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Hebrews 6 and the Question of Whether Jesus Is Enough

Please turn your Bibles to Hebrews chapter 6. Hebrews chapter 6 we will be looking at verses 1 through 8. Hebrews chapter 6 1 through 8. Let's pray Father Lord we come to you in the name of your son Jesus Lord.

We thank you for your spirit. What I pray that right now you will use me to feed your people. That you will not let them starve because of my inability to speak to teach. But Lord that you will use me today to do just that.

Be with us. I pray in the name of your son Christ. Amen. All right. So a couple weeks ago. I made an announcement that After we got done with Hebrews, we would go through a short series on reformed theology.

But after overlooking our Texts that's coming up so so once we get to verse 13 of chapter 6 and dealing with chapter 7 chapter 8 and 9 we're going to be real heavy into covenant theology and I didn't want to just teach on covenant theology to catch us up and then at the very end as we go through reformed theology We would not be able to hit the main issue.

That is reformed theology and that is covenant theology. So after this message in my next message on up to verse 13 We're going to put a pin in Hebrews and do the reformed theology teaching. And once we're done with that, we'll pick back up in verse 13 and move forward having a foundation.

Something to point back at as we're going through Hebrews dealing with covenant theology and the law. There's a question is Jesus enough is Jesus Enough. That's my theme for this Lord's Day is Jesus Christ enough or do we desire more?

My timeless truth is this if Christians at this time could lose their salvation than you and I today listen can lose our salvation. But the opposite is true. Also if Christians at that time This time in our text could not lose their salvation.

Then you and I today cannot lose our salvation. So the question is what is salvation? So the word salvation can it just means to be rescued and I made this analogy before if Someone was walking out in the street and the car was coming for them and I died and knocked them out the way I At that moment was their salvation.

The Bible points out to us that Christ is our salvation. That as the acts of God's wrath is coming to judgment Christ on the cross Stood in our stead he became our salvation. He took the punishment that we deserve and by believing in him.

We have eternal life. Not life for a minute not Momentary life, but eternal life the moment we believe the same way life begins at conception. Eternal life begins at belief. That's what we in this church stand for now.

The Elementary Doctrine of Christ and Moving on to Maturity

Look with me at our text Hebrews chapter 6 Verses 1 through 8 therefore Let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and faith toward God and The instructions about washing and laying on of hands the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment.

And this we will do if God permits for it is impossible in the case of those who have once been enlightened who have tasted the heavenly gift and have shared in the Holy Spirit and Have tasted the goodness of the Word of God and the power of the age To come and then have fallen away to restore them again to repentance since they are Crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.

For the land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it and produces a crop useful to those whose For whose sake is cultivated receives a blessing from God. But if it bears storms and thistles it is worthless and near to being cursed and its end is to be burned.

In my outline today I want to look at three concepts. Number one the two levels of doctrine concerning Christ number two the sin of apostasy. And number three the passing away of the old covenant. So number one the two levels of doctrine concerning Christ number two the sin of apostasy and number three the passing away of the old covenant.

And as we transition sadly this paragraph that we will be considering is a Debated passage on the idea that a true believer can lose their salvation. That you can be saved and not saved. It's the idea that that that person that's running out into traffic.

That I run jump knock out of the way that as I'm doing this they could give me the stiff arm And let the car hit them. It's the idea that a fireman can rush into a Burning house and rescue someone from the flame in the moment that they let them go where they're not in trouble.

They the victim runs back into the house. The idea that if someone is drowning and I rescue them once I get them to shore they dive in and take a breath. That you can be saved from something rescue have salvation.

And then not have it. This is a debated text. It's it's probably one of the most debated text if if I Know me personally being someone who does a lot of evangelism that that has went from. That that's had a paradigm shift of being once believing that I could lose my salvation to now knowing that I can't and Having to have these conversations with people that I once dealt with that.

This verse has come up. They say it's very clear. Look at the text. It says you can lose your salvation. I've heard it many times and my goal and preaching this text is not to make anyone mad because the truth is.

You most likely have been taught a different interpretation than what I take. What I ask of you is this do not judge my interpretation by what you have been taught. Do not judge my interpretation by what you have been taught.

But judge my interpretation by the context and the exegesis of Hebrews. Don't judge me by what your previous pastor told you. Judge me about the context and exegesis of Hebrews. Go back. Listen to my messages.

