Back in the Old Testament, the Lord said to Moses, “Take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office…” Exodus28:1. By that directive, God instituted the priesthood, with Aaron as the first high priest. He and his sons were ordained by God to receive the sacrifices and gifts offered to God. However, God wasn’t satisfied with those sacrifices of animals, because true sacrifice is spiritual, as man is a spirit and God is a spirit.
“Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the
heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High priest of our profession,
Christ Jesus” Hebrews 3:1.
From this scripture, we see that under the New
Testament, Jesus is our High Priest,
meaning He is the one ordained by God to
receive the sacrifices we have offer: “By him(Jesus) therefore let us offer the
sacrifice of praise to God continually,
that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name” Hebrews 13:15. Through Him, Jesus, we offer the
calves of our lips, giving thanks to His Name. This is the sacrifice God
expects us to offer today, the calves of our lips, not bulls and calves on a
physical altar. Hosea 14:2 says “Take with you words, and turn to the Lord:
say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render
the calves of our lips.”
The
expression “giving thanks to His Name” in Hebrews 13:15 quoted above is
translated from the Greek word “homologeo” which means “to make confessions to
His Name.” it means “to say the same things in agreement with God, to the glory
of His Name.” for example, when you say,
“I’m more than a conqueror through Christ Jesus,” or “Greater is He that is in
me than he that is in the world; they
are the materials the Master builder, Our High Priest, presents before the
Father, with which your life is built.
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