Wednesday, March 1st, 2023 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works ( Hebrews 10:24 ): And so that's as we're together exhorting each other for a greater love and good works. You cannot come to God by the first covenant.There are always those who want to come to God on their terms. (i) We must spur each other to noble living. This epistle insists on the blood of Christ, making all to turn on that efficacious work for us. Christendom prefers the middle course; it will have neither the conscious nearness, to God, nor the place of Christ's reproach among men. The encouragement to persevere 10:32-39. Faith, again, is the only principle of walk with God; as it is, again, the only means of realizing the judgment of God coming on all around us. Those therefore that so translate our two verses have invented a meaning for the phrase, instead of accepting its legitimate sense as attested by all the monuments of the Greek tongue; whereas the moment that we give it the meaning assigned here rightly by the better translators, that is, the sense of "testator" and "testament," all runs with perfect smoothness, and with striking aptitude. Language Tools. That after ye have done the will of God - That is, in bearing trials, for the reference here is particularly to afflictions.Ye might receive the promise - The promised inheritance or reward - in heaven. (ii) Jesus is the High Priest over God's house in the heavens. Up to this time man was the object of those ways; it was simply, and rightly of course, a probation. The battle which Abraham fought, the first recorded one in scripture, is the type of the last battle of this age. Thus the apostle closes this most striking and precious epistle, brimful to overflowing with that which had an especial and very touching interest to a Jew, but nevertheless needed as certainly by us, and as rich in instruction for us in this day as for those at any time that has passed away. "Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holies by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; and having an high priest over the house of God; let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. It is what He carries on now. "Who needeth not daily," therefore says He, "as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's." Here, too, he begins to introduce what a. priest does, that is, the exercise of his functions. There is this purging. They had not made up their minds to suffer: to be despised was odious in their eyes. But the answer to this is, that there is not a single writer in the language, not sacred only but profane, who employs it in such a sense. Then he went on to say: "Behold, I come to do your will." Observe, Wise governors should be careful to keep up the credit of their government and the authority of the laws, by punishing presumptuous offenders; but then in such cases there should be good evidence of the fact. 297. 110-11. They have persevered through insults, violence, imprisonments and robberies, because of their confidence of a lasting reward (32-35). Again, she was brought to trial and now the verdict was to be given. . He took himself and said to God: "Do with me as you will." Thus another and a higher priesthood was incontestably acknowledged by the father of the faithful. But winter came and the campaign had to be suspended. It is not only that we believe it, but we understand it thereby. There was no end to this process and it left men still conscious of their sin and alienated from God. He acted in faith, not policy. Sinful man cannot be one with a holy God.Paul, writing to the Corinthians, who lived in that city that was so debauched, that the word Corinthian became a synonym for a totally debauched person. A man can stand almost any attack on his body; the thing that beats him is a broken heart. Such was the Priest of whom God spoke. Then he shows us others higher than these, by a divine call "and to the church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven." Blessed is the man who speaks such a word. There was a kind of priestly tread-mill of sacrifice. How much worse will be the punishment of those who have experienced the grace of God through Christ, yet deliberately reject and disown it (28-31).The writer encourages his readers not to forsake Christ, by reminding them of what they have suffered for his sake. Grace be with you all. Christ Himself could not add to the perfectness of that sacrifice by which He has put away sin. Isn't that glorious? But whether the one or the other, all was by faith. The undivided place of Christ is more fully witnessed now, when there are no others to occupy the thought or to distract the heart from Him as seen by faith in glory on high. It was therefore necessary that the representations of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. For if he were on earth, he should not even be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: who serve the representation and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was oracularly told when about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern that was shown to thee in the mountain. Nor is it pleasant to nature. (i) He stresses the achievement of Jesus. In their own persons; they were made gazing-stocks, spectacles to the world, angels, and men, 1 Corinthians 4:9. For by one offering and for all time he perfectly gave us that cleansing we need to enter into the presence of God. Which of these two most commends itself as the unforced meaning