Reading: Hebrews 8, Zechariah 7-9, Psalm 66.
Scripture: Hebrews 8:10+13, For this is the covenant that I
will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will
put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be
their God, and they shall be my people. … In speaking of a new covenant, he
makes the first one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is
ready to vanish away.
Observation: In hearing about the two covenants we need to
make sure we know what is being done away with and what is being introduced.
The primary things that are being talked about in this passage is the laws. The
laws dictate what each of us is to do and what the punishment was and how much
needed to be sacrificed if you did one of them and that is not just the ten
commandments but also all the other hundreds of laws that they came up with to
keep them from getting close to the sin. At this point the writer of Hebrews is
saying that the law that was written on a rock and only the priests had access
to was now going to be on the hearts of believers.
Application: With this law written on out hearts and Christ
our payment once and for all, we need to walk with God in all we do not that we
are going to be perfect. What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law
but under grace? By no means! (Romans 6:15) We are to live according to the law
of Love. Love God with all your heart mind and soul, and love your neighbor as
yourself.
Prayer: Lord Thank you for all you have done and the great
blessing you have poured out on this world. Lord we ask you to help us to love
as Christ loved and be those you have called us to be. You have a plan for us
and a direction for our lives, I ask that you help us to see that next steps
and have the boldness to love the way you call us to love.
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