So, this is declared of Jesus Christ. (i) Let us approach the presence of God. [2.] The hill of Zion up to this time had been the constant menace of the enemy against the people of the Lord; but in due time, when David reigned, it was wrested out of the hands of the Jebusites, and became the stronghold of Jerusalem, the city of the king. For this, knowing His grace in the work of Christ for them, they do not look; on the contrary, they rest in the assurance of the perfection with which their sins are effaced by the precious blood of Christ. They do not belong to heaven like the angels; but God had an eternal purpose, which brought them by an extraordinary favour there. (a) It could not be repeated. (ii) We must worship together. (iii) We need the memory of the end. But this shows the main object of the Spirit of God in directing us for the type that applies to the believer now to an unsettled pilgrim-condition, not to Israel established in the land of promise. In all the covenants of scripture the man that makes it has never to die for any such end. He does not mean by this the worst of sinners, but saving believers to the uttermost, bringing through every difficulty those "that come unto God by him." Always there had been voices crying out for God that the only sacrifice was that of obedience. It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God. The sacrifice acceptable to, God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, thou, "For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge. Christ with Belial and all." It was not the church, I repeat, but what God prepares above for those who love Him. His is no external purification; by his presence and his Spirit he cleanses the inmost thoughts and desires of a man until he is really clean. The Full Assurance of Faith. They knew in themselves that they had in heaven a better and a more enduring substance. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me) to do, thy will, O God." For ye have need of patience: Every Christian needs patience to be able to endure physical, mental, or spiritual difficulties. That we should consider one another, to provoke to love and to good works. He has but one settled purpose of goodness about us; He watches and judges for our good, and nothing but our good. It is a new way, both in opposition to the covenant of works and to the antiquated dispensation of the Old Testament; it is via novissima--the last way that will ever be opened to men. One of the hardest things for the fleshly mind to realize is that the victory of faith is not achieved by one brilliant campaign but a lifetime of patient and faithful service. But now those under the gospel who will not accept of Christ, that they may be saved by him, have no other refuge left them. The answer is, by sacrifice. But here is One who proffers Himself to come, and does come. Search Tools. ( Hosea 6:6). Beyond question the Lord is regarded as the completer of the whole walk of faith in its deepest and, morally, most glorious form. D. The Danger of Willful Sinning (The Fourth Warning) 10:19-39. (Read Hebrews 10:26-31) The exhortations against apostacy and to perseverance, are urged by many strong reasons. [2.] He presses a conversation without covetousness, and a spirit of content, founded on our confidence in the Lord's care. Thus another and a higher priesthood was incontestably acknowledged by the father of the faithful. It is evident that in these we have the two main parts of Christianity. [Note: Lane, Hebrews 9-13, p. Here observe, (1.) Meanwhile we are told that He has obtained (not a temporary, but) "eternal redemption." such power and prosperity as, was never reached again. David Guzik is the pastor of Calvary Chapel Santa Barbara, California. Because His people had no heart for His promises, He imposed a system of law and ordinances that was unjudged in them, which provoked the sin. He always keeps up the evidence of the utter inferiority of the Jewish priest, as well as of the accompanying state of things, to that of Christianity. When the rebellion was subdued, the princess was brought to justice and the court decreed that she should die in the tiger's pit. [2.] 65:17, Isaiah 66:22, -2 Peter 3:1024 -Revelation 21:13, 1-7) to live with them (Hebrews 4:1-9, Hebrews 12:2 -24), in all eternity in peace, love, and joy. A man can stand almost any attack on his body; the thing that beats him is a broken heart. What the wise men of antiquity, the Platos and Aristotles, never knew what the modern sages blunder about, without the slightest reason, after all the word of God has made the possession of every child of His. Not Yet a Member? "For this he did once, when he offered up himself. They must draw near in holy dependence, and in a strict observance of the divine conduct towards them. He will have nothing more to do with sin. He had shown the work of Christ and His coming again in glory. ", Then he commends the saints to God. That we should observe the approaching of times of trial, and be thereby quickened to greater diligence: So much the more, as you see the day approaching. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we areyet he did not sin. The Jews themselves acknowledge that Psalms 110:1-7 must be fulfilled in Christ, in His quality of Messiah. In my judgment it is correct to translate it both ways, never arbitrarily, but according to context. Passage Lookup: Hebrews 9:4-: general search God is willing to dwell with men on earth, and to have them dwell with him in heaven; but fallen man cannot dwell with God without a high priest, who is the Mediator of reconciliation here and of fruition hereafter. These things stand alone. "Let us go forth therefore unto him without the. ( Micah 6:6-8). Therefore is it that men so naturally slip into, or rest on, second causes. This, he maintains, has always been so; it is no novelty he is preaching. And now a tiger, drawn by the scent of human flesh, circling the pit, and then the fast footsteps as it approached and leaped into the pit. I am accepted in Jesus Christ. Thenceforward how it figures in the Psalms and prophets! "By the which will" (not man's, which is sin, but God's) "we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.". If life is the road to Christ none can afford to miss it or to stop half-way. Then you will receive all that he has promised. The foundation is sacrifice; the Power is of the Holy Ghost. 