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Psalms
140:1-13 For
the choir director: A psalm of David.
O LORD, rescue me from evil people. Protect me from those who are violent,
those who plot evil in their hearts and stir up trouble all day long. Their tongues
sting like a snake; the venom of a viper drips from their lips. Interlude O
LORD, keep me out of the hands of the wicked. Protect me from those who are
violent, for they are plotting against me. The proud have set a trap to catch
me; they have stretched out a net; they have placed traps all along the way.
Interlude I said to the LORD, "You are my God!" Listen, O LORD, to my
cries for mercy! O Sovereign LORD, the strong One who rescued me, You protected
me on the day of battle. LORD, do not let evil people have their way. Do not
let their evil schemes succeed, or they will become proud. Interlude Let my
enemies be destroyed by the very evil they have planned for me. Let burning
coals fall down on their heads. Let them be thrown into the fire or into watery
pits from which they can't escape. Don't let liars prosper here in our land.
Cause great disasters to fall on the violent. But I know the LORD will help
those they persecute; He will give justice to the poor. Surely righteous people
are praising Your name; the godly will live in Your presence.
In Jesus name we pray to you Father God and we thank you
for this day. Bless and guide us through it in all that we do. Catch us when we
stumble and let us see your greatness in all that surrounds us. There is no
other King but you King Jesus. Amen!
Book of Hebrews 10:1-18 NKJV
Chapter
10 starts out with what you would call a review of all the previous chapters of
Hebrews. Verses 1-18 speak of the Old Covenant and its insufficiencies. It
tells us that God had no pleasure in all of the burnt offerings, or the animal
sacrifices, and that Jesus came to earth to do Gods’ will. I for one do not
remember God saying these things but they are stated in His Word. The Bible is
an amazing book because almost every time you pick it up it speaks to you in a
different way depending on what is going on in your life. This is why the Bible
is a living document and ministers to a person’s spirit.
Since
most of these verses have been covered in detail in previous lessons I will only
give a brief synopsis of each.
1 For the
law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same
sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach
perfect.
For
the law; The law
meaning the Law of Moses.
Having
a shadow of the good things to come; The
good things to come of course was Jesus, the Old Covenant was an outline of the
ultimate sacrifice Jesus did for us.
And not the very image of the things; The Old Covenant was an image of what
was to come, but not a very clear image of what was to come in the future. It
was a picture but a fuzzy picture therefore the reason why the Jews of Jesus
time could not recognize and accept Jesus as the Messiah.
Can
never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make
those who approach perfect; The
animal sacrifices could never take away sin therefore they had to be repeated
numerous times.
2 For then
would they not have ceased to be offered? For the worshipers, once purified,
would have had no more consciousness of sins.
For
then would they not have ceased to be offered?; Paul asks this question based on the
previous verse. If the animal sacrifices would have taken away sin then only
one animal would have to be sacrificed, not one every year. But with it being
an imperfect blood they had to be repeated.
For
the worshipers, once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins; Simply states that sins committed were
always on the minds of the people, but Jesus blood gives one the assurance that
our sins are forgiven and forgotten when confession is made with and open mouth
to Him we are sorry, repent, and we accept Him as our Saviour.
3 But in
those sacrifices there is a
reminder of sins every year.
But
in those sacrifices; This refers
to the yearly animal sacrifices for sin.
There is a reminder of sins
every year; Every
year the High Priest had to take blood into the Holy of Holies to offer for the
sins of the people, therefore indicating a sacrifice that did not remove sin.
4 For it is not possible that the blood of
bulls and goats could take away sins.
Again, stated the fact
that animal blood cannot take away sin, only the blood of Jesus on the Cross.
5
Therefore, when He came into the world, He said: "SACRIFICE AND
OFFERING YOU DID NOT DESIRE, BUT A BODY YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR ME.
Therefore,
when He came into the world; “He”
refers to Jesus and He came into the world to save the lost.
He
said: "SACRIFICE AND OFFERING YOU DID NOT DESIRE; This statement is taken from Psalm
40:6 by Paul. Meaning
God did not desire an animal sacrifice, but faith in Him to provide all the
Israelites needed.
BUT
A BODY YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR ME; This
is referring to Jesus in human form. A perfect body, to be a perfect sacrifice,
for the redemption of mankind.
