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I have been a christian for about few strong years now and i praise God daily for my salvation in Christ. I use to be a thug but now I'm a believer, and i can find no other joy than living for the glory of God. I aim to glorify Him everyday that i wake, i know that i fall short of that agenda daily, but by His grace alone do i still wake up and go to sleep at night. Soli Deo Gloria

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

thoughts on Heb 2 and 4

Yo, what up fam!? whats good? well, lately i have been in the book of hebrews and just reflecting and diving into the text and Hebrews 2:17-18 and Hebrews 4:15-16 have just been breaking me down to why christians should pray and enjoy praying. The price that was paid so that we could approach the throne of grace is great, it is amazing, it was Christ Jesus Himself, the Son of the Living God. The writer of Hebrews tell us in these two text that Christ had been tempted like us so that He may give us aid in the times we are tempted or that He sympathizes with us when we are tempted and weak; yet was without sin. Now you may ask, when? when was He tempted like I was? we can look at one major instance which was the Garden of Gethsemane, Christ went through pain, and sorrow and fear, so much that for an instance He asks His Father that "If it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will but as You will." Christ went through a pain that none of us will ever know, and He can sympathize with us when we go through all our pain and sorrow because He also went through something like us, but worst. He is there with an outstretch arm telling us, " I know..." one scripture that always brings my heart joy is matt 11:28 "Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Christ's offers us rest from all our pain and hurt that we bring upon ourselves because we try to find everlasting joy in earthly things and people, and that will always let us down. But Christ's says "COME!!!" "COME TO ME!" He is the only one that can satisfy us, and fill us. So, that brings me to the hebrews passage, that when we are tempted Christ can sympathize with us and wont turn us away and say "come back when your clean." But He says because you have trusted in Me you have unlimited access to the Fathers throne, so come boldly! The Father will never turn us away people of God, Never! By the sacrifice on the Cross, God is bound by His oath to forgive us and create in us a heart of repentance. So when we do fall into temptation and sin, let us not say, "man, God is mad at me because i sinned, i cant go to Him now, i'll wait a day or two." No, in that instance, if you are truly remorseful and broken from your sin, Say "God, have mercy on me, forgive me, because of Christ; Father, do not turn from Your servant, wash me, purge me." We have to remember that neglecting to pray is taking the cross for granted. That those times when we say "i wanna pray but im too busy, or i'll do it later." we are saying that the sacrifice on the cross is not of first importance. We must, daily and like paul says, without ceasing, be in prayer to the Father.The price for the torn veil was high, none of us could have ever done what Christ did. So, with all boldness and assurance, let us go before the throne of grace. and one more thing, when we are in that point of being tempted and we feel like we are helpless, dont think that just because you repeat these verses that you will stop being tempted or that it will go away. From experience, by repeating the text at times it doesnt work. We must do what the text says, when we are being tempted and weak, go in prayer, take Christ example and say "not my will but Your will be done." Because our will is to follow the flesh and sin, God's will is that He be glorified. I hope that this was edifying and uplifting to the bride of Christ. May the Lord bless you and run to Him fam, run! grace and peace. Amen.

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