Mountain Top Life DAILY DEVOTIONAL
THE GREATEST SACRIFICE 2
17TH , APRIL 2022
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Deuteronomy 28:15-68, Luke 18:1-30, Psalm 47:1-9
FIRE SCRIPTURE: Hebrews 10:1-23
1 For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect.
2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? For the worshipers, once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins.
3 But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year.
4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins.
5 Therefore, when He came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, But a body You have prepared for Me.
6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You had no pleasure.
7 Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come— In the volume of the book it is written of Me—To do Your will, O God.’ ”
8 Previously saying, “Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, and offerings for sin You did not desire, nor had pleasure in them” (which are offered according to the law),
9 then He said, “Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God.” He takes away the first that He may establish the second.
10 By that will we have been [c]sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11 And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
12 But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God,
13 from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool.
14 For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
15 But the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us; for after He had said before,
16 “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them,”
17 then He adds, “Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”
18 Now where there is [e]remission of these, there is no longer an offering for sin.
19 Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus,
20 by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh,
21 and having a High Priest over the house of God,
22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
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MEMORY VERSE:
“For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified." – Hebrews 10:14
MOTIVATIONAL
QUOTE:
The
death of Christ to true believers is eternal gain.
PRAISE WORSHIP: Take a worship song as led by the Holy Spirit.
PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY:
THE DEATH OF CHRIST SHALL NOT BE IN VAIN OVER YOUR LIFE, IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
THE MESSAGE:
Having
seen the extent of God's love in giving us His only begotten Son
(John 3:16), who ended up laying His life for us, it is amazing to
know that we stand to enjoy many benefits through this unique death
and perfect sacrifice. As the beloved of God, it will be good for
you and me to reach out for these benefits and enjoy them to the
best.
The
death of sinless Jesus for sinners is a great evidence of the Agape
love! This perfect sacrifice has opened for us the door of renewed
relationship with God. Jesus Christ Himself called us "friends",
for the sake of whom He could freely lay down His life and pick it
up again (John 15:13). His Blood, through His death, cleanses and
purifies us from our sins, having satisfied the wrath of God against
us; the price of our sins has been fully paid (Ephesians 5:12;
Hebrews 9:14). What a relief! Immeasurable benefits through this
perfect sacrifice that was ever made!
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Here,
we are offered grace and mercy, according to Romans 5:8, and through
His death we are made righteous. 2 Corinthians 5:12 affirms that we
are no longer seen in the filthiness of our sins but cloaked in His
righteousness and the perfect life of Christ in us. This has made us
to attain a privileged position of sonship through which we can also
cry, Abba Father! We can now live a new life by faith and declare,
like the Apostle Paul in Galatians 2:20, "I have been crucified
with Christ; it is no longer I that live but Christ who lives in
me..."
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Beloved,
aren't we blessed to be partakers of the above blessings and
benefits from the death of Christ? As through a man (Adam), death
came into the world, through another man, Jesus, we receive eternal
life. It would be wise and of eternal gain if you would do God's
will with all sincerity and be found faithful enough to claim all
these blessings and enjoy the grace and mercy of God.
PRAYER POINTS:
MORNING
1.
Father Lord, forgive me for not appreciating Your love to me, in the
name of Jesus.
2. O Lord, help me to understand the depth, height
and width of Your love for me, in the name of Jesus.
3. Anything
assigned to pull me away from the love of God, crumble and die, in
the name of Jesus.
EVENING
4.
Blood of Jesus, purge me, cleanse me and make me whole, in the name
of Jesus.
5. Father, help me to enjoy the fullness of grace and
mercy available through the death of Christ, in the name of
Jesus.
6. Powers that cannot keep Jesus in the grave, you cannot
limit my life, die, in the name of Jesus.
7. Because Jesus lives,
I am alive and can face tomorrow, in the name of Jesus.
DO HAVE A BLESSED DAY
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