well pleasing in My sight.
And then He sealed the covenant,
with the blood of The Lamb.
I can change, I can plead on the blood of an everlasting covenant, and I can be pleasing to God,
That is The Good News!
posted by thisfool @ 4:11 AM
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