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THE PERFECTION OF CHRIST (II)
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Hebrews 10:1-18
Matthew 26:28
“For this is my blood of the new
testament, which is shed for many …”
THE PERFECTION OF CHRIST (II)
Since perfection came with Christ, the office of human priests was abolished and sacrifices are no longer necessary. The feast days were also abolished. Only the Sabbath day is retained as it is part of the moral law which is eternal. The Sabbath in the Christian church has been changed to the first day of the week. This resulted in a difference between the Church and Judaism.
The shortcoming of the animal sacrifices is that they could not ultimately take away sin. They did not satisfy to God’s requirement. David made this declaration: “Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me” (Ps 40:6-7). Acceptable worship to God does not depend on the merit of external acts, but on the grace of God. God took away the first covenant and established a second. David declared again that he delighted to do the will of God. This coming on the heels of his acknowledgement that sacrifices were not what God desires shows that they were more than external observations.
THOUGHT: The value of the New Covenant is infinite.
PRAYER: “Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes …” (Ps 119:33).