“Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus”. Hebrews 3:1 (NKJV)
LIGHT FOR NOW: God is eternally happy with the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
Jesus is our High Priest and He is not
our high priest for nothing. He is duly authorized to minister in holy things. As
our Priest He is the middleman between God and man, receiving our prayers and
confessions. Praying is not a problem but how you pray matters most. You cannot
pray an Old Testament prayer and expect a New Testament Priest to answer you.
Jesus is not aware of any prayer that is not in line with His finished work. So,
when you pray, you must do so with the mindset of Christ’s resurrection and His
exalted office as the Kings of Kings and Lord of Lords. The power of God is the
finished work of Christ. The Priesthood of Christ does not function after the
levitical order but that of Melchisedec. (Psalm 114:4). Hebrews 7:11-12 says “If
therefore perfection were by the levitical priesthood, (for under it the people
received the law) what further need was there that another priest should rise
after the order of Aaron? For the priesthood being changed, there is made of
necessity a change also of the law”. Praying an Old Testament prayer in
a New Testament is like operating military rules in a democratic system .It
will not just work. Your prayers of lamentations and outcries are a noise to
God.
No matter the heaviness of your heart,
always remember that Jesus is our mercy seat. Let His sacrificial death and
glorious resurrection constantly brighten your countenance. God is eternally
happy with the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Jesus is the Ark of the Covenant
(Hebrews 9:1-5). Apostle Paul speaking in Hebrews 9:26 says “For
then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now
once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice
of himself”. You do not have sin problem but a belief problem. Many
folks have had great difficulties in believing that Christ’s death abolished
sin. John 1:29 says “The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto
him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world”.
Sin is a nature and it is strange to God because God never created it. Sin is
an enemy to God and that is why Jesus came to deal with it once and for all.
Jesus ended sin matter forever.
INSTRUCTION:
Engage the priesthood of Jesus Christ.
PRAYER:
Lord, thank you for standing in the gap
for me, in Jesus name.
QUOTE: Praying an Old
Testament prayer in a New Testament is like operating military rules in
democracy.
DAILY BIBLE READING: MORNING: EXODUS CHAPTER 4; EVENING: MARK CHAPTER 7
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