
2 Corinthians 3:4-6
My old friend Matt, delivered an amazing sermon this past Easter holiday, & something they said about Jesus resurrection, I never thought of before, I hope he doesn’t mind me sharing what he taught me & his to his church, but someone once told me a good pastor steals other pastor’s sermons On the morning when after the earthquake had roll the stone that covered Jesus tomb was rolled away, Mary one of Jesus beloved followers came to take care of dead body, but when she poked her head inside Jesus’ tomb, she was two angels inside, one at where is head would have been, & the other angel at where is feet would have been, nothing between the angels but a neatly folded Jesus burial wrappings.
Matt said this was a new Mercy seat in the New Testament, if you don’t know what the mercy seat is, I will tell you. The mercy seat is told in Exodus 25:17-22, it is basically part of the ark of covenant, where God’s Law (10 commandments ) was kept, a golden box, it had a top with two angels (cherubim). That extended their wings to cover the mercy seat. As a requirement of the Old Covenant, for the forgiven of all Israel’s sin, a sacrifice was made outside the temple, then a priest would appear before the mercy seat & have a talk with Lord;
Jesus’ death & resurrection, killed the system of the Old Covenant, no more do we have to stand before two tablets of stone, & read what the Lord wrote with His Almighty Hand to know His character. When a person accepts Jesus, as the Son & Lamb of God, His death & sacrifice is enough to forgive & give every man & woman, who has confidence or believe, Jesus is who He says He is.
The Old & New Testament or covenant have something in common, If God’s people show they can have confidence in His word & obey what He says. We come forward as an act of worship & He gives us a much better sacrifice, just like father Abraham did, who also had a covenant with God.
My dear friends, can you say with confidence in your heart, that the Lord, is you Yahweh-Yireh, that He has provided His sacrifice, His Lamb of God. Do you know what the Lord did with His Son, He really said, I’m for your sin & you breaking the covenant, & then He paid the penalty, with something you could never give or even afford,the cost was too high. Only when you surrender yourself as true worship & sacrifice, His Lamb of God is your Lamb also. Dear Heavenly Father, thank You, for New Covenant paid for by Your Son’s blood, thank you showing in my heart to be more like You & not myself, please help to reach others, & show them Your glory, in Jesus name i pray, Amen. Shalom., by brothers & sisters in Christ. Tell me something, would you be humble enough to say I’m sorry for something you didn’t do, or you know 100% it was your fault. The Lord you God did, all you have to do is accept His apology.?
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