of the passage it is for the reader to judge. He is the same unchangingly and evermore, as He has ever been. It is the assembly composed of certain individuals that make it up, regarded either as brethren, as in the second chapter ("In the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee"), or as the church of the first-born ones, as in Hebrews 12:1-29, persons who drew their title from Christ the first-born Heir. Christ has gone into the presence of God," having obtained eternal redemption." God can strengthen his suffering people with all might in the inner man, to all patience and long-suffering, and that with joyfulness, Colossians 1:11. And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called holy of holies; which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold." One can well understand that the apostle would leave his readers to gather thus generally what it must have been. There is no indulgence of human curiosity. In contrast, Jesus had made a sacrifice that neither could nor need be repeated. He is showing us the efficacy of Christ's death. So, we have been sanctified through the body of Jesus Christ. Through that the way was once and for all opened up for us. For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.". And so there is a real substance in Jesus. (iii) He stresses the final triumph of Jesus. We hear first of Melchisedec (King of righteousness), next of Salem or peace; without father, without mother, without genealogy. Observe here, What will be the eternal misery of impenitent sinners and apostates: they shall fall into the hands of the living God; their punishment shall come from God's own hand. But this man [Jesus Christ], after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God ( Hebrews 10:12 ); It's complete. He declared, "I have come. To "hold unswervingly" to this hope is to live according to it. It may mean the worlds governed by dispensations; but still that the idea of the whole universe is in it cannot be fairly contested by competent minds. The Lord is going to come again. Christians ought to have a tender consideration and concern for one another; they should affectionately consider what their several wants, weaknesses, and temptations are; and they should do this, not to reproach one another, to provoke one another not to anger, but to love and good works, calling upon themselves and one another to love God and Christ more, to love duty and holiness more, to love their brethren in Christ more, and to do all the good offices of Christian affection both to the bodies and the souls of each other. He is describing, then, the indwelling of Christ by the Spirit, the recognition of an indwelling Christ who offers to clothe himself with our personality and is prepared to live his life over again in our circumstances, right where we are. Hebrews Series (10:26-36) Based upon Ron Philips book "Hebrews: Finding the Better Way" June 10, 2014 Chester FBC Chester, IL Dr. Mike Fogerson, Speaker Introduction: A Tonight, we will discover the fourth of five warnings given .read more Scripture: Hebrews 10:26-36 Denomination: Baptist Turning Back Unto Destruction ". They could not deny it to be written in the fortieth psalm. Therefore his sacrifice cannot and need not ever be made again. "With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself. Hebrews 10:36, NASB: For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. The truth on the contrary is, that there was but one offering and but one suffering of Christ, once for all; in witness of the perfection of which He is gone into the presence of God, there to appear for us. Hebrews 3:6; Hebrews 4:16; Hebrews 10:19). They felt that the people should have the Bible in a language they could understand, and so they translated the Old Testament scriptures into Greek. Then comes a total change: God takes up the matter Himself, acting in view of man's sin; but in Jesus, in the very Messiah for whom the Jews were waiting, he has put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself, and has accomplished this mighty work, as admirably befitting the goodness of God, as it alone descends low enough to reach the vilest man, and yet deliver him with a salvation which only the more humbles man and glorifies God. ( Hebrews 10:29 ). "Every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: but this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, for ever sat down on the right hand of God." Here ye must be workers together with God. 38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. As in chapter 6 he declares that he is persuaded better things of them, than that they would abandon the Holy Ghost; so here he expected better things than that they would thus dishonour the sacrifice of Christ In that case, he says, God was not unrighteous to forget their work and labour of love; in this case, he lets them know that he had not forgotten the way in which they had suffered for Christ. For indeed He was a man as really as any other, though infinitely above man. But in chapter 8. Looking up, she saw silhouetted in the evening sky not the form of a tiger, but of a man, who vaulted down into the pit. "For the law made nothing perfect" is a parenthesis. The one is what may be called the objective glory; the other is the subjective condition of those that compose the bride, the Lamb's wife. Here's a letter to help them keep going. At the end of his course there was a still heavier tax on him. kata sarka greek kata sarka greek. Instead