MSB HEB Chapter 10

Christ’s Perfect Sacrifice

(Psalm 40:1–17)

For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. The same sacrifices vvv vvv offered vvv vvv year after year can never[fn] make perfect those who draw near [ to worship ]. 2 [If it could] vvv would not the offerings have ceased For the worshipers would have been cleansed once [for all], [and] would no longer have felt the guilt of [their] sins.

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Instead, those [sacrifices] [are] an annual reminder of sins, 4 because [it is] impossible [for the] blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. 5 Therefore, when [Christ] came into the world, He said:

“Sacrifice and offering vvv You did not desire,

but a body You prepared for Me.

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In burnt offerings and vvv sin [offerings] vvv

You took no delight.

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Then I said,‘Here I am, it is written about Me in vvv [the] scroll:

I have come to do Your will, O God.’ ”[fn]

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[ In the passage ] above He says“Sacrifice and offering,[fn] burnt offerings and vvv sin [offerings] vvv You did not desire, nor did You delight in [them]” ( [although] they are offered according to the law). 9 Then He adds,“Here I am, I have come to do Your will, O God.[fn]” He takes away the first to establish the second. 10 [And] by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

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vvv Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 But [when] this [Priest] had offered vvv vvv for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at [the] right hand of God. 13 vvv Since that time, He waits for His enemies to be made a footstool for His feet, 14 because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.

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The Holy Spirit also testifies to us {about this}. [First] He says:

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“This [is] the covenant I will make with them

after those days, declares [the] Lord.

I will put My laws in their hearts

and inscribe them on their minds.”[fn]

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[Then He adds]:

“Their sins and lawless acts

I will remember no more.”[fn]

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And where these have been forgiven, an offering for sin [is] no longer [ needed ].

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A Call to Persevere

(Jude 1:17–23)

Therefore, brothers, [since] we have confidence to enter the [Most] Holy Place[fn] by the blood of Jesus, 20 by [the] new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,[fn] 21 and [since we have] a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, {having} our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and [our] bodies washed with pure water.

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Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised [is] faithful. 24 And let us consider how to spur one another {on} to love and good deeds. 25 vvv Let us not neglect meeting together as some [have made a] habit, but let us encourage [one another], and all [the] more as you see the Day approaching.

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[If] we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains, 27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume [all] adversaries. 28 Anyone who rejected [the] law of Moses died without mercy on [the testimony of] two or three witnesses. 29 How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished [who] has trampled on the Son of God, vvv profaned the blood of the covenant vvv that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?

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For we know Him who said,“Vengeance [is] Mine; I will repay, says the Lord,”[fn] and again,“[The] Lord will judge His people.”[fn] 31 [It is] a fearful thing to fall into [the] hands of [the] living God.

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Remember the early days that you were in the light.[fn] In [those days], you endured a great conflict in the face of suffering. 33 Sometimes you were publicly exposed to ridicule and persecution; at other times you were partners with those who [were] so treated. 34 You sympathized with [me] vvv in my chains[fn] and vvv joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession in heaven.[fn]

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So {do} not throw away your confidence; [it] holds a great reward. 36 You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised. 37 For,

vvv“In just a little while,

He who is coming will come and vvv will not delay.

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But the righteous will live by faith;[fn]

and if he shrinks back,

I {will take} no pleasure in him.”[fn]

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But we are not of [those who] shrink back [and] are destroyed, but of [those who have] faith [and] preserve [their] souls.