Serve the Living God! 

(He 9:11-14) 



God is served(Ac 26:7). 

He is in the high position and 

He is worthy to be served for what He has done. 



Faith is knowing whom to serve and why, and 

The life of this faith is serving the living God with the best. 



Serving is what the lowly does to the high, and 

Depending on who is served, that service can either be humiliating or glorious. 

Then, how glorious would it be to serve the living God, in divine service! 



Satan was the archangel who was 

Cast down from heaven into Hades(Is 14:12-15) for 

He left his position of service and attempted to be like God(Eze 28:12-17; Jude 1:6). 



Men have the instinct to serve idols or even their dead since 

They are not only living beings with the function to serve the divine(Ge 2:7), 

But also slaves of the devil because their ancestor Adam was deceived by him(Ge 3:4-6; 2Pe 2:19). 



The people of Israel were called the holy people(Ex 19:6; Dt 7:6) because 

God chose them when they were serving the king of the world 

To serve Him as the kingdom of priests. 



The Law is the commandment prohibiting the making and the serving of idols(Ex 20:4), for 

God hates men serving gods other than Himself. 



Furthermore, it is the ordinance for service(He 9:1), 

The detailed regulations regarding 

The sanctuary, the priesthood and the offerings. 



The priests were chosen from Aaron's descendants of the Levites, 

Consecrated and robed in sacred garments(Ex 28:1-43), 

Continually serving God inside the Tabernacle. 

As such, they became objects of jealousy by others(Nu 16:1-10). 

However, the altar that was overlaid with bronze was a sign to all Israel(Nu 16:38-40). 



Nevertheless, the kingdom of Israel collapsed in the end(Mal 1:6-10), for 

The people had served other gods such as Baal in high places(Nu 33:52; Jdg 3:7-8), and 

The priests showed contempt for sacrifices(Mal 1:6-14, Mal 2:1-3). 



Through the death and the resurrection of His body, 

Jesus would become a greater temple than 

The one made by hands(Mt 12:6; He 9:11), and 

Reform the service done in it and 

Establish a new spirit, a new heart and the new name of God to serve(Eze 36:25-27). 



Though the jealousy of the chief priests eventually led Jesus to death(Mk 15:1, Mk 15:10), 

As He died, Jesus said, "It is finished(Jn 19:30), declaring that He: 

1. With His flesh(the Tabernacle) and His blood(the sacrifice), gave the eternal sacrifice as the high priest(He 9:11-14); 

2. Judged the devil who left his proper position(Jude 1:6; 1Jn 3:8); and 

3. Gave His life as a ransom and served souls(Mt 20:28) 

He rose and sat at the right hand of the Majesty in the true heaven(H 9:24-25) as 

The eternal High Priest who serves the Father(He 7:26, He 8:1). 



The Holy Spirit comes to the souls cleansed by the blood of Jesus and 

Lets them serve the name Yeshua as all priests. 



The man of the Spirit 

Serves the living God as a priest(1Pe 2:5), 

Not cowardly or forced but willingly loves 

Yeshua, His body the church, and its members(Rm 12:10-11; Eph 2:21; Gal 6:6; He 13:16) and 

Serves with whatever gift he received(1Pe 4:10), for 

His many sins have been forgiven and he loves much(Lk 7:36-50). 



O Lord, 

Rather than the service of the highly selected priests, 

You prefer to be served by the sinner of all like me! 

I want to pour out the best at Your footstool, the church(Mt 5:35), and 

Kiss Your feet and pour out my tears! 

O Lord, I really love You! Amen.