Look inside this book.Where the Bush is Burning: A Daily Devotional by [Thomas Tice]

Tag: Hebrews 7

Two Intercessors

Two Intercessors

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Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.  

Hebrews 7:25 

Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.  

Romans 8:26 

We have two mighty Intercessors with God. They are Christ and the Holy Spirit. Our text, taken from two separate books, refers to these two Intercessors. Christ’s intercession is that of our Great High Priest. By His presence, at the right hand of God the Father, He holds up the great objective plea of His blood. He guarantees our acceptance at the Throne of Grace because He is not only our High Priest, but also the Head of the Body. If God accepts the Head, He must also accept the Body. The intercession of the Holy Spirit is different in that it is emotional and related to  our prayers. We do not know what we should pray for as we ought. At best we are a lisping, stammering bundle of self-absorbed needs and wants. We desperately need the intercession of the Holy Spirit. In essence, the Holy Spirit re-frames our prayers on the basis of what is acceptable to God and intercedes with powerful effect on our behalf. As a matter of opinion, this may account for why the answers to prayer we often receive do not look exactly the way we expected them to look. They are answers more in line with what God knows is best for us. With these two interceding powerfully for us, God will hear us.  

Our Gracious God and Heavenly Father, 
we rejoice that You have done all that is necessary 
for us to be heard at the Throne of Grace. 
We praise You for our Two powerful Intercessors. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Button

Christ’s Intercession

Christ’s Intercession

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But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God.  

Hebrews 10:12   

Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.  

Hebrews 7:28 

If Christ is seated on the right hand of God while He waits for His enemies to become His footstool, what else is He doing? According to the writer of Hebrews, He is perpetually interceding for us. How does this intercession look? We should consider that He accomplishes His intercession by virtue of His presence there at the right hand of God. He is there holding up the great objective plea of His blood. Because He has completed His once-for-all sacrifice; has risen from the dead; has ascended to the throne, and resides there, all the labor is complete. His presence, as the Head of His redeemed, who are His Body, is the grand argument for our acceptance. In this sense, He always lives to make intercession for us. His intercession guarantees that God accepts us, and hears our prayers. The writer of Hebrews argues, ‘Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession….Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.’ We may come to the Throne of Grace with utter confidence because, even though we are personally faulty, failing and, as yet, not completely holy, Jesus never fails to successfully intercede for us. God accepts His intercession.  

Our Great God and our Savior, 
we rejoice that You hold up the objective plea of Your blood.  
We praise You that Your intercession can never fail.  

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning

Two Intercessors

Two Intercessors

By |

Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.  

Hebrews 7:25 

Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.  

Romans 8:26 

We have two mighty Intercessors with God. They are Christ and the Holy Spirit. Our text, taken from two separate books, refers to these two Intercessors. Christ’s intercession is that of our Great High Priest. By His presence, at the right hand of God the Father, He holds up the great objective plea of His blood. He guarantees our acceptance at the Throne of Grace because He is not only our High Priest, but also the Head of the Body. If God accepts the Head, He must also accept the Body. The intercession of the Holy Spirit is different in that it is emotional and related to  our prayers. We do not know what we should pray for as we ought. At best we are a lisping, stammering bundle of self-absorbed needs and wants. We desperately need the intercession of the Holy Spirit. In essence, the Holy Spirit re-frames our prayers on the basis of what is acceptable to God and intercedes with powerful effect on our behalf. As a matter of opinion, this may account for why the answers to prayer we often receive do not look exactly the way we expected them to look. They are answers more in line with what God knows is best for us. With these two interceding powerfully for us, God will hear us.  

Our Gracious God and Heavenly Father, 
we rejoice that You have done all that is necessary 
for us to be heard at the Throne of Grace. 
We praise You for our Two powerful Intercessors. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Button

Christ’s Intercession

Christ’s Intercession

By |

But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God.  

Hebrews 10:12   

Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.  

Hebrews 7:28 

If Christ is seated on the right hand of God while He waits for His enemies to become His footstool, what else is He doing? According to the writer of Hebrews, He is perpetually interceding for us. How does this intercession look? We should consider that He accomplishes His intercession by virtue of His presence there at the right hand of God. He is there holding up the great objective plea of His blood. Because He has completed His once-for-all sacrifice; has risen from the dead; has ascended to the throne, and resides there, all the labor is complete. His presence, as the Head of His redeemed, who are His Body, is the grand argument for our acceptance. In this sense, He always lives to make intercession for us. His intercession guarantees that God accepts us, and hears our prayers. The writer of Hebrews argues, ‘Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession….Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.’ We may come to the Throne of Grace with utter confidence because, even though we are personally faulty, failing and, as yet, not completely holy, Jesus never fails to successfully intercede for us. God accepts His intercession.  

Our Great God and our Savior, 
we rejoice that You hold up the objective plea of Your blood.  
We praise You that Your intercession can never fail.  

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning

Two Intercessors

Two Intercessors

By |

Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.  

Hebrews 7:25 

Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.  

Romans 8:26 

We have two mighty Intercessors with God. They are Christ and the Holy Spirit. Our text, taken from two separate books, refers to these two Intercessors. Christ’s intercession is that of our Great High Priest. By His presence, at the right hand of God the Father, He holds up the great objective plea of His blood. He guarantees our acceptance at the Throne of Grace because He is not only our High Priest, but also the Head of the Body. If God accepts the Head, He must also accept the Body. The intercession of the Holy Spirit is different in that it is emotional and related to  our prayers. We do not know what we should pray for as we ought. At best we are a lisping, stammering bundle of self-absorbed needs and wants. We desperately need the intercession of the Holy Spirit. In essence, the Holy Spirit re-frames our prayers on the basis of what is acceptable to God and intercedes with powerful effect on our behalf. As a matter of opinion, this may account for why the answers to prayer we often receive do not look exactly the way we expected them to look. They are answers more in line with what God knows is best for us. With these two interceding powerfully for us, God will hear us.  

Our Gracious God and Heavenly Father, 
we rejoice that You have done all that is necessary 
for us to be heard at the Throne of Grace. 
We praise You for our Two powerful Intercessors. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Button

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