10:1-18

TITLE: Dare to Be Different TEXT: Hebrews 10: 1-18 THEME: The sacrifice of Jesus sets the believer apart for Gods purposes.

Karma Teaches that what goes around- comes around.

Karma Teaches that what goes around- comes around. “It I do good then I will have good things happen to me. If I do bad things then bad things happen to me.”

Re-incarnation Teaches that when we die we return in another form or another animal and what we did in our previous life will determine what kind of animal we become.

Reincarnation If we lived a good life we advance to a higher for animal.

Reincarnation If we lived a good life we advance to a higher for animal. If we lived a bad life we get a lower form.

Re-incarnation and Humans Humans are put into a different caste that is set for you at birth. Higher castes are privileged while lower castes are despised.

Re-incarnation and Humans Humans are put into a different caste that is set for you at birth. Higher castes are privileged while lower castes are despised. You are born into your caste and can never change it.

Re-incarnation and Humans Humans are into a different caste that is set for you at birth. Higher castes are privileged while lower castes are despised. You are born into your caste and can never change it. Humans are not equal in value.

“The Sound of Music” song “Nothing comes from nothing and nothing ever could, so somewhere in my youth or child hood I must have done something good.”

Elpaz in Job 4 “Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed? 8 As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it. 9 At the breath of God they perish; at the blast of his anger they are no more. 10 The lions may roar and growl, yet the teeth of the great lions are broken. 11 The lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.”

How does the sacrifice of Jesus empower you to live a holy life?

I.It cleanses us from sin and guilty feelings. (1-4)

Hebrew 10: The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.

Hebrew 10:1-4 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. 3 But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins. 4 It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

I.It cleanses us from sin and guilty feelings. (1-4) The Old Covenant was limited in what it could do

I.It cleanses us from sin and guilty feelings. (1-4) The Old Covenant was limited in what it could do A. It was only a shadow of the reality.

I.It cleanses us from sin and guilty feelings. (1-4) The Old Covenant was limited in what it could do A. It was only a shadow of the reality. B. It could not cleanse us from sin or make us holy before God.

I.It cleanses us from sin and guilty feelings. (1-4) The Old Covenant was limited in what it could do A. It was only a shadow of the reality. B. It could not cleanse us from sin or make us holy before God. C. It could help us know what sin is but inadequate to stop it.

Romans 7: What shall we say, then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.” :8 But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead.

Romans 7: Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died. 10 I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death. 11 For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the commandment put me to death.

Romans 7: So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good. 13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! Nevertheless, in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it used what is good to bring about my death, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.

How does the sacrifice of Jesus empower you to live a holy life?

II.It makes us acceptable and holy before God (5-10)

Hebrews 10: Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said: “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me; 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— I have come to do your will, my God.’”

Hebrews 10: First he said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”—though they were offered in accordance with the law. 9 Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.” He sets aside the first to establish the second. 10 And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

II.It makes us acceptable and holy before God (5-10) A. God desires obedience and not sacrifice.

I Samuel 15:22 “But Samuel replied: “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.”

II.It makes us acceptable and holy before God (5-10) A. God desires obedience and not sacrifice. B. Jesus died on the cross in obedience to God’s will.

II.It makes us acceptable and holy before God (5-10) A. God desires obedience and not sacrifice. B. Jesus died on the cross in obedience to God’s will. C. His act of obedience makes the believer holy before God.

Hebrews 10:10 “And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.”

How does the sacrifice of Jesus empower you to live a holy life?

III.It enables God’s law and empowerment to be written on our hearts (11-18)

Hebrews 10: Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, 13 and since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool. 14 For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.

Hebrews 10: The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says: 16 “This is the covenant I will make with them after that time, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds.” 17 Then he adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.” 18 And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary.

III.It enables God’s law and empowerment to be written on our hearts (11-18) A. Christ’s sacrifice was once and for all- it perfected us forever

III.It enables God’s law and empowerment to be written on our hearts (11-18) A. Christ’s sacrifice was once and for all- it perfected us forever B. Once completed he sat at God’s right hand- a place of honor and prestige

III.It enables God’s law and empowerment to be written on our hearts (11-18) A. Christ’s sacrifice was once and for all- it perfected us forever B. Once completed he sat at God’s right hand- a place of honor and prestige C. God writes his will upon our hearts upon belief.

Romans 8:1 “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you[a] free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh,

Romans 8:1 “God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

Romans 8:1 5 Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.

Romans 8:1 6 The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. 7 The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. 8 Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.”

III.It enables God’s law and empowerment to be written on our hearts (11-18) A. Christ’s sacrifice was once and for all- it perfected us forever B. Once completed he sat at God’s right hand- a place of honor and prestige C. God writes his will upon our hearts upon belief. D. God forgets our sin and removes the need for sacrifice or penance

HB Warner

APPLICATION 1. Most people think holiness is about them and what they can do. Your good works are not good enough. But Christ’s once and for all work on the cross is adequate experience Gods favor.

APPLICATION 2. If we are made and declared holy we are internally motivated to do God’s will- it is written on our hearts. Therefore, our motive for life should be different from what the world pressures us to accept- we should live differently because we are different.

APPLICATION 3. Instead of focusing on our weaknesses and guilt we should focus on God’s strength and forgiveness.

Darrell Barton "The Bible says we are to be ready in season or out of season. You've got to be ready. If you've got time to do anything you've got time to do the right thing."