Book of Hebrews - Ch. 10, Vs. 1-26 (01/20/2002)
Bro. Otis Fisher
Transcript
Today we're going to study the 10th chapter of Hebrews since we didn't take it last week
We'll start it today Hebrews chapter 10 verse 1 for the law
Having a shadow of things to come And not the very image of the things can never with those sacrifices
Which they offer year by year continually Make the comers there unto perfect They were but a shadow of the image
The perfect was there but not seen all earthly pleasures
Our shadows and dreams Our earthly life can never make our carnal body perfect so much for Mormonism But it can be a shadow of the body that is yet to come
Unless we pass through this earthly body. We have no hopes of Passing into the heavenly body
By the way, the Mormons believe that if you are good enough and You do it repeatedly life after life since they believe in reincarnation
That you will eventually be put in charge of some planet some place and Become God to that planet
Now, let me ask you Can a physical human act?
Be like the divine demands Joy can a physical human act be like the divine demands
It It's not even probable No, if someone wants to return to the legal system and put themselves under the law
They'd better build a little tabernacle and start raising sheep and goats Because they'll need them
The law fix it in your mind the law had to do with the tabernacle not with us today
We have a more perfect law and it's put into our hearts That was not in their hearts to Or then would they not have ceased
To be offered Because that the worshipers once purged should have had no more conscience of sin
If the law would suffice then one time would have been enough But it wasn't it was repeated over and over and over If the sacrifices could have taken away their guilt
One sacrifice would have been enough three
But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year
Showing that sins of those who offered sacrifices have not yet received a true atonement
So they had to do it over and over and over and over All the sacrifice could do was remind them of their sin
Could not remove it for For it is not possible
That the blood of bulls and of goats Should take away sins Take away utterly
The blood of beasts could not take away the sin of man a man must do that God did not institute the animal sacrifices under the mosaic economy for the purpose of taking away sin
God didn't intend for it to They were types and shadows which represented the way in which
God would take away sin That's good
Only man only Christ could Yes That made the whole thing
They were types and shadows which represented the way in which God would in the fullness of time
Provide a lamb a satisfactory and effective sacrifice, which he did before the foundation of the world there was was laid the father and son agreed that Sinners could not be redeemed
With things that were corrupt now things that were corrupt
Aaron sanctified the things he Offered sacrifice for himself before he did for the nation
Was that not holy? Was Aaron not holy?
When he offered the sacrifice Berg Greg all right
Redemption must come through the precious blood of the lamb without spot or blemish
Now he has to talk to us in our language The lamb we know what a lamb is
Jesus was the lamb the blood of the sacrifice only covered
Over their sins Until Jesus came it rolled them forward until finally it rolled them up on Jesus Christ Well, are you talking as a normal citizen or as a priest?
What do you think bill They knew that next year they'd have to do the same thing.
So therein they did not Or if they knew they did not
Expect this to do I Can't really answer that Bill's answers as good as any
Their sins were covered Wherefore yes, well, they pointed out their sin.
All right, that's right
Wherefore When he cometh into the world, he say a sacrifice and offerings thou wouldest not
But a body thou has prepared for me who's speaking David right
Jesus had a body prepared for him at the pre -creation council of the
Godhead Therefore it was determined that Jesus the Son would take a body become incarnate in human nature and In that body would magnify satisfy and fulfill the holy law
The law of God In a human body
Jesus both honored the law and made the law honorable He did in that body what the law could not do
Because the weakness of flesh There was no law that could ever be passed that would do what
Jesus did He satisfied the holiness of God Now, why did
Jesus need a body verge? All right, you'd say you had to have a body so he could die
Is that right? All right Bill why did he need to die?
All right, because God demanded it We were in bondage to Satan and God demanded that there be a sacrifice
Offered and Jesus did it now. Why did God demand it?
David why did he have to demand it?
All right, but all right
Because the world of man had sinned, right? Greg why did the world of man sin?
Why did we sin? All right
Why did Adam sin? That's right
It was ordained of God that he sinned Adam did it because he wanted to But it was ordained of God If you can get that In your mind, it'll answer a whole lot of questions
He Tried his best to shift it Six in burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou had no pleasure
God had no pleasure in sacrifices David why then do it if God had no pleasure in it?
