Up next in 10
Welcome back to our study of the book of Hebrews, today we'll continue to look at chapter 10 as we zero in verses 11-18. Last week, we talked about how only Christ's sacrifice was capable of taking away sins. We need to always remember to recall the background to this letter. The writer was addressing Jewish Christians who were being tempted to go back to the old sacrificial system because they were being persecuted. In the first ten verses of Chapter 10, the writer proves by using old testament Scriptures that Christ had to die to atone for the sins of God's chosen people. And the reason why Christ had to die was because the blood of bulls and goats could not take away sins, they only served as a temporary remedy until the time of reformation. Under the old system, people's conscience were still stricken because they couldn't feel and experience the internal witness of the Holy Spirit to ease the conscience. In verses 11-18, the writer is going to show that Christ's sacrifice didn't have to be repeated.
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hello and welcome back to our study of
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the book of hebrews
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we began chapter 10 uh last week and we
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talked about verses 1 through 10 in
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which
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the writer basically said that
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jesus christ blood and sacrifice on the
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cross took away its sins and he
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contrasted that with the
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the blood of bulls and goats and the
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blood of bulls and good as we saw last
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week could not take away sins because he
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had no power in it
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and we saw that all the sacrificial
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system was a shadow of the things to
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come
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so basically the sacrificial system
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served as a way for god to show that
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ultimately jesus was going to come and
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pay the penalty for the sins of the
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world the sins of those that god are
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chosen so we saw that
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uh every year the the high priest went
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and performed his duty on the day of
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atonement to atone for repeal the
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people's sins but we saw that all that
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did was just covered over their sins it
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didn't really take away the sins and as
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a result people were reminded of their
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sins every year so basically the day of
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atonement instead of becoming a day
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when they they rejoiced
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they actually probably felt really
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really really terrified because it
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reminded them of all the sins that they
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had accumulated all these years
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because the blood of bulls and goats
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could not take away sins so it was an
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unfortunate thing but that's not why god
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instituted it god actually put that in
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place to show people and these people
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that hey listen eventually i'm going to
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bring my son and he's going to pay the
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penalty and that's going gonna atone for
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your sins and we saw
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also that um
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even though the people went and they
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were declared uh ceremonially claimed
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uh they didn't have that internal
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witness of the spirit of god they didn't
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have the assurance that their sins were
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washed away because the blood of bulls
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and goats could not take away sins so
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all they felt uh was just more and more
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i guess i would say i don't i don't want
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to use i don't want to use the word
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condemnation but they knew
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that they still didn't have a right
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standing before god because the blood of
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bulls and goats could not take away sins
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so therefore their conscience was still
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stricken their conscience was still
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feeling guilty
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and that's what happened every year
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until jesus came and then died on the
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cross and said it is finished and when
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he paid the penalty the veil was turned
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from top to bottom that's indicating
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that the access to the holy of holies
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was now permitted to the common people
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so again if you recall the background to
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this letter uh the writer is addressing
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jewish believers and a lot of them are
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going back to the old system because
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they are being persecuted so he writes
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this uh letter to show them listen that
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old system is done with that's not gonna
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help you because the blood of bulls and
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gods cannot take away sins
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i know i'm repeating myself but i want
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you to understand what's going on here
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now today we're going to look at verses
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11
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to 18 and all we're going to talk about
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is the fact that jesus christ did not
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have to repeat his sacrifice because he
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was sufficient and he pleased god so i'm
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going to read verses 11 to 18 and then
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we're going to dissect it all right
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so let's go to hebrews chapter 10 verses
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11 to 18. so i'm going to read it
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so the scripture says
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and every priest
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stands daily at his service
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offering
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repeatedly the same sacrifices which can
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never take away sins but when christ had
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offered for all time a single sacrifice
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for sins he sat down at the right hand
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of god
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waiting from that time until his enemies
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should be made a footstool for his feet
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four by single sack
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by a single offering he has perfected
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for all time
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those who have been sanctified and the
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holy spirit also bears witness to us for
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after saying this is the covenant that i
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will make with them after those days
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declares the lord i will put my laws on
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their hearts and write them on their
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minds then he adds i will remember their
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sins and their lawless deeds no more
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where there is forgiveness of these
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there is no longer any offering for sin
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again this is the word of god
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let's understand what the scripture is
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trying to tell us here okay
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so basically he says in verses 11
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through 14 i'm going to read it again
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because i believe it's important that i
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do that
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the scripture says and every high priest
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or every priest stands daily at his
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service offering repeatedly the same
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sacrifices which can never
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take away sins but
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when christ had offered for all time a
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single sacrifice for sins he sat down at
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the right hand of god
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waiting from that time until his enemies
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should be made a footstool for his feet
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for by a single offering he has
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perfected for all time
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those who are being sanctified so what
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is the writer trying to say to his um
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readers and listeners and us ultimately
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so basically the levite