6 IN BURNT
OFFERINGS AND SACRIFICES FOR SIN YOU HAD NO PLEASURE.
This verse is also taken
from Psalm 40:6.
God does not take pleasure in sacrifices, did you know that? This quotation is
not cited in any other New Testament verses, but it is the teaching of the Old
Testament that God desires obedience and a right heart, not vain compliance
with the sacrificial system. Paul applies to Christ the words of the psalmist
in Psalm 40:6.
Christ came to offer his body on the cross for us as a sacrifice that is
completely acceptable to God. God's way for us to please him is not by keeping
laws, but to come to him in faith through repentance and asking for forgiveness,
and then following him in loving obedience.
The costly sacrifice of an
animal's life showed the sinner the seriousness of his or her own sin before
God. The death of the animal due to their sin showed them the penalty of sin,
being death, spiritual death.
Psalms 40:6 Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; My
ears You have opened. Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.
7 THEN I
SAID, 'BEHOLD, I HAVE COME— IN THE VOLUME OF THE BOOK IT IS WRITTEN OF ME— TO
DO YOUR WILL, O GOD.' "
THEN
I SAID, 'BEHOLD, I HAVE COME— IN THE VOLUME OF THE BOOK IT IS WRITTEN OF ME; This phrase is referring to Jesus that
He came just as the scripture of old stated He would. The Old Testament points
exclusively to Christ and His coming.
TO
DO YOUR WILL, O GOD; Jesus
being the Son of God was bound to do His Fathers will and that He did in all
aspects of His life right down to His death on the Cross. Psalms 40:7-8 Then I said, "Behold, I come; In the scroll
of the book it is written of
me. 8 I
delight to do Your will, O my God, And Your law is within my heart."
8
Previously saying, "SACRIFICE AND OFFERING, BURNT OFFERINGS, AND
OFFERINGS FOR SIN YOU DID NOT DESIRE, NOR HAD PLEASURE IN THEM" (which are
offered according to the law),
Previously
saying, "SACRIFICE AND OFFERING, BURNT OFFERINGS, AND OFFERINGS FOR SIN; All of these things were instituted by
God just like the Ten Commandments, but the ultimate goal was for the Jewish
people to realize how God hated sin and for them to turn from their wicked ways
and start living by faith in God.
YOU
DID NOT DESIRE; NOR HAD PLEASURE IN THEM (which are offered according to the
law); Refers to the
fact that all these Offerings were included in the Mosaic Law and were meant to
point to Christ.
9 then He
said, "BEHOLD, I HAVE COME TO DO YOUR WILL, O GOD." He takes away the
first that He may establish the second.
Then
He said, "BEHOLD, I HAVE COME TO DO YOUR WILL, O GOD”; Paul repeats himself here, and as
stated previously this is Jesus speaking coming to earth to do the Fathers
will.
He
takes away the first that He may establish the second; Jesus did do this with His death on
the Cross. He brought an end to the old Mosaic Law system, the Old Covenant,
and established the New Covenant where He writes His commands and laws on our
hearts and in our minds when we accept Him as our Saviour. Through Christ we
can fulfill the moral law as we let him live in us.
10 By that will we have been sanctified through the
offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
By
that will; The will
of God.
We
have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all; This
proclaims unmistakably that the only way a believer can live a triumphant life,
now and eternally, is by placing their Faith in the Cross of Christ.
11 And every priest stands ministering daily and
offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
12 But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice
for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God,
These 2 verses state very
plainly that the priests ministered constantly in offering sacrifices. Their
work was never done and they were on their feet daily, whereas Jesus is seated
at the right hand of God, and His work is finished once and for all.
The ministering of the
priests is works to gain salvation through rituals, which was the way of the
Old Covenant, but the New Covenant requires faith in Jesus and what He did on
the Cross for us.
13 from that time waiting till His enemies are made
His footstool.
This verse is referring to
the timeframe where Jesus sat down at His Father’s right hand until He comes
again. He will make His enemies His footstool at some point in time. His
enemies being Satan and all the fallen Angels, demon spirits, and all who
follow Satan by sinning.
14 For by one offering He has perfected forever
those who are being sanctified.
