Wed., 5/2/12 Devotion (Heb. 7:16)

Today's encouragement comes from Hebrews 7:16, where we read these words:

"[Christ] has come, not according to the law of a fleshly command-ment, but according to the power of an endless life."

Because Jesus Christ always lives, His church may rest secure in His (Christ's) eternal priesthood. Under the Old Covenant, the priests came and went--as they, like everyone else, died. But now that Jesus has been incarnated, died, and risen from the dead--He is at the right hand of the Father, always making intercession for His church, through His blood atonement for us.

Whereas *all* non-Christian religions and life-philosophies have to de-pend on dead people, who cannot help them at all--the Christian be-liever depends on One who can never die. Let us approach our Messiah with confidence--knowing that He has provided everything for us, and that He has "the power of an endless life."

[Puritan quote of the day: "God is a tender Father, and He would have all the love of His children." --William Bridge, in, "A Lifting Up for the Downcast"]