Hebrews 10
Berean Study Bible
Christ's Perfect Sacrifice
(Psalm 147:1-20; Romans 3:1-8)
1The Law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. 2If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all and would no longer feel the guilt of their sins.
3Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins, 4because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and of goats to take away sins. 5Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said:
“Sacrifice and offering You did not desire,
but a body You prepared for me.
6In burnt offerings and sin offerings
You took no delight.
7Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll:
I have come to do Your will, O God.’”
8In the passage above He says, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor did You delight in them” (although they are required by the Law). 9Then He adds, “Here I am, I have come to do Your will.” He takes away the first to establish the second. 10And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Guilt of sins! This is a heavy burden to carry and Satan tries to use it to turn you away from Jesus. We are all evil in the heart and we were born that way. How often had we seen a small child, a baby grab a toy away from another saying, MINE!
I look back at my life and the things I have done and I am ashamed. I have stolen things and have hurt people. Why did I do these things? It would be impossible for me to correct the wrongs I have done but it's not impossible with Jesus Christ. Tears come to my eyes every time I see another soul come to Christ. Why? Because I was once where they were at!
I thank God for His Son, I thank the Son for what He has done, I thank the Holy Spirit for His because He has come, indwelled in us!
Yes I have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ, Once and for All.
Satan, your going to hell, so in the name of Jesus Christ away from me!
Revelation 20: Satan Cast into the Lake of Fire
10And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
I've read the bible and I know the ending, Satan looses and Jesus wins!
Blessings, David
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Monday, June 12, 2017
One beggar telling another beggar
"How many people have you led to Christ?" is a question that I was recently
asked. My answer was simple, I don't know. I remember leading a few people
in the "sinners prayer" and I look for opportunities to share about my Lord
Jesus as often as I can, and yet, I will probably not truly know what has
taken root until I get to heaven. The one thing that I realized a long time
ago is, that it is not "My ministry", it is His. I think of the verse in *1
Cor 3:4 For when one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,”
are you not carnal? 5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers
through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? 6 I planted,
Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.* There are many people who take
pride in what "They" have accomplished for the kingdom. There is a quote
that I read that has struck my heart, "Evangelism is one beggar telling
another beggar where to find bread?” We all have a calling on our lives to
"Evangelize", and also realize that *1 Cor 3:7 So then neither he who
plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. 8
Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his
own reward according to his own labor.* I pray that the words that I share
have touched at least one person's life, and for that it will be all worth
it. My closing thought is from Charles Spurgeon, ""While others are
congratulating themselves, I have to lie humbly at the foot of Christ's
cross and marvel that I am saved at all".
asked. My answer was simple, I don't know. I remember leading a few people
in the "sinners prayer" and I look for opportunities to share about my Lord
Jesus as often as I can, and yet, I will probably not truly know what has
taken root until I get to heaven. The one thing that I realized a long time
ago is, that it is not "My ministry", it is His. I think of the verse in *1
Cor 3:4 For when one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,”
are you not carnal? 5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers
through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? 6 I planted,
Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.* There are many people who take
pride in what "They" have accomplished for the kingdom. There is a quote
that I read that has struck my heart, "Evangelism is one beggar telling
another beggar where to find bread?” We all have a calling on our lives to
"Evangelize", and also realize that *1 Cor 3:7 So then neither he who
plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. 8
Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his
own reward according to his own labor.* I pray that the words that I share
have touched at least one person's life, and for that it will be all worth
it. My closing thought is from Charles Spurgeon, ""While others are
congratulating themselves, I have to lie humbly at the foot of Christ's
cross and marvel that I am saved at all".
Douglas
The Whole Picture. Matthew 20:1-16 NLT
Gods ways are so far above our ways we could never figure Him out. God's not bound by our limited imagination. We cannot begin to understand His wisdom, His insight , His compassion. What we judge to be unfair, God views with justice. He knows something we don't. He sees the whole picture, we only see a few brush strokes.
Yesterday at church, pastor used a rope to illustrate our life on earth verses our life in eternity. One end of the rope had red tape wrapped around it for a couple of inches. That represented our life on earth. The rest of the rope stretched into darkness representing eternity.
