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The Life
The
life by which we come to God is by the blood of Jesus
Christ, which is represented by the wine. It is stated categorically that, “The
life of every creature is in the blood, and God has given it to us to make
atonement for our souls on the altar, for it is the blood that makes atonement
for the soul” (Leviticus 17:11).
It is for this reason that on the night before Jesus Christ was
led to be crucified, He instituted the new covenant of His blood by blessing
the cup and gave thanks saying; Drink from it, all of you. This is My blood of
the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins (Matthew
26:28).
It is through this process that we can now draw near with a true heart, in full
assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and
our bodies washed with pure water, holding fast the confession of our hope
without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. And let us consider one
another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling
of ourselves together, as the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so
much the more as you see the Day approaching" (Hebrews 10:19-25).
This is our door, our gate way our pass
word to the Father, whenever we want to present ourselves before Him. For thus
says the Lord; These are the Lord's appointed feasts, which you are to proclaim
as sacred assemblies for bringing offerings made to the Lord by fire (zeal) –
the burnt offerings (Christ the Lamb of God) and grain offerings (Unleavened
Bread Christ's body), sacrifices and drink offerings (Wine; Christ's blood)
required for each day. These offerings are besides the Sabbaths of the Lord,
besides our gifts, besides all our vows, and besides all our free will
offerings which we give to the Lord (Leviticus 23:37-38).
These are the times the Lord has ordained for people
to come and give to the Lord the glory due His name; to bring an offering, and
come into His courts, and worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness,
therefore, it is required of all those who come near to God to regard Him as
holy, For this is what the LORD spoke, saying: ' By those who come near Me I
must be regarded as holy; And before all the people I must be glorified.' For
who in the heavens can be compared to the LORD? Among the sons of the mighty
can be likened to the LORD? God is
greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be held in reverence
by all those around Him. (Leviticus 10:3; Psalms 89:6-7).
Be reminded that, the church, the body of Christ was
chosen in Jesus Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should be
holy and without blame before Him in love (Ephesians 1:4).
The scriptures are replete with instructions
requiring the holiness of all those who appears before the Father but the
question is, how does one becomes holy?
To become holy one must partake of the things by
which the offering for sin was made just as the Lord instructed Aaron and his
sons saying; “They shall eat those things with which the atonement was made, to
consecrate and to sanctify them; but an outsider shall not eat them, because
they are holy” (Exodus 29:33).
To state it briefly, the formula for holiness is to
partake of the things with which the atonement for sin was made which in our
present dispensation is the body and blood of Jesus Christ represented by the
bread and wine and the requirement for holiness is paramount because this is
the will of the Father even before the foundation of the world.
As we have been duly instructed saying; “Blessed be
the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every
spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him
before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame
before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ
to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the
glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved” (Ephesians
1:3-6).
And this state of holiness which is required of us on
a daily basis is attained and sustained by have redemption through His blood,
the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace. And this is
required on a daily basis as we have been duly instructed saying; “Being
delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear, in
holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life” (Luke 1:74-75).
Truly, these times of ignorance God has overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent. We need to cease worshiping God in vain, and stop setting aside the commandments of God to keep the commandments of men, and our own traditions.
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With brotherly love
Lucius Joseph
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