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Hebrews 9:11-14

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38,000 units of blood are needed every day in the US.

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The Hebrew Christians were tempted to return to Judaism.

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The Hebrew Christians were tempted to return to Judaism.

They likely thought the Old Testament sacrifices were better than Jesus’ sacrifice.

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The Hebrew Christians were tempted to return to Judaism.

They likely thought the Old Testament sacrifices were better than Jesus’ sacrifice.Maybe it was that they were offered yearly.

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The Hebrew Christians were tempted to return to Judaism.

They likely thought the Old Testament sacrifices were better than Jesus’ sacrifice.Maybe it was that they were offered yearly: “Every

priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God” (10:11-12, ESV).

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The Hebrew Christians were tempted to return to Judaism.

They likely thought the Old Testament sacrifices were better than Jesus’ sacrifice.Maybe it was that they were offered yearly: (10:11-

12).Maybe it was that they could see the animal being

led to its death.

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The Hebrew Christians were tempted to return to Judaism.

They likely thought the Old Testament sacrifices were better than Jesus’ sacrifice.Maybe it was that they were offered yearly: (10:11-

12).Maybe it was that they could see the animal being

led to its death. Maybe it was that was what they had always

known.

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We do not need a transfusion of animal blood.

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We do not need a transfusion of animal blood.The first successful blood transfusions were with

animal blood.

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We do not need a transfusion of animal blood.The first successful blood transfusions were with

animal blood.We do not need to be transfused with the blood of

bulls & goats.

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We do not need a transfusion of animal blood.The first successful blood transfusions were with

animal blood.We do not need to be transfused with the blood of

bulls & goats. Such a transfusion could not remove our sins.

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We do not need a transfusion of animal blood.The first successful blood transfusions were with

animal blood.We do not need to be transfused with the blood of

bulls & goats. Such a transfusion could not remove our sins. “It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take

away sins” (Heb 10:4, ESV).

PURCHASES USPURGES US

vv 11-12

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“When Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption” (vv 11-12, ESV).

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“When Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption” (vv 11-12, ESV).

Christ’s blood purchases us by “securing an eternal redemption” for us.

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Christ appears as high priest.

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Christ appears as high priest.Only a high priest could offer sacrifices for sin.

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Christ appears as high priest.Only a high priest could offer sacrifices for sin.“The priest who is anointed and consecrated as

priest in his father’s place shall make atonement, wearing the holy linen garments. He shall make atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make atonement for the tent of meeting and for the altar, and he shall make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly. And this shall be a statute forever for you, that atonement may be made for the people of Israel once in the year because of all their sins” (Lev 16:32-34, ESV).

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But Jesus entered with his own blood the greater & more perfect tent, not the one in Jerusalem.

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But Jesus entered with his own blood the greater & more perfect tent, not the one in Jerusalem.The blood of bulls & goats was used on the Day of

Atonement.

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But Jesus entered with his own blood the greater & more perfect tent, not the one in Jerusalem.The blood of bulls & goats was used on the Day of

Atonement. The calf was offered for the sins of the high priest & his family & the goat was offered for the sins of the people.

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But Jesus entered with his own blood the greater & more perfect tent, not the one in Jerusalem.The blood of bulls & goats was used on the Day of

Atonement. The calf was offered for the sins of the high priest & his family & the goat was offered for the sins of the people.

Jesus entered a greater & more perfect tent—heaven—for the earthly tent—tabernacle/Temple—was a shadow of the coming one (8:5).

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He entered the greater tent with his own blood.

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He entered the greater tent with his own blood.Crucial in any understanding of salvation is that

Jesus gave his blood.

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He entered the greater tent with his own blood.Crucial in any understanding of salvation is that

Jesus gave his blood.“Without the shedding of blood there is no

forgiveness of sins” (Heb 9:22, ESV).

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He entered the greater tent with his own blood.Crucial in any understanding of salvation is that

Jesus gave his blood.“Without the shedding of blood there is no

forgiveness of sins” (Heb 9:22, ESV). Jesus shed his blood for the forgiveness of our sins.

