Lest we drift away. God's word is a stablizing factor? God's word is a strength against the winds and the waves of disobedience and pride and anxieties and transgression that were the soul infirmity for generations. We have a more sure word of prophecy. We have a more sure commitment of God for our salvation and deliverance from sin. We have a more clear and lucid expression of the heart of God than, even the angels did before their fall. They see His face and they do not touch His heart. We have His heart expressed to us in the Word and we are blessed to have it. Sinning against the express heart of God, without an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous would have eternal consequences. We have eternal promises of God's commitment to our lives and continuance in faith. God bore witness on the earth to His heart having been expressed by signs and wonders.
Not only do we have the heart of God in His Word, we have elders of many generations who have agreed upon its translation so that in the languages that we read there are many expressions that come to same conclusions, even on the most obscure passages. We cannot neglect His expression of His heart of mercy and grace. It is poured out upon us in such abundance there is nothing to do but bask in His salvation.
The writer to the Hebrews was pleading with the Jews not to miss the mercy of God expressed in Jesus. There will come no other salvation. Don't miss the expression of God in the Lord Jesus. God loved us enough to commit the ultimate sacrifices on our behalf and the people who already had His expressions of love were shadowed from seeing it by the shadows of God's goodness upon them for generations. Isn't that just like us. When we have the mercy of God we become complacent and miss the fresh promises of fulfillment and grace and truth that God has wrapped in a package everyday. Halleluia, that there is mercy and grace for today. Help me Lord not to miss it for the love of yesterday's mercies.
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