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INTRODUCTION

• Purpose of book of Hebrews.
• To show the supremacy of Christ.
• This the writer has done in several ways.
• The Key, Purpose, Point of it all is to show the Redemptive Ministry of Christ

in a New Covenant in which our "sins will be remembered no more".

SUPERIOR TO THE OLD

• CHRIST'S REDEMPTIVE MINISTRY IS SUPERIOR IN FOUR WAYS:
• • It is an offering made by Christ entering through "the greater and more perfect tent";
  • It is an offering that Christ made with "his own blood", not the blood of goats and calves.
  • It is an offering that thus secured not an annual but an "eternal redemption.
  • It is an offering, therefore, that needs be made only "once".
• "Who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God."

v 14.

VICARIOUS ATONEMENT

• Definition of Term: "substituted" performed in the place of another" "retroactive"...canceling the sins of the former age that were left untouched.
• "And for this cause he is the mediator of a new covenant, that a death having taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, they that have been called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance."d (v. 15).
• The Benefit of Christ's Sacrifice Was Eternal!

PAST PRESENT FUTURE

GAVE NEW COVENANT

• As costly as the first was...it did not give man the right relationship with God.
• • It made man aware of: (a.) His sin and (b.) God love and desire for man.
  • It was completed and passed away.(8:13-9:1).
• CHRIST IS MEDIATOR OF A NEW COVENANT! (v. 15).

1. Role of a Mediator....

• • Covenants: (a.) Rainbow =meant: (b.) Through Moses = meant: (c.) Now through Christ...what it means to the world (Mark 16:15,16).
• BUT...(I Cor. 1:23) If Christ died...This had been a problem for the Jew
• • This part of the book of Hebrews is to explain and give light on this (death

2. Thus To The Hebrews He Wrote:

The Necessity of Christ's Death

• "Even the first covenant has not been dedicated (ratified) without blood" v. 18.
• • Moses..."took the blood of calves and goats..."
  • Sprinkled both the book and the people"
  • "This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded you."
• Secondly a Testament is not in effect as long as the testator lives V. 16
• • The New Covenant - Will - could not become effective until Christ died.
  • "...will remember the sins no more.
  • It was required in order to dedicate, institute or ratify the new covenant. Secondly it was needed in order to cleanse or purify the people who are covered by the covenant and to secure for them release or remission from the sin which otherwise would estrange them from God. "Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins" v. 22.
• READ....vs 23 - 28.

CONCLUSION

• FINALITY OF CHRIST'S SACRIFICE:
• • Death ... the ultimate...can't do more.
  • Could not offer Himself repeatedly.
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• "And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment:" v. 27.
• • As we view the finality of Christ's death....
  • We see the surety of our death...
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• THEN COMETH THE JUDGMENT.....
• • The effect of Christ's Death on our judgment....
  • Have you accepted the Covenant that He has offered you??/
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