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THE NEW COVENANT IS FULFILLED
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
Hebrews 10:1-18
Acts 8:26-40
 
“I believe that Jesus Christ
is the Son of God.”
 
THE NEW COVENANT IS FULFILLED
 
The truth that a new covenant was to come was known to all Jewish religious teachers, but when it came to the time of fulfilment, they could not bring themselves to accept it. One of the reasons of dealing with this issue in this text is because there was rejection by the unbelieving Jews. Secondly, the church also needed to be able to explain the new covenant in relation to the old covenant. This had to be clearly laidout.
 
The perfection that comes through Christ is true sanctification when one accepts the truth that is in Him. In His Word, He declares the truth. In one of the messianic prophecies, Isaiah wrote the words of the Lord thus: “Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors” (Isa 53:12). This was a sign to keen believers to know that change had to come and when it came they would recognize it. It was this same chapter in the book of Isaiah that the Ethiopian eunuch was reading when Philip met him. He started from that text to tell him about Jesus Christ. The Son of God offered one sacrifice and sat at God’s right hand. This is confirmed severally in the Scriptures to be true and He intercedes for sinners there. He will be there till He makes His enemies His footstool. By His offering He has perfected and sanctified them who believe.
 
Christ occupies the office of priest and He is the eternal priest, thus a mediator between God the Father and those whom He has redeemed. He is perfect and does not need to offer anything else in addition to Himself or to have His sacrifice repeated. When He stated in the Gospel of John that He is the way, the truth and life, He was making a comprehensive assertion. This puts Him in a superior position, one that is complete, needing no addition.
 
THOUGHT: Jesus paid for all our sins, and we owe all to Him.
PRAYER: “… quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word” (Ps 119:107).

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