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11/10/2010 - Hebrews 10:14-17 Making Perfect People Holy

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SCRIPTURE: Hebrews 10:14-17 For by that one offering he forever made perfect those who are being made holy. 15 And the Holy Spirit also testifies that this is so. For he says, 16 “This is the new covenant I will make with my people on that day, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds.” 17 Then he says, “I will never again remember their sins and lawless deeds.”

OBSERVATION: This passage is essential to our understanding of what Jesus did for us: He both made us "perfect" (i.e. without guilt or shame) and, at the same time, He is in the process of making us "holy". In other words, we are becoming who we already are! Some want to just focus on the perfection that Christ has already bought for us--and they are right when they say that most Christians do not understand who they are in Christ. We need to, we must, understand this more.
Others focus only on the being made holy part. Their focus is only on what we need to change and what God is making us into--and there are plenty of Christians who need to be reminded that Godis still working on them and that they need to cooperate with that work.
The best place, the safest place, is to live in both worlds at the same time. To fully seek to understand who we are and how perfect (and perfectly accepted and loved) we are in Christ and to be constantly aware and asking Him how He wants to perfect and grow us.

APPLICATION: I am trying to learn. I am seeking to know. I am a student of the love and grace of God and I love Him enough to want to please Him by allowing Him to change and grow me up. I still stuggle in both areas but I am not going to give up!!

PRAYER: Lord, help me to see who I am in You, constantly, clearly, consistently. In my heart I want to please You and live in the holiness You are calling me to. Teach me, help me, grace me to live that way.

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