See if they don't align. This is not a breakthrough portion of the scripture that has nothing to do with the context to our first point. The two levels of doctrine concerning Christ we find this in Hebrews 6 verses 1 through 3 and it begins with the word therefore.

Therefore point into the pastures before it therefore since they the Jews have become dull of hearing like their forefathers these children need the basic principles of the oracles of God and I spoke about how the Jews have become dull of hearing that they were hearing the message, but they were not listening.

And I even pointed to us as parents should really be able to connect with this having children who are in the room with us and we're telling them things and they are hearing us, but they are not listening to us and.

And I think I might have got a hallelujah or something like that when I said that. Because it's true the writer of this text is that's what he's pointing to and he's pointing to you. He's bringing to bear Psalm 95 that they were in the wilderness.

God gave them a promise. He told them to take the land, but they did not believe God they heard the promise. But they did not listen. He's saying that you have seen you have you know the promise you hear you've heard it being preached now for Close to 40 years, you know this but you are not listening.

You have become dull of hearing and now you need the oracles of God. Now he's not saying that they need to go back to the law and do the works of the law. I pointed out whenever I was preaching that this is speaking about the threefold use of the law that they needed the first use which is the gospel that they need to see the standard and see that they cannot keep it and look to Jesus and see that Jesus has kept it and Because they can't keep it and he has keep it.

The only way that that this can be credited to them is by believing in him. So it says therefore verses 1 through 3 therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and faith toward God and the instructions about washing the land on of hands Resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment and this we will do if God permits and two weeks ago, I pointed out that solid food was for The mature meaning the high priest and so if you look at our text right here in Hebrews 1 and compare it to 514.

It says therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity Verse 14, but the solid food is for the mature. A couple weeks ago I was telling you that that he was telling them that y 'all don't y 'all cannot handle the doctrine of Jesus being the high priest you need to go back and look at At the law and understand that you cannot keep it and now he's bringing speaking about moving away from The Moving away from the elementary teachings and going on to the mature things which is Jesus being the high priest.

If you know the book of Hebrews, you know that. If you know the book of Hebrews, you know that even though he made this statement he goes on to teach about Jesus being the high priest later on in this chapter beginning in verse 13 and in the chapters of head.

So verses 1 and 2 in our text seems to give us the two levels of Doctrine concerning Christ now follow me it names off six things. It says repentance from dead works faith towards God the instructions about washing laying on of hands the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment.

And so a question has to be asked is this speaking of old covenant or new covenant. There seems to be a divide when it comes to the The understanding of this because everything that I just named can be identified in oath covenant.

The Jews spoke about repentance from dead works. They they they spoke about faith toward God they had instructions of washings Hebrews in chapter 9 verse 8 by this the Holy Spirit indicates that the way into the holy place is not open as long as the first section is standing which is symbolic for the present age according to the arrangement give the arrangements gifts and sacrifice are offered that cannot Thank you.

Yet I Cannot perfect the conscience of worship right here verse 10 but but deal only with food and drinks and various washings, so this word for Washings here is the same Greek word that we have in our text today about about washings the instructions of washing this is Baptismo the Greek word baptism.

Oh, so is this speaking of Ceremonial washings that would happen at the time of the Jews. Now I The only thing that I really can't pinpoint in this is the laying on of hands. But they the Pharisees believed in the eternal judgment.

I mean the resurrection of the dead in the eternal judgment. So is this old covenant or is this new covenant? Personally I believe that this is speaking of new covenant. He references the doctrine of Christ before he gives this list look at it again.

Therefore. Let us leave the elementary Doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity not laying again so right here where he talks about the not land again the Antecedents to these six things is the elementary teachings of the doctrines of Christ.

And so when we get to something like repentance from dead works, this is turning from self-righteousness to God. We've talked about this over the weeks that that your initial repentance is not stops doing all of your sins.

But it's turning from yourself. Stop worshiping yourself. Stop trusting in yourself and turn to God. Self-righteousness repentance from death works is turning from self-righteousness. And faith toward God the instructions about washings.

I believe it's speaking about baptism. Christian baptism and it says in the laying on of hands when you read the book of Acts. What happens when someone becomes a Christian they lay their hands on them and pray sometimes.

That's whenever the Holy Spirit is given to them. And we we believe in the resurrection of the dead. First Corinthians chapter 15 teaches the resurrection of the dead and we also believe in an eternal judgment.