Why do it? That's right
Seven then said I lo I come in the volume of the book. It is written of me to do thy will
O God This is the Jesus speaking. I come to do thy will
O God Christ Jesus the Lord is in the first verse of the
Old Testament in the beginning In John 1 3 we learned that all things were created by Christ Jesus Therefore God made the heavens and the earth by Christ himself.
He is the agent that did it Eight Above when he said sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin
Thou would is not neither has pleasure therein Which are offered by the law
Now it's true that what Jesus did he Was Because of his great love for us don't don't lose sight of that He loved us.
He laid his life down for us but the uppermost joy of his life and the object of all that he did was to completely execute the father's will and And in complete subjection to him his first love was directed toward the father always
His first love is to father all of his obedience is to the father Nine Then said he lo
I come to do thy will O God He take it the way the first that he may establish the second
Greg what's he talking about the first and the second? All right
By the which we are sanctified Through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ Once for all it is by him that I am sanctified
No other way the law can't you can resurrect it. You can do whatever you want to do it
You can kill lamb after lamb after lamb, and it will never sacrifice Satisfy God It has to be
Jesus the ultimate sacrifice we find the law given We see that it was given to the
Israelites only The same with the gospel of salvation is given to his people only once for all means one time only
And also once for all his people Not for the world
Christ did not die for the world. He died for his people 11 and Every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices
Which can never take away sin. It must have been a very very boring life
To offer the same sacrifice over and over and over for years the fact that our high priest is now seated on the throne of grace
Suggests rest. He must have done it one time only The completion of a work the atoning work of his shed blood in his one sacrifice
What a contrast to the ceaseless unending Sacrifices that they have been doing
Yes, that's right
It can't help but do that and be performed by man Same thing gotta go do the same thing today as I did yesterday
That's right That's right
Well year after year they had to do it their work was never finished Since Christ is now seated at the right hand of the father on the throne of grace and mercy there can be no more offering
No more sacrifice for sin And his position of authority will never change it is forever
Can you imagine? An act that was performed years ago, and it will be one time only forever
I heard a Sunday school class years ago Discussing Ephesians 1 -4
This is a way they Rationalized that they were told that the predestinated ones are those that believe
That God simply knew who would believe so he predestinated them to be in heaven
They missed the whole point The predestination includes the belief
This puts God in the role of subservient, and it's not true the predestination
Includes the belief Yes, that's right
That's good it produces the belief You could never believe without it
But this man after he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever sat down on the right hand of God Can you visualize that?
He sat down now. He was invited to sit down. He didn't sit down on his own
Because he was finished he sat down Because he was tired
He sat down because he didn't want to do anything else He sat down because he was invited to because he had finished all
He was given to do on the earth is finished from henceforth
Expecting till his enemies be made his footstool Now we all know what a footstool is
His enemies being placed under his feet He will not return until all his people have been put into the church
I Don't know when that is if there's anybody else He is not waiting until everybody has accepted him
Someday our Lord will call the last one of his people to this church age
Then comes the judgment For by one offering he has perfected and forever
Them that are sanctified. He has perfected forever Them that are sanctified.
He has perfected you and I Now I'm not perfect yet.
You're not perfect yet But we will be I am now spiritually
I Will be then the sanctification Is our present verse in our present verse does not mean instant
Complete personal holiness It denotes the setting apart of the believer by the
Holy Spirit the standing of such a person before God is righteous Through the finished work of Jesus.
It is only by Jesus and His work that I can stand in the presence of God The true believer is being perfected forever
Is being perfected forever? When we cross over from this life to the next
I think that perfection will go on Won't have any of the sinful
Attributes it'll all be holy, but it'll be perfecting on and on and on Whereas the
Holy Ghost also is a witness to us for after that he had said before Does God the
Father see our sins David That's that's it.
He sees us through the filter of the blood Jesus Christ Sees my sin.
I'm sorry to say but I sin You do too This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days saith the
Lord I will put my laws into their hearts and In their minds will
I write them and their sins and iniquity will I remember no more?
