“Because by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.” Hebrews 10:14
The sacrifices of the Jews did not give the believing Jews peace of conscience for any length of time; they had to come again, and again, and again, because they felt that those sacrifices did not present to them a perfect justification before God. we on the other hand, are perfect; not in character, for we are still sinners; but we are perfected through the blood of Jesus Christ, so that God can allow us to have access to him as perfected creatures. We may come boldly, because being sprinkled with the blood, God does not look on us as unholy and unclean, otherwise he could not allow us to come to his mercy seat; but he looks upon us as being perfected for ever through the one sacrifice of Christ. That is one thing.
God has taken the great precaution to sprinkle you with the blood of Christ; and now, whatever he uses you for, he uses you as a perfect instrument, regarding you as being perfect in Christ Jesus. Behold, beloved, you and I are complete in Jesus. We have no need of any other sacrifice. All others we disclaim. He has perfected us for ever. We may set our conscience at ease, because we are truly, really, and everlastingly accepted in him.
For meditation: Being accepted in Christ enables us to serve God acceptably.
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