Thanks to Jesus, there is NOTHING that will ever separate us from the LOVE of God…
Hebrews 10:23-25
J.B. Phillips New Testament
Through Christ we can confidently approach God
19-25 So by virtue of the blood of Jesus, you and I, my brothers, may now have courage to enter the holy of holies by way of the one who died and is yet alive, who has made for us a holy means of entry by Himself passing through the curtain, that is, His own human nature.
Further, since we have a great High Priest set over the household of God, let us draw near with true hearts and fullest confidence, knowing that our inmost souls have been purified by the sprinkling of His blood just as our bodies are cleansed by the washing of clean water.
In this confidence let us hold on to the hope that we profess without the slightest hesitation—for He is utterly dependable—and let us think of one another and how we can encourage each other to love and do good deeds.
And let us not hold aloof from our church meetings, as some do.
Let us do all we can to help one another’s faith, and this the more earnestly as we see the final day drawing ever nearer.
Once the author told that Jesus’ death surpassed any earthly sacrifice, he encouraged the Hebrew Christians to have confidence.
Jesus’ death not only provides salvation, but also great confidence for Christians.
We can now step boldly before the Lord in prayer, and boldly into the world in service and witness.
Jesus has already won the battle!
We have significant privileges associated with our new life in Christ:
(1) We have personal access to God through Christ and can draw near to him without an elaborate system (10:22);
(2) we may grow in faith, overcome doubts and questions, and deepen our relationship with God (10:23);
(3) we may enjoy motivation from one another (10:24);
(4) we may worship together (10:25).
To neglect Christian meetings is to give up the Encouragement and help of other Christians.
We gather together to share our faith and to strengthen one another in the Lord.
As we get closer to the day when Christ will return, we will face many spiritual struggles, and even times of persecution.
Anti-Christian forces will grow in strength.
Difficulties should never be excuses for missing church services. Rather, as difficulties arise, we should make an even greater effort to be faithful in attendance.
When people deliberately reject Christ’s offer of salvation, they reject God’s most precious gift.
They ignore the leading of the Holy Spirit, the one who communicates to us God’s saving love.
This warning was given to Jewish Christians who were tempted to reject Christ for Judaism, but it applies to anyone who rejects Christ for another religion or, having understood Christ’s atoning work, deliberately turns away from it (see also Numbers 15:30, 31 and Mark 3:28-30).
The point is that there is no other acceptable sacrifice for sin than the death of Christ on the cross.
If someone deliberately rejects the sacrifice of Christ after clearly understanding the gospel teaching about it, then there is no way for that person to be saved, because God has not provided any other name in all of heaven for people to call on to save them (see Acts 4:12).
If you are a child of God, claim your victory over sin!
Be confident. Nothing can ever take you out of God’s hand.
No one can ever take away your salvation. No matter what happens, you are always His.
And finally,
Romans 8:31-39 says,
“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?
Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect?
It is God who justifies.
Who is he who condemns?
It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
As it is written:
“For Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”
Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord! Amen
SELAH (let us pause and calmly think about these things)
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