Heb
8:1
Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High
Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the
heavens, 2 a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the
Lord erected, and not man. 3
For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices.
Therefore it is necessary that this One also have something to offer. 4 For if He were on earth, He would not
be a priest, since there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law; 5 who serve the copy and shadow of the
heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the
tabernacle. For He said, "See that you make all things according to the
pattern shown you on the mountain." 6 But now He has obtained a more
excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which
was established on better promises. 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place
would have been sought for a second. 8 Because finding fault with them, He says: "Behold, the
days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house
of Israel and with the house of Judah-- 9 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers
in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt;
because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them, says the
Lord. 10 For this is the
covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the
Lord: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I
will be their God, and they shall be My people. 11 None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother,
saying, 'Know the Lord,' for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the
greatest of them. 12 For I
will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless
deeds I will remember no more." 13 In that He says, "A new
covenant," He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete
and growing old is ready to vanish away.
Did you ever break anything by your own stupidity? Reaching for a
glass, instead you knock it over and it falls to the tile floor and breaks into
a thousand shards. You think, “Man, what an idiot I am…how could my judgment have
been so bad?!”
Did you ever say the wrong thing at the wrong time, and set off a
war? You think, “Man, what an idiot I am…and I wish I had never said what I
said…why am I so stupid?!”
Two characteristics common to man: 1) We are bad, and 2) We are
stupid. Consistently.
And yet, we seem to think of ourselves as somehow worthy of entry
into the kingdom of Heaven because we are a, “pretty good person.” Wouldn’t that be yet another thing we might
classify as being stupid – given what we know about ourselves?
Here’s what we say (quite often) to excuse ourselves: “Nobody’s
perfect!” (We agreed with God’s Word even before we knew God’s Word.) God says,
“No one is righteous, no, not one.” There
is no way any of us deserve anything other than hell.
How fantastically wonderful Christ has made a way for us into His
Kingdom by His blood - the blood of the New Covenant.
- Pastor Bill
1 comment:
my wife passed away on november 9th november, and im in distress. i came to your church on december 25th because i am devestated, and the message of the Christmas story was excellent, and for a short time i had some peace. i just stumbled on your blog, and read nobody is perfect.
it made me realize how we all makes excuses for our imperfections. instead of acknowledging that we all fall short. it also made me realize how we cant fix a broken heart. my wife is the love of my life, and the loss is so huge and hits me from all sides and its the imprefection of man and the sin of man that has me in this position, if it had not been for the apple, i would still be with my wife, and not suffering so badly. thanks for your ministry
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