Sunday 30 Nov 2014

November 30: Hebrews 10:26-31

Key Verse: Hebrews 10:31
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Devotion:
How would you go about telling other Christians about the power or God? How about telling them about the Holiness of God? In this letter to the Hebrews Paul reminds them of their past and their God. When a person gains an understanding of God they begin to realise just how much things mean to Him; but we have so much to learn about God that it may take us time to unravel this!

To the Hebrews, God is and was everything. They knew that they had to make sacrifices in order to appease God for the things they did wrong. Paul reminds them that the judgment for not believing is death and that many sins carried the death penalty with that being passed simply by having a few people agree that you were in the wrong. Paul then asks how much more we deserve death by doing something willingly against God!

If we do know something is wrong and God would not approve, then going ahead with that is like doing it in front of God after He has told you not to? Can you remember how your parents acted when you did something they had just told you not to do? How much more then can the creator of everything do to you? This is not a game we are playing but a real and all powerful God we are trying to argue with. Let us put aside any thoughts that we could ever get away with things when we know that God is watching, not just over our shoulders but because he is with us and in us!

Christ gave His life for us on the cross and because we do know that, we must accept it and live with it. We cannot turn around and change the rules just because we think it is a better idea to allow something God has already said no to! Christ did not go to the cross just to waste some time or to appease His Father in Heaven; Christ went to the cross to make sure that our sin debt is paid for once and for all. Accept Christ and accept this payment; and then live it!

Points to Ponder:
What doubts do you have?

Would you want to see Christ suffering every day?