Hebrews 10:14 - Prayer Tents

The Sacrifice of Jesus

10The old plan was only a hint of the good things in the new plan. Since that old "law plan" wasn't complete in itself, it couldn't complete those who followed it. No matter how many sacrifices were offered year after year, they never added up to a complete solution.G1063G3551G2192G4639G18G3195G3756G846G1504G4229G1410G3763G846G2378G3739G4374G2596G1763G1519G1336G5048G4334G50482If they had, the worshipers would have gone merrily on their way, no longer dragged down by their sins.G1893G302G3756G3973G4374G1223G3000G530G2508G2192G3367G2089G4893G2663But instead of removing awareness of sin, when those animal sacrifices were repeated over and over they actually heightened awareness and guilt.G235G1722G846G364G266G2596G17634The plain fact is that bull and goat blood can't get rid of sin.G1063G102G129G5022G2532G5131G851G2665That is what is meant by this prophecy, put in the mouth of Christ: You don't want sacrifices and offerings year after year; you've prepared a body for me for a sacrifice.G1352G1525G1519G2889G3004G2378G2532G4376G2309G3756G1161G4983G2675G34276It's not fragrance and smoke from the altar that whet your appetite.G3646G2532G4012G266G2106G3756G21067So I said, "I'm here to do it your way, O God, the way it's described in your Book."G5119G2036G2400G2240G1722G2777G975G1125G4012G1700G4160G4675G2307G23168When he said, "You don't want sacrifices and offerings," he was referring to practices according to the old plan.G511G3004G3754G2378G2532G4376G2532G3646G2532G4012G266G2309G3756G3761G2106G3748G4374G2596G35519When he added, "I'm here to do it your way," he set aside the first in order to enact the new plan—G5119G2046G2400G2240G4160G4675G2307G2316G337G4413G2443G2476G120810God's way—by which we are made fit for God by the once-for-all sacrifice of Jesus.G1722G3739G2307G2070G37G1223G4376G4983G2424G5547G217811Every priest goes to work at the altar each day, offers the same old sacrifices year in, year out, and never makes a dent in the sin problem.G2532G3303G3956G2409G2476G2596G2250G3008G2532G4374G4178G846G2378G3748G1410G3763G4014G26612As a priest, Christ made a single sacrifice for sins, and that was it! Then he sat down right beside GodG1161G846G4374G3391G2378G5228G266G1519G1336G2523G1722G1188G231613and waited for his enemies to cave in.G3063G1551G2193G846G2190G5087G846G5286G422814It was a perfect sacrifice by a perfect person to perfect some very imperfect people. By that single offering, he did everything that needed to be done for everyone who takes part in the purifying process.G1063G3391G4376G5048G1519G1336G3715The Holy Spirit confirms this:G1161G40G4151G2532G3140G2254G1063G3326G428016This new plan I'm making with Israel isn't going to be written on paper, isn't going to be chiseled in stone; This time "I'm writing out the plan in them, carving it on the lining of their hearts."G3778G1242G3739G1303G4314G846G3326G1565G2250G3004G2962G1325G3450G3551G1909G846G2588G2532G1909G846G1271G1924G84617He concludes, I'll forever wipe the slate clean of their sins.G2532G846G266G2532G458G846G3415G3364G208918Once sins are taken care of for good, there's no longer any need to offer sacrifices for them.G1161G3699G859G5130G3765G4376G4012G266

Don’t Throw It All Away

19So, friends, we can now—without hesitation—walk right up to God, into "the Holy Place." Jesus has cleared the way by the blood of his sacrifice, acting as our priest before God. The "curtain" into God's presence is his body.G2192G3767G80G3954G1519G1529G39G1722G129G242420(SEE 10:19)G4372G2532G2198G3598G3739G1457G2254G1223G2665G5123G846G456121(SEE 10:19)G2532G3173G2409G1909G3624G231622So let's do it—full of belief, confident that we're presentable inside and out.G4334G3326G228G2588G1722G4136G4102G4472G2588G4472G575G4190G4893G2532G4983G3068G2513G520423Let's keep a firm grip on the promises that keep us going. He always keeps his word.G2722G3671G1680G186G1063G4103G186124Let's see how inventive we can be in encouraging love and helping out,G2532G2657G240G1519G3948G26G2532G2570G204125not avoiding worshiping together as some do but spurring each other on, especially as we see the big Day approaching.G3361G1459G1997G1438G1997G2531G1485G5100G235G3870G2532G5118G3123G3745G991G2250G144826If we give up and turn our backs on all we've learned, all we've been given, all the truth we now know, we repudiate Christ's sacrificeG1063G2257G264G1596G3326G2983G1922G225G620G3765G2378G4012G26627and are left on our own to face the Judgment—and a mighty fierce judgment it will be!G1161G5100G5398G1561G2920G2532G4442G2205G3195G2068G522728If the penalty for breaking the law of Moses is physical death,G5100G114G3475G3551G599G5565G3628G1909G1417G2228G5140G314429what do you think will happen if you turn on God's Son, spit on the sacrifice that made you whole, and insult this most gracious Spirit?G4214G5501G5098G1380G515G3588G2662G5207G2316G2532G2233G129G1242G3739G1722G37G2839G2532G1796G4151G548530This is no light matter. God has warned us that he'll hold us to account and make us pay. He was quite explicit: "Vengeance is mine, and I won't overlook a thing," and, "God will judge his people."G1063G1492G2036G1557G1698G1473G467G3004G2962G2532G3825G2962G2919G846G299231Nobody's getting by with anything, believe me.G5398G1706G1519G5495G2198G231632Remember those early days after you first saw the light? Those were the hard times!G1161G363G4386G2250G1722G3739G5461G5278G4183G119G380433Kicked around in public, targets of every kind of abuse—some days it was you, other days your friends.G5124G3303G2301G5037G3680G2532G2347G1161G5124G1096G2844G390G3779G39034If some friends went to prison, you stuck by them. If some enemies broke in and seized your goods, you let them go with a smile, knowing they couldn't touch your real treasure. Nothing they did bothered you, nothing set you back.G2532G1063G4834G3450G1199G2532G4327G3326G5479G724G5216G5224G1097G1722G1438G2192G1722G3772G2909G2532G3306G522335So don't throw it all away now. You were sure of yourselves then. It's still a sure thing!G577G3361G577G3767G5216G3954G3748G2192G3173G340536But you need to stick it out, staying with God's plan so you'll be there for the promised completion.G1063G2192G5532G5281G2443G4160G2307G2316G2865G186037It won't be long now, he's on the way; he'll show up most any minute.G1063G2089G3397G3745G3745G2064G2240G2532G5549G3756G554938But anyone who is right with me thrives on loyal trust; if he cuts and runs, I won't be very happy.G1161G1342G2198G1537G4102G2532G1437G5288G3450G5590G2106G3756G2106G1722G84639But we're not quitters who lose out. Oh, no! We'll stay with it and survive, trusting all the way.G1161G2249G2070G3756G5289G1519G684G235G4102G1519G4047G5590