Praying the Books of Acts by Elmer L. Towns

Author:Elmer L. Towns
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 0768424933
Publisher: Destiny Image
Published: 2007-07-31T22:00:00+00:00

Hebrews

Praying the Book of Hebrews 1:1-13:25

The Story of Writing the Book of Hebrews

It was late at night and the candle on the small table reflected the faces of two aged travelers who followed Jesus Christ. Paul, closest to the light, was telling his physician friend, Luke, some of the problems in Jerusalem, “Christians in Jerusalem are going back into the Temple to make blood sacrifices, this is wrong; Jesus is the final sacrifice for sin! Jesus is the Lamb of God Who took away the sins of the world, how can they sacrifice the blood of an animal to forgive their sins?”

Paul explained it may be acceptable for some Christians to go back into the Temple to pray, these didn’t like the simplicity of worshiping Jesus in a house church, they wanted the elegance of the Temple. They liked the pomp and ceremony of observing holy days, the Jewish feasts and the Levitical choirs.

Paul reasoned to his friend Luke that the Christians in Jerusalem were comprising by returning to the Temple worship. Gone were the early days when Christians witnessed from house to house. Gone were the early days when they prayed all night for the power of God. Gone were the early days when the leaders of the Sanhedrin persecuted Christians for the miracles done in the name of Jesus Christ.

Luke said to Paul, “Why don’t you write a letter to the church in Jerusalem warning them about going back to Temple worship?”

Paul thought about it for a moment and then shook his head, “No!” he explained, “The church in Jerusalem will have nothing to do with me because I am the apostle to the Gentiles.” Then Paul added, “The Jewish Christians in Jerusalem would not listen to me, they are so bound up in their traditions that they hate me!”

Then Paul concluded, “Jewish Christians in Jerusalem still will have nothing to do with Gentiles.”

Paul thought again about writing a letter to them for a few minutes, then summarized, “No...the church in Jerusalem would not listen to a letter from Paul.”

Luke agreed with Paul but he knew something had to be done. Then Luke remembered a sermon that he had heard many times preached by Paul. It was a sermon on the theme Better. Luke said, “Your sermon that Christ is Better should be written out and sent to the church at Jerusalem.”

Because Luke had heard Paul preach the sermon so many times, he began to repeat the sermon to Paul. He had almost memorized it word for word. Luke said, “Christ is better than angels.Christ is better than Moses.Christ is better than the high priest.Christ is better than Melchizedek.Christ is better than the sacrifices.Christ is better than the Old Testament tabernacle.Christ is better than the priest who enters into the holy of holies.”

Paul laughed! He hadn’t realized Luke paid that close attention to his sermon. But when Paul heard Luke repeat his sermon—word for word—an idea crossed Paul’s mind. Then the wise apostle said,

“Luke, you write the sermon

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