The purpose of the Old Testament is to point people to Jesus Christ. What God has done for us is more than we could ask or imagine. Whatever we know about God's love is only the edge of the surface of the truth. Jesus died was once and for all, not to be repeated. God declared that it is appointed unto people to die once, after that the judgement. Jesus will come to be the salvation to those who are waiting for Him. For those who follow Christ, judgement has already been taken care of because of the cross. We must be looking forward to Jesus' return!
We have all messed up and sinned, but God credits the righteousness of Jesus Christ on our account. This is not excuse to live like we haven't been born again and we don't earn our salvation, we display our salvation because of what Jesus did. Temptation and sin are not the same thing. We should not give into temptation, instead, we need to do what the Lord wants us to do. Jesus had to suffer in order to be made complete.
Program for 02/24/17 "Best of" Covenant Community Church: Hebrews 8