26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, 27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. (b) It need not be repeated. The wisest man is a fool in the sight of God; and the strongest man is weak in the moment of temptation. You have sown a lot of happiness that way." Added to that there was the daily meat-offering of the High Priest; it consisted of one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with oil, and baked in a flat pan; half was offered in the morning and half in the evening. First, they were to remember those that once ruled them. Now two things can be done concerning your sins. (i) He stresses the achievement of Jesus. 3:4; Heb. That's the purpose of gathering and assembling ourselves together is for mutual encouragement, the strengthening of each other, the exhorting of each other. To help their patience, he assures them of the near approach of Christ's coming to deliver and to reward them (Hebrews 10:37; Hebrews 10:37): For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. 11.]. 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. Let us hold fast the profession of our hope [for so it should be] without wavering (for he is faithful that promised); and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching." But having looked up to Him who is above all, he speaks of the highest group next to God in His judicial character, namely, the Old Testament saints. Now is the time for self-denying labour, and endurance in grace; by-and-by the account must be given to the Lord that appointed them. Now the just shall live by faith: and if any man draw back, [God said] my soul shall have no pleasure in them. 2. Hebrews 3:6 b and Hebrews 10:23; and Hebrews 3:17 and Hebrews 10:26). 36 You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. Hebrews Series (10:26-36) Based upon Ron Philips book "Hebrews: Finding the Better Way" June 10, 2014 Chester FBC Chester, IL Dr. Mike Fogerson, Speaker Introduction: A Tonight, we will discover the fourth of five warnings given .read more Scripture: Hebrews 10:26-36 Denomination: Baptist Turning Back Unto Destruction For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. They from Italy salute you. He beholds them with great displeasure; they are an offence to him. But in those sacrifices there was a reminder again made for sins every year ( Hebrews 10:3 ). He taketh away the first, that he might establish the second ( Hebrews 10:8-9 ). All jokes aside, Hebrews 10:26 is an oft-abused scripture. Indeed both should die; for it usually consists of two parties who are thus bound, and therefore, were the maxim true, both ought to die, which is an evident absurdity. As the result of enduring the cross, having despised the shame, the word for sitting down here has a remarkably beautiful shade of meaning different from what is given in all the other occurrences. Those who know the joy that results from the favour of God can thereby judge of the power and dread of his vindictive wrath. It is that which infinitely exceeds the deliverance out of Egypt, or any ceremonial atonement ever wrought by a high priest for Israel. He has nothing more to do with sin; He will judge man who rejects Himself and slights sin. All that such sacrifices can do is to remind a man that he is an uncured sinner and that the barrier of his sin is between himself and God." Psalms 110:1-7, which, as all the Jews owned, spoke., throughout its greater part at least, of the Messiah and His times, shows us Jehovah Himself by an oath, which is afterwards reasoned on signifying that another priest should arise after a different order from that of Aaron. The prophecies, the hopes, all prefigured there in the Old Testament.He speaks here of the burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin. It was only known by the biblical scholars. "Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holies by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; and having an high priest over the house of God; let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Stevenson said that he so believed in the ultimate decency of things that if he woke up in hell he would still believe in it; and we must have a grip on the faith that nothing can loosen. Every one can understand, when once we find that the word means almost always covenant," how great the temptation is to translate it so in but two other occurrences, especially as before and after it means "covenant" in the same passage. First of all, "Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: in burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. (2.) The duty itself--to hold fast the profession of our faith, to embrace all the truths and ways of the gospel, to get fast hold of them, and to keep that hold against all temptation and opposition. The real presumption, therefore, is to pretend to be a Christian, and yet to doubt the primary fundamental truth of Christianity as to this. But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant." He reasons that, while our parents only chastise us the best way they can (for after all their judgment might not be perfect), the Father of spirits never fails. (iii) Sin is the insult to the Holy Spirit. There is a trying day coming on us all, the day of our death, and we should observe all the signs of its approaching, and improve them to greater watchfulness and diligence in duty. For whom it may be is another thing, of which he will speak by-and-by. This text has been the occasion of great distress to some gracious souls they have been ready to conclude that every wilful sin, after conviction and against knowledge, is the unpardonable sin: but this has been their infirmity and error. "As it is appointed unto men once to die," wages of sin, though not all, "but after this the judgment," or the full wages of sin, "so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many;" this He has finished; "and unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation." For then would they not have ceased to be offered? No other seat was suitable to such a One. Oh how happy is the man to whom God does not impute iniquity." He acted in faith, not policy. Read full chapter Hebrews 10:36 in all English translations Hebrews 9 Hebrews 11 King James Version (KJV) Public Domain Bible Gateway Recommends From henceforth [or from now on] just waiting until his enemies be made his footstool. He ends by asking what happens if men disregard the offer of Jesus Christ. On the other hand, if the medicine is ineffective, every time he looks at the bottle he will be reminded that he is ill and that the recommended cure was useless. In short, Christians will never advance two paces without fainting, except they are sustained by patience. 