Hebrews 9
“Once for All”
Hebrews 9:11-28
CHRIST = HIGH PRIEST
How did Christ enter the Most Holy Place Differently?
His own Blood not the Blood of sacrifice
Not once a year but ONCE for all forever (eternal redemption)
Example Cleanliness- When I was in college there was this running joke that I did not take a lot of showers. I did triathlons so I usually worked out twice a day and by the time I took a shower I would just be sweating again. The emphasis on cleanliness is huge in our society. My dad was a bit of a germ-a-phobe. Maybe that is why I had a sort of rebellious 5 second rule type attitude in College. I remember at a young age if my hands got dirty they actually would feel dirty. There was nothing physically on them but I would feel like they were still dirty like I needed to wash them.
Sometimes we feel like this after sinning. We feel guilty. We feel like we need to be cleaned.
Old way is external cleanliness
New way is internal (cleanse our consciences so that we can serve the living God!)
Vs. 15—Shift from Priest to Prophet
Christ as Prophet – Covenant Mediator
WHY BLOOD???
Blood = Life
To loose your Blood = Death
Our choice to sin ultimately leads to death, the consequence of Sin is Death. All of us here will Die, all of us basically have Blood on our hands.
How do we get rid of Sin? Death- How does Christ get rid of our Sin? - Death Ultimately his Blood was a sacrifice for our Sin and a payment for our death.
Giving up a life to gain something better EX:
Marriage- my choice to buy a new road bike is greatly effected by being married
Having Children Your Parents have made a huge sacrifice to have you
Christ- Eternity
Giving up our Lives for Christ= True Freedom
If we give our lives for Christ is we “Die to Ourselves”
Yes, and I will continue to rejoice, 19for I know that through your prayers and the help given by the Spirit of Jesus Christ, what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance.[d] 20I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. 21For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. 22If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! 23I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far; 24but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body. 25Convinced of this, I know that I will remain, and I will continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith, 26so that through my being with you again your joy in Christ Jesus will overflow on account of me. Philipians 4:18-26
Social Suicide- Dying in popularity, no longer putting others down so that you might be exalted. A friend comes up to you and is making fun of a classmate because they are fat, or ugly, or stupid or something else and you instead of laughing say “that is not cool” what do you think will happen?
How many here would be willing to do that? You as Chapel Hill students live in a difficult environment to share your faith. Your faith is credited as stupid simply because someone says it is. How many of you here would be willing to face social suicide for your savior? How many of you would be willing to lose your friends for Christ? We fear what is unknown, we fear that we will not have any friends if we do this we fear that we will be loosers. Why? Why do we compromise? Why do our friends come before our savior? We are so blessed that Christ did not do for us as we so often do for Him. Why do we compromise?
Why do we do this?
Why do we: Holding on to Our lives, our social status, our popularity, our material possessions, our fashion, our girlfriends or boyfriends who want to just have sex, why do we hold on to these things? Why do we cheat on a test so that one day we may go to College?
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