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Introduction
If you look closely, you will see that in between my eyes is a scar.
This scar is 28 years old, so it is fading somewhat, but it is still visible.
I have various scars on my body.
Some I know how I got, some I don’t.
This one I will never forget.
I’m 7 years old and my cousin and I decide we want to dig a hole.
So we go outside and prepare to dig a hole.
We soon discover a problem.
We have no shovel.
We can’t find a shovel anywhere.
All we could find was a hammer.
Being the brilliant and creative lads we were, we decided that the claw end of the hammer would be perfect for digging.
That decision made, we set to work.
Things went really well, right up until they didn’t.
We had developed a system, Travis would drive the claw into the dirt, I would drag the dirt out.
Well, the claw got stuck on a root.
So as I went down to clear the dirt, Travis heaved up with all his might and smacked the flat side of the hammer right into my forehead.
So every time you think to yourself, he’s a little odd, just remember that I've been hit in the head a few times.
There are good solutions to problems and there are bad solutions.
When a solution doesn’t work, a better solution is needed.
The Jewish Law prescribed a detailed sacrificial system that would deal with the sins of the Israelites.
The passage we will consider today will demonstrate that this solution to the problem of sin, doesn’t work.
A better solution is needed.
Jesus Christ is God’s perfect sacrifice.
Through Christ sin is permanently dealt with.
Understanding the sacrifice of Christ empowers transformed living.
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The Need For A Sacrifice vv.
1-10
If God gave the law and the sacrificial system, why is a new sacrifice necessary?
According to Galatians, God never intended the sacrificial system to deal permanently with sin.
The purpose of the Law is to display our need of a savior and make us desperate for His deliverance.
These first 10 verses give us 5 reasons we need a sacrifice.
Reason #1…
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Because The Law is insufficient vv.
1-2
READ vv.
1-2
If the Law could take away sin, there would be no need to offer sacrifices on a continual basis.
The continuance of the sacrifices demonstrates the insufficiency of the law to finally and permanently deal with sin.
This is a logical argument.
If the sacrifices dealt with sin, they would only need to be offered once.
The first line in v. 1 tells us that the law was never intended to remove sin.
The first line in v. 1 tells us that the law was never intended to remove sin.
The first line in v. 1 tells us that the law was never intended to remove sin.
It only has the “shadow of good things to come.”
The overall point of these verses is to let us know that something is lacking in the sacrifices the Law demanded.
Perfection is lacking.
Purity is lacking.
The removal of sin is lacking.
What does this teach us?
Sacrifices that must be repeated are insufficient.
Therefore, the Law is insufficient.
Reason #2.
We need a new sacrifice…
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