We Are to Come Boldly

Our Time of Need

“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of Grace, that we may obtain Mercy, and find Grace to help in our time of need” (Hebrews 4:16).

In our introductory verse, we are told to come boldly to the throne of Grace. I don’t know about you, but when I first became a Christian and read this verse, particularly that we are to come boldly; I was taken aback. I was a sinner who heard the Gosoel and realized my lost state. I repented of my sins, the life I had lived, and looked to the Lord’s Mercy and Grace through the atoning work of Christ at the Cross. Coming boldly sounded to forward of me considering my previous lost state. However, I came to realize that I was looking at myself and not at what the Lord had actually done for us in His provision of Salvation.

When we come to the Lord we are washed and made clean by the Blood of Jesus. We are sanctified and set apart unto the Lord. And we are declared not guilty by being “justified in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.” Due to our fallen nature, even after we come to the Lord, it is difficult to not look at our own failings as we attempt to walk out our Christian lives. As we walk with the Lord, we realize that we will never walk before the Lord in sinless perfection. It’s a journey of faith and it starts with us realizing that the only way we can come “boldly” is by what Jesus accomplished for us at the Cross. We have an imputed Righteousness provided for us as we come by faith in Christ and His atoning work at the Cross.

This puts this verse in a totally different light. We come boldly because of what He did for us. The door to the throne is open only through His Mercy and Grace in our lives. The Lord wants a relationship with us. We have a continued and growing relationship with the Lord by reading the Bible and through our time of prayer with Him. The Lord, in this verse, is encouraging us through His mercy and Grace in our lives to not let our own failings impede us, but to bring all our need to Him as we seek Him each day.

I believe the Holy Spirit is showing us that the door us open wide and we need not hold back in seeking the Lord. We are not to look at ourselves, but to Him. It’s His designed roadway to fellowship and help. A roadway lined with His Mercy and Grace. We are not to draw back due to our failures, but we are encouraged to come boldly into His presence. 

As I walk with the Lord on this journey of faith; I realize more and more how dependent I am on the Lord. We are to bring everything to the Lord that we are faced with in this life. I believe that the Lord is encouraging us to do just that in this verse. We are to come with confidence believing that the Lord hears us and will answer. We serve a wonderful God Who loves us and seeks to both forgive us of our failings, and help us through our difficulties. Our closing verse encourages us to come boldly and with confidence to the Lord, all due to what Christ accomplished at Calvary.

“In Whom (Christ) we have boldness (all due to the Cross) and access (to the throne of God) with confidence by the faith of Him (again, points to Calvary)” (Ephesians 3:12 commentary mine).

Always Remember,

God Loves You!

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