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| Rev. Jonathan Griffiths |
Senior Pastor, The Metropolitan Bible Church, Ottawa, ON.
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Podcast of CFRA broadcast on Sunday, July 16th, 2017
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Broadcast Notes:
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Sin Cleansed
Hebrews 10
Christ’s Sacrifice Once for All
10 For since
the law has but va shadow wof the good things to come
instead of the true form of these realities, xit 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 yin these sacrifices zthere is a reminder of sins every
year. 4 For
ait is impossible for the blood of
bulls and goats to take away sins.
c“Sacrifices and offerings you
have not desired,
but a body have
you prepared for me;
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in burnt offerings and sin offerings
you have taken no
pleasure.
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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 csacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin
offerings” (these are offered according to the law), 9 then
he added, d“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 ewe have been sanctified through
the offering of fthe body of Jesus Christ gonce for all.
11 And every
priest stands hdaily at his service, ioffering repeatedly the same sacrifices, jwhich can never take away sins. 12 But
when Christ2 had offered for all time a
single sacrifice for sins, he ksat down at the right hand of
God, 13 waiting
from that time luntil his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. 14 For
by a single offering mhe has perfected for all time
those who are being sanctified.
15 And the Holy
Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying,
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n“This is the covenant that I will
make with them
after those days,
declares the Lord:
I will put my
laws on their hearts,
and write them on
their minds,”
17 then he adds,
o“I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.”
18 Where there is
forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.
The Full Assurance of Faith
19 pTherefore, brothers,3 since we have confidence to enter qthe holy places by the blood of
Jesus, 20 by
rthe new and living way that he
opened for us through sthe curtain, that is, through his
flesh, 21 and
since we have ta great priest over the house of God, 22 let
us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts usprinkled clean vfrom an evil conscience and our
bodies wwashed with pure water. 23 xLet us hold fast the confession
of our hope without wavering, for yhe who promised is faithful. 24 And
zlet us consider how to stir up
one another to love and good works, 25 anot neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but
encouraging one another, and ball the more as you see cthe Day drawing near.
26 For dif we go on sinning deliberately eafter receiving the knowledge of the truth, fthere no longer remains a
sacrifice for sins, 27 gbut a fearful expectation of
judgment, and ha fury of fire that will consume
the adversaries. 28 iAnyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy jon the evidence of two or three
witnesses. 29 How
much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one kwho has trampled underfoot the
Son of God, and has profaned lthe blood of the covenant mby which he was sanctified, and
has noutraged the Spirit of grace? 30 For
we know him who said, o“Vengeance is mine; I will
repay.” And again, p“The Lord will judge his people.” 31 qIt is a fearful thing to fall
into the hands of the living God.
32 But recall the
former days when, after ryou were enlightened, you endured
sa hard struggle with sufferings, 33 sometimes being tpublicly exposed to reproach and
affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated. 34 For
uyou had compassion on those in
prison, and vyou joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since
you knew that you yourselves had wa better possession and an
abiding one. 35 Therefore
do not throw away your confidence, which has xa great reward. 36 For
yyou have need of endurance, so that zwhen you have done the will of
God you may areceive what is promised. 37 For,
b“Yet a little while,
and cthe coming one will come and will
not delay;
38
dbut my righteous one shall live by faith,
and if he shrinks
back,
my soul has no
pleasure in him.”
39 But we are not of
those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
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Prayer:
Our Father, we thank
you and praise you for Jesus and his shed blood at Calvary. We thank you that
because his blood has been shed for us we are made clean and we are made fit
for your service, And we pray that we
would serve joyfully as your people, knowing the great salvation that has been
achieved for us; and we pray these things in Jesus' name. (Amen.)
Rev.
Jonathan Griffiths
2176 Prince of Wales Dr, Nepean, ON K2E 0A1
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