Come into His Presence; Access Has Been Granted
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Hebrews 4:14 Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
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Because Jesus paid the price in judgment for sin, He became our High Priest! Our High Priest intercedes on behalf of all believers. His greatness is the anchor for our soul. His sacrifice for our sin is so great; He the sinless Lamb, took on our sin and now He can sympathize with our weaknesses!
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Because of the goodness of our High Priest we can come boldly into the throne room of grace. Imagine, we in our weakness can approach God in His throne room with boldness. The news is better than that; we can come in our greatest hour of need and obtain mercy and grace in the middle of our mess! Access has been granted into the presence of God based on the strength of the offering of Jesus the Lamb!
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Ephesians 2:1 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,
Ephesians 2:5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
Ephesians 2:14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, 15 having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, 16 and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity. 17 And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near. 18 For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.
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At what point is the enmity and hostility ended? When you were made alive in Jesus Christ. He that confesses Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him and he in God! Jesus has abolished the law of commandments contained in ordinances putting to death enmity and hostility. Through Jesus Christ we have access by one Spirit to the Father!
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Matthew 27:50 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. 51 Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split,
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When Jesus died on the cross the veil in the temple was torn in two! It was the veil that prevented access into the Most Holy Place . When Jesus paid the penalty for our sin it made way for us to gain access into the presence of God!
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Hebrews 6:19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil, 20 where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
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The anchor for our soul is sure and steadfast! Jesus has entered into the Most Holy Place as our forerunner! The eternal work Jesus did for us gives us the right and the access into the very presence of God. This very truth should anchor your soul in Jesus! Hang on to the confession of your faith come on it to the presence of God, after all He is expecting you to show up!
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Hebrews 9:24 For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;
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Most of the book of Hebrews is a comparison and contrast as to how the covenant found in Jesus Christ works verses how the covenant under the law worked. They are different covenants and the covenant founded in grace and truth is a better, superior covenant.
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Hebrews 8:6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises. 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.
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The covenant Jesus came with has made a way for us to be connected to God spirit to Spirit! Never available under the covenant of the law. This covenant is a better covenant and is established on better promises. The law of Moses was connected by men’s performance; the covenant of grace is based on the obedience of the Man Jesus Christ! This is our way into the presence of God.
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1 John 4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. 17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.
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Based upon the greatness of the love that God has we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as Jesus is, so are we in this world. Always keeping the object of our faith in the finished work of the cross is the way to walk daily in His presence.
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Jesus has a great invitation for us!
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Matthew 11:28 "Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 "Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 "For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
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This nothing less than an invitation to live in His abiding presence.
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Psalm 91:1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust." 3 Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence. 4 He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler. 5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day, 6 Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday. 7 A thousand may fall at your side, And ten thousand at your right hand; But it shall not come near you.
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