Holy Among Us

Hebrews 9:12-14

After forty days in the wilderness, Jesus was physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausted when Satan came to tempt Him. Yet, the Bible tells us in Matthew 4 that Jesus rebuked Satan and didn’t give in to the temptation. Instead, He remained holy. Hebrews 5 says that even though He was the Son of God, Jesus in His humanity learned obedience through His temptation (suffering). Thus He was made the perfect source of our salvation. 

The sacrifice of His perfect life for our sin gives us access to God the Father and the power to live a holy life. The Hebrew writer asks if a perfect animal can cleanse our bodies from sin, how much more can the blood of Christ cleanse our conscience and spirit from works of sin and death? A Holy Emmanuel means we can be holy too.