Access to His Presence

“Therefore having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand...” Romans 5:1-2

Jesus gave His life for your sin, once for all. On that basis it is written, “and their sin I will remember no more.” Jeremiah 31:34

“Since therefore, brethren, we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh.” Hebrews 10:19-20

Only the high priest in Israel had the privilege to enter the holy place once a year. Yet, do you remember that when Jesus died, the veil of the holiest place (that barrier) was torn in two? Today you have access to the very presence of God by the blood of Jesus.

If we understand the magnitude of this privilege, we will not be found prayerless. The knowledge of His new and living way should motivate us to much prayer.

“And since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling...” Hebrews 10:21-25

God is pleased when you spend time in His presence, and when you are a functioning member of His body.

Are you pleasing Him?