School resumes in a week. By the time you read this your children, your spouse, certainly someone in your life has gone back to school – elementary, high school, college, graduate school. For some, they will learn new things; for others, they will review things they already know.
What do you know about Jesus? We will take a closer look at what we know about Jesus, and where we can accurately find out the most about Him. Today, I focus on a single verse from the New Testament book of Hebrews: 7:25 - “Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them..”
What can you and I learn from this important and vital verse? Following are at least 4 things we need to know:
I. Jesus alone is able to save us! Acts 4:12 tells us, “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved." Our Lord Jesus has made it crystal clear: “I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. There are no other doors that lead to heaven. Our only hope is found in Jesus.
II. Jesus alone is able to keep us secure! God’s Word could not be more specific than this. When our Lord Jesus Christ saves us, He saves us for all time and eternity. Our salvation is “by grace through faith, and that not of ourselves: it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9).
Make sure you understand what I am saying. Our good works in the life are so important--- not to save us or to keep us saved---but to show our salvation. The Bible tells us we are a new creation, the workmanship of God Himself.
III. Jesus alone is able to sustain and keep us! Psalm 55:22 says, “Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall.” This is a question of our lives coming under His Lordship. We are to trust in Him, to give Him our burdens and hardships, to live our lives in Him and through Him, and for Him.
IV. Finally, Jesus alone is able to present us blameless before God our Father. We read in Jude 1:24-25, “To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy— to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore!” Only the Savior can do this for you and for me. We cannot do it by ourselves, nor do we “assist” Him in it. His sacrificial death on the cross accomplished it. His resurrection proves it.
Join us this Sunday morning in worship of our Lord. Please read and re-read each passage of scripture in preparation for our worship and adoration of the One who loves us so much! Amen!!
~Pastor Mark