CHRIST,OUR HIGH PRIEST

THE MAN IN THE GLORY
"He shines like a billion suns ablaze
No nighttime in his countenance to see
A more than brilliant face has he.
His clothing is luminescent pure
His hair on fire golden white
And angels minister to him in flight.
He is the Savior of all the world
A plan his Father saw fit to unveil
And intercedes by our days and nights
So the death of sin cannot have might.
His chamber high above the earth
The blood of his an eternal worth
Set out before the alter pure
God the Father forgives for sure.
He is our High Priest
Keeping those of us he owns.
In Christ there is only victory
And we the victors just through him".

SAVED FOREVER
What a Savior we have in Jesus. Through him "once saved always saved" is a God enforced truth. We believe the beautiful gospel. So many of us have walked the path of doubt as to our salvation after conduct unbecoming a saint. And because of a lack of bible study, or the failure of good counsel, we have found ourselves between a rock and hard place.

The demons gleefully jump up and down on the t.v screen and The Prince of this world makes his accusations before our Father. And Jesus says "My blood is on this one" and The Father says "its done".

We are not greater, smarter or more slick than Satan. He could destroy our life in a moment. We are in Christ and He is in us. Be mindful that which is in us (The Holy Spirit) is greater than that spirit who is the ruler of this world.

Let's review the scriptures for comfort and maturation.
Paul says in Romans 8:1: "There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus..." And expands that truth to it's conclusive triumph in Romans 8:33:
"Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifies."
Nothing can change what is ours thru the Lord and our faith in His blood sacrifice that cleaned us forever...and does so each day.
Paul continues: in Romans 8:34-39:
" Who is he that condemns? It is Christ that died, and that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who makes intercession for us".

Now hear what the Spirit, thru Paul, has to say:
"What shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. In all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor anything created, shall be able to seperate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus, our Lord."
Emphasis added
Now let's hear what Jesus has to say in John 10:27-28:
"My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give to them ETERNAL LIFE" (my emphasis).
He goes on to add in verse 28-29:
"And they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave me to them, is greater than all; and no man is able to take them out of my Father's hand".

You see it is not us who holds on but God who holds us. God is supreme and all powerful. Once saved always saved is guaranteed by Jesus.

WHAT ABOUT HEBREWS 6:4-6?
Many who have read these passages find themselves in a state of high anxiety fearing a loss of salvation for something they did or failed to do. And there are many bible expositors who might go along with this false and highly punitive interpretation. Take heart for what we read above is true: salvation is assured by God once and for all time."He Keeps His Word". But REWARDS are not!
What the writer is talking about is repentance. Repentance is something God has asked believers to DO. Look at Revelation 2 and 3.
He says to every one of the churches to repent. The fruit of salvation are rewards. The root is Christ. The discussion here is about the things that accompany salvation which should be the fruit of the christian life and the rewards that come to us as its result.
We are being warned of the danger of losing our rewards. They can burn up by our failure to repent (1 Cor.3:11-15).
The work of every Christian will be tested by fire. What we do in the flesh will burn up. What we do in the power of The Spirit will bring rewards. One day we will come before the judgment seat of Christ, not for punishment, but for hopeful commendation.
Has your life counted for Him? Is He first? Oh how we all need Him to be FIRST.

JESUS, OUR HIGH PRIEST Christ became our High Priest by His resurrection from the dead; He has eternal life. We come to God through Christ (Heb.7:24-28; 9:24; 1Jn.2:1).
We are to confess our sins to our Father through Him and live in the power of our new life, a life He gave us by His sacrifice and resurrection (Heb.8:1-2).
By the Lord's daily intercession on our behalf, and the pleading of his blood, we can live our life here in His Spirit and, one day soon, share in the rewards God has laid up for us in eternity. "Glory To The Lord"