Under the old covenant, the priest stands and ministers before the altar day after day, offering the same sacrifices again and again, which can never take away sins. But our High Priest offered himself to God as a single sacrifice for sins, once and for all. Then he sat down in the place of honor at God’s right hand. There he waits until his enemies are humbled and made a footstool under his feet. For by that one offering he forever made perfect those who are being made holy.Heb. 10:11-14 (NLT)
Dear Lord Jesus, we cannot hear it too much, believe it too deeply, or rejoice in it too fully. By your death on the cross, you have taken away our sins, once and for all. Nothing is left undone. Nothing more needs to happen. Nothing else could have met our need.
Hallelujah, we’ve been made righteous in Christ forever! Blessed be the name of our God and Savior, Jesus—the Lamb of God who has taken away our sin; the Lord of all, who is making all things new; the Lamp of the New Jerusalem, whose glory will shine eternally!
And now, having completely justified us by your finished work, you are perfecting us by your glorious gospel. It’s all of grace, from beginning to end. We who’ve been declared perfectly righteous will be made perfectly holy, O blessed and happy hope. One Day we will be as lovely and as loving as you, Lord Jesus. There is no greater longing, joy, or future. Surely, this good news is sufficient to turn all our whines into worship.
Even as we rest in your finished work, so we rejoice in your present reign, Lord Jesus. Atoned-for-sin will be abolished sin; already-defeated evil will be eradicated evil; vanquished enemies will be eliminated enemies. May the joy of this good news buckle our knees in humble adoration, and empower our hands for neighbor love.
As we are loved, so let us love; as we have been served, so let us serve; as we are encouraged, so let us encourage one another as we long for the Day of all things new. So very Amen we pray, in your holy and loving name.
