Hebrews 13:7-10

Very brief today.  Got a late start and need to log into school.

Hebrews 13:7-10

⁷ Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.

Watch the example of you pastors and elders.  See how their life turns out.  No, they will not be perfect, but as they apply their faith to life you will notice them grow in Christ.  Follow their example.

⁸ Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Some people cannot be trusted because they change their mind.  And all of us know someone who puts on masks, meaning they act one way around family and another way around friends and yet another way at work.  God is the same all the time.  We can approach Him with confidence because he's not going to suddenly say, "I no longer accept my son's payment for sin.  Go to hell."

⁹ Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods, which is of no benefit to those who do so.¹⁰ We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle have no right to eat.

As Christians we celebrate the Lord's table to remember what Christ did for us on the cross.  The ordinance does not save us nor does it forgive our sins.  It helps us to focus and remember Christ.  We are under grace now.  It's not about ceremony and doing.  It's about Christ who is better than the old way of following the law.

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers and sisters. Amen.