This is Christian doctrine. The paradigm shift from Oh Covenant to New Covenant is not that big of a shift whenever you put Christ in it. You just see it in a different light. Things become clearer he becomes the flashlight upon which that we use to read the Old Testament and verse 3 tells us and This we will do if God permits.

Do what? This we will do do what if God permits go back and teach on this first level doctrine. He said if God permits we will go back and we will teach on. Repentance from dead works faith and faith towards God.

Instructions about baptism. The laying on of hands resurrection of the dead in the eternal judgment. He doesn't want to leave it behind. He says I want to teach on this and I will if God permits. So as we transition these six foundational doctrines seem to be the first level doctrine concerning Christ and I believe the writer of Hebrews is teaching us that Jesus being our high priest is the second level and Because he is using the second level and because and because I believe he right here He's going to be using the second level as an apologetic argument.

So he's going to use Jesus being the high priest as an apologetic as a way to show His listeners his readers that Jesus is The Christ. He's going to use Jesus being a high priest in order to build a foundation to go back to the first level.

That's what I believe. That's the the go we're walking toward second point the sin of apostasy. Hebrews chapter 6 verses 4 through 6. For it is impossible in the case of those who have once been enlightened who have Tasted the heavenly gift and have shared in the Holy Spirit.

And have tasted the goodness of the Word of God and the power of the age to come and then have fallen away to restore them again to repentance since they are Crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.

Now at first glance This you know this seems to be speaking about a Christian someone who is a Christian that can lose their salvation at first glance like we have to admit that. Right. We have to be open to admit that He names all five experiences that they have.

Those who have once been enlightened. Has tasted the heavenly gift. Has shared in the Holy Spirit has tasted the goodness of the Word of God and the powers of the age to come. That they have been enlightened.

They have been endowed with truth. They have been told the truth. They have tasted the heavenly gift. They have partaken in the Lord's Supper. They have shared in the Holy Spirit they are a part of a church.

They have tasted the goodness of the Word of God. They are sitting under Biblical preaching and the powers of the age to come. They are experiencing at that moment The New Covenant age passing away of the old and the coming in of the new now for a question.

Is there a text in our context that would lead us to think that this is not Speaking about a Christian who can lose their salvation. Is there something in our text. That we can clearly show that this is not speaking about a Christian losing their salvation and the answer is yes verse 9 verse 9.

The writer says though we speak this though we speak in this way. Yet in your case beloved We feel sure of better things things that belong to salvation things that belong to salvation. So I believe that these five things these five experience do not belong to Salvation that you can be endowed with truth.

You can partake in the Lord's Supper you can be a part of a church that you can be under biblical preaching and and be in a time where the New Covenant is at hand and not and Not be a Christian if you would turn your Bibles to John chapter 6.

John chapter 6 verse 37 through 40. Listen this is Jesus speaking. Jesus says all that the Father gives Me will come to me when whoever comes to me. I will never cast out. So who is he casting out that comes to him?

No one all that the Father gives me will come to me and whoever comes to me I will not cast out. Listen to this where I have come down from heaven speaking of his incarnation. Not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me speaking of the covenants of redemption that God the Father Chose to save the people and in time he sent his son to accomplish that purpose.

He came to accomplish the purpose of the father. What was the purpose of the father that all that? All that the father gives him will come to him. Verse 39 and this is the will of him who sent me that I should lose.

Nothing of all he has given to me, but raise it up on the last day. For this is the will of my father. Listen to this that everyone who looks on the son of man. Does that say everyone who? Goes around and tells a hundred people a day about Christ.

Let's say everyone who does all kind of religious works. No, everyone who looks everyone who rest everyone who trusts. This is what this work we're speaking of everyone who looks on the son of man and but leaves and him Should have eternal life and I will raise him up on the last day.

Who is he raising up on the last day? Those whom the father has given him that has come to him. Those who Who look to him and believe in him they have eternal life. Now listen. If you and I who look to Christ who believe in Christ have received eternal life and we can lose it.

Jesus is a liar. There's no other way around it either. It is what it either. Does it mean what it says that Jesus actually mean this? Because if you say that you can lose your salvation. You're calling Christ a liar that you can one second have eternal life and the next second not.

We have to use all of Scripture to interpret the text and we cannot let a one passage of Scripture be interpreted without using all the context of that particular book. And now I want to remind you That this letter was not given to a group of Christians that were fully resting in Christ, right as we've been going through this.

