SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 11/10/2018
10:27 PM
My Worship Time Focus:
PT-1 “The Redemptive Results”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Ephesians
1:7b-9a
Message of the verses: “the forgiveness of
our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace 8 which He lavished on us.
In all wisdom and insight 9 He made known to us the mystery of His will,”
In
today’s SD we begin to look at the first portion of “The Redemptive Results,”
and I suppose that it may take us until Monday to finish this sub-section, for
it is a long one.
We
will begin by looking at one of two aspects that speak of our redemption, and
that would be forgiveness. This makes a
lot of sense when you think about it for the primary result of redemption for
all believers is forgiveness which is one of the central salvation truths of
found both in the Old and New Testaments.
Now in order for you to receive the forgiveness that God offers you through
the death of His Son you have to understand that you are in need of
forgiveness, that you are a sinner and that you can do nothing on your own to
receive forgiveness, for that has to come from God. Jesus said the following to His disciples at
what is called the “Last Supper” “for
this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness
of sins.” Now just a word about the “My
blood” portion of this verse as we have already spoken of the fact that this
speaks of Christ’s death, but when a believer takes the elements of communion
the “juice” is not really the blood of Jesus Christ. Our Pastor spoke of this just last week
explaining that his wife always has a picture of their two sons in her purse
and so when she talks to someone she says “these are our two sons” knowing that
they were only pictures of their two sons.
The same is true with the blood and bread as they are pictures of the
blood and body of our Lord.
Because
of the hour is very late I want to close this SD with a quote from John
MacArthur’s commentary as he writes about Yom Kippur. “Israel’s greatest holy day was Yom Kippur,
the Day of Atonement. On that day the high
priest selected two unblemished sacrificial goats. One goat was killed, and his blood was
sprinkled on the altar as a sacrifice.
The high priest placed his hands on the head of the other goat,
symbolically laying the sins of the people on the animal. The goat was then taken out deep into the
wilderness, so far that it could never find its way back. In symbol the sins of the people went with
the goat, never to return to them again (Lev. 16:7-10).” Once again I relate this to our Pastor’s wife
with the pictures of her two sons in her purse.
Answer to yesterday’s Bible
question: “Genesis 3:15.”
Today’s Bible question: “Who said “"Give me here on a platter
the head of John the Baptist.’”
Answer in our next SD.
11/10/2018 10:48 PM
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