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the levite priest they spent their days
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offering the same sacrifices incessantly
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and as we saw in the previous verses
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they were unable to take away sins
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none of those sacrifices could take away
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sin so and the priest offered those
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sacrifices daily
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when we talked about the fact that it
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takes a sacrifice of infinite value to
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satisfy the wrath of god and wash away
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the infinite guilt caused by sin so
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consequently the blood of bulls and
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goats didn't have that value so
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therefore it could not take away since
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because the blood of calves and goats
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again could not achieve that end
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it served as a temporary remedy until
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the time of reformation and we've been
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talking about that and that was the plan
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god put that in place for that specific
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purpose see jesus one time sacrifice on
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the cross accomplished what thousands of
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years of bloody sacrifices couldn't do
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that's incredible again i'll repeat that
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again
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jesus one time sacrifice on the cross
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accomplished what thousands of years of
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bloody sacrifices couldn't do
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it satisfied the wrath of god
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and removed the sickness from the people
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that's exactly what happened when jesus
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died on the cross and when he said it is
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finished see by raising jesus from the
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dead
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god was proving that he was pleased with
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his sacrifice on the cross that's
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exactly what happened and god as we saw
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earlier in chapters in the earlier
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chapters glorified jesus humanity by
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doing what by sitting him as his right
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at his right hand
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until his enemies should be made a
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footstool for his feet and the the death
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will be his final enemy and we're gonna
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see that uh in maybe later chapters
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now this is how uh god showed that he
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was pleased with jesus work by raising
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him from the dead if you go to romans 3
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verse 21 to 25 let's read the scripture
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listen to what the scripture says
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but now
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the righteousness of god has been made
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manifest apart from the law although the
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law and the prophets bear witness to it
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the righteousness of god through faith
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in jesus christ for all who believe for
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there is no distinction for all have
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sinned and fall short of the glory of
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god and are justified by his grace as a
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gift
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through the redemption that is in christ
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jesus whom god put forward as what a
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propitiation by his blood to be received
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by faith
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this was to show god's righteousness
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because in his divine forbearance he had
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passed over
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for more sins you see when when you know
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the the enemies of the cross
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they probably went and then point their
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fingers at god i say how can you let
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these people get away with sins because
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they knew that the blood of bulls and
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goats could not take away sins so god
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was patient because he knew that he was
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going to ultimately bring jesus
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so the scripture says that this is this
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was to show god's righteousness because
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in his divine forbearance he had passed
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over former sin so by nailing jesus to
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the cross by jesus death god showed that
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he was actually punishing sins
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in jesus christ and while raising him
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from the dead god proved that he was
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pleased with jesus sacrifice so the
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resurrection of
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christ is imperative without the
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resurrection we have no salvation
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because the resurrection
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proves that jesus has satisfied the
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wrath of god and proves that our sins
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have now been paid for
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so that's important the resurrection is
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so important it's essential to our faith
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okay
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so
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uh jesus by doing what he did completely
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has given us a right standing before god
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by his single sacrifice he didn't have
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to do it twice he didn't have to do it
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three times one time and god was pleased
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okay our sins past present and future
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have been atoned for by that single
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sacrifice so now this is important here
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because if you look at the verse right
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the writer uses the word those who are
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being sanctified
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okay that's important because i want to
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i want to tell you why see many may
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struggle with this thinking that
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declaring people declaring to people
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that their past
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present and future sins have been dealt
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with may give people a license to do
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what to sing okay so the writer is
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anticipating that he knows that if if i
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tell these people listen you have been
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made perfect once and for all by that
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single sacrifice people may say oh how
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wonderful so i'm just gonna leave her
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when i leave and therefore
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it doesn't matter how you live now the
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scripture says those who are being
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sanctified that's not the case at all
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because the writer refers to those
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perfected
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those with the right standing as those
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that are being sanctified okay so jesus
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doesn't just die for our sins so that we
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remain in our sins now he sanctifies us
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he set us apart so we can be people of
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his use we can be vessels of what of
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righteousness
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because the writer answers that
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objection he knows that people are going
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to try to say listen
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if that's the case then i'm just going
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to live however i want and i'm going to
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claim the blood of christ and that
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happens today in our day and age where
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are people that claim that jesus is
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their savior but he's not their lord and
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therefore they live however they want
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and they claim that they are under the
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blood of christ that is not what the
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scripture teaches here okay
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because the sanctification process is
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meant to conform us to the image of
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christ if you go to romans 8 verse 26 to