Has he been praising them for resting in Christ or calling them to rest in Christ? No. But to a group of Hebrews more likely a church where they would have been true believers intellectual believers and unbelievers, which all of which were baptized.

Now unlike some who profess to be Christians we as Baptists do not believe that baptism saves you. Right baptism doesn't save you. We believe that. We believe as Baptists that the New Testament has laid out a principle that those that It has that baptized.

That baptism is for people who profess faith in Christ. So as Baptist we believe that the New Testament has laid down a pattern of principle that baptism is for people who profess faith in Christ. Now in this you can profess faith without possessing faith and still be baptized.

We baptize on professions of faith. I have no idea truly because I do not popishly pronounce people saved. I do not tell you you're saved. You tell me if you've been saved. When a person professes faith in Christ if you believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of the Living God and that God has Raised this Jesus up from the dead Bible says you shall be saved.

Truly have to believe it. Problem is is most people in America today and most people throughout the world. They've professed faith, but they truly do not believe it in their heart and so they think that they have faith and they enter the waters of baptism and They just got wet nothing has happened.

As Baptists we also believe that baptism is the sign of the New Covenant. The entrance is faith alone. Faith alone not baptism. Baptism is the sign. It's the sign. It's not the entrance. Just as in the Old Covenant the entrance into the Old Covenant is being born.

That's why Nicodemus Jesus told Nicodemus you must be born again born from above. Oh Covenant you had to be born and then if you were a male you were circumcised the eighth day now the New Covenant. You have to be born again.

You have to be given faith to believe. Faith comes by hearing hearing of the Word of Christ. And those who have faith receive the sign Baptism. Look at Hebrews chapter 3 verse 1 it says therefore holy brothers you who share listen to the language share in the heavenly calling consider Jesus the Apostle and high priest of our confession.

He's calling this group of Christians to consider Jesus the the Apostle and high priest of our confession. And I went through and showed you that this confession here is baptism. It's baptism. You are confessing that in your baptism you are Identifying.

You are confessing that you have been buried with Christ and you have been raised to the newness of life. When I baptized someone I said, do you believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of the Living God?

Yeah, I say do you believe that? That that he died for your sins according to the scriptures was buried and that God wrote raised him from the dead. I said, yes, I said all that profession of faith. I baptize you in the name of the Father Son of the Holy Spirit buried with him in baptism raised in the newness of life that your baptism is a confession and I believe here in our text from Hebrews that that their baptism their confession is My in my opinion is why the writer points out these five Experiences that we have in verses four and five.

So these experiences are something that's given that you'll have if you're a baptized member of the church. You're sharing in these things verse six tells us for verse six is where we see the sin of Apostasy.

Let's read that again real quick verse six and then Have fallen away to restore them again to repentance since they are Crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.

First we notice that whatever this sin is that whoever commits it is Committing a sin that will keep them from Repentance a turning from dead works remember verse one talks about the foundation of repentance from dead works.

So repentance here the antecedent to the repentance that we have in verse six is found in verse one and it's from dead works. It's from self-righteousness. Why. Because they are crucifying once again the Son of God.

If you're a crucifying once again the Son of God this text makes it clear that you cannot turn from your self-righteousness. You cannot repent. To restore them again to repentance since they are crucifying it is impossible in Matthew chapter 12 We have the blaspheme and against the blaspheme against the Holy Spirit and first John chapter 5 We have the sin that leads to death and in our text today Hebrews chapter 6 We have crucified once again the Son of God.

The blaspheme of the Holy Spirit Seems to be a denial of the work of the Holy Spirit and the life of Christ. Jesus says if you Deny if you blaspheme the Holy Spirit who's at work in my life. There is no forgiveness for you.

The Holy Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness to be tempted. The Holy Spirit Accompanied Christ all his days on earth when he was performing miracles. It was through the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit was with him accompanying him.

He says if you deny this if you speak against this, that's it. You've blasphemed the Holy Spirit. I believe the sin that leads to death that we see in first John chapter 5 Is to be Antichrist. It is to deny that Jesus is the Christ.

Or that Jesus came into the flesh first John deals with two sins hating your brother and Denying that Jesus is the Christ. Denying it in two ways either saying that Jesus is not the Christ as the Jews were in his days.