The only thing that really matters in this life is whether or not we prepare for the next life. Does it really matter if we are saved as a child or as a old man or woman on our deathbed? Should our reward be greater because we were saved midlife then someone who didn't find Jesus until they were 80? Maybe they overcame a lot more than we had to in order to believe.
To me, it's not about the reward, the wage, the crown of glory, its about the opportunity to spend eternity in the presence of an awesome God.
Matthew 20:1-16 NLT
Parable of the Vineyard Workers
1 “For the Kingdom of Heaven is like the landowner who went out early one morning to hire workers for his vineyard. 2 He agreed to pay the normal daily wage and sent them out to work.
3 “At nine o’clock in the morning he was passing through the marketplace and saw some people standing around doing nothing. 4 So he hired them, telling them he would pay them whatever was right at the end of the day. 5 So they went to work in the vineyard. At noon and again at three o’clock he did the same thing.
6 “At five o’clock that afternoon he was in town again and saw some more people standing around. He asked them, ‘Why haven’t you been working today?’
7 “They replied, ‘Because no one hired us.’
“The landowner told them, ‘Then go out and join the others in my vineyard.’
8 "That evening he told the foreman to call the workers in and pay them, beginning with the last workers first. 9 When those hired at five o’clock were paid, each received a full day’s wage. 10 When those hired first came to get their pay, they assumed they would receive more. But they, too, were paid a day’s wage. 11 When they received their pay, they protested to the owner, 12 ‘Those people worked only one hour, and yet you’ve paid them just as much as you paid us who worked all day in the scorching heat.’
13 “He answered one of them, ‘Friend, I haven’t been unfair! Didn’t you agree to work all day for the usual wage? 14 Take your money and go. I wanted to pay this last worker the same as you. 15 Is it against the law for me to do what I want with my money? Should you be jealous because I am kind to others?’
16 "So those who are last now will be first then, and those who are first will be last.”
Blessings, Cecilia
Hebrews 9 Appointed to Die Once
23So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.
25Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. 26Otherwise, He would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
27Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment, 28so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.
Better sacrifices that these, that was Christ and His purpose, the ultimate sacrifice. Christ ascended into heaven to appear in the presence of God for us.
Jesus was a ONCE and FOR ALL sacrifice, with His blood we are healed. But if you willingly keep sinning aren't you crucifying Him over and over?
It is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgement.
Christ also been offered once (died), to bear the sins of many.
And He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him. (Rapture)
We will meet Him in the clouds.
It will be a glorious meeting!
Last night we watched a movie called The Shack. It's not biblically correct but it is correct about consuming hate, judgment, forgiveness and love. It's about a child that was murdered in a shack and how the hate consumed the father. The father received and invitation from (Papa) God. He meets the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. But was it a dream? He learned to forgive and to let go of the past, to live and love for the future.
Can you?
Blessings, David
Sunday, June 11, 2017
P.T.S.D. and flashbacks!
P.T.S.D. and flashbacks are something that many different people deal with
for many different reasons. For some, they have memories of military
actions, some due to domestic disputes and for some like me, due to the
consequences of poor choices. There is one specific memory that I am
reminded of, almost every day, that happened in my life almost 17 years
ago, and it was 2 days after my salvation. I was arrested, and while in a
cell, I remember hearing the police counting out my ammunition onto a metal
table, clank, clank, clank. At the shop I work at, the sound of the change
into the drawer as they count it, has the same sound. I remember who I used
to be, what type of person I was "before". There are many people who look
at who I am today and could never believe what a wretched sinner I used to
be. I am so thankful to the Lord Jesus for changing me from the inside out.