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He entered the greater tent with his own blood.Crucial in any understanding of salvation is that

Jesus gave his blood.“Without the shedding of blood there is no

forgiveness of sins” (Heb 9:22, ESV). Jesus shed his blood for the forgiveness of our sins.

“This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins” (Mt 26:28, ESV).

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He entered the greater tent with his own blood.Crucial in any understanding of salvation is that

Jesus gave his blood.“Without the shedding of blood there is no

forgiveness of sins” (Heb 9:22, ESV). Jesus shed his blood for the forgiveness of our sins.

“This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins” (Mt 26:28, ESV).

“One of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water” (Jn 19:34, ESV).

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When Jesus made atonement for sin, he used his own blood.

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When Jesus made atonement for sin, he used his own blood.Man can’t offer sacrifices to appease the “gods,”

but God himself offered his own blood.

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When Jesus made atonement for sin, he used his own blood.Man can’t offer sacrifices to appease the “gods,”

but God himself offered his own blood.“For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay

down my life that I may take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord” (Jn 10:17-18, ESV).

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Blood is so very important.

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Blood is so very important.“The life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have

given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life” (Lev 17:11, ESV).

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Blood is so very important.“The life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have

given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life” (Lev 17:11, ESV).

Life is not possible without blood.

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Blood is so very important.“The life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have

given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life” (Lev 17:11, ESV).

Life is not possible without blood.It is, therefore, no accident that God connected

blood with eternal life.

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Jesus’ blood purchases us by “securing an eternal redemption.”

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Jesus’ blood purchases us by “securing an eternal redemption.” The idea in a “redemption” is the ransoming of

something.

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Jesus’ blood purchases us by “securing an eternal redemption.” The idea in a “redemption” is the ransoming of

something.“You were ransomed from the futile ways inherited

from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold” (1 Pt 1:18, ESV).

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We were held captive to sin & Jesus offered his own blood for our redemption.

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We were held captive to sin & Jesus offered his own blood for our redemption.We know that we were slaves to sin.

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We were held captive to sin & Jesus offered his own blood for our redemption.We know that we were slaves to sin.

“Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin” (Jn 8:34, ESV).

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We were held captive to sin & Jesus offered his own blood for our redemption.We know that we were slaves to sin.

“Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin” (Jn 8:34, ESV).

We also know that truth from our own experiences.

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We were held captive to sin & Jesus offered his own blood for our redemption.We know that we were slaves to sin.

“Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin” (Jn 8:34, ESV).

We also know that truth from our own experiences.Jesus came & offered his blood to redeem us from

sin.

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Jesus’ blood offers “an eternal redemption.”

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Jesus’ blood offers “an eternal redemption.”Juxtaposed with the yearly sacrifices of the high

priest.

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Jesus’ blood offers “an eternal redemption.”Juxtaposed with the yearly sacrifices of the high

priest.This redemption last through eternity.

Have you received your pardon?

vv 13-14

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“For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God” (vv 13-14, ESV).

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Argument from the lesser to the greater.

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Argument from the lesser to the greater.In the Old Testament, animal blood purified

worshipers.

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Argument from the lesser to the greater.In the Old Testament, animal blood purified

worshipers. When the people committed themselves to the covenant,

Moses purified them with the blood of goats & calves (Ex 24:3-8; Heb 9:19).

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Argument from the lesser to the greater.In the Old Testament, animal blood purified

worshipers. When the people committed themselves to the covenant,

Moses purified them with the blood of goats & calves (Ex 24:3-8; Heb 9:19).

One who had come into contact with a dead body was purified with the ashes of a heifer (Num 19).

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Argument from the lesser to the greater.In the Old Testament, animal blood purified

worshipers.This purification was “of the flesh.”

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Argument from the lesser to the greater.In the Old Testament, animal blood purified

worshipers.This purification was “of the flesh.”

Purification was a big deal in the Old Testament.

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Argument from the lesser to the greater.In the Old Testament, animal blood purified

worshipers.This purification was “of the flesh.”

