July 07, 2016: SOAP #2408: Micah 5-7; Hebrews 7

Scripture: Hebrews (NIV) 7:16 one [Jesus] who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life.

Observation: Jesus is the fulfillment of the Old Testament priesthood not because he descended from the tribe of Levi, for he came through the tribe of Judah. Hebrews mentions another priest who did not come from the line of Levi—Melchizedek, to whom Abraham gave a tithe before Levi was ever born. Jesus was not a priest because he had the right lineage, but because he had an indestructible life.

Application: I have hope in living a life pleasing to God, not because I am a good person, or because I know what the Bible says, or because my parents were Christians, but because the One with the indestructible life is living in me!!! He is my hope!

Prayer:   Jesus, thank you for living in me. Thank you for the hope and strength and wisdom you give me every day. Amen

Pastor Leon
Making friends for time and eternity!