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30 let's listen to what the scripture
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says
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likewise this spirit helps us in our
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weakness for we do not know what to pray
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for as we ought but the spirit himself
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intercedes for us with groanings to dip
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for words
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and he who searches our hearts know what
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the mind of the spirit is because the
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spirit and to see it for the saints
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according to the will of god and we know
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that for those who love god all things
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work together for good for those who are
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called according to his purpose
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for those whom before knew he also what
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predestined to be what conformed to the
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image of his son in order that he might
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be the firstborn the firstborn among
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many brothers
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and those whom he predestined he also
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called and those whom we called he also
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justified and those whom he justified he
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also glorified so you see we have been
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called to be sanctified to be made in
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the image of christ
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so
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when we are being sanctified the
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sanctification process has to take place
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that's what authenticates us as
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christians okay so this is the just
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because your sins past present and
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future are dealt with have been dealt
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with it doesn't give you a license to go
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living however you want because the
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scripture tells us in first john that
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if we go on sinning we prove by that
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that we are not children of god because
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that means that god's seed does not
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remain in us but for those who have been
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called according to the purpose of god
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the seed of god remains in us through
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his spirit and he leads us into what
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into righteousness we want to live
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righteously right and righteously before
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god so again
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the writer is not calling people to
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license licentious living he's basically
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saying yes your sins past present and
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future have been dealt with but that
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does not give you a license to go on
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living however you want okay i just
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wanted to make that clear here because
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right now if i were to die right now i
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know what i'm i'm gonna be going okay
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again that confidence is not from me
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because god has declared me what
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righteous in his sight now
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does that mean that today i've not seen
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i'm sure i've said some certain things
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i've thought certain things that are not
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pleasing to god okay but that's not the
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my new bench that's not my new i don't
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have a propensity to sin anymore like i
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used to because now i have the spirit of
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god that lives in me and that that does
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what
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he guides me and he works in me both to
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will and act according to the purposes
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of god okay so that's the sanctification
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process that's important i just want to
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mention that so now let's go to verses
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15
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to 18 and we're gonna end this this is a
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short one today
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and listen to what he says here and the
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holy spirit also bears witness to us for
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after saying this is the covenant that i
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will make with them after those days
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declares the lord i will put my laws on
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their heart and write them on their
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minds then he add i will remember their
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sins and their lawless deeds no more
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where there is forgiveness of these
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there's no longer any offering of sin
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okay so this is important so the writer
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is basically saying in these verses if
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you are still not convinced about having
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a right standing before god then this is
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one way to know it okay the witness of
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what the holy spirit that's so important
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because some of them may have been
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thinking okay i still don't feel like i
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have a right standing before god and he
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gives them another way to figure this
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this thing out he's saying
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the witness of the holy spirit god
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didn't just declare those
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he called just before him without a
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confirmation okay
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and the writer shows through scripture
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the evidence god has given and provided
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to show our right uh standing before him
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he quotes on jeremiah 31
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verses 31 to 34. let's go to the
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scripture listen to what the scripture
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says here
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in jeremiah 31 behold the days are
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coming declares the lord when i will
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make a new covenant with the house of
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israel and the house of judah not like
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the covenant that i made with their
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fathers on the day when i took them by
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the hand
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to bring them out of the land of egypt
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my covenant that they broke though i was
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their husband declares the lord for this
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is the covenant that i'll make with the
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house of israel after those days
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declares the lord i will put my law
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within them and i will write them on
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their hearts and i will be their god and
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they shall be my people and no longer
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shall each one teach his neighbor and
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each his brother saying lord the lord
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for they shall all know me from the
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least of them to the greatest declares
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the lord for i will forgive their
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iniquity and i'll remember their sin no
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more you see
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god has given us an eternal witness
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which is the holy spirit okay the holy
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spirit now does what he leads us into
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ways of righteousness he wants us to
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obey the law of god because before when
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we were being led by the sinful nature
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we didn't have the capacity to obey but
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now with the spirit of god god himself
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ensures that we obey his word that we do
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his will and this is the one of the
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internal witnesses
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that god has provided and then the first
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evidence is god himself again like i say
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enabling us to to do as well i will put
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my laws on their hearts and write them
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on their minds if you go to ezekiel 36
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verse 22 to 27 god himself ensures that
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we do his will
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by doing what by enabling us uh through
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his holy spirit to obey his laws okay
