Today's Passage - Hebrews 10:15-18

Hebrews 10:15-18   The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says: "This is the covenant I will make with them after that time, says the Lord.  I will put my laws in their hearts,and I will write them on their minds."  Then he adds: "Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more."  And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary.     Verse 15 says that the Holy Spirit "testifies to us."  The same passage quote here, from Book of Jeremiah, appeared many times throughout the Bible, but only the author of Hebrews connected it with the testimony of the Holy Spirit, which shows the importance of the testimony of the Holy Spirit for several reasons.     First, the Bible was written from the testimony of the Holy Spirit.  Genesis was written by Moses, but how did Moses know how the world was created?  It was because Holy Spirit put the word of God into his heart, revealed the process of creation to Moses and prompted him to write the book the Genesis.  In the New Testament time, disciples followed Jesus, but they never would have taken any note of Jesus' words.  It was by the prompting on the Holy Spirit that they thought of the words of Jesus afterwards and wrote them down.  All these are the testimonies of the Holy Spirit.     Also, the testimony of Holy Spirit revealed to us that the law in written in our hearts.  If it wasn't for the Holy Spirit we would never have such assurance.  How do you know that you are a child of God?  When you receive Christ as your personal savior, how do you know that you are indeed saved?  Romans 8:16 says that "The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children."  This is truly precious!  The Bible says that the Holy Spirit works in our heart like a seal; when you put a seal in a book, it shows that the book is yours.  In the same way, the Holy Spirit works like a seal in our hearts, showing that we belong to God, and it's how the Holy Spirit testified to us.     Third, the Holy Spirit also testifies that our sins have been forgiven and we no longer need to offer sacrifice.  The Holy Spirit revealed things about the heaven to us so that we'd know how to live in earth.  If it wasn't for the revelation of the heaven from the Holy Spirit, we'd never understand God's will.  When we receive the testimony of the Holy Spirit, we'd understand what's the heaven like, and we'd be able to live and work according to God's will.  Testimony of the Holy Spirit is important in our whole life, so we need to God to help us to live by the testimonies of the Holy Spirit, not by our own feelings, so that we may please God.    Pray with Pastor Tong     Lord, I thank you because you have granted us the testimonies of the Holy Spirit so that we know we belong to God.  The Word we read are from God and they show us what to do in our daily life.  May the Holy Spirit speak to each and every brother and sister, show us the way to follow you for the rest of our life.  I thank you and I pray in the victorious name of Jesus, amen!     Shekinah Glory - ROLCC Building Expansion Project - Follow us on our Facebook page!