Today's Passage - Hebrews 10:19-20

Hebrews 10:19-20    Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body...      God has opened a "new and living way" for us, and it's a way that passed through a curtain, which is the body of Jesus.  Our body has submitted to the authority of sin and separated us from God.  Therefore, Jesus Christ came to the world and took on the form a sinful man, and lived in the curtain with us.  When Jesus was in flesh, He was tempted on our behalf, cried out in prayed for us, and obeyed God to the point of death.  The curtain that broke apart was His body, senses and life, all of which were sacrificed to God, and that's why God elevated Him to the Most High.  Through the curtain that was torn, He rose to the throne of God, and He redeemed for our sins and led us on the way of salvation.  Jesus has become our high priest; He's our chief commander and forerunner; He's our replacement and our savior.  Jesus told the disciples: "Unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.  Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life."  Paul also said that believers must "always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body."   The way into the Most Holy Place goes through the curtain, and it's a way of self-sacrifice.  Aside from this way which Jesus had passed through, there's no other way to have our sins wiped off and forgiven.  Anyone who received salvation by Christ has also received the Holy Spirit and His power.  Resurrection of Christ was a new thing, one that no one has ever heard of, and resurrection has opened this new and living way.  Anyone who follows Christ must also take on this new and living way.  This way might look difficult, but it's a living way that leads to the Most Holy Place.  As long as we come before the Lord, and take on this way of life by the power of the Holy Spirit, the Lord will lead us into the Most Holy Place.  Hallelujah!  It is indeed a new and living way!    Pray with Pastor Tong    Lord, I thank you for opening this new and living way for us.  May the Holy Spirit fill us with the power of resurrection, so that we may be delivered from the authority of all hindrance and sin.  Let us walk with you in our daily life and enjoy your presence and grace.  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!