For on the one hand, a former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness 19 (for the law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God. Hebrews 7:18-19 – The writer of Hebrews was challenging some firmly established belief systems for the Jewish people here. He’s saying that Jesus’ priestly line is far greater than the priestly line they had used since the beginning of the law. He also says within our verse that the Law of Moses, the law they upheld as the standard of life for all those Jewish, made no one perfect. It is weak and useless in the ability to bring us the perfection needed for closeness with God. So what did the Father do? He established a better priestly line and a better covenant of hope for us so we could draw near to Him. While the law gave us a good picture of our sin problem, it couldn’t do anything to fix the problem. Think of the law as an x-ray of a broken bone, it helps us see an issue we couldn’t see before, but the x-ray doesn’t do anything to fix the broken bone. The law opened our eyes to our sin, but only Jesus could do anything to fix our sin problem. The law and the old priestly line then had its place, but both needed to be set aside because the new had come that could actually save us from our sin. While likely we today don’t need convincing that the Jewish law can’t save us, maybe we do need the reminder that our good actions towards God isn’t what save us. The addition of more good deeds isn’t what’s going to cure our sin problem, we need a subtraction of sin to do that and only Jesus can bring that subtraction. Praise the Lord we had a Jesus who can subtract our sin to zero and make us right with the Father. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3191
Question To Ponder: Do you ever feel like you have to earn your place with God?
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