Our High Priest

Malachi 3:1-4

We had lost our way. We were wandering around, groping in the darkness. Then there was a voice, crying out. With every vocalization, a spark. With every spark, a flash of clarity.

John the Baptist was the prophet whose coming was prophesied (Isaiah 40:3, Malachi 3:1). He was here to prepare the way for the coming of the Lord (Matthew 3:1-3).
He knew for whom he was preparing the way (John 1:29-36) and he had looked forward to this day since before he was born (Luke 1:39-42).

Then came the Light! (John 1:1-9)

Today is Christmas day. We are celebrating the coming of the Light. We are celebrating about being moved from death to life, from blindness to site, from ignorance to understanding. The coming of our Advocate, our High Priest.

In Malachi 3:4, God talks about offerings being pleasing to Him again. Christ Jesus is the One who accomplished this. He offered Himself and it pleased God.
(Hebrews 5:1-10)

Thank You, Father, for that voice that cried out in the wilderness. Thank You for the Lamb Who took away the sins of the world. Thank You for our High Priest in Whom You are pleased.

Back To It

I said I would get back to Malachi 2.

As I read what God had to say to the priests, I was reminded more and more of modern Christianity. So many who call themselves Christians today seem to have taken a more liberal view of God's grace. They have espoused the "many paths" theology, or what I call "Jesus plus".

In taking this point of view, many have been steered in the wrong direction.
(Malachi 2:8-9)

The Gospel of Jesus Christ is powerful (Romans 1:16). But the modern church has watered down and candy coated the gospel of Jesus Christ and mixed it in with false doctrine to the point that it has lost it's power.

When bad things happen, the ones teaching false doctrines will point the finger of blame straight at God. They lament the fact that God isn't answering prayer in private, and continue to deceive their followers in public. (Malachi 2:13-14)

As followers of King Jesus, it is vitally important that we teach and practice sound doctrine. The doctrine that Jesus and the Apostles taught. It is time to be faithful to the wife of our youth and return to our first love (Malachi 2:11-14 and Revelation 2:4-5).

It is not Jesus plus. It is Christ Jesus alone.