Hebrews 10:37 - 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.G1063G3551G2192G4639G18G3195G3756G846G1504G4229G1410G3763G846G2378G3739G4374G2596G1763G1519G1336G5048G4334G5048

2If they had, the worshipers would have gone merrily on their way, no longer dragged down by their sins.G1893G302G3756G3973G4374G1223G3000G530G2508G2192G3367G2089G4893G266

3But instead of removing awareness of sin, when those animal sacrifices were repeated over and over they actually heightened awareness and guilt.G235G1722G846G364G266G2596G1763

4The plain fact is that bull and goat blood can't get rid of sin.G1063G102G129G5022G2532G5131G851G266

5That 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.G1352G1525G1519G2889G3004G2378G2532G4376G2309G3756G1161G4983G2675G3427

6It's not fragrance and smoke from the altar that whet your appetite.G3646G2532G4012G266G2106G3756G2106

7So I said, "I'm here to do it your way, O God, the way it's described in your Book."G5119G2036G2400G2240G1722G2777G975G1125G4012G1700G4160G4675G2307G2316

8When he said, "You don't want sacrifices and offerings," he was referring to practices according to the old plan.G511G3004G3754G2378G2532G4376G2532G3646G2532G4012G266G2309G3756G3761G2106G3748G4374G2596G3551

9When he added, "I'm here to do it your way," he set aside the first in order to enact the new plan—G5119G2046G2400G2240G4160G4675G2307G2316G337G4413G2443G2476G1208

10God's way—by which we are made fit for God by the once-for-all sacrifice of Jesus.G1722G3739G2307G2070G37G1223G4376G4983G2424G5547G2178

11Every 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.G2532G3303G3956G2409G2476G2596G2250G3008G2532G4374G4178G846G2378G3748G1410G3763G4014G266

12As a priest, Christ made a single sacrifice for sins, and that was it! Then he sat down right beside GodG1161G846G4374G3391G2378G5228G266G1519G1336G2523G1722G1188G2316

13and waited for his enemies to cave in.G3063G1551G2193G846G2190G5087G846G5286G4228

14It 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.G1063G3391G4376G5048G1519G1336G37

15The Holy Spirit confirms this:G1161G40G4151G2532G3140G2254G1063G3326G4280

16This 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."G3778G1242G3739G1303G4314G846G3326G1565G2250G3004G2962G1325G3450G3551G1909G846G2588G2532G1909G846G1271G1924G846

17He concludes, I'll forever wipe the slate clean of their sins.G2532G846G266G2532G458G846G3415G3364G2089

18Once 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.G2192G3767G80G3954G1519G1529G39G1722G129G2424

20(SEE 10:19)G4372G2532G2198G3598G3739G1457G2254G1223G2665G5123G846G4561

21(SEE 10:19)G2532G3173G2409G1909G3624G2316

22So let's do it—full of belief, confident that we're presentable inside and out.G4334G3326G228G2588G1722G4136G4102G4472G2588G4472G575G4190G4893G2532G4983G3068G2513G5204

23Let's keep a firm grip on the promises that keep us going. He always keeps his word.G2722G3671G1680G186G1063G4103G1861

24Let's see how inventive we can be in encouraging love and helping out,G2532G2657G240G1519G3948G26G2532G2570G2041

25not avoiding worshiping together as some do but spurring each other on, especially as we see the big Day approaching.G3361G1459G1997G1438G1997G2531G1485G5100G235G3870G2532G5118G3123G3745G991G2250G1448

26If 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 sacrificeG1063G2257G264G1596G3326G2983G1922G225G620G3765G2378G4012G266

27and are left on our own to face the Judgment—and a mighty fierce judgment it will be!G1161G5100G5398G1561G2920G2532G4442G2205G3195G2068G5227

28If the penalty for breaking the law of Moses is physical death,G5100G114G3475G3551G599G5565G3628G1909G1417G2228G5140G3144

29what 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?G4214G5501G5098G1380G515G3588G2662G5207G2316G2532G2233G129G1242G3739G1722G37G2839G2532G1796G4151G5485

30This 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."G1063G1492G2036G1557G1698G1473G467G3004G2962G2532G3825G2962G2919G846G2992

31Nobody's getting by with anything, believe me.G5398G1706G1519G5495G2198G2316

32Remember those early days after you first saw the light? Those were the hard times!G1161G363G4386G2250G1722G3739G5461G5278G4183G119G3804

33Kicked around in public, targets of every kind of abuse—some days it was you, other days your friends.G5124G3303G2301G5037G3680G2532G2347G1161G5124G1096G2844G390G3779G390

34If 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.G2532G1063G4834G3450G1199G2532G4327G3326G5479G724G5216G5224G1097G1722G1438G2192G1722G3772G2909G2532G3306G5223

35So don't throw it all away now. You were sure of yourselves then. It's still a sure thing!G577G3361G577G3767G5216G3954G3748G2192G3173G3405

36But you need to stick it out, staying with God's plan so you'll be there for the promised completion.G1063G2192G5532G5281G2443G4160G2307G2316G2865G1860

37It won't be long now, he's on the way; he'll show up most any minute.G1063G2089G3397G3745G3745G2064G2240G2532G5549G3756G5549

38But anyone who is right with me thrives on loyal trust; if he cuts and runs, I won't be very happy.G1161G1342G2198G1537G4102G2532G1437G5288G3450G5590G2106G3756G2106G1722G846

39But we're not quitters who lose out. Oh, no! We'll stay with it and survive, trusting all the way.G1161G2249G2070G3756G5289G1519G684G235G4102G1519G4047G5590