7. It may be observed, too, that the Holy Ghost appears but little in this epistle. One of the old divines wrote a kind of catechism. For the sacrifice of Jesus Christ is complete. A high priest over the house of God, even this blessed Jesus, who presides over the church militant, and every member thereof on earth, and over the church triumphant in heaven. All this is a gradual undermining the wall until the whole structure is overthrown. Christians are one body, are animated by one spirit, have embarked in one common cause and interest, and are the children of that God who is afflicted in all the afflictions of his people. First, he lived in a day when the Church had been under attack and would be under attack again. with. With a true heart, without any allowed guile or hypocrisy. We have the means prescribed for preventing our apostasy, and promoting our fidelity and perseverance, Hebrews 10:24; Hebrews 10:25, c. He mentions several as, 1. The fulfilment of the Melchisedec Order is found in Christ, and in Him alone. And he is a living God; he lives for ever, and will punish for ever. Showing that it did not bring that to them under the old covenant, however, the glorious thing is that in this new covenant through Jesus Christ, once being purged, we really should not have any more consciousness of sins. It is once and for all. They must draw near to God. Christ never needed this, but we do. The end of the chapter reminds us that faith is and it is for we who follow in the footsteps of the faithful men and women of previous ages. Jeremiah positively declares that God will make a new covenant. Verses 23-25. And it seems even in those times there were some who forsook these assemblies, and so began to apostatize from religion itself. From their questions and their arguments and their criticisms he said that he had learned that "the greatest handicap the Church has is the unsatisfactory lives of professing Christians." But notice we are to hold fast the profession of our hope because "he is faithful" that promised. That after ye have done the will of God - That is, in bearing trials, for the reference here is particularly to afflictions.Ye might receive the promise - The promised inheritance or reward - in heaven. It is quite evident, on the contrary, that this is not only not the truth which all recognize when stated, but altogether inconsistent with the Bible, with all books, and with all experience. It is no longer effective. This leads him, from speaking of Esau's case, to add as a known fact, that afterward, when he desired to have inherited the blessing he was rejected (for he found no place of repentance), though he sought it carefully with tears. It was, parabolically, like that of Christ himself. So really, you have to put the ending on the story yourself. As in chapter 6 he declares that he is persuaded better things of them, than that they would abandon the Holy Ghost; so here he expected better things than that they would thus dishonour the sacrifice of Christ In that case, he says, God was not unrighteous to forget their work and labour of love; in this case, he lets them know that he had not forgotten the way in which they had suffered for Christ. IV. But over in the corner, and almost drowned in his own blood, was their beloved prince, and next to him a tiger that had been killed.They lifted him out of the pit and carried him back to town and called the best physicians in the kingdom. In burnt offerings [the Lord said in Psalms] and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. In doing so he points out the true nature of faith. He may believe that he does not need the Church or that he is intellectually beyond the standard of preaching there. . As the crier stepped forth, he said, "Hear ye, hear ye, the decision of the supreme council." But whether we look at the heavenly supremacy of Christ over the universe, which is the highest part of the mystery, or at the church associated with Him as His body, composed of both Jew and Gentile, where all distinction is gone, no wit of man ever did or could possibly draw this beforehand from the Old Testament. If any man feels that he can do so let him remember that he comes to Church not only to get but to give. He that possesses the one must not eschew the other. This deeply interesting chapter closes with the reason why those who had thus not only lived but died in faith did not get the promise: "God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect." Next the apostle, with increasing boldness, comes to the proof from the Old Testament that the legal institution as a whole was to be set aside. But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner. . Therefore all such recurring sacrifices only call sins to remembrance; but what the blood of Christ has done is so completely to blot them out, that God Himself says, "I will remember them no more. It owns the creation; it recognizes sacrifice as the only righteous means of being accepted with God the only means of approaching Him worthily. Its members must be loyal or nothing. 110-11. In contrast, Jesus had made a sacrifice that neither could nor need be repeated. So I don't know how we can do any more than we are every night of the week around here and during the day, but anyhow . It is a living way. Then he went on to say: "Behold, I come to do your will." After the people had been tried and found wanting; after the priests had wrought, if possible, greater corruption; after the king of Israel's choice had reduced them to the lowest degradation. 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