Nov 8 Ezekiel 16 Hebrews 9:1-15 Proverbs 27:5-14
Heb 9:13-14
The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!
The old covenant required a high priest to make a sacrifice every year to atone for sin. This sacrifice made the unclean, clean and right before God.
But the blood of animals can only do so much. It was a temporary fix, until Jesus came.
Jesus – our high preset – did not go into the holy of holies in the temple to make a sacrifice – He BECAME the sacrifice.
The writer of Hebrews tells us the blood of animals cleaned us on the outside – but the blood of Jesus ceased our consciences – He cleaned us o the inside.
How much greater that sacrifice is that Jesus made!
He didn’t die just to give you a surface clean, or a touch up. No, He died so that you could be transformed from the inside out! Our minds are made clean so that we no longer live a life of sin, but instead seek to serve God with all we are.
Salvation isn’t a surface change to get you into heaven – it’s a transformation of all you are to make you part of His Kingdom!
Prov 27:14
If anyone loudly blesses their neighbour early in the morning,
it will be taken as a curse.
Ok I have to admit, this one made me laugh out loud as I read it. I’m not a morning person, so I can very much relate to this.
Even something as good as a blessing when it’s given too early in the morning, will be taken the wrong way.
The person giving the blessing, is he in the wrong? No, he’s giving a blessing. That’s a good thing. But it’s good to learn the appropriate timing to relate to people. Nobody wants something loud first thing in the morning, in fact that kind of thing can set you on edge all day.
It’s not just what you say, but how and when you say it the can make a difference. Learn a good sensitivity to context, because you want the good things you give to be received as such.