One of my favorite verses is, *2 Cor 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in
Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all
things have become new.* John Newton wrote, “I am not what I ought to be, I
am not what I want to be, I am not what I hope to be in another world; but
still I am not what I once used to be, and by the grace of God I am what I
am”. Brethren, even though it may be a struggle, I pray that we can all do
as it says in *Phil 3:13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have
apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind
and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward the
goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.* In Jesus
name, amen.
for many different reasons. For some, they have memories of military
actions, some due to domestic disputes and for some like me, due to the
consequences of poor choices. There is one specific memory that I am
reminded of, almost every day, that happened in my life almost 17 years
ago, and it was 2 days after my salvation. I was arrested, and while in a
cell, I remember hearing the police counting out my ammunition onto a metal
table, clank, clank, clank. At the shop I work at, the sound of the change
into the drawer as they count it, has the same sound. I remember who I used
to be, what type of person I was "before". There are many people who look
at who I am today and could never believe what a wretched sinner I used to
be. I am so thankful to the Lord Jesus for changing me from the inside out.
One of my favorite verses is, *2 Cor 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in
Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all
things have become new.* John Newton wrote, “I am not what I ought to be, I
am not what I want to be, I am not what I hope to be in another world; but
still I am not what I once used to be, and by the grace of God I am what I
am”. Brethren, even though it may be a struggle, I pray that we can all do
as it says in *Phil 3:13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have
apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind
and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward the
goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.* In Jesus
name, amen.
Douglas
You May Not Know. Matthew 30:19 NKJV
I've tried to find a story online I read years ago. It was about a preacher that held a tent revival and no one showed up. Instead of walking away in dismay, the preacher gave the gospel as if the tent were filled. He put his heart into it and taught with all the gusto he had.
Years later at a conference a young man came to him and thanked him for coming to his village to teach. The man told the preacher "You thought no one was there, you thought you were alone but I was watching and listening through a hole in the tent. At the end of your sermon, when you gave the alter call, I gave my life to Jesus. I then went home and recounted the sermon to my family and they were all saved. I then shared with others in our village the love of Jesus and the whole village was saved. Since then, I have become a pastor and continue to share the love of Jesus everywhere I go."
You may not know the impact you have on others until you get to heaven. Then, great will be your reward.
Matthew 30:19 NKJV
"But many who are first will be last, and the last first."
Blessings, Cecilia
Years later at a conference a young man came to him and thanked him for coming to his village to teach. The man told the preacher "You thought no one was there, you thought you were alone but I was watching and listening through a hole in the tent. At the end of your sermon, when you gave the alter call, I gave my life to Jesus. I then went home and recounted the sermon to my family and they were all saved. I then shared with others in our village the love of Jesus and the whole village was saved. Since then, I have become a pastor and continue to share the love of Jesus everywhere I go."
You may not know the impact you have on others until you get to heaven. Then, great will be your reward.
Matthew 30:19 NKJV
"But many who are first will be last, and the last first."
Blessings, Cecilia
Hebrews 9 The Blood Shedding
18That is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood. 19For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the Law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people, 20saying, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.”c
21In the same way, he sprinkled with blood the tabernacle and all the vessels used in worship. 22According to the Law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
The original unedited text is here: http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/0118.php
The Blood Shedding by C. H. Spurgeon
January 7, 2010 by ADMIN
I will show you three fools. One is yonder soldier, who has been wounded on the field of battle, grievously wounded, well nigh unto death; the surgeon is by his side, and the soldier asks him a question. Listen, and judge of his folly. What question does he ask? Does he raise his eyes with eager anxiety and inquire if the practitioner’s skill can suggest the means of healing, or if the remedies are within reach and the medicine at hand? No, nothing of the sort; strange to tell, he asks, “Can you inform me with what sword I was wounded, and by what Russian I have been thus grievously mauled? I want,” he adds, “to learn every minute particular respecting the origin of my wound.” The man is delirious. Such questions at such a time are proof that he is bereft of his senses.
There is another fool. The storm is raging, the ship flying impetuous before the gale, the masts are creaking, the sails are rent to rags, and still the gathering tempest grows more fierce. Where is the captain? Is he busily engaged on the deck, manfully facing the danger, and skillfully suggesting the means to avert it? No, he has retired to his cabin, and there with studious thoughts is speculating on where the storm took its rise. “It is mysterious, this wind; no one ever yet,” he says, “has been able to discover it.” And, so reckless of the vessel, the lives of the passengers, and his own life, he is careful only to solve his curious questions. Take the rudder from his hand, he is clean gone mad!
