In our last broadcast we were looking at one of our riches in Christ and that was that He is with us. He lives in us, and we have His presence in a very localized and different sense than the world does. We know He is everywhere at once, He is omnipresent, but He lives within us, He dwells within us through the ministry of the Holy Spirit. What a privilege that is. Even to contemplate the idea that we carry around God in our bodies is mind blowing. It is a privilege and one of our great riches.
Along with that we have our privilege of our access to God. The truth that He lives in us gives us the privilege of communicating with Him. We are looking at Hebrews today. Some of you might have a desire to meet with a celebrity or very famous person. Maybe you would love to have an audience with a politician, or maybe not. Perhaps it’s a singer or a movie star or if you are more spiritual it may be a preacher or a bible teacher or someone that has meant a lot to you in your spiritual pilgrimage, and you would love to have a sit down with them. You would love an opportunity to ask questions of them. I remember when I was going to bible college Warren Wiersbe was speaking that week and he set up a block of time in the afternoons to have interviews with anyone who would want to come talk to him. I set up a time to go see him, and I sat down and talked with him for about fifteen minutes asking him question about his life and his disciplines as a pastor. I thought that was a great privilege. Now, if that was a great privilege, think of what the great privilege of knowing Jesus Christ and being able to communicate and having access to Him is!
The book of Hebrews comes to mind on this topic because this is a book of Scripture that is constantly inviting us to draw near to God and to have access to Him in a way that no other book of Scripture does. It is a wonderful reminder to us. In Hebrews 4:14-16 it says, “Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. Therefore, let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” We have looked at this passage before for various things. I want to look at this again and this time I want to look at the fact that we are invited to draw near to God . . .