Or saying that Jesus Christ that the Christ did not come into the flesh. Which a man by the name of Syrinthus started which was early Gnosticism. Now concerning our text I believe that crucifying once again, the Son of God is a sin.

Listen that you and I cannot commit. That's my I'm saying right now and I'm gonna prove it you and I can not commit this sin. Notice what verse 6 says. I'm gonna read it again and Then have fallen away to restore them again to repentance.

Listen since they are Crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm. Notice the words once again. Once again. This is not the first time that they have done this. Look at Acts chapter 2 verse 36.

We're in the context of Peter preaching the first sermon at Pentecost. He's proclaiming people are hearing known languages. From a man that cannot actually speak their language. They're hearing the gospel.

They're hearing the magnificent works of God being preached. That that Christ died for their sins was buried and rose on the third day. That he's at the right hand of the Father sitting on the throne of David.

That the resurrection is him being begotten by the Father in verse 36 Says this let all the house of Israel know for certain. That God has made him speaking of Christ Jesus both Lord and Christ this Jesus whom you the Jews I added the Jews but whom you Crucified the Jews Crucified Christ.

It was done by their malicious acts. Of course the Roman army. As he pierced them hand and feet. But Peter did not mention the Romans. He looked to the Jews whom you crucified and as we transition. What is the sin of apostasy.

Apostasy, the Temple, and Returning to Old Covenant Sacrifice

Now when I say it you're gonna be like Duh. At least I hope it was going back to the temple. It was making a sacrifice for sin after Jesus had already made the sacrifice. Jesus as the high priest remember the work of the high priest.

They would take the lamb. They would slaughter the lamb. They would splatter the blood on the Ark of the Covenant. And what it would be for the attention of the unintentional in this intentional sins of the people.

But listen that Sacrifice was not good enough because throughout the year the Jews had to go to the temple and make a Sacrifice cuz that offering wasn't good enough by an earthly high priest. The Scriptures Hebrews tells us that Jesus is our high priest his sacrifice was once for all time.

Then after he makes this sacrifice there is no need to go back to the temple. And Every time they would go back to the temple to make a sacrifice I'm telling you that they were crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm.

The temple was destroyed in 70 AD. There is no temple for us. To go and commit this sin. And I would add we are not Jews. Notice that this interpretation follows the context of the book. This sin is not something that was that just appears out of nowhere.

That's found in our scripture and we have to wonder if we are committing this sin. This goes back to this blaspheme of the Holy Spirit. I don't know how many times someone has come up to me and said that they're not sure if they committed the sin of blaspheme the Holy Spirit.

So what do you deny the work of the Holy Spirit in Christ in his life. Because if you have not then you have not. Well, what if I've committed the sin that leads to death. Are you denying that Jesus is the Christ the Son of the Living God.

Because if you are not you have not. This is something that we cannot do because there is no temple. We do not take lambs or birds or pigeons or turtles. Whatever turtle and take them to the the temple to be sacrificed on our behalf.

So in doing so we cannot commit the sin of sacrifice of crucify and when we do we commit the sin of Sacrifice of crucifixion. Jesus being crucified on the cross is a picture of a sacrifice. Of the lamb that was slain before the foundation of the world.

John sees him in the distance. He says behold the Lamb of God who comes and takes away the sins of the world through his sacrifice. Now to our third point the passing away of the old covenant was found in Verses 7 and 8 of Hebrews chapter 6.

The Passing Away of the Old Covenant and the New Covenant in Christ

For the land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it. It produces a crops useful to those whose Sake is cultivated receives a blessing from God. But if it bears thorns and thistles it is worthless.

It is near being Cursed and his end is to be burned. Turn with me to Matthew chapter 21. If you were if you had the opportunity to listen to the the sermons that I had dealing with the foundation of Preterism and post-millennial ism that I did you will be able to hear me exegete this parable.

So I'm trusting that if you have not then after I read this Sometime this week go back and listen to it. I Walk verse by verse through this parable and exegete it right now. I'm just gonna read it and just make a little connection.

We're looking at the parable of the tenants. Jesus speaking to the Pharisees. He says here another parable. The master of the house. I mean there was a master of a house. He planted a vineyard and put a fence around it.

And he dug a winepress and he built a tower and he leased it to tenants and he went out into another country. Once when the season for fruit drew near he sent his servants to the tenants to get fruit and the tenants took his servants beat one killed another and stoned another and again.