Purification was a big deal in the Old Testament. “Whoever touches a dead person, the body of anyone

who has died, and does not cleanse himself, defiles the tabernacle of the LORD, and that person shall be cut off from Israel; because the water for impurity was not thrown on him, he shall be unclean. His uncleanness is still on him” (Num 19:13, ESV).

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Jesus’ blood can purify us, for he “offered himself without blemish to God.”

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Jesus’ blood can purify us, for he “offered himself without blemish to God.” Under the Old Testament, sacrifices were offered

without blemish.

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Jesus’ blood can purify us, for he “offered himself without blemish to God.” Under the Old Testament, sacrifices were offered

without blemish. But how many animals were acceptably offered to God

but had a blemish?

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Jesus’ blood can purify us, for he “offered himself without blemish to God.” Under the Old Testament, sacrifices were offered

without blemish. But how many animals were acceptably offered to God

but had a blemish? How many had a microbe but showed no signs of illness?

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Jesus’ blood can purify us, for he “offered himself without blemish to God.” Under the Old Testament, sacrifices were offered

without blemish. But how many animals were acceptably offered to God

but had a blemish? How many had a microbe but showed no signs of illness?

Jesus had no visible or invisible blemish!

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By the time he reached the cross, Jesus’ body was anything but “without blemish.”

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By the time he reached the cross, Jesus’ body was anything but “without blemish.”He took a severe beating from the soldiers.

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By the time he reached the cross, Jesus’ body was anything but “without blemish.”He took a severe beating from the soldiers.His flogging likely left bone & organs exposed.

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By the time he reached the cross, Jesus’ body was anything but “without blemish.”He took a severe beating from the soldiers.His flogging likely left bone & organs exposed.

But his conscience was “without blemish”; therefore, he could die to cleanse our consciences.

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Jesus was without sin.

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Jesus was without sin.“Which one of you convicts me of sin?” (Jn 8:46,

ESV).

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Jesus was without sin.“Which one of you convicts me of sin?” (Jn 8:46,

ESV). God “made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that

in him we might become the righteousness of God” (2 Cor 5:21, ESV).

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The Greek term for “conscience” literally means “joint knowledge.”

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The Greek term for “conscience” literally means “joint knowledge.”That’s a good description of a conscience!

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The Greek term for “conscience” literally means “joint knowledge.”That’s a good description of a conscience!It is the knowledge of what is right & the

knowledge of what we have done.

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The Greek term for “conscience” literally means “joint knowledge.”

Scripture uses the word “conscience” as we do.

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The Greek term for “conscience” literally means “joint knowledge.”

Scripture uses the word “conscience” as we do.“They show that the work of the law is written on

their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus” (Rom 2:15-16, ESV).

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The Greek term for “conscience” literally means “joint knowledge.”

Scripture uses the word “conscience” as we do.“They show that the work of the law is written on

their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus” (Rom 2:15-16, ESV).

The conscience will accuse or excuse alien Gentiles.

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The blood of Jesus cleanses our consciences.

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The blood of Jesus cleanses our consciences.Who among us hasn’t had a guilty conscience

cleansed in Jesus’ blood?

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Jesus’ blood cleanses us in order that we can serve “the living God.”

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Jesus’ blood cleanses us in order that we can serve “the living God.”Juxtaposition between “dead works” & “living God.”

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Jesus’ blood cleanses us in order that we can serve “the living God.”Juxtaposition between “dead works” & “living God.”We were purged from sin to serve God.

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Jesus’ blood cleanses us in order that we can serve “the living God.”Juxtaposition between “dead works” & “living God.”We were purged from sin to serve God.

The Greek word “serve” here carries the connotation of the priestly work of sacrifice.

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Jesus’ blood cleanses us in order that we can serve “the living God.”Juxtaposition between “dead works” & “living God.”We were purged from sin to serve God.

The Greek word “serve” here carries the connotation of the priestly work of sacrifice.

We were purged from sin to come & offer our sacrifice of praise before the throne of God.