Scripture to Read: Hebrews 10:5-9
God the Father does not want the Jewish
Christians, nor us today, to have any doubt that our
Lord Jesus Christ is God the Father’s Perfect Sacrifice.
When Christ came into the world, He said to God the
Father, from Psalm 40:6-8, that God did not desire any
more animal sacrifices nor burnt offerings. What God
the Father did instead, prepared a body for God the Son,
so God the Son became the Perfect Sacrifice for all sin.
God the Father was taking zero pleasure in the Levitical
sacrificial system. The nation of Israel had settled for going
through the motions of following a religious system.
People today, in much the same way, settle for following
a religious system. People attend worship services, give
money, maybe even help out on a ministry project or
two, but show NO change of heart in their daily lives.
These same people claim to know Christ but there is
zero evidence that these people have a relationship with
Christ. Our Lord Jesus Christ is not about a religious
system, but He is all about obeying God the Father’s
perfect will. The desire of God the Father is that we
follow Christ and walk in God the Father’s perfect will
for us each day. Christ came, as Hebrews 10:9 quotes
from Psalm 40:8, to do God the Fathers’ will. Because
Christ fulfilled God the Father’s perfect will, Christ did
away with the first covenant and established the second
covenant through His obedience to God the Father by
surrendering His life for everyone.
Challenge & Application
1. What did you learn about the difference between
the first covenant from God and the second covenant
from God?
2. How are you living in obedience to the Father’s perfect
will for you each day? Or, how are you following
Christ’s example?
Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!