The Basis of Our Confidence

UV 810/10,000 The Basis of Our Confidence “Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” Hebrews 4 v 16 Jesus is seated on the throne as our King and Priest. As the King, He rules over the universe with His Word. His Word is law that penetrates the spirit. It divides the light from darkness, the truth from untruth, the good from bad. As our High Priest, eternal and holy, He presents us before the Father as holy and blameless by virtue of our faith or confidence that His blood sacrifice was sufficient to move us forever from untruth to truth, darkness to light and from evil to good. It is not our confidence in ourselves that enables us to approach the throne of grace but our faith in the risen Son of God. But for our faith we being sinful cannot approach the throne of the Almighty with confidence but with fear and awe. In such a condition of being a stranger to God, we would receive penalty and find judgement. The reason for our confidence is that we have personal knowledge of our Saviour and King. We are hopeful that He will not let our spirit perish but as He knows and understands our weaknesses and as He when He walked in flesh on earth was tempted in every way and remained sinless and victorious, He can offer us mercy and transfer His grace, the power to remain victorious in every situation. We have the blessed assurance that He will supply our every need according to not what we deserve but in accordance with His exceeding, abundant grace. We approach the throne room of heaven not as strangers or pilgrims but as sons and daughters of the Most High and as Friends of God. The word “ help” means that we need to make every effort on our part to do that which the Spirit and our spirit commends us to do. Grace will fill the gap in our efforts or give us help. When we attempt something, we do not know if we will succeed or fail. It is grace that will take care of the result. Grace will give us power to overcome our inner weaknesses. But we must first receive mercy. Jesus is the High Priest for every human being but it is up to each individual to believe and recognize that truth and receive the mercy He is offering with His nail-pierced hands. We approach the throne of grace only once to receive mercy but we approach His throne daily and frequently to “find grace”. We approach the throne every time we bow our heads or bend our knees or incline our ears to pray. We find grace by seeking His help for our every need, big or small. Prateep V Philip