Hebrews 10: 19-20:
Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh.
Bible Verses
THE VEIL IS TORN — THE BELIEVER IS EMPOWERED
Introduction
At the death of Christ on the cross, the curtain (veil) of the Temple was torn from top to bottom. This signified that, through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, the way into the very presence of God had been opened. Henceforth, every believer has direct access to God through Christ, our one Mediator. We do not need a human priest to stand between us and God, nor is access to God reserved for a particular spiritual hierarchy.
Through Christ, every believer has been called, gifted and empowered to minister. We are equipped to pray, heal, teach, preach, encourage, serve, and demonstrate the love, compassion and empathy of Christ to others. We are not merely spectators in the Kingdom of God; we are participants, called to use the gifts God has given us for His glory and for the blessing of others.
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This week's theme
Every Believer Empowered
1 Timothy 2: 5:
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
1 Peter 2: 5:
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
James 5: 16:
And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
Hebrews 13: 15:
By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
1 Peter 2: 9:
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.
Revelation 1: 6:
And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Conclusion
Jesus is our Priestly King and Mediator who has empowered His believers, see, for example, First Peter chapter 4, verses 10 and 11: As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.