We don’t get what we deserve, we get what Jesus deserves!
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews chapter 2:
11 Jesus, the Holy One, makes us Holy. And as Sons and Daughters, we now belong to His Same Father, so He is not ashamed or embarrassed to introduce us as His Brothers and Sisters!
What a glorious statement about you and me!
12 For He has said, “I will reveal who you really are to My Brothers and Sisters, and I will glorify You with praises in the midst of the congregation.”
13 And, “My confidence rests in God!” And again He says, “Here I am, One with the Children YAHWEH has given Me.”
Jesus revealed Who FATHER really is to you and me. HE is the GOD of Love Who has mercy and grace toward us. HE also provided the Spotless Lamb so as to reconcile and restore us to HIM as FATHER.
14 Since all His “Children” have flesh and blood, so Jesus became human to fully identify with us. He did this, so that He could experience death and annihilate the effects of the intimidating accuser who holds against us the power of death.
15 By embracing death Jesus sets free those who live their entire lives in bondage to the tormenting dread of death.
16 For it is clear that He didn’t do this for the angels, but for all the sons and daughters of Abraham.
17 This is why He had to be a man and take hold of our humanity in every way. He made us His Brothers and Sisters and became our merciful and faithful King-Priest before God; as the One Who removed our sins to make us One with Him.
18 He suffered and endured every test and temptation, so that He can help us every time we pass through the ordeals of life.
There is nothing that Jesus didn’t endure firsthand while He was physically here on earth. There is no unique trial, test, tribulation, suffering, rejection, abuse, pain, or sorrow you or I have experienced that Jesus didn’t experience as well. This is why He fully identifies with each of us as He represents us to FATHER. His Love for each of us surpasses our limited understanding in that no matter how many times we mess up, He still embraces us in His unconditional Love.
Paul continues in Hebrews chapter 3:
1 And so, dear brothers and sisters, you are now made Holy, and each of you is invited to the feast of your Heavenly calling. So fasten your thoughts fully onto Jesus, whom we embrace as our Apostle and King-Priest.
2 For He was faithful to The Father Who appointed Him, in the same way that Moses was a model of faithfulness in what was entrusted to him.
3 But Jesus is worthy to receive a much greater glory than Moses, for the one who builds a house deserves to be honored more than the house he builds.
4 Every house is built by someone, but God is the Designer and Builder of all things.
Why do you think that the various forms of media do not want the Name of Jesus mentioned? The adversary does not want us to fasten our thoughts on Jesus Christ, Our High Priest and King!
What are we to do?
7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you will hear His Voice,
8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, In the day of trial in the wilderness,
9 Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me, And saw My works forty years.
10 Therefore I was angry with that generation, And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart, And they have not known My ways.’
How do you harden your heart? You quit listening and responding to The Holy Spirit. When you don’t listen anymore, you subject yourself to the deceitfulness of sin and unrighteousness.
11 So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest.'”
12 Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God;
13 but exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
14 For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end,
15 while it is said: “Today, if you will hear His Voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”
We must protect our hearts by responding to The Holy Spirit Who speaks only Truth. As Brothers and Sisters in Christ, we rely totally on the Blood of Jesus Christ to represent us faithfully to FATHER. Let us focus our attention and fasten our thoughts daily on Our Lord Jesus Christ Who is worthy as Our High Priest and King.