EXPLOIT THE NEW LIFE IN CHRIST

 ANCHOR OF LIFE DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE for SUNDAY, 28TH AUGUST, 2022.

Author: PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE - General Overseer

Topic: EXPLOIT THE NEW LIFE IN CHRIST

MEMORIZE: "“who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high," (Hebrews 1:3).

SCRIPTURE READING: Hebrews 1:26-27.

"²⁶ For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens; ²⁷ who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people's, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself."

EXPOSITION:

The saints in Christ enjoy far greater, better and richer life that the sages in the Old Testament (OT).

1. In OT, the High Priest could not connect with God directly but through Moses, while in NT, the High Priest is God-man, Jesus Christ vv1,2, Hebrews 1:1,2.

2. Our High Priest, Jesus Christ is perfect and has no need to offer sacrifices for His sins unlike OT High Priest vv3,5,7, Hebrews 7:26,27.

3. People in OT must come to the altar with animals to sacrifice while in NT, you only come to God with faith in the blood of Jesus and nothing else vv11,15,18,19, Romans 3:25. "Nothing but the blood of Jesus"

4. The High Priest entered the Holy of holies with fear that God could strike him dead at anytime if he made a mistake. In NT, we are asked to come to God with boldness and assurance because of the efficacy of the blood of Jesus Hebrews 4:16. No need for guilty conscience after repentance.

5. Sweet incense on burning coals of fire must accompany the sacrifice in OT vv12,13. In NT, passionate prayer is needful in order to enjoy the benefits of the cross Revelation 8:3,4. If you are not enjoying the full life, maybe this is lacking.

5. Check Hebrews 7-10 for comparison between the OT and NT privileges.

ESCHATOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS

a. The NT saints is called the Bride of Christ and their dispensation will be terminated with the Rapture Ephesians 5:23,25,32, I Thessalonians 4:13-17. 

b. The Jewish temple will be built again, and after the Rapture, the Antichrist will enter and sit in the Holy of holies and proclaim that he is God. This will trigger the battle of Armageddon during the Great Tribulation 2:3,4. 

Praise the Lord for the shed blood of Jesus that makes total forgiveness and perfection possible

Ask God to teach you how to always exercise faith in the blood of Jesus better for all your needs

Ask for more fervency in prayers

Pray that Jesus will reveal Himself to people of other religions in this nation and that they will come to Christ for salvation

Ask that God will release the blood of Jesus to stop the spread of COVID-19 plague🙏

PRAYER POINT: Lord, help your Church to endure persecution without compromising our faith in you in Jesus name. 

DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR – Jeremiah 39-42.

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