Jesus Fellowship: Christ sacrificed for All. 11/13/15

Day 316

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Hebrews 10:1-18

Christ's Sacrifice Once for All

10 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. 2 Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins? 3 But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. 4 For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

5 Consequently, when Christ[a] came into the world, he said,

“Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired,
but a body have you prepared for me;
6 in burnt offerings and sin offerings
you have taken no pleasure.
7 Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God,
as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’”
8 When he said above, “You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings” (these are offered according to the law), 9 then he added, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first in order to establish the second. 10 And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

11 And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 But when Christ[b] had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, 13 waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. 14 For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.

15 And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying,

16 “This is the covenant that I will make with them
after those days, declares the Lord:
I will put my laws on their hearts,
and write them on their minds,”
17 then he adds,

“I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.”
18 Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.

Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman

Sovereign love November 13th

“But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, Why have you made me like this?” ROMANS 9:20
God’s unconditional love is a sovereign love. This sovereign love embraces the totality of our living — all our inward circumstances, such as how we feel, how we react, how we relate, as well as our outward circumstances, which are things that happen to us that cause us to react. God is wonderfully sovereign in His ways over us. He knows how our heart is prone to wander from Him. Because He knows exactly where our heart is at any given moment, He allows whatever circumstance is fitting. Thus, like Paul in Romans 9:20, we simply need to come under the sovereign love of God: “But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, Why have you made me like this?” Who can say to the Potter, “Why have You made me like this?” In other words, who can say, “Why did this happen to me?” Paul continues to challenge our reasoning mind in Romans 9:21. “Does not the potter have power over the clay?” It is the Potter’s choice to fashion this lump of clay in whatever way He desires. And if the clay is marred in His hand, He takes it off the potter’s wheel and reshapes it again, as it seems good to Him. Praise the Lord, our lives are altogether under His sovereignty.
Who can add one cubit to his stature? (Matt. 6:27). Who can control tomorrow? Who can predict what will happen next week? (James 4:13-15). We are under God’s sovereign, unconditional love. In Deuteronomy 33:27, He assures us that He is carrying us in His arms: “The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.” His arms are underneath us. Thus, if we are torn, if we are stricken, that is part of the process of death and resurrection, so that the life of Christ might be exhibited through us and in us.

Pray Until Something Happens (PUSH)

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