October 27, 2010
Hebrews 10
Pastor Jon Wehner
As I was driving to work the other morning - scanning local radio stations - I came across a sappy old love song that used to dominate the charts. The lyrics went a little like this, “I did my best – but I guess my best wasn’t good enough.”
The first verse of Hebrews 10 reflects the same concept, with one great exception. Our best is never going to be good enough for God.
Without Jesus Christ, our relationship with God is imperfect and incomplete. The author reminds us that the sacrifices of Old Testament Law were merely a temporal solution to our sin problem. It is the sacrifice of Jesus that insures us a permanent solution as continually communicated in the New Testament writings.
So the next time that you find yourself channel-surfing on the radio (on your way to a Christian station, of course), feel free to add some additional lyrics like “. . . my best wasn’t good enough, but thank you Lord that Jesus was.”