He sent other servants more than the first and they did the same to him. Finally he sent his son to them saying they will respect my son. But when they the tenants saw the son they said to themselves This is the heir come let us kill him and have his inheritance and they Took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes what will he do to those tenants? Jesus is asking these Pharisees when the owner of the vineyard comes. What will he do to these tenants and they Said to him speaking to the Pharisees He will put those wretches to a miserable death and let out the vineyard to other tenants.

He will give him the fruit and it's season. Jesus said to them have you not read the scriptures? The stone that you builders rejected has become the cornerstone and this was the Lord's doing. And it is marvelous in our eyes first 30 first 43 therefore I tell you the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruit.

And the one who falls on the stone will be broken to pieces and when it falls on anyone It will crush him and when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard they heard his parable. They perceived that he was speaking about them and although they were Seeking to arrest him.

They feared the crowd because they held him to be a prophet. Now back to our verse seven and eight. It says for the for land that has drunk the rain That often falls on it and produces a crop useful to those For whose sake is cultivated Receives a blessing from God but if it bears thorns and thistles it is worthless and near to be cursed.

Go back to that cursing of the fig tree and Its end is to be burned. Verses seven and eight of chapter six is shorthand for the parable of the tenants That God has given them this land. They could not keep the covenant.

They did not do. They didn't do what they were required to do. And he's removing the kingdom from them. And he's gonna burn that land. And we know that that happened and Matthew 23 verse 38 speaking to them.

Jesus says see your house is left to you desolate. We have the Jews Could not keep the conditional covenant Which was keep this law and live in the land. So God sends his son to usher in the unconditional covenant which is believe in Jesus Christ and have eternal life.

And Israel and the wilderness did not enter the land because of unbelief. The Jewish people who Who the book of Hebrews is directed to some of them did not enter the new covenant Which is resting in Christ.

Why. Because of unbelief. And Those who ultimately did not believe who did not trust who did not rest Went back to the temple and made a sacrifice for sins while all the while Crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm.

So the question is is did they lose their salvation. And the answer is no. They were not saved to begin with. They were not resting in Christ. If you're resting in Christ, you're trusting in Christ. You have entered the new covenant.

You you don't see any reason to go back and to make a Sacrifice for your sins. If you know that your sins have been forgiven you have no need to go back and make a sacrifice. The closing thoughts are this is this.

What does this mean for us? And are we off the hook since we cannot commit this sin. Absolutely, not. Absolutely, not. You're being in this church. If you have been baptized. You share in these five experiences.

You have been enlightened. You know the truth. You have tasted the heavenly gift by partaking in the Lord's Supper. You're sharing in the Holy Spirit by being a part of this church. So what the Holy Spirit is doing and working in this church and in our lives.

You're tasting the goodness of the Word of God by being under the preaching of God's Word. And you are living in the New Covenant age. Whether you have entered it by faith or not now if the Jews were to build a temple and begin making animal sacrifices.

These Jews could once again be crucifying the Son of God to their own harm. But again, you and I cannot make that sacrifice because we are not Jews. We're not Jews. Our sacrifice would not be welcomed.

We're not Jews. This is a very specific Jewish text the gospel. Is this is that you and I we have broken God's law, but God has paid our fine. He has lived the life. We could not live and he has made the sacrifice by dying the death that we should die.

And he's called all men everywhere to rest to trust in Jesus Christ for The forgiveness of sins faith comes by hearing and hearing the message of Christ. I'm up here and I'm pleading Most every week to believe in Christ to trust him to rest in him that he has Done it for us.

He has already done it for us. We need to trust we need to believe we need to look to him. This is the unconditional Covenant believing in Christ and getting eternal life being rescued being snatched from the fire.

The moment you believe in Christ it is as if God from heaven reaches into time and removes you from the pit of hell. So the question is is Jesus enough? Do you believe that Jesus is enough? Do you trust listen if if you do not trust and your salvation by Believing in Christ and resting in him you are saying that he is not enough.

Now I'm not saying that you're crucifying once again the Son of God. Specifically the way that this text lays it out. But listen, there's some camaraderie camaraderie there. If you are trying to add anything to your salvation your forgiveness.

It's closely linked though. It's not the same and so you should fear. Believe in Christ trust in him and what he has done for you. Unless He's not enough. I am available. Pastor Cal is available. I'm sure most.