The third fool I shall doubtless find among yourselves. You are sick and wounded with sin, you are in the storm and the hurricane of Almighty vengeance, and yet the question you would ask of me, would be, “Sir, what is the origin of evil?” You are spiritually mad; that is not the question you would ask if you were in a sane and healthy state of mind; your question would be: “How can I get rid of this evil?” Not, “How did it come into the world?” but, “How am I to escape from it?” Not, “How is it that I am sick,” but, “Are there medicines what will heal me?” “Is there a physician to be found that can restore my soul to health?”
The broad fact is this, your question should be, “How can I escape from the wrath to come?” In answering that question, [Hebrews 9:22–“without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sin] stands right in the middle of the way. Your real want is to know how you can be saved; if you are aware that your sin must be [either] pardoned or punished, your question will be, “How can it be pardoned?” and then point blank in the very teeth of your inquiry stands out this fact: “without the shedding of blood, there is no remission.” But some men will say that God’s way of saving men, by the shedding of blood, is a cruel way, an unjust way, an unkind way; and all kinds of things they will say of it. Sirs, I have nothing to do with your opinion of the matter; it is so. If you have any faults to find with your Maker, fight your battles out with him at last. . . . The doctrine of the atonement, when rightly understood and faithfully received, is delightful, for it exhibits boundless love, immeasurable goodness, and infinite truth; but to unbelievers it will always be a hated doctrine.
Note how decisive this is in its character. “Without the shedding of blood, there is no remission.” “But, sir, can’t I get my sins forgiven by my repentance? If I weep, and plead, and pray, will not God forgive me for the sake of my tears?” “No remission,” says the text, “without the shedding of blood.” “But, sir, if I never sin again, and if I serve God more zealously than other men, will he not forgive me for the sake of my obedience?” “No remission,” says the text, “without the shedding of blood.” “But, sir, may I not trust that God is merciful, and will forgive me without the shedding of blood?” “No,” says the text, “without the shedding of blood, there is no remission;” none whatever. It cuts off ever other hope. Bring your hopes here, and if they are not based in blood, they are as useless as castles in the air, and dreams at night.
Note again how universal it is in its character. “What! may I not get remission without blood-shedding?” says the king; and he comes with the crown on his head; “May not I in all my robes, with this rich ransom, get pardon without blood-shedding?” “None,” is the reply, “None.” Forthwith comes the wise man, with a number of learnings after his name. “Can I not get remission by these grand titles of my learning?” “None, none.” Then comes the benevolent man. “I have dispersed my money to the poor, and given my bounty to feed them; shall I not get remission?” “None;” says the text, “without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sin.” How this puts everyone on a level! No hope for the best, any more than for the worst, without the shedding of blood. Oh! I love the gospel, because it is a leveling gospel.
Mark too, how perpetual my text is. Paul said, “there is no remission;” I must repeat this testimony too. When thousands of years have rolled away, some minister may stand on this spot and say the same. This will never alter at all, in the next world as well as this: no remission without the shedding of blood. The fact is, beloved, there is no use for you to satisfy your hearts with anything less than what satisfied God the Father. Without the shedding of blood, nothing would appease his justice; without the application of that same blood, nothing can purge your consciences.
Edited by Jim Ehrhard
https://teachingresources.org/2010/01/07/the-blood-shedding-by-c-h-spurgeon/
Blessings, David
21In the same way, he sprinkled with blood the tabernacle and all the vessels used in worship. 22According to the Law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
The original unedited text is here: http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/0118.php
The Blood Shedding by C. H. Spurgeon
January 7, 2010 by ADMIN
I will show you three fools. One is yonder soldier, who has been wounded on the field of battle, grievously wounded, well nigh unto death; the surgeon is by his side, and the soldier asks him a question. Listen, and judge of his folly. What question does he ask? Does he raise his eyes with eager anxiety and inquire if the practitioner’s skill can suggest the means of healing, or if the remedies are within reach and the medicine at hand? No, nothing of the sort; strange to tell, he asks, “Can you inform me with what sword I was wounded, and by what Russian I have been thus grievously mauled? I want,” he adds, “to learn every minute particular respecting the origin of my wound.” The man is delirious. Such questions at such a time are proof that he is bereft of his senses.
