All We Need

DEVOTION

HEBREWS

ALL WE NEED

Heb 10:11-14

11 Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God. 13 Since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool, 14 because by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.

NIV

Who are those enemies of Christ that will be made his footstool? It would seem it is those who mock Him, who refuse to accept Him, who by their absolute refusal to admit their need for Him make themselves out to be better than they should. Why people would deliberately become an enemy of Christ is beyond understanding, yet I remember when I was one. I remember when I hated all organized religion, when I thought all those churches every wanted was my money. I saw the truth in man’s heart for I only needed to look into the mirror. But Praise God, like so many others, the Spirit was able to break through and now I am among those who have been made perfect forever and are being made holy. Where would we all be if Jesus had not offered himself once and for all as a sacrifice for our sins? Where would we all be if Jesus was not sitting at the right hand of God making intercession for us? Where would we all be if Jesus did not make us all perfect forever? It is a horrible end that awaits those who are the enemies of Christ. The darkness will overshadow them in the end. Terrible turmoil and torment will bring them to their most horrible end. Why someone decides to undergo such an experience when freedom, forgiveness and safety are but a confession away. It also is baffling that some would put their trust in the rules of man, in those denominational doctrines, and dogmas instead of in the simply faith of a child looking to Jesus. Why when we have been made free and perfect do we want to be in bondage to those things? Why when we have Jesus would we want need anything else? Is it Jesus plus something that make us holy? Do we need to sacrifice other things too? We are so blessed to be a part of the body of Christ, to have Him as our high priest, our one and only sacrifice for our sin. He is all we need, He is all we need, Jesus is all we need.