Living Behind the Veil: A Sufficient Sacrifice: Heb. 10:1-10

I. The Reminder of Sacrifices vs. 1-3

A. The shadow was that these sacrifices were a picture of what Jesus came to do.

B. Yet these sacrifices weren’t supposed to be seen as perfect nor as taking away sins.

C. They were to remind us of our need for a Savior.

II. The Replacement Sacrifice vs. 4-9

A. The writer quotes Ps. 40:6-8 here. David writes this psalm to tell us of Yahweh’s grace and mercy then he gets into the insufficiency of sacrifices.

B. This is a common theme in the Old Testament. I Sam. 15:22

1 Samuel 15:22 NASB95

Samuel said, “Has the Lord as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams.

Psalm 50:14 NASB95

“Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving And pay your vows to the Most High;

Psalm 51:16–17 NASB95

For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

C. David builds on this theme of loving obedience, not on religious ritual. Many today have gone through rituals of going to church because they have to and not because they’ve come to worship. If you are going through the motions stop get alone with God, He will show you what to do.

III. The Redeeming Sacrifice vs. 10

A. Jesus offering not only saves us it sanctifies us. It makes us holy.

B. It does this by doing away with religion, and starts us on a path of a relationship with Jesus. Man’s religion is trying to do something to earn God’s favor. God’s religion is to do something for someone who cannot every repay you. You only get that kind of religion by a relationship with Jesus Christ. Jam. 1:27

James 1:27 NASB95

Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.