Bold Belief
We have boldness to enter the Father's presence due to the shed Blood of Jesus, which gives us access to God through faith in Christ.
Miles J. Stanford preaches about the believer's boldness to enter into the Holiest by the Blood of Jesus, emphasizing that through Christ's sacrifice, we have immediate access to the Father's presence. This access is not based on our own merit but on our position in Christ, allowing us to approach God with confidence and without doubt. Stanford highlights the unchanging nature of our identity in Christ and the privilege we have as His children to abide in His presence with full assurance.
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"Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the Holiest by the Blood of Jesus" (Hebrews 10:19).
We enter our Father's presence when we believe He has already positioned us there in His Son.
"The Lord Jesus' work on the Cross gave us present entrance into the Holiest of All. What removed our sins rent the veil; and those who believe are positioned in the innermost sanctuary even now. Boldness to enter there on any pretension of our love or holiness, of nature or even divine ordinance, would be shameless presumption. In Hebrews Ten it is calmly claimed for believers, who are exhorted in the strongest terms to approach by faith the Father's presence without a doubt or a cloud, now.
"Boldness to enter the Father's presence is due to the shed Blood of the Savior. Only unbelief hinders. It is a new and living way which He dedicated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh; we honor Him by abiding there in the fullest confidence that pleases the Father. Being born of the Father we are abidingly His children. As such we have the right to take our place before Him. It is our privilege to think of ourselves according to what we are as being one spirit with the Lord Jesus; and this is ever maintained by Him.
"What we are by grace, as in Him before the Father, is unchangeable, and our interests are in His hands. Beloved, do our failures, our sins, in anywise alter what He is there before the face of our Father? What He is there is what we are, not of course in ourselves, but as being in the Lord Jesus who is our Life." -C.A.C.
"There are two basic things that the believer has to learn. One is, you are not to have the man here and the place where he is, the other is, you do have another Man, and the place where He is."
"By a new and living way, which He hath consecrated for us" (Hebrews 10:20).
Sermon Outline
- Boldness to Enter the Father's Presence
- Positioned in Christ
- The Blood of Jesus
- Faith in the New and Living Way
Key Quotes
“Boldness to enter the Father's presence is due to the shed Blood of the Savior. Only unbelief hinders.” — Miles J. Stanford
“What we are by grace, as in Him before the Father, is unchangeable, and our interests are in His hands.” — Miles J. Stanford
“There are two basic things that the believer has to learn. One is, you are not to have the man here and the place where he is, the other is, you do have another Man, and the place where He is.” — Miles J. Stanford
Application Points
- We must learn to see ourselves as defined by our identity in Christ, rather than our current circumstances.
- We have the right to take our place before God as His children, and to approach Him with confidence.
- Our failures and sins do not alter our identity in Christ, which is unchangeable and secure in His hands.