I would like to try and look at the first part of Hebrews chapter 10 just a little bit. Starting in verse 1, it talks about the law service in the old testament and how the sacrifices made were “a shadow of good things to come” and how those sacrifices could never make those who offered them perfect. Think about that, the sacrifices that they gave were the best of their flock, the best that man had to offer and it had no effect on purging thier sins. If those sacrifices had any effect on their sins then they would not of had to continue to offer those sacrifices. Verse 4 goes on to say, “For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.” It took a perfect human sacrifice to take away sins. Man by nature is a sinner. God gave his Son, a pure and holy sacrifice, for our sins. That takes love. I would not give my child for anyones sins I don’t think.
We can look at Romans 5:12 to prove that man by nature is a sinner. Man is born a sinner, that is the fruit that natural man bears, the fruit of a sinner. Romans 5:12 reads, “Wherefore as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.” Because of Adam we are born sinners. We are not sinners because we sin, we sin because we are sinners. That is something that is passed down to us from Adam. That was the choice our earthly father made that has effected his whole family. We don’t have a choice that we are sinners, that is not to say that we can’t choose not to sin. Even if we chose never to sin we are still a sinner, and because of that we are bound for hell.
Verses 6-8 are still talking about the sacrifices under the law but how God was not pleased in them. There was no pleasure because the sacrifices had no effect on the sin. It only brought a remembrance of sins to those who made the offering. It goes on to say that Christ our Saviour came to fulfill the law and that he, not being born of Adam but of God, could live a rightous and perfect life and follow the law to a T. His body could be offered to take away our sins. Verse 10, “By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.” This verse says a lot. We are made perfect by the offering of Christ’s body for all. The all under consideration here would have to be found in verse 14 where it says, “For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.” Them that are sancitfied are them that he made holy through the offering of the body of Christ.
Verse 14, “For by one offering he hath pefected forever them that are sanctified.” The sanctified must be the chosen of Christ. Those that were set apart from the beginning of the world, those that God made a covenant to save. God promised to save His people from there sins, He sent his Son here to earth to accomplish that and Christ left no stone unturned, he left no loose ends, He cast our sins away, our sins and iniquities He will remember no more. He got the job done and sat down at the right hand of God.
Now were there is no sin there is no punishment for sin. Heaven is our home.
