The Perfect Sacrifice

Welcome & Opening Prayer

turn to Heb. Ch. 10…

Open in Prayer

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Introduction

Many of us are probably notorious for unfinished projects.

MANY THINGS AROUND MY HOUSE ARE PARTIALLY DONE…

BUILDING & NOT STAINING THINGS…

Frustrating: WORKS THAT CANNOT BE FINISHED.

MOWING GRASS,

DOING DISHES/LAUNDRY

=> PILE of LAUNDRY/DISHES🍽️🍽️

=> LONG GRASS

REMINDS YOU: WORK ISN’T COMPLETE!! GET BACK TO IT!!

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Focus: THIS WAS a BIBLICAL REALITY for OVER 1,000 YEARS…

**TODAY, WE CELEBRATE the DAY… WHEN the INCOMPLETE WAS FINALLY COMPLETED**

THE UNENDING WAS ENDED…

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Transition ➡ 📖 TONIGHT, WE LOOK at HEBREWS 10.

HEBREWS is a SERMON SHOWCASING that JESUS is BETTER than OLD COVENANT REALITIES.

Context Setting 📍

Setting: HEBREWS 9… COMPARED JESUS’ SACRIFICE — W/ DAY of ATONEMENT

**🏛️NOTING EARTHLY PICTURES of HEAVENLY REALITIES🏛️**

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Transition ➡ CH. 10— CONTINUES “DAY of ATONEMENT” — BUT TRANSITIONS to ENTIRE PRIESTHOOD & SACRIFICES

WE’LL SEE HOW JESUS is BETTER…

LOOK W/ ME @ VS. 1-4

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Passage Exposition: Hebrews 10:1-18 🔍

Thought 1: The Law, A Shadow of Good Things (v1-4) 👤

Hebrews 10:1–4 ESV

1 For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near. 2 Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins? 3 But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. 4 For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

AUTHOR CONTINUES: O.T. = “PICTURE/SHADOW” of TRUE REALITIES…

CH. 9 — STRUCTURES of TABERNACLE

CH. 10— SACRIFICES THEMSELVES

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(v1, 3) Beginning w/ Day of Atonement (Overview)

ANNUAL SACRIFICE ((Lev. Ch. 16...)

HIGH PRIEST—HOLY of HOLIES — ONCE PER YEAR

BULL—OFFERED for HIGH PRIEST & FAM

GOAT—OFFERED for PEOPLE (UNINTENTIONAL SINS) & SCAPEGOAT

Exhort: CONSIDER— EVEN SINS YOU’RE NOT AWARE OF = STILL SIN

GROWING in HOLINESS—BUT WE ALL HAVE BLIND SPOTS!

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AUTHOR of HEBREWS—USES REPEATED SACRIFICES = BASIS/ARGUMENT for TEMPORARY SYSTEM

(v1) SHADOW—NOT SUBSTANCE; SIMILARITIES,, NOT REAL THING…

Quote, C. Arnold: “The point is that it does not embody the greater reality of which it hints”

(v1c) Imperfect Sacrifices: COULDN’T “PERFECT” WORSHIPPER—BRING INTO PERMANENT, RIGHTSTANDING W/ GOD…

Argument: IF O.T. SACRIFICES COULD HAVE— THEY WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN REPEATED!

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(v2-3) Problem: Consciousness of Sins

IMPERFECT SACRIFICES—REPEATED—COULDN’T CLEAR CONSCIOUS

THEY = CONSTANT REMINDER…

=> NEEDED MORE SACRIFICE BECAUSE PEOPLE SINNED MORE

Exhort: BOTH O.T. & N.T. MAKE CLEAR—PERFECTION AWAITS ETERNITY

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Illustration: UNFINISHED WORK…

O.T. REPEATED SACRIFICES — SAD REMINDER…

recap intro…

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(v4) Reason: Animal Blood Insufficient

BULLS & GOATS COULD NOT DEAL DECISIVELY W/ SIN…

Closet Illustration: “CLEANING ROOM” — THROWING STUFF in CLOSET

=> PROBLEM UNRESOLVED… NOT ACTUALLY CLEAN <=

Issue: HUMANS COULDN’T HAVE EFFECTIVE ANIMAL SUBSTITUTES

=> NEEDED ONE of OUR KIND…

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Transition ➡ GOOD NEWS— CONTINUAL ANIMAL SACRIFICES,, NOT END of STORY…

LOOK W/ ME @ VS. 5-7

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Thought 2: The Father’s Delight in Obedience (v5-7) 📜

Hebrews 10:5–7 ESV

5 Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, “Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body have you prepared for me; 6 in burnt offerings and sin offerings you have taken no pleasure. 7 Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God, as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’ ”

Incarnation:

NEED of HUMAN substitute—ETERNAL WORD of GOD—INCARNATE in JESUS “WHEN CHRIST CAME...”

