Missionary Renegade: Reflecting God - "A Full Salvation" The Global Church of the Nazarene of Lenexa, Kansas, United States for Saturday, 19 December 2015 - Embrace Holy Living

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Reflecting God - "A Full Salvation" The Global Church of the Nazarene of Lenexa, Kansas, United States for Saturday, 19 December 2015 - Embrace Holy Living - Hebrews 9:15-28

Reflecting God - "A Full Salvation" The Global Church of the Nazarene of Lenexa, Kansas, United States for Saturday, 19 December 2015 - Embrace Holy Living - Hebrews 9:15-28RG AUDIO 121915

Hebrews 9:15 It is because of this death that he is mediator of a new covenant [or will].[Hebrews 9:15 Jeremiah 31:30(31)] Because a death has occurred which sets people free from the transgressions committed under the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promised eternal inheritance. 16 For where there is a will, there must necessarily be produced evidence of its maker’s death, 17 since a will goes into effect only upon death; it never has force while its maker is still alive.

18 This is why the first covenant too was inaugurated with blood. 19 After Moshe had proclaimed every command of the Torah to all the people, he took the blood of the calves with some water and used scarlet wool and hyssop to sprinkle both the scroll itself and all the people; 20 and he said, “This is the blood of the covenant which God has ordained for you.”[Hebrews 9:20 Exodus 24:8] 21 Likewise, he sprinkled with the blood both the Tent and all the things used in its ceremonies. 22 In fact, according to the Torah, almost everything is purified with blood; indeed, without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.

23 Now this is how the copies of the heavenly things had to be purified, but the heavenly things themselves require better sacrifices than these. 24 For the Messiah has entered a Holiest Place which is not man-made and merely a copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, in order to appear now on our behalf in the very presence of God.

25 Further, he did not enter heaven to offer himself over and over again, like the cohen hagadol who enters the Holiest Place year after year with blood that is not his own; 26 for then he would have had to suffer death many times — from the founding of the universe on. But as it is, he has appeared once at the end of the ages in order to do away with sin through the sacrifice of himself. 27 Just as human beings have to die once, but after this comes judgment, 28 so also the Messiah, having been offered once to bear the sins of many,[Hebrews 9:28 Isaiah 53:12] will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to deliver those who are eagerly waiting for him.

"A Full Salvation" by Author: Marlene Chase

When Jesus was on the cross, suffering for the sin of humanity, He breathed His last, but before He died, He gave a triumphant shout: “It is finished!” He completed the task He came into the world to do. He paid the debt and satisfied the righteous law of His Father, giving us access to a holy God whose love required nothing less than the death of His only begotten Son.
Christ brought salvation, the purpose of His first coming to earth. So what does it mean that Christ will bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him? Aren’t we already saved? Yes, if we’ve called on His name and repe" by nted of our sins. When we are first born again, that is initial salvation. From that point forward, we are to live holy lives pleasing to God through the power of the Holy Spirit. Those who live faithfully and endure to the end will be saved. We watch for Him knowing that the work of salvation will be complete when He returns to set up His kingdom on earth. Wesley called this “final salvation.”
Hymn for Today: "Full salvation! Full salvation" by Frank Bottome (1823-1894)

1. Full salvation! Full salvation!

Lo, the fountain opened wide,

Streams through every land and nation

From the Savior’s wounded side.