Today’s passage: Hebrews 9:11-14
Helpful thoughts:
- Jesus Christ is both our High Priest and our sacrificial lamb!
- The blood of bulls and goats purified the flesh for a time…the blood of Jesus purified our inner-man for all time!
- Works that are done for self are dead. Works that are done in gratitude and thanksgiving from a purified conscience serve the living God.
- Romans 12:1-2 – I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Questions to consider:
- How was the New Covenant shown to be superior to the Old in today’s passage? What has God accomplished for His people through Christ?
- What reasons are we given in these verses to glorify Jesus Christ? Why is it only right to praise Him and serve Him with our lives?
- What is the basis of our salvation? Why won’t our sins be counted against us? (Verse 12)