Jan 16
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“Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law?”
(Gal. 4:21)
The life of the Old Testament Jew, under the law, was so difficult. He
was hedged in by a thousand commandments and prohibitions. The forms,
laws, ceremonies, and sacrifices were many, and every detail minutely
arranged. He was always in danger of becoming unclean. If he sat on a
certain stool, drank from a certain pitcher, ate a certain food, touched
a leper, or did a certain deed, he was defiled. A thousand sins of
ignorance were like hidden pits before him. He must be in constant fear
of being cut off. No Jew ever talked of a finished work. A lamb was
slain, but there must be another; the High Priest went into the holy of
holies, but he must go in again next year. The law with its types and
shadows can never put away sin! “But this man, after He had offered one
sacrifice for sins forever sat down on the right hand of God.”
Look at our priest — “A priest forever.”
Look at his atonement — “It is finished.”
Look at our position in Him — “Complete.”
Look at our rest — “We have entered His rest.”
“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ
Jesus.” Pastor Henry Mahan