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G. John White's first devotional Sold out for Jesus covers 12 vital themes of Christianity.
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March Topic: THE CENTRALITY OF THE CROSS |
This month we will look at the death of Jesus Christ our Lord from various angles and see how it is totally relevant to all we are called to be and do. |
Luke 22:20
THIS IS THE BLOOD OF THE NEW COVENANT
The Covenant Jesus brought is as much greater than the Old Covenant, as His blood is greater than the blood of bulls, sheep and goats.
Check out what it says in Hebrews chapters 8 to 10. In the Old Covenant, though the blood of bulls, sheep and goats atoned for the sins of the people, they were imperfect for two reasons. The people kept on sinning, and the sacrifices could only cover one each!
Under the New Covenant, although the people still sin - they do so less because the Holy Spirit indwells each believer and gives them the "power" to overcome, and the blood of Jesus was shed once and for all.
No further sacrifice is necessary. The Old Covenant was imperfect - it failed, not because God failed, but because man couldn't live up to its demands. The New Covenant is perfect - not because man has become perfect but because the Sacrifice is perfect.
Hebrews 1:3 "after He had provided purification for sin, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in Heaven." Hebrews 10:12 "when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God."
The Old Covenant showed me I was a sinner and brought me to my knees - it prepared me to "run to Jesus".
The New Covenant took me from my knees and in Jesus causes me to sit with Him in heavenly places.
Just as the blood of the Old Covenant brought forgiveness and a separation unto God, so the blood of the New Covenant cleanses me from every sin and I become sealed with the Holy Spirit as a Son of God and separated out for God.
Yes, I know I'm forgiven, praise the Lord, but how much have I allowed myself to be sealed for the Son of God? Made separate for Him?
Are you really Holy and Wholly His? Sold out for Jesus?
The Blood of the New Covenant was shed so that you could be and would be!
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