A believer is made perfect
by the blood of Jesus, yet they are made holy through sanctification. The
sanctification process is made possible by the Holy Spirit residing within a Born
Again Saint. Through his death and resurrection, Christ, once for all, made His
believers perfect in God's sight. He is also making them holy (progressively
cleansing and set them apart from the world) in their daily pilgrimage here on
earth. We should not be surprised, ashamed, or shocked that we still need to grow
out of that inherited sin nature. We can encourage this growth process by
deliberately applying Scripture to all areas of our life, by accepting the
discipline and guidance Christ provides, and by giving him control of our life.
15 But the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us; for
after He had said before,
After a person is Born
Again the Holy Spirit is the one that moves into our heart and starts dealing
with us in the sanctification process. It is easy to get caught up with worldly
things of the flesh. We have to beware of those actions that we should or
shouldn't do and listen to the Holy Spirit within our heart. Living a life
without an inward change leads to a shallow or empty spiritual walk like seeds that
fall on stony ground Matthew 13:3-9. What matters to God is that we be
completely changed from the inside out. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore,
if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have
passed away; behold, all things have become new.
16 "THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH
THEM AFTER THOSE DAYS, SAYS THE LORD: I WILL PUT MY LAWS INTO THEIR HEARTS, AND
IN THEIR MINDS I WILL WRITE THEM,"
Paul quotes Jeremiah once
again here to his Hebrew listeners and also to us. Jeremiah
31:33-34 With the New
Covenant, God’s laws are placed in our heart and written in our mind when we
are Born Again. This is the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit Who takes up
His permanent residence in a believer. This is all made possible by the atoning
sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross.
17 then He adds, "THEIR SINS AND THEIR LAWLESS
DEEDS I WILL REMEMBER NO MORE."
Jesus is the only
sacrifice that takes away sin, and our sins are forgotten forever. Paul concludes
his argument with this powerful statement that God will never again remember
our sins. Christ forgives completely, so there is no need to confess our past
sins repeatedly. As believers, we can be confident that the sins we confess and
renounce are forgiven and forgotten.
The forgiveness of a
person’s sins is referred to as being justified in God’s eyes, which means that
the sinner exhibited Faith in Jesus and what He did at the Cross, therefore
being justified. Justification means that God looks at such a person as if they
have never sinned, and will remember their sins no more. This is, “Justification
by Faith”.
18 Now where there is remission of these, there is no longer an offering for
sin.
With Jesus offering Himself
as the perfect sacrifice for the forgiveness of sin, there is no need of any
other sacrifices. Jesus paid it all with His life giving blood for eternity.
Aren’t
you glad we don’t have to do all the rituals like the Old Covenant required?
All we have to do is place our faith in Jesus, his death and resurrection for
eternal life.
Colossians 1:16 For by Him all things were created
that are in heaven and that are on earth,
visible and invisible,
whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers.
All
things were created through Him and for Him.
Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of
the glory of God,
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our
Lord.
John 3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, Most assuredly, I say to you,
unless one is born again, he
cannot see the kingdom of God."
Bill
Wiesbrock https://www.facebook.com/bill.wiesbrock?ref=tn_tnmn
The
Lighthouse Full Gospel Church
Sinners
Prayer; Pray this, and if you believe it with your heart, Jesus will save you!
“Lord Jesus I know I am a sinner. I confess my sins to you; I am sorry for my
sins; I repent (Meaning, desiring to turn from a sinful lifestyle.) of all my
sins, and I am asking for your forgiveness of all of my sins. I believe that only you can forgive sin. I commit my life to you and ask you to come
into my heart, direct, and take charge of my life. I believe that you died to set me free from
my sinful lifestyle and you rose from the dead to give me eternal life, and
right now you are seated at the Right Hand of God Almighty. I believe you are
the Son of God; the only Way, the only Truth, the only Life, and my
Savior.” I believe this and have faith
you will make a new person out of me, by sending the Holy Spirit to dwell in my
heart and lead me in a new life. In Jesus name I pray Amen.” (John 3:16,17;
Romans 3:23; 6:23; 5:8; 10:9-13; Ephesians 2:8-10; 1
John 5:11-14; 1:6-10) (Sin: Rom.
1:22-32; Gal. 5:19-21; Eph. 5:3-7)
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