HOW JESUS CHRIST CAN HELP US

WHAT Jesus Christ did to help people when he was on earth was marvelous.   This was so true that after recounting numerous events of Jesus' life, one eyewitness said:  "There are, in fact, many other things also which Jesus did, which,if ever they were written in full detail, I suppose, the world itself could not contain the scrolls  written."  (John 21:25) Since Jesus did so much on the earth, we might ask:  'How can he be  our helper in heaven?  Can we benefit from Jesus' tender compassion now?"

The answer is most heartwarming and reassuring.  The Bible tells  us that Christ entered "into heaven itself, now to appear before the person of God for  us."  (Hebrews 9:24) What did he do for us?   The apostle Paul explains: "[Christ] entered, no, not with the blood of goats and of young bulls, but with his own blood, once for all time into the holy place ["heaven itself"] and obtained an everlasting deliverance for us." -Hebrews 9:12;  1 John 2:2.

What good news that is!  Rather than ending Jesus' wonderful work in behalf of people, his ascensions to heaven enabled him to do even more for mankind.  That is because God, in his great undeserved kindness, appointed Jesus to serve as "a public servant"-a high priest -"at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in  the heavens." -Hebrews 8:1, 2.

Next time: "A Public Servant"

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