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Hebrews 10:19-39
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Hebrews 10:1-18
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Hebrews 10:19-39
HOLD TO YOUR HOPE - Oct 23, 2017 -
Hebrews 10:1-18
MADE HOLY THROUGH JESUS' SACRIFICE - Oct 22, 2017 -
Hebrews 10:11-18
FOR THOSE WHO ARE BEING MADE HOLY - Jan 01, 2000 -
Hebrews 10:19-25
HE WHO PROMISED IS FAITHFUL - Jan 01, 2000 -
Hebrews 10:26-39
PERSEVERE - Jan 01, 2000
I HAVE COME TO DO YOUR WILL
Key verse: 7,9a
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Christ’s Sacrifice Once for All
10 The law is only a shadow(A) of the good things(B) that are coming—not the realities themselves.(C) For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect(D) those who draw near to worship.(E) 2 Otherwise, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins.(F) 3 But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins.(G) 4 It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats(H) to take away sins.(I)
5 Therefore, when Christ came into the world,(J) he said:
“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,
but a body you prepared for me;(K)
6 with burnt offerings and sin offerings
you were not pleased.
7 Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll(L)—
I have come to do your will, my God.’”[a](M)
8 First he said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”(N)—though they were offered in accordance with the law. 9 Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.”(O) He sets aside the first to establish the second. 10 And by that will, we have been made holy(P) through the sacrifice of the body(Q) of Jesus Christ once for all.(R)
Footnotes
- Hebrews 10:7 Psalm 40:6-8 (see Septuagint)
Cross references
- Hebrews 10:1 : Col 2:17; Heb 8:5
- Hebrews 10:1 : Heb 9:11
- Hebrews 10:1 : Heb 9:23
- Hebrews 10:1 : ver 4, 11; S Heb 7:19
- Hebrews 10:1 : S Heb 7:19
- Hebrews 10:2 : Heb 9:9
- Hebrews 10:3 : Lev 16:34; Heb 9:7
- Hebrews 10:4 : Heb 9:12, 13
- Hebrews 10:4 : ver 1, 11
- Hebrews 10:5 : Heb 1:6
- Hebrews 10:5 : Heb 2:14; 1Pe 2:24
- Hebrews 10:7 : Ezr 6:2; Jer 36:2
- Hebrews 10:7 : Ps 40:6-8; S Mt 26:39
- Hebrews 10:8 : ver 5, 6; S Mk 12:33
- Hebrews 10:9 : ver 7
- Hebrews 10:10 : ver 14; S Eph 5:26
- Hebrews 10:10 : Heb 2:14; 1Pe 2:24
- Hebrews 10:10 : S Heb 7:27
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ESV
Christ's Sacrifice Once for All
10 For since the law has but (A)a shadow (B)of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, (C)it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near. 2 Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins? 3 But (D)in these sacrifices (E)there is a reminder of sins every year. 4 For (F)it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
5 Consequently, (G)when Christ[a] came into the world, he said,
(H)“Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired,
but a body have you prepared for me;
6 in burnt offerings and sin offerings
you have taken no pleasure.
7 Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God,
as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’”
8 When he said above, “You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in (I)sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings” (these are offered according to the law), 9 then he added, (J)“Behold, I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first in order to establish the second. 10 And by that will (K)we have been sanctified through the offering of (L)the body of Jesus Christ (M)once for all.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Hebrews 10:5 Greek he
Cross references
- Hebrews 10:1 : ch. 8:5; Col. 2:17
- Hebrews 10:1 : ch. 9:11
- Hebrews 10:1 : [ch. 9:9]
- Hebrews 10:3 : See ch. 9:7
- Hebrews 10:3 : Lev. 16:21
- Hebrews 10:4 : ver. 11
- Hebrews 10:5 : [ch. 1:6]
- Hebrews 10:5 : Cited from Ps. 40:6-8
- Hebrews 10:8 : [See ver. 5 above]; Cited from Ps. 40:6-8
- Hebrews 10:9 : ver. 7
- Hebrews 10:10 : ch. 2:11; 13:12
- Hebrews 10:10 : Matt. 26:26; Mark 14:22; Luke 22:19; 1 Cor. 11:24; [ver. 5]
- Hebrews 10:10 : ch. 7:27; 9:12
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1. Ritual cannot cleanse sinners (1-3)
The inadequacy of religious ceremonies to solve our sin problem is seen in the sacrificial system itself. Endlessly repeated religious ceremonies could not make worshipers perfect. In fact, the sacrifice of animals reminded people of their sins and made them feel more guilty. It is impossible for animal sacrifices or religious ritual to take away sin. For this reason, Jesus did not engage in religious rituals.
2. Jesus came to do God's will (4-1
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When Christ came into the world he said, 'Here I am. I have come to do your will, O God.' He based his knowledge of God's will on the promise of Scripture. Jesus understood that God did not want burnt offerings; he wanted obedience. So Jesus was obedient to death, even death on the cross. By his death he set aside the old system; by his death he fulfilled God's world salvation purpose; by his death we are made holy.
Prayer: Lord, forgive my selfishness. Help me to follow Jesus and do your will.
One Word: 'I have come to do your will, O God'