From Confidence to Committment
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Hebrews Lead Up
THIS GIVES ME CONFIDENCE
Hebrews 10:
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,
by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,
and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.
And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,
not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
Hebrews Lead Up
The book of Hebrews carries a powerful message: CHRIST IS SUPERIOR
The endless repetition of sacrifices made under Mosaic law is proof they could not perfect the worshiper.
But instead, those sacrifices actually reminded them of their sins year after year.
For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near.
For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
HEBREWS 10:14
The truth of Christ’s person and work leads to confidence, leads to commitment.
Since the priestly work of Christ has established the privilege of access to God, we can approach God confidently, faithfully, and firmly maintain our confession and find ways to encourage others.
CONFIDENCE IN ACCESS TO GOD IS BASED ON CHRIST’S SAVING WORK
By the Blood of Jesus
But 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.
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.