Sermon Tone Analysis

A Better Sacrifice

Hebrews 9:23-28

 

Hebrews 9:23 \\ Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

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Hebrews 9:24 \\ For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; \\ \\

Hebrews 9:25 \\ not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another— \\ \\

Hebrews 9:26 \\ He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

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Hebrews 9:27 \\ And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, \\ \\

Hebrews 9:28 \\ so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many.

To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.

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#. *Christ’s Sacrifice Is Better Because of Its Purity*

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Hebrews 9:23 \\ Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these …

 

Hebrews 9:21 \\ Then likewise he [Moses] sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry.

Hebrews 9:24 \\ For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us …

 

Hebrews 9:14 \\ How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? \\ \\

#. *Christ’s Sacrifice Is Better Because of Its Permanence*

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Hebrews 9:25 \\ not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another—

 

Hebrews 9:22 \\ … without shedding of blood there is no remission.

\\ \\ Hebrews 9:26 \\ He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

\\ \\ Galatians 4:4 \\ But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law … \\ \\ Hebrews 9:27-28 \\ And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many.

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#. *Christ’s Sacrifice Is Better Because of Its Promise*

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Hebrews 9:28 \\ To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.