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In the Father"s Throne Room - Part 1

"We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens...
But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises "(Hebrews 8:1, 6).
Jesus has always been God (John 8:58, Revelation 1:8).
He was the God of creation (John 1:1-3).
He was the God Man in His incarnation (Matthew 1:23).
He is now and always will be God (Hebrews 13:8).
The writer of Hebrews tells us that Christ is now seated at the right hand of the throne of Majesty.
Since this was always His privilege, why is this so important to you and to me? The significance is that through His sacrifice as the Lamb of God, He, our High Priest, has done what no other High Priest had ever done.
He completed the work of redemption and sat down.
Now because He is there, you and I as believers in Him, can come boldly to the throne of grace (Hebrews 4:16).
This is not a future promise.
It is a present reality.
Realizing that access to God's throne room is readily available should give Christians an excitement about prayer and cause us to use that privilege constantly.
Who would not want to have an audience with the King at any time, seek His advice and know that His presence is only as far away as a thought? I am on a quest to learn more about prayer.
If I could ask the writer of Hebrews, "What can you teach me about prayer," I think the following would be part of his answer.
The Life and Words of God's Son There is an application to prayer in the first two verses of the letter.
Prayer is a conversation with God.
A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue.
If you are truly interested in hearing from God (His side of the conversation), you must know how He speaks and recognize His voice when He does.
In the Old Testament, He prepared us for the coming of His Son.
He spoke to the fathers by the prophets promising the redemption that would come through Jesus Christ.
Abraham was justified by faith, not by works (Romans 4 and Genesis 15:6).
The men and women mentioned in Hebrews 11, the great Hall of Faith, were justified by faith.
Their faith was in the promise to come.
In the New Testament, we have the account of Jesus' birth, life, sacrificial death, resurrection, ascension and presence in His body as well as additional prophecies about His second coming.
If you are a believer, like Abraham, you are justified by faith, not by works (Romans 5).
Your faith is in the promise fulfilled.
God speaks to us clearly through His Son.
Jesus told His disciples, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him...
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things that I said to you" (John 14:23,26).
If you want to hear God speak to you, listen to Jesus.
If you do your part (love Him and keep His word), God will live with you and in you and His Holy Spirit will remind you of the things that you need to hear Him say to you.
© Stephanie B.
Blake
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