There is another fool. The storm is raging, the ship flying impetuous before the gale, the masts are creaking, the sails are rent to rags, and still the gathering tempest grows more fierce. Where is the captain? Is he busily engaged on the deck, manfully facing the danger, and skillfully suggesting the means to avert it? No, he has retired to his cabin, and there with studious thoughts is speculating on where the storm took its rise. “It is mysterious, this wind; no one ever yet,” he says, “has been able to discover it.” And, so reckless of the vessel, the lives of the passengers, and his own life, he is careful only to solve his curious questions. Take the rudder from his hand, he is clean gone mad!
The third fool I shall doubtless find among yourselves. You are sick and wounded with sin, you are in the storm and the hurricane of Almighty vengeance, and yet the question you would ask of me, would be, “Sir, what is the origin of evil?” You are spiritually mad; that is not the question you would ask if you were in a sane and healthy state of mind; your question would be: “How can I get rid of this evil?” Not, “How did it come into the world?” but, “How am I to escape from it?” Not, “How is it that I am sick,” but, “Are there medicines what will heal me?” “Is there a physician to be found that can restore my soul to health?”
The broad fact is this, your question should be, “How can I escape from the wrath to come?” In answering that question, [Hebrews 9:22–“without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sin] stands right in the middle of the way. Your real want is to know how you can be saved; if you are aware that your sin must be [either] pardoned or punished, your question will be, “How can it be pardoned?” and then point blank in the very teeth of your inquiry stands out this fact: “without the shedding of blood, there is no remission.” But some men will say that God’s way of saving men, by the shedding of blood, is a cruel way, an unjust way, an unkind way; and all kinds of things they will say of it. Sirs, I have nothing to do with your opinion of the matter; it is so. If you have any faults to find with your Maker, fight your battles out with him at last. . . . The doctrine of the atonement, when rightly understood and faithfully received, is delightful, for it exhibits boundless love, immeasurable goodness, and infinite truth; but to unbelievers it will always be a hated doctrine.
Note how decisive this is in its character. “Without the shedding of blood, there is no remission.” “But, sir, can’t I get my sins forgiven by my repentance? If I weep, and plead, and pray, will not God forgive me for the sake of my tears?” “No remission,” says the text, “without the shedding of blood.” “But, sir, if I never sin again, and if I serve God more zealously than other men, will he not forgive me for the sake of my obedience?” “No remission,” says the text, “without the shedding of blood.” “But, sir, may I not trust that God is merciful, and will forgive me without the shedding of blood?” “No,” says the text, “without the shedding of blood, there is no remission;” none whatever. It cuts off ever other hope. Bring your hopes here, and if they are not based in blood, they are as useless as castles in the air, and dreams at night.
Note again how universal it is in its character. “What! may I not get remission without blood-shedding?” says the king; and he comes with the crown on his head; “May not I in all my robes, with this rich ransom, get pardon without blood-shedding?” “None,” is the reply, “None.” Forthwith comes the wise man, with a number of learnings after his name. “Can I not get remission by these grand titles of my learning?” “None, none.” Then comes the benevolent man. “I have dispersed my money to the poor, and given my bounty to feed them; shall I not get remission?” “None;” says the text, “without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sin.” How this puts everyone on a level! No hope for the best, any more than for the worst, without the shedding of blood. Oh! I love the gospel, because it is a leveling gospel.
Mark too, how perpetual my text is. Paul said, “there is no remission;” I must repeat this testimony too. When thousands of years have rolled away, some minister may stand on this spot and say the same. This will never alter at all, in the next world as well as this: no remission without the shedding of blood. The fact is, beloved, there is no use for you to satisfy your hearts with anything less than what satisfied God the Father. Without the shedding of blood, nothing would appease his justice; without the application of that same blood, nothing can purge your consciences.
Edited by Jim Ehrhard
https://teachingresources.org/2010/01/07/the-blood-shedding-by-c-h-spurgeon/
Blessings, David
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