Quote, Ps. 40 — FROM DAVID—APPLIES to GREATER SON of DAVID…

DESIRING to DO GOD’S WILL B4 SACRIFICE…

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O.T. FILLED W/ EXAMPLES: OBEDIENCE // SACRIFICE

=> GOD DIDN’T WANT SACRIFICES APART from OBEDIENCE & HEART...

Saul: OBEY BETTER THAN SACRIFICE…

Exhort: GOD DOESN’T WANT YOUR SUNDAY SONG—

— IF HE DOESN’T HAVE HEART MONDAY to SATURDAY

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CHRIST = PERFECT EXAMPLE…

BODY PREPARED for CHRIST— BODY for SACRIFICIAL OBEDIENCE

Takeaway: CHRIST’S LIFE = PERFECT OBEDIENCE RESULTING in PERFECT SACRIFICE…

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Transition ➡ EXPLAINED FURTHER— V8-10

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Thought 3: A Better Covenant (v8-10) 🤝

Hebrews 10:8–10 ESV

8 When he said above, “You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings” (these are offered according to the law), 9 then he added, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first in order to establish the second. 10 And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Note: OFFERINGS WERE GOOD—THEY WERE GOD-GIVEN UNDER the LAW

We believe: GOD GAVE MOSES the LAW—SACRIFICE WAS HIS STIPULATION & IDEA…

Hebrews 9:22 ESV

22 Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.

THAT SAID— CHRIST CAME as DIVINE FULFILLMENT— DO the FATHER’S WILL…

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(V8-9) Obedience & Sacrifice in Christ

Beautiful Truth: IN CHRIST— OBEDIENCE RESULTED in SACRIFICE—CALVARY = REASON HE CAME…

Garden of Gethsemane: IF THERE BE ANY OTHER WAY… NEVERTHELESS, NOT MY WILL BUT YOURS…

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(V10) Finished Work

BY HIS COMPLETION of THAT WILL… WE HAVE BEEN SANCTIFIED

Meaning: MADE HOLY in GOD’S SIGHT…

**Language Note: PAST TENSE— GK. PERFECT**

=> COMPLETED EVENT in the PAST: W/ PRESENT EFFECTS/ NEW STATE…

UNFINISHED in O.T.— CONSCIOUSNESS of SINS

N.T. — PAST TENSE…

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Perfect Passive...

EVEN MORE— PASSIVE VOICE— SOMETHING WE RECEIVE,, NOT DO.

DON’T “HOLY” OURSELVES—MAKING OURSELVES RIGHT in GOD’S SIGHT

SALVATION = BY GRACE!

“IT IS FINISHED”

Quote, P. Washer,, WE CONTRIBUTE NOTHING BUT SIN THAT MAKES IT NECESSARY

Exhort: GLORYING in the CROSS—NOT SELF.

I HAVE BEEN MADE HOLY in the SIGHT of a HOLY GOD—BY HIS DOING…

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Transition ➡ SCRIPTURE HINTS HERE @ a COMPLETED WORK..

WE’LL SEE THIS MORE EXPLICITLY in V.11-14

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Thought 4: The Standing Priest vs. The Seated Christ (v11-14) 💺

Hebrews 10:11–14 ESV

11 And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, 13 waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. 14 For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.

Focus: to SHOWCASE the “FINISHED” WORK of CHRIST— AUTHOR CONTRASTS PRIESTS & CHRIST

Background: FOCUS SHIFTS from DAY of ATONEMENT to DAILY SACRIFICES

(MORNING & EVENING of YEAR-OLD LAMBS)...

Priests:

STAND

STAND DAILY

OFFER REPEATEDLY

SAME SACRIFICES (PLURAL)

CHRIST:

SEATED

OFFERED FOR ALL TIME

SINGLE SACRIFICE

PRESENTLY WAITS—FOR FINAL DAY of VICTORY

CHRIST = NOT JUST HIGH PRIEST,, BUT KING!

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CHRIST HAS NO NEED to WORK—HIS WORK = COMPLETE, FINISHED!!

(v14) Point Taken Further

SINGLE OFFERING— PERFECTED FOR ALL TIME… THOSE BEING SANCTIFIED…

Recap: v1 — O.T. COULD NOT MAKE PERFECT!

CHRIST DID…

ONE SACRIFICE—CLEANSES SINNERS FOR ALL TIME.

Hebrews Exposition

Quote, Spurgeon:

**TENSION** THEY ARE BEING SANCTIFIED (Present Tense)

POSITIONALLY RIGHTEOUS—ACCEPTED B4 GOD.

STILL GROWING.

Exhort: BEING IN-PROCESS DOESN’T THREATEN OUR STANDING B4 GOD!!

