MFM Daily Devotional 28 December 2021
Topic: Jesus Our High Priest
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Revelation 14-16
FIRE SCRIPTURE: Hebrews 4:14-16
MEMORY VERSE: Hebrews 4:15
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are yet without sin.
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE: Jesus, the great high priest, knows all about your struggle.
PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY: As the Lord lives, your cry will attract the attention of heaven today, in the name of Jesus.
MFM Daily Devotional 28 December 2021 MESSAGE
Jesus means so many things to us: our Saviour, Healer and High Priest. A priest is a mediator between man and God. Before the fall, God and man had closed fellowship with each other. Man was sinless and pure. But when Adam ate of the forbidden fruit, there comes a wall of separation between God and man.
Out of His love for mankind, God initiated a way for reconnection. God established priesthood. For a temporary fix, Moses ordained Aaron and his sons as priest. God’s permanent fix was his Son. Jesus, by His crucifixion, death and resurrection has become our High Priest. He bridges the gap between God and fallen man. He is better qualified than the old high priest.
In the Old Testament, human high priests made atonement for the sins of people once in a year. Jesus, our great High Priest, with one sacrifice, made you and me perfect forever. He can be touched with the feeling of our infirmities. He understands our weakness. He knows what it feels to be hungry, to be thirsty, to be joyful, to be sorrowful, to be sad, to be angry, and to be betrayed by a friend.
Similarly, human high priests would offer a sacrifice for his own sin before he could make atonement for the sins of people. Jesus is worthy because He is sinless (Hebrew 7:26-27). Jesus is constantly in the presence of God. He made one sacrifice and it covered all sins (Hebrew 10:12). What a consolation to know that you have access to God because all sins which separated you are removed. You don’t need another individual to go into God’s presence for you.
Now we all have free and daily access to God by the blood of Jesus (Hebrew 10:19-23; Ephesian 2:18). Beloved, this invitation is open to all men: come boldly before his throne at any time, provided you have identified yourself with Him, and receive the gift of forgiveness that was paid for with His precious blood.
PRAYER POINTS:
MORNING
1. Lord Jesus, thank You for coming to the world to experience my temptation and sorrows.
2. Lord Jesus, please intercede for me, more than I can do, in the name of Jesus.
3. Let the blood of Jesus speak perfection into my life, in the name of Jesus.
EVENING
4. Father, I am grateful because You have reconciled me to Yourself through Jesus, in the name of Jesus.
5. Jesus has made once and for all sacrifice for me; any power carrying sacrifices for my sake, perish by fire, in the name of Jesus.
6. Sins of my father’s house, speaking against me, the blood of Jesus is against you, in the name of Jesus.
7. Lord, I bring my burden before You tonight, intervene in my affairs, in the name of Jesus.