The Child of God does not need to beg to plead with God for forgiveness
We confess our sins daily Hourly, however, they occur knowing that we daily come short of the glory of God and When we confess our weaknesses we put our total dependence upon his grace and power
Now if I was to ask do you right now I have your total dependence upon God you'd answer yes
But tomorrow about five o 'clock What about it two o 'clock what about it am
I always depending on God what about my work Which anymore isn't much
But I depend upon God, but I have to remind myself all of the time to do it
It never becomes automatic Now where remission of these is there is no more offering for sin
So he's worked it all the way around now And he has come to the fact that our sins have been remitted
If that's true Then there would be no need there is no need for another offering
Because it's all been done in that one time in the offering
Which the Old Testament was a shadow and a picture of what was coming
Once your sins have been forgiven they are forgotten If they've been forgiven they've been forgotten by our
Lord well
And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more Now where remission of these is there is no more offering for sin
That's right Once your sins have been forgiven they're forgotten
All things are simple if you understand Yeah, we can take a key and unlock the door.
It's just a simple matter of putting it in and turning it but the key fits
The filing I can imagine the first key that was made It had to be trial and error almost
Now we take the key and just turn simple No, no
The most complex thing in the world is simple Yes I'm so glad it's that way
Because I have it I don't understand it, but I have it Having therefore brethren boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus Only by his blood
Not arrogance now We get into the Father's present by the blood of Jesus the
Christ He has perfected it forever Them that are sanctified all that we will ever be all that we will ever have in spiritual life in the
City prepared for the children of God will be ours Because of his finished work and not because of any merit on my part
Think about that 20 by a new and living way which he hath consecrated for us
Through the veil that is to say his flesh The word new means freshly killed
There is no back door to heaven No side door.
There's no detour. There's no way you can get in except through this blood
Always except through Jesus or sidetracks of the devil detours of hell
They do not lead to the pearly white city some might ask
How can we say that Christ was freshly sacrificed? Since the
Hebrew epistle was written some 30 years after Calvary and long time ago
It can be said because after almost 20 centuries this sacrifice is just as fresh new living powerful as the day
Jesus entered into the veil His grace is fresh every moment of every day he ever lives and therefore he is the freshly sacrificed way and Having a high priest over the house of God 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 and High priest over the house of God Let us the saved draw near with a true heart in all honesty in Full assurance and it's a nautical term meaning under full sail full assurance
Faith is not a leap in the dark faith is knowing and doing with a positive attitude doubt is sin
Having our hearts sprinkled to make our hearts pure to make it possible to receive forgiveness of sin from an evil conscience
And our bodies washed with pure water refers to the labor of water
Just outside the tabernacle Just before the priest would enter the tabernacle.
He had to cleanse himself with water You know
I've been saved so long that if I'm not careful, I take it for granted
But how could that? That Erase this awful body
Some of the awful things I've done This pure water indicates we are washed clean once for all
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering for he is faithful that promised
Believe what you have professed to believe just believe it and Be what you are without wavering without doubting
Allow nothing to shake your confidence in God It is a sin to doubt for doubt dishonors
God Unbelief is an insult to God and to his holy word
It is true that we are in a tabernacle of flesh and we live in the midst of enemies the world but Jesus conquered these and if we are trusting in him and He's now seated at the right hand of God Then we have the assurance
He is faithful And let us consider one another
To provoke unto love and to good works The word provoke suggests awakening as from inactivity or apathy to rouse
The stronger term often implies incitement to vigorous or animated activity or excitement of strong emotion 25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together as the manner of some is but Exhorting one another and so much the more as you see the day approaching
Well, you may say it's no one's business how I live what I do Where I go
But the word says different We are to meet together
For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth There remaineth no more sacrifice for sin to go on offering animal sacrifices
When we are willingly sinning willfully persists in sin
If we choose to sin Sin deliberately we do evil on purpose
This type of person is not safe He can't be I think
I'll quit right there We'll start with 27 Does anyone have anything they want to add that's right
That's Right, and it was it was his faith in Jesus completing this
It all comes back to right here
Everything comes back to here. I Cannot sin with my hands without sinning with my head and it is in my head first You're right just as right as you can be
Anything else? That's right.
That's That's so right That's right That's so right