Saturday, August 8, 2015

GOSPEL NUGGET #426

Heb 10:19 ...having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus,
The temple and the tabernacle had an inner area where the dazzling presence and glory of God dwelt. It was called the Most Holy place or the Holiest place.
Only one person was allowed to enter that place once a year, and that with a sacrifice of blood.
It was a very dangerous place. For the holiness of God (God is a consuming fire) can break out on sinners if they come without a sacrifice or if their sacrifice was unacceptable.
No sinner can approach God and be with Him without an unacceptable sacrifice. Without it, we, as sinners, would all be consumed and damned by God's justice and holiness.
Not one among us, in ourselves, is good enough for God. However, I, as a sinner, can, boldly, with confidence, approach God by the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ.
My eternal acceptability before God depends not on me and what I did, but on the acceptability of my sacrifice. Knowing that God would never reject the sacrifice that the Lord Jesus did for me on the cross, I can come to Him boldly and with confidence through Jesus.