†..Old becoming New..†

Some may choose to ignore the Old Testament of the bible,

for many reasons, after all the New Testament is

so much easier to read and understand(for the most part).

But the Old Testament is very important to understand,

for through the Old Testament you truly come to understand

the establishment of the "New Covenant", you understand

the cost and the price that had to be paid.

Not only that, but you come to understand just what sin is

and how God expects us to live. For just because

Christ in blood paid the price for every sin we would

ever commit does not mean the law doesn't matter,

It was Paul who said in Romans:

"I would not have known what sin was except

through the law. For I would not have known what coveting

really was if the law had not said, "Do not covet."

Romans 7:7

In the Old Testament God gave Moses orders,

and he told Moses the people would have to

give "offerings" for the forgiveness of sins...

I.E sacrificing animals or giving grain offerings.

Anytime a person sinned they would have to not

only confess their sins but also give, more often

then not, a blood offering by sacrificing an animal

and the priests would sprinkle the blood on the altar.

God said he would then forgive the persons sin, and he did,

But the overwhelming truth is NOW through Jesus Christ

he paid the price to wash away our sins for GOOD!

If God forgave people who sinned by accepting the blood of an

animal, how much more are we sanctified by the

blood of CHRIST?!

"But only the high priest entered the inner room,

and that only once a year, and never without blood,

which he offered for himself and for the sins the people

had committed in ignorance.

The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the

way into the Most Holy Place had not yet

been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle

was still standing. This is an illustration for

the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices

being offered were not able to clear the conscience

of the worshipper. They are only a matter of food

and drink and various ceremonial washings-

external regulations applying until the time of

the new order.

When Christ came as high priest of the

good things that are already here, he went

through the greater and more perfect tabernacle

that is not man-made, that is to say, not a part

of this creation. He did not enter by means of

the blood of goats and calves; but he

entered the Most Holy Place once for all

by his own blood, having obtained eternal

redemption. The blood of goats and bulls and

the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who

are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so

that they are outwardly clean.

How much more then, will the blood of Christ,

who through eternal Spirit offered himself

unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts

that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God.

For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant,

that those who are called may receive the promised

eternal inheritance--now that he has died as a ransom

to set them free from the sins committed under the

first covenant."

Hebrews 9:7-15

I've said it before and I'll say it again,

the more we come to understand Gods love the

more we come to understand just how much we are not

deserving of it. We are all sinners, and we all fall down

but a price has already been paid for each and everyone

of us, I do not say this to give you an excuse to keep sinning...

I say this so you don't take the price that Christ paid

for granted. I say it for myself also, so that we may

strive to live as we should live, with Faith

that will not falter and with the love of Christ

that will never die.

Don't say God can't possibly forgive you,

because he already has...Christ paid the price

and instead of saying He was not enough...

it should make you rise up with the

fire of his all consuming love and strive

to not live for yourself but to live for HIM.