The new and living way; Jesus' atoning work has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
Hebrews 10:1 For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect. 2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? For the worshipers, once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins. 3 But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. 4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins.
Hebrews continues to build on comparing and contrasting the law of Moses to the grace and truth found in Jesus Christ. By showing what the law could not do it prepares us to receive the fullness of the truth of what the new covenant can and has done. In chapter 9 we have already learned that by the blood of Jesus we can be free from the consciousness of sin. The blood of bulls and goats could never take away the consciousness of sin. Jesus took our sin away by the sacrifice of Himself! We no longer have a reminder of sin; our High Priest looks good on us!
Hebrews 10:5 Therefore, when He came into the world, He said: "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, But a body You have prepared for Me. 6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You had no pleasure. 7 Then I said, 'Behold, I have come; In the volume of the book it is written of Me; To do Your will, O God.'“8 Previously saying, "Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, and offerings for sin You did not desire, nor had pleasure in them" (which are offered according to the law),
Here is intimacy between Jesus and the Father. “A body you have prepared for Me.” Jesus was rehearsing the Word of God to the Father! What a beautiful picture! Jesus declared that He came exclusively to do the will of the Father. God had no pleasure in the sacrifices and offering that were offered under the law. However the sacrifice of Jesus Christ appeased God!
Hebrews 10:9 then He said, "Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God." He takes away the first that He may establish the second. 10 By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Jesus declaring the word of God is declaring His own purpose. We would be wise to follow in our Savior’s example! Jesus takes away the first (Moses law) that the new covenant might be established. What the covenant of the law of Moses could not accomplish, Jesus Christ did! It is by the very will of God we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Hebrews 10:11 And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, 13 from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool. 14 For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
Jesus came to take away sin! Repeated sacrifices have a reminder of sin. A once for all sacrifice takes away sin consciousness! Jesus offered the perfect sacrifice in heaven taking away our sin! Jesus' sacrifice is so great He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified! Will you believe in the grace message that says Jesus has perfected forever those who are being sanctified!
Hebrews 10:15 But the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us; for after He had said before, 16 "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the LORD : I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them,“ 17 then He adds, "Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.“ 18 Now where there is remission of these, there is no longer an offering for sin.
This covenant is between the individual believer and God! This covenant invites you into the Most Holy Place . It is a supernatural experience! God makes you a newly created being; and because of the perfected spirit there is power to walk the abundant life every day! We are the perfected ones to whom God is not accounting sins and lawless deed!
Romans 4:7 "Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, And whose sins are covered; 8 Blessed is the man to whom the LORD shall not impute sin."
We are the blessed ones to whom the LORD shall not impute sin!
Hebrews 10:19 Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, 21 and having a High Priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Because of the truths shared we can have boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus. The blood of Jesus is still speaking if you are in covenant with Him! God has called us to approach by the new and living way! And there It is this new and living way that brings us a confident expectation in the goodness of God! It is this new and living way to approach God with boldness.
Romans 6:10 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. 11 Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. 12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. 13 And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
Jesus died to sin once for all and now He lives unto God! Likewise, reckon yourself dead indeed unto sin and alive unto God! Present your members as instruments of righteousness!
Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, 25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.
We have this new and living way to approach God; the new and living way is how we live for God! The most precious thing we possess is our confession of faith in Jesus. Hold fast to it; it is the source of our hope and faith. Encourage one another in this new and living way that gives us access, with boldness, even in our greatest hour of need. The day is approaching our fellowship should be Christ centered more than ever!
Hebrews 10:26 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. 28 Anyone who has rejected Moses' law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
As we will see shortly, sinning willfully is not the sin we do on purpose. Salvation is a surrender of our will, making Jesus our Savior and Lord. Willful sin is taking back that will by denying the covenant which has given the new birth. Lets use the bible itself to define this for us!
Hebrews 10:29 Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know Him who said, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay," says the Lord. And again, "The LORD will judge His people.“ 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
It is trampling the Son of God underfoot. It is the opposite of what brought you into the kingdom. It is a rejection of Jesus Christ. This one will count the blood of Jesus as unholy; no longer seeing the blood as precious but just a common thing! It is a rejection of the covenant of grace! We are not talking about an act of sin or even entrapped by sin! We are talking about the object of your faith no longer being in Jesus Christ the Son of the living God! This is not being weak in the faith; this is an out right rejection of the atoning blood. Salvation is an confession of the mouth along with a belief in your heart that Jesus is the Messiah. This is the opposite; it is a denial of the Messiah with a heart change to unbelief. It is what the Greek language would call the apostate man.
Hebrews 10:32 But recall the former days in which, after you were illuminated, you endured a great struggle with sufferings: 33 partly while you were made a spectacle both by reproaches and tribulations, and partly while you became companions of those who were so treated; 34 for you had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your goods, knowing that you have a better and an enduring possession for yourselves in heaven.
We have not come this far in faith to turn back. All that we faced will be worth it if we will hold on to the confession of our faith.
Hebrews 10:35 Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. 36 For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise: 37 "For yet a little while, And He who is coming will come and will not tarry. 38 Now the just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him.“ 39 But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.
Do not cast away your confidence in your Messiah, which has great reward! The tarrying is about over, Jesus is coming soon! Walk with endurance that you may receive the promise. We are of those who believe to the saving of the soul! We are the justified ones who are living by faith!!
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