Some of the deepest riches of the Gospel are found in the New Testament book of Hebrews. Join Pastor Jim as he explores what chapter 9 teaches us about whether we really have access to God, whether the price for our sins has really been paid, and how all of this can bring to us some of the sweetest words of reassurance found in the entire Bible.
“The reader with a disturbed conscience is likely to find more help in Hebrews than almost anywhere else in Scripture. Here is the message of eternal forgiveness. God promises it. God declares it and Christ obtains it. Hebrews reminds us repeatedly of the assurance of pardon. God’s people enjoy the privilege of undeserved remission and eternal security. Their sins are remembered no more and their names are enrolled in heaven. This is the staggering message of a better hope, of a new covenant and an eternal redemption.”
Raymond Brown
“By the presentation of his life to God as an unblemished offering he overcame the two most serious weaknesses in the old covenantal arrangement; namely severely restricted access to God and the inadequacy of the sacrifice offered to provide decisive cleansing. His fully sufficient sacrifice achieved a decisive removal of sin and won for his people unlimited access to God.”
William L. Lane, Hebrews: A Call to Commitment
“It is highly significant that the only regular ritual act instituted and commanded by Jesus sets forth supremely his death. It is his *death*, his body given and blood shed, which the bread and wine were intended to signify. In issuing the command to ‘do this in remembrance’ of him, he intended that his atoning death should be kept before every generation, indeed ‘placarded’ before their very eyes. This according to Paul is the function of preaching. It is one of the functions of communion also. The ministry of both Word and sacrament makes Christ’s death contemporary, presenting it anew not to God (for the sacrifice itself was offered on the cross once for all) but to men (for its benefits are always freshly available).”
John Stott, Christ the Controversialist
“Sing the wondrous love of Jesus;
Sing his mercy and his grace.
In the mansions bright and blessed
He’ll prepare for us a place.When we all get to heaven,
What a day of rejoicing that will be!
When we all see Jesus,
We’ll sing and shout the victory!”Eliza E. Hewitt (1851-1920)
“Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb;
Redeemed through His infinite mercy,
His child, and forever, I am.
Redeemed! Redeemed!
Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb;
Redeemed! Redeemed!
His child, and forever, I am.”
Fanny J Crosby (1820-1915)
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them, and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away. And He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” And He said, “Write, for these words are faithful and true.”
Revelation 21:1-5
