Friday Reading: Colossians 2:18-23
Key Verse: Colossians 2:21
21 touch not, taste not, handle not;
Devotion:
There are those who will tell us that we need to pray to various other people, saints and angels in order for our prayers to be answered and whilst many would not see a problem with this it goes against what Christ tries to teach us in our bibles. There is only one mediator and that is Christ. There is only one path to heaven and that is through Christ. There is only one place where we should lift up our prayers and that is to Christ. If we are doing anything else then we are taking away from Christ what is due to Him as given to Him by God the Father! If we pray to anyone else then we are telling Christ that He is not good enough!
There are many rules and regulations listed in our bibles, none more so than in the writings of Moses in which are listed the hundreds of laws that had to be followed to ensure that men could try to minimise their sin debt in the sight of God. Even the few that were allowed into the tabernacle had to make sure that they offered sacrifices before entering to atone for their sins and the sins of the people. But when Christ gave us His life on the cross it was so that we no longer were required to offer those sacrifices – because that is what He was, our perfect sacrifice. If we trust in any other sacrifice then we are telling Christ that He was not good enough!
We then have a perfect sacrifice and a channel to God in Christ Jesus. So why then should we continue to follow rules and regulations? Each time you go against God’s will you are taking Christ’s sacrifice for granted. Each time you go against His Word you are saying that you don’t mind that Christ paid for your sins in such a way. We certainly would not like it if we were punished for everything that someone else did wrong because we would get hurt instead of them. Our bibles teach us how we should be living for Christ. If we are not, then we are continually saying that Christ was not quite good enough! God would not have allowed that to happen if He knew it would not be good enough! We are in His hands and we need to remember that we live our lives with Him each and every day.
Points to Ponder:
How do you live your life?
Do you think Christ is happy with your life?
