01-05 June 2018 - Our High Priest – Manna by Dorothy & Tony Callies
Hebrews
4:15 ncv, “For our high priest is able to understand our weaknesses …”
Who is our high priest? Our High Priest is Jesus Christ, our Lord and
our Savior. “Since we have a great high
priest, Jesus the Son of God, who has gone into heaven, let us hold on to the
faith we have. When He lived on earth,
He was tempted in every way that we are, but He did not sin. Let us, then feel very sure that we can come
before God’s throne where there is grace.
There we can receive mercy and grace to help us when we need it” (Hebrews
4:14-16 ncv).
Where exactly is Jesus now
in heaven? Hebrews 8:1 tells us that “We have a high
priest who sits on the right side of God’s throne in heaven. What is
He doing right now? Hebrews 7:25 tells us that “So He is able always to
save those who come to God through Him (Jesus) because He always lives, asking
God to help them.”
KJV:
“Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by
Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them” (Hebrews 7:25). The
word, intercession means the act of interceding, to act as a go-between for
hostile parties (or persons). Also it means to plead in behalf of (support) another.
It
is through the cross of Jesus Christ and His blood that bought our redemption,
our freedom from the kingdom of darkness.
Jesus pleads the Father for us through Jesus’ blood that was shed through
His many stripes. Through His stripes
there is forgiveness of our sins. It is
hard to imagine what Christ has gone through for me. He loves us that much. All we need to do is to BELIEVE and open our
hearts to Him.
One
of the dangerous thing to do is UNBELIEF.
Hebrews 3:12 tells us to “Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of
you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.” This is why the Scripture tells us to “Exhort
one another daily . . .” to keep us from falling into deceitfulness of
sin.
Dorothy:
What this means to me? I am thankful
that the Holy Spirit encourage me and reminds me that we have a High Priest,
Jesus Christ to encourage us to keep on believing in Him and doubt not. Manna from May 25-28, 2018 was a testimony to
remind myself that God cares even though we kept seeing on TV many horrible and
tragedy news. This could cause a person
to doubt God and fall into “unbelief” by saying, “I can’t believe God would
allow things to happen like that ...” “Why
would the God of loves allow this to happen ... ?”
That
is why we need our High Priest who understands our weaknesses because we can’t
understand what God is doing. To remind
myself that our God is the Creator and that He knows what He is doing. It is important for me to ‘HAVE FAITH IN GOD’
and to ‘TRUST HIM’ and to keep my eyes only upon Jesus who is the Savior for
the whole world. God always has a plan
for those who trust in Him.
Proverbs
3:5-6 tells us to “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not unto
thine own understanding. In all your
ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths.”
This
is a song that came to me when I got up this morning, “Jesus Saves.” It
inspires me to sing this. I pray that this message will cause you to open your
heart to Jesus and let Him come in. I
just love Jesus and His amazing grace. I
pray that God will bless you to keep on believing and to trust Him with all
your hearts. God bless you!
Song: Jesus Saves
We
have heard the joyful sound:
Jesus
saves! Jesus saves!
Spread
the tidings all around:
Jesus
saves! Jesus saves!
Bear
the news to every land;
Climb
the steeps and cross the waves;
Onward!
‘tis our Lord’s command:
Jesus
saves! Jesus saves!
[Lyrics: Priscilla Jane
Owens, Sing His Praise]
Dorothy
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