[Linux4christians] B7 - Tuesday - Hebrews 10:1-18

[dcolburn at bibleseven.com]

    Tuesday


      Hebrews 10:1-18


Concluding Exposition: Old and New Sacrifices Contrasted

10:1 For the law possesses a shadow of the good things to come but not 
the reality itself, and is therefore completely unable, by the same 
sacrifices offered continually, year after year, to perfect those who 
come to worship.

10:2 For otherwise would they not have ceased to be offered, since the 
worshipers would have been purified once for all and so have no further 
consciousness of sin? 10:3 But in those sacrifices there is a reminder 
of sins year after year. 10:4 For the blood of bulls and goats cannot 
take away sins.

10:5 So when he came into the world, he said,

"/*Sacrifice and offering you did not desire*//, //*but a body you 
prepared for me*//./

10:6 "/*Whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings you took no delight in*//./

10:7 "/*Then I said*//,/ '/*Here I am:*/ /*I have come -- it is written 
of me in the scroll of the book -- to do your will*//, //*O God*//./'"

10:8 When he says above, "/*Sacrifices and offerings*/ and /*whole burnt 
offerings and sin-offerings*/ /*you did not desire nor did you take 
delight*/ in them" (which are offered according to the law), 10:9 then 
he says, "/*Here I am:*/ /*I have come to do your will*/." He does away 
with the first to establish the second.

10:10 By his will we have been made holy through the offering of the 
body of Jesus Christ once for all.

10:11 And every priest stands day after day serving and offering the 
same sacrifices again and again -- sacrifices that can never take away 
sins.

10:12 But when this priest had offered one sacrifice for sins for all 
time, /he sat down at the right hand/ of God, 10:13 where he is now 
waiting /until his enemies are made a footstool for his feet/.

10:14 For by one offering he has perfected for all time those who are 
made holy.

10:15 And the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us, for after saying, 10:16 
"/*This is the covenant that I will establish with them after those 
days*//, //*says the Lord*//. //*I will put*/ /*my laws on their hearts 
and I will inscribe them on their minds*/,"

10:17 then he says, "/*Their sins and their lawless deeds I will 
remember no longer*/."

10:18 Now where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any 
offering for sin.



      Prayer


Lord, You have set me free, I owe my eternal life to You. May I live 
here and now in grateful thanks for the then and forever that awaits.



      Summary & Commentary


"For the law possesses a shadow of the good things to come but not the 
reality itself, and is therefore completely unable, by the same 
sacrifices offered continually, year after year, to perfect those who 
come to worship."


[Note: God repeats Himself yet again, always evidence that He really 
wants us to get the message, "... completely unable ... to perfect those 
who come to worship".]


The text instructs that if sacrifices under the law had the power to 
"perfect" then they would have ceased long ago as all would have been 
perfected. It goes on to remind that Psalms 40 said that God did not 
"...take delight" in the offerings made under the law.


[Note: The purpose of the law and sacrifices was to press His people to 
recognize their dependence upon Him and to point ahead to Jesus. When 
Jesus began His ministry He specifically pointed to His purpose in 
fulfilling what the law and sacrifices which attempted to fulfill our 
need for perfect forgiveness, but failed.]


"He does away with the first to establish the second. By His will we 
have been made holy through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ 
once for all ... when this priest (Jesus) had offered one sacrifice for 
sins for all time, he sat down at the right hand of God, where He is now 
waiting until his enemies are made a footstool for His feet."


"Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no longer. Now where 
there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin."



      Interaction


        Consider

The Lord God places great importance on our understanding that "the law 
and sacrifices are ... completely unable ... to perfect those who come 
to worship".


        Discuss

What are some practical ways to explain the linkages between the work of 
Jesus and the historic OT law and sacrifices?


        Reflect

We have been given freedom from the condemnation of the enemy because 
Jesus the Christ declared "Their sins and their lawless deeds I will 
remember no longer. Now where there is forgiveness of these, there is no 
longer any offering for sin."


        Share

When have you experienced an example of God's forgiveness in your life 
which has set you free from something in your past - liberating you to 
live a life at peace with God and to serve Him more effectively?



      Faith in Action


        Prayer:

Ask the Holy Spirit to search out any place in your life where 
unforgiveness in your past, despite the your efforts at sacrificial 
service as a form of works-righteousness, may have become unforgiveness 
in your present.


        Action:

Today I will partner with the Holy Spirit, and I will ask a fellow 
believer to pray in agreement with me and to assist me with 
accountability - so that once I accept the forgiveness of Christ I do 
not give-away power to the enemy by accepting any of the enemy's 
accusations against me for something the Lord God has forgiven.


        Be Specific ______________________________________________________



    Wednesday's text will be:


      Hebrews 10:19-39



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