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that wasn't possible under the old
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system because of the weakness of the
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sinful nature and this is the first
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witness or evidence that the spirit of
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god gives us okay so i i want to go to
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um ezekiel 36 22-27 just to give you an
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idea of what this this is all about
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listen to the scripture
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therefore say to the house of israel
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thus says the lord god
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it is not for your sick or house of
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israel that i'm about to act but for the
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sake of my holy name which you are
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profaned among the nations to which you
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came
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and i will vindicate the holiness of my
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great name which has been profaned among
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the nations and which you are profaned
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among them and the nations will know
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that i am the lord declares the lord god
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when through you i will vindicate my
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holiness before their eyes you see that
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god says he is gonna vindicate his
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holiness before the people's eyes
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i will take you from the nations and
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gather you from all the countries and
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bring you into your own land i will
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sprinkle clean water on you and you
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shall be cleaned from all your
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uncleanness okay
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okay and from all your idols and i'll
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cleanse you and i'll give you what a new
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heart
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and a new spirit i will put within you
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and i'll remove the heart of stone from
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your flesh and give you a heart of flesh
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and i'll put my spirit within you and
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cause you
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to walk in my statute and be careful to
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obey my rules
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so as you can see god himself ensures
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that his people
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walk according to his word because he
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puts his spirit in us and he allows us
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and enables us to walk
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before him righteously this is
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incredible okay now the next one is a
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promise of complete
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full forgiveness the scripture says i
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will remember their sins and their
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lawless deeds no more see in the
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previous verses
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we learned that the blood of woods and
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goats could not take away sins and the
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early sacrifice was a reminder that the
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sins were still counting against the
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worshipers okay now in this now now
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in this in this in this case the holy
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spirit promises that under the new
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covenant
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wrought by jesus god will no longer
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remember their sins and lawless deeds
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which means that the blood of christ
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indeed serve as a propitiation and
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expiration of the sins of the
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worshippers okay so consequently there's
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no longer any need to offer any
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sacrifices for sin because god is
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pleased with jesus work on the cross
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this is why god says where there is
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forgiveness of these there's no longer
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any offering of sin basically why offer
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any more
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goats and cows if jesus sacrifice paid a
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penalty so there's no need for it so
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that has to stop that house there has to
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be a stop to it now can you imagine what
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those priests felt like
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knowing that their job was done with
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that they were no longer needed as far
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as like
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performing these duties because jesus
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christ
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paid the penalty by his single sacrifice
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so i don't even know what they did after
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that i don't even know
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what kind of jobs they went to i don't
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know what they did but that would have
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been like a defining moment in their
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lives as far as like
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what do you do you know
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so
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again in today all we learned is that
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the blood of
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christ
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didn't didn't have to be the sacrifice
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didn't have to be repeated
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again and again and again like the one
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with the
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blood of bulls and goats the sacrificial
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system because jesus christ when he died
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on the cross
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he satisfied the wrath of god and then
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his resurrection proved that god was
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pleased with what he did on the cross so
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therefore now we no longer have to
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sacrifice anything anymore i mean
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gentiles when doing that there are the
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people the jewish people were doing it
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okay now we also have been included in
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this new covenant now we have access
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into the holy of holies we can go to the
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throne of grace and then commune and
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then fellowship with god
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but that doesn't give us a license to go
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on living however we want and we talked
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about that because those that god calls
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he also sanctifies so if your your life
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is characterized with just disobedience
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you may not be a believer don't fool
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yourself all right so because a true
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believer will exude the fruit of the
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spirit a true believer will want to do
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the will of god and true believer when
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he sins against the lord he is grieved
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and he doesn't like it and he wants to
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repent and he wants to go back and
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fellowship with his father because
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he knows that what he has done is not
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pleased is not pleasing to god so
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therefore you constantly want to watch
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how you live
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because you don't you don't wanna you
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don't want a license to go out there and
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just do whatever you you want just
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because your sins past present and
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future i have been a tone for doesn't
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give you
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uh the license to go on living however
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you want okay that's not what the gospel
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is all about it's about being set apart
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for god now we are now versus of for his
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use now we have been used by him
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to to go about preaching the gospel and
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being
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light in the world okay
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so that's all i wanted to say today and
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i'll see you next week for our next uh
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for the rest of the chapter we're gonna
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look at verses 19 to 39 all right have a
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wonderful day and i'll see you next time
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