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My commentary said there are five admonitions in Hebrews, and this is the first: a
warning not to drift from God’s Word.
It’s “the danger of neglecting our salvation … not rejecting, but neglecting
it … We neglect God’s Word, prayer, worship with God’s people, and other
opportunities for spiritual growth, and as a result, we start to drift.
The anchor is later used as
an illustration of God keeping His promises, and the anchor does not move; WE do….
Neglect of the Word of God and prayer, publicly and privately, is the cause of
most spiritual drifting.”
The writer was explaining to Jews why Jesus is not inferior
to angels because of His humanity. “His
humanity enabled Him to regain man’s lost dominion over creation … it enabled
Him to bring many sons to glory … it enabled Him to disarm Satan and deliver us
from death … and it enables Him to be a sympathetic High Priest to His people.”
My commentary also spoke of the difference between Jesus’
ministry as High Priest and His ministry as our Advocate: “As our High Priest, our Lord is able to give
us grace to keep us from sinning when we are tempted. If we do
sin, then He as our Advocate
represents us before the throne of God and forgives us when we sincerely
confess our sins to Him.”
Father, thank You for giving me a High Priest who has
struggled in every way that I struggle – who knows what I feel and can understand
how our flesh so wants what we shouldn’t have.
Thank You that He bolsters my will to obey You. Yet when I do fail, as my Advocate He speaks
to You about me and forgives me when I confess my sin, taking upon Himself the
punishment for what I chose to
do! Such grace! Such love!
Your Brother In Christ,
Gary Ford
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