Humbly Admitting We are Not Perfect

Hebrews 8:7

     Here in chapter 8 of Hebrews, the author gives us a reason as to why there is a new covenant by saying, "For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion to look for a second."

The Breakdown

     This verse serves as a good reminder for us and it also serves as a great explanation for the entire New Testament. "For if that first covenant had been faultless..." The author is giving a scenario, and "what if" moment if you will. He is setting the stage for the explanation. "...there would have been no occasion to look for a second." Summing the whole verse up, the author finishes with a logical statement. No one is perfect, the old law became ineffective. If everyone was perfect based off of the Mosaic law (first covenant), then God wouldn't have needed to send down Jesus (second covenant) to rescue us from our sins. We are human, so we sin. We are not perfect, in any way. I enjoy how the author lets us know that even though humanity was nearing such a hopeless point in time, God still went out of His way to send down His only Son, Jesus (the new covenant), to rescue us from our sins. That is true love.

The Application

     This one is a tough for me to point out, it took me a while to figure out exactly what God is trying to say to me here. He spoke to me though, and this is what I got to say: we are in desperate need of Jesus, no matter what we think. God gave us mercy by giving us Jesus to look two, He didn't have to, so we need to be humble about admitting that we are helpless without Jesus. That is what I have. We all sin, we all fall short of the glory of God, and we all need Jesus Christ to save us. It is foolish and selfish to think that we can make it on our own, because God saw that there needed to be a second covenant, that means that we need o accept that we need it as well. As soon as we are able to acknowledge our sin and that we can't live life on our own without Jesus, the sooner we will be able to live meaningful lives in His presence. Now, don't think this is easy, because it's not. I know for a fact that it is so hard for me to admit that I'm wrong at times, ask my girlfriend. But I need to learn to do that, it's for the good. If we were all perfect and didn't need Jesus, then we would have no purpose to live. Outside of Jesus, we are lost in sin; inside of Jesus, we are made perfect.