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February 7 - I Believe in the Shed Blood
Roger Duke
“He entered once for all into the Holy Places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves, but by means of his own blood, thus securing eternal redemption”
Hebrews 9: 12
This entry is taken from Daily Readings - John Bunyan a 366 day devotional edited by (and posted with permission from) Roger D. Duke, Scholar-in-Residence at Stage & Story, and published by Christian Heritage Press.
Each month focuses on a different book or writing by Bunyan. For February: My Confession of Faith (or A Confession of My Faith and a Reason of My Practice, or, With Who, and Who Not, I can Hold Church-fellowship, or the Communion of Saints)
I believe, that being on the right hand of God in heaven, Christ doth effectually exercise the office of his excellent priesthood, and mediatorship. He presents himself continually before God, in the righteousness, which is accomplished for us when he was in the world. By the efficacy of his blood, he not only went into the holy place, but being there he obtained eternal redemption for us. Now, as receiving the worth and merit of His blood from the Father; He does bestow upon us grace, repentance, faith, and the remission of sins. Yes, he also received for us the holy Ghost to be sent unto us, to confirm our adoption and Glory. For if he were on earth, he should not be a Priest; seeing then we have a great high priest, that is entered into the heavens—Jesus the son of God. Let us hold fast our profession. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men—the man Christ Jesus. For by his own blood, he entered the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figure of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us. Therefore, being by the right hand of God exalted; and having received of the Father, the promise of the holy Ghost; he hath shed forth this which we now see and hear. (Hebrews 8: 4; 1 Timothy 2: 5; Hebrews 9: 12 & 24; Act 5: 31).
I [also] believe, that [while He is] there, he shall continue till the restitution of all things, and then he shall come again in Glory, and shall sit in judgment upon all flesh.
And I believe that according to his sentence, so shall their judgment be.
John Bunyan was a preacher, theologian and author, whose best-known work, The Pilgrim's Progress, has challenged and influenced readers for almost 350 years.
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