Bible Veerse of the Day Saturday January 6th, 2024

Hebrews 10:21-22  and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.

The House of God has many faces, home Churches, small community churches, larger rural Churches, some huge city churches as well as some newer theater-style churches with many thousands of members.

 God has a house that is not a brick-and-mortar building; it is an invisible, worldwide home for all that are seeking the love, grace, and mercy that comes only from our Lord and Savior, Christ Jesus (John 14:2). If a person is a born again, washed in the blood saved believer in Christ Jesus, it indicates that at some point the Holy Spirit has issued an invitation that person has responded to and accepted the call. As indicated in the verse of the day (Hebrews 10:21-22), the very heartbeat a person shows up at the doorsteps of God's house, in any form, the "High Priest" Jesus Christ warmly welcomes that person to come and be part of the family of God. 

 The problem arises when someone lingers in the lobbies and vestibules of God's house, coming in but not entering the inner sanctuary where Jesus dwells. God's greatest desire is that all people entering His house join Him at the banquet table where we can dine with the one that made it possible for us to be there. When we decide to remain at the fringes of God's house, we will miss out on the richness of the Lord's blessing for us. The tragedy is that too many Christians choose to remain on the perimeters, never enjoying the sumptuousness and splendor of a life surrendered to Christ Jesus.

 As followers and believers in Christ Jesus, we have been sprinkled with His precious blood to cover our sins. Furthermore, the child of God in Christ Jesus enjoys freedom from an accusing spirit, the evil one, Satan. The true surrendered believer in Christ comes to the throne of God unstained and presentable to stand before the creator of all in heaven and all on earth. Consequently, we can approach God's throne with a clean heart, not because of anything we have done but because of the sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross of Calvary. 

 Whatever your decision, do not linger in the fringes, the lobbies of God's house; come into the beauty of the sanctuary where the Savior of the world is waiting to bestow blessings on all His children that our human minds could never even imagine. The High Priest of God's house stands in the doorway with open, welcoming arms biding all to come closer. He is telling everyone that there is always an empty place on the pews for a surrendered child of God.