The All-Sufficiency of Jesus Christ!

Hebrews 10:1-18

Purpose: This is all about worship!! “Can I be in the presence of God with my sin?” “What takes my sin away?” “How do I worship God in the first place?” “Is worship more than singing songs?” “Can I worship God without knowing Jesus Christ?” “Can I be holy & acceptable to God?”

1. Old Covenant Worship Weakness (Heb 10:1-4)
2. 1 What could the Law “never” do?

Never make perfect those who draw near (compare to 9:9 and 14)

1. 2 If the OC worship and sacrifice for sin worked, what would be done?

The sacrifices would cease

1. 3 The sacrifices are a “reminder of sins”
2. 4 It is “impossible” for the blood of the OC sacrifices “to take away sins”

2. New Covenant Worship Strength (Heb 10:5-10)
3. 5-9 Using Psalm 40:6-8, the author is showing that . . .

                        What did Jesus come to “do”?

The will of God, taking away the first OC to establish the second NC

1. 10 By the offering (worship language) of Jesus Christ,

we have been (past/present/future) sanctified (i.e., made holy)

3. The All-Sufficiency of Christ’s Sacrifice (Heb 10:11-14)

            How is Christ’s work described here as …

1. Having offered one sacrifice, Himself, for sins for all time
2. Sat down at the right hand of God
3. Waiting until His enemies are made a footstool
4. By one offering, Himself, He perfected for all time
5. Those who are sanctified, made holy, set apart and able to worship!

Jesus is the Priest who offers, the offering itself which appeases the wrath of God upon our sin, and the King who Rules over His saved, perfected, purified once-for-all holy people! (Heb 7:27; 9:13-14, 23-26)

4. The New Covenant in the Believer’s Life! (Heb 10:15-18)
5. 15 Who is testifying? The Holy Spirit

To whom? To us! (quoting Jer. 31:33-34; see also Heb. 8:10, 12)

1. 18 If you have been forgiven and made holy, does there then need to be

another offering for your sins? No!

Conclusion:

See Matthew 5:17-18; Romans 10:4

OT -> NT                      OC -> NC                   Shadow -> Reality                Copy -> Heaven

Outward Acts -> Pure Conscience                        Law -> Grace                        Repeated -> Once for All

We fail -> Jesus Never Fails