Focal Passage- Hebrews 9:11-28
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Sacrifice= the surrender of something valuable for the sake of something or someone else.
The greatest sacrifice that has ever been made is when the Son of God laid down His life for sinners.
Hebrews 9:1-10 contrasts the Old Covenant and New Covenant
The Law demonstrated the absolute Holiness of God and the inability of man to measure up to the Holiness of God on his own.
The sacrificial system including the Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16) was a foreshadowing of what was to come in the once and for all sacrifice of the Lamb of God.
* The sacrifice of the cross ensures our redemption. v12
- Sin made the sacrifice necessary.
- The penalty for sin is death.
- The provision of God is the sacrifice of the cross.
* The sacrifice of the cross ensures our sanctification. v14
- Your sin is exchanged for Christ's righteousness.
- We are no longer slaves to sin.
- The active practice of sin is to be replaced with the active practice of righteousness.
* The sacrifice of the cross ensures our eternal standing with God. vv27-28
- Everyone had an appointment with death.
- Everyone has an appointment with judgment.
- Heaven and Hell are the final realities following judgment.
At the cross, God the Son, the self existent Word of God, who from eternity past had dwelt in unapproachable light, took the nature of a servant, took on human flesh and came to earth. He was falsely accused and condemned. He was in agony as He was pierced for our transgressions and crushed for our iniquities. His was the punishment that brought us peace. His were the wounds that wrought our healing!