of pining after that which is about to be destroyed, or repining at the call to go out to the place of Christ's shame on earth, Christianity, which replaces Judaism now, may well cause us to offer "the sacrifice of praise to God continually." ], "The safeguard against degeneration, isolation, and consequent failure is to make progress in the Christian life, and to proceed from point to point from an elementary to the richest, fullest, deepest experience." The cynical voices may try to take our faith away; the materialist and his arguments may try to make us forget God; the events of life may conspire to shake our faith. . We are exposed to manifold injuries, obloquies, and sufferings, which we have need of patience to bear; 4. In every point of view, therefore, the superiority of the Melchisedec priest was demonstrated over the line of Aaron. "By faith Abel offered a more excellent sacrifice than Cain.". Even if the sermon be poor and the worship tawdry, the church service still gives us the chance to show to men what side we are on. Coming to the Father through the blood of Jesus Christ, I can enter into the Holy of Holies. All this is a gradual undermining the wall until the whole structure is overthrown. Accordingly he became just the more the vessel of divine power to the glory of God. So again, as so often in the New Testament, the exhortation of patience as we wait for the coming of Jesus Christ. Charles Wesley in his great hymn appealed to men: It was when the flesh of Christ was rent upon the Cross that men really saw God. For one thing, the sacrifice of Jesus perfectly shows the love of God In that life of service and in that death of love, there stands fully displayed the heart of God. Read full chapter Hebrews 10:36 in all English translations Hebrews 9 Hebrews 11 New International Version (NIV) For ye have need of patience, that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise. Here observe, (1.) Nor does it seem so natural for any as the great apostle to inform them of his child and fellow-labourer: "Know that the brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come pretty soon, I will see you. A simple word of scripture settles a thousand questions. Hodges, "Hebrews," p. The third point is how to walk with God, and this again is by faith. As to the pathway through the wilderness, it had been disposed of inHebrews 4:1-16; Hebrews 4:1-16. And what is its distinctive character as here introduced? Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin ( Hebrews 10:18 ). He says that they do not give a real image. Indeed, not being revealed of old, according to the apostle, it is altogether a mistake to go to the Old Testament for that truth. Once again the writer to the Hebrews is drawing a series of implicit contrasts between the sacrifice that Jesus offered and the animal sacrifices that the priests offer. He followed his exposition of Jesus Christs superior high priestly ministry (Hebrews 6:13 to Hebrews 10:18) with exhortation, another stern warning against apostatizing, and an encouragement to remain faithful to the Lord (Hebrews 10:19-39). Biblestore com. Now this was under the old covenant, and had it been effective, once being cleansed, they should have no more conscience of sins. You, as a Christian, ought to have the calm settled consciousness that God, looking on you, discerns not one spot or stain, but only the blood of Jesus Christ His Son that cleanses from all sin. But now those under the gospel who will not accept of Christ, that they may be saved by him, have no other refuge left them. Not Yet a Member? His life is incomplete without his death; his death is incomplete without his resurrection; his resurrection is incomplete without his return to glory. They must draw near by conversion, and by taking hold of his covenant. All through this, one thing comes out. Jesus is everything to me. In the New Testament, patience is the quality of a person who is reliable and unshakable from his intended objective goals. It seemed as if everything went against them. If life is only a day to day doing of the routine things, we may well sink into a policy of drift; but if we are on the way to heaven's crown, effort must always be at full pitch. ( Hebrews 12:1) Application of the demonstrations of enduring faith in Hebrews 11 . A man is ill. A bottle of medicine is prescribed for him. Thus Melchisedec, "whose descent is not of Aaron nor of Levi," like Jesus, "received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises!" You ought to have the consciousness that there is no judgment for you with God by-and-by, however truly He, as a Father, judges you now on earth. Then we hear of the practical use of all. Where you've already had the remission once and for all, perfected in Christ, there is no need for any further offering for sin. It was for all men, not only for the respectable classes, that Christ died. 129.] 65:17, Isaiah 66:22, -2 Peter 3:1024 -Revelation 21:13, 1-7) to live with them (Hebrews 4:1-9, Hebrews 12:2 -24), in all eternity in peace, love, and joy. He would not accept anymore of these sacrifices. It is given to every man to live in two worlds, this world of space and time, and the world of eternal things. "Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. Commentary on Hebrews 10:26-31. No doubt all will be good and right in its due season then. I am made righteous through Jesus Christ. Hey, you're not calling the shots! 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