NOT STRIVING to BE ACCEPTED

WE WORK FROM ACCEPTANCE

Encourage: IMPERFECT & IN PROCESS— WE ARE YET PERFECTED—

FULLY ACCEPTED in SIGHT of HOLY GOD—UNCHANGING!

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**Grammar Note: AGAIN— PASSIVE VERBS: HE PERFECTS/SANCTIFIES

WE WORK OUT WHAT GOD HAS WORKED WITHIN

**CHRIST ALONE = AUTHOR & FINISHER of OUR FAITH**

SALVATION is ALL of GRACE…

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Transition ➡ AUTHOR HAS a FINAL O.T. PASSAGE to VERIFY HIS CLAIMS…

LOOK W/ ME @ VS. 15-18

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Thought 5: The Holy Spirit’s Testimony (v15-18) 🕊️

Hebrews 10:15–18 ESV

15 And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying, 16 “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds,” 17 then he adds, “I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.” 18 Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.

Author Concludes: H.S. (INSPIRED SCRIPTURE) ALSO TESTIFIES

Background: QUOTE, JER. 31… NEW COVENANT

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FINAL, DECISIVE WORK of GOD

(v16) LAWS WRITTEN on HEARTS NOT STONE

(v17) REMEMBER SINS & LAWLESS DEEDS,, NO MORE!!

Language Note: GK EMPHATIC DOUBLE NEGATIVE — “CERTAINLY NOT” REMEMBER…

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NO LONGER “REMINDER” of SINS— GOD HAS CHOSEN to FORGET…

Exhort: SLATE WIPED CLEAN in CHRIST—SIN = DECISIVELY DEALT W/ @ CROSS…

Illustration: WHITE BOARD WIPED CLEAN??

c.c.: ISSUES W/ FORGIVENESS??

WHY DO YOU STRUGGLE to FORGIVE YOURSELF FOR SINS GOD HAS FORGOTTEN!

HE’S the JUDGE & OFFENDED PARTY! & HE’S DEALT W/ THEM!!

Romans 8:1 ESV

1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

SATAN—ACCUSER of BRETHREN—HAS NO MORE AMMO

Colossians 2:13–15 ESV

13 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14 by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. 15 He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.

(v18) Conclusion: FINAL SACRIFICE MEANS SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM IS OVER!!

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Gospel Clarity 📣

Reminder: MESSAGE of CHRISTIANITY… ISN’T SELF-HELP… SELF-IMPROVEMENT.

Christ Jesus came to save sinners—of whom I am chief.

BY PERFECT SACRIFICE of CHRIST

LIVED in OUR PLACE

DIED in OUR PLACE

WE ARE ETERNALLY RECONCILED to OUR GOD—GIFT of GRACE RECEIVED THROUGH FAITH…

Passive reality: HE SAVES US—WE ARE SIMPLY SAVED.

Illustration: DROWNING in SEA of SIN—JESUS CAME & RESCUED US— ALL OUR BOAST MUST BE in HIM…

Invitation: RESPONDING to CHRIST’S OFFER…

Romans 10:9–10 ESV

9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

WE CANNOT EARN SALVATION

WE CANNOT KEEP OURSELVES SAVED.

WE MERELY RESPOND to HIS GRACIOUS INVITATION

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Transition ➡ FOR the BELIEVER:

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Application 🛠️

Passage Idea 💡

The work of Christ is finished with His once-and-for-all-time perfect sacrifice.

1. THE WORSHIPPER CAN BE MADE PERFECT ⚖️

UNLIKE O.T. — IN THE SIGHT of a HOLY GOD, we are pronounced "NOT GUILTY!" We have peace.

PASSIVE—GIFT FROM GOD.

FINISHED WORK.

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2. NO LONGER EVER-CONSCIOUS OF SIN 🔓

IF YOUR SINS are UNDER the BLOOD—NO CONDEMNATION.

**DOESN’T MEAN YOU MIGHT NOT FACE NATURAL CONSEQUENCES..**

BUT GOD DOESN’T HOLD THEM AGAINST YOU ETERNALLY

Challenge: IF GOD CHOOSES to FORGET YOUR SINS—THEN WHY WOULD YOU REHEARSE THEM?

CONFESS, BE FORGIVEN, MOVE ON in CHRIST.

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3. A NEW AND BETTER COVENANT 🤝

COVENANT of GRACE in CHRIST’S BLOOD…

THIS IS NOT a SHADOW; it is the REAL THING.

THIS AGE was LONGED FOR by OLD TESTAMENT SAINTS.

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Conclusion:

INVITE YOU, PREPARE YOUR HEARTS for COMMUNION,,

WE’RE GOING to REMEMBER…

THIS COVENANT of GRACE

& OUR RIGHTSTANDING W/ GOD…

Closing Prayer 🙏

**Prepare for communion**