Let's take our Bibles and turn
with me to the book of Hebrews chapter 10. Hebrews chapter 10. I'd like to look at verses 14
through 17. Let's read those verses and then
ask our Lord's blessing. For by one offering He hath perfected
forever them that are sanctified. Whereof the Holy Ghost also is
a witness to us. For after that He had said before,
This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days,
saith the Lord. I will put My laws into their
hearts, and in their minds will I write them. In their sins and
iniquities will I remember no more. Let's pray together. Our Father, this evening, how
we thank You for the blessed privilege to be able to enter
into Your presence totally upon the merit of the Lord Jesus Christ. Lord, would you bless the Word
tonight. Help us to hear. Help us to see. Help us to rejoice.
For Christ's sake. Amen. I want to begin this evening
with the verse, verse 14, that I ended with last time. This particular passage of Scripture has got to be one of, if not
the most wonderful, beautifully set forth, most encouraging
Scriptures that we could ever read. I know this. All Scripture
given by inspiration of God. Profitable. but oh, the realization
that Almighty God has put away our guilt. Can this truly be so? Lord, help me. Grant me faith
to believe this. I believe. Help mine unbelief.
For by one offering, the Scripture says, He hath made perfect forever them that are sanctified,
set apart by Almighty God in electing grace. By one offering,
not by my efforts, not by anything, by one offering, He did something
for me, for everyone chosen in His Son. Almighty God made perfect. I want you to turn with me to
Psalm 119. Psalm 119. And just listen to what the Scriptures
have to say. Psalm 119, verses 1 to 3. Blessed are the undefiled in
the way. If you look at mine, I have a
center column there. Blessed are the perfect who walk in the law of the Lord. Blessed are they that keep His
testimonies and that seek Him with a whole heart. They also
do no iniquity. They walk in His ways. Now, we read that Scripture and the only conclusion that
we can have is that Almighty God has set forth a truth as it actually is in Christ Jesus. Lord, are You saying to me that
I stand before You, a frail creature that knows something of himself,
and Lord, I stand on the merit of the offering of the Lord Jesus
Christ, one offering, and that in Christ I stand perfect, no
sin, No guilt. Look at Hebrews chapter 1. Hebrews 1. Just turn back a few
pages. Hebrews 1, verses 1 to 4. Hebrews 1, 1. God, who at
sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers
by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by His
Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he
made the world, who being the brightness of his glory, and
the express image of his person, upholding all things by the word
of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins." By himself. Sat down on the right hand of
the majesty of God. If a man or a woman stands before
God Almighty tonight, purged, undefiled, uncondemned, perfected,
they do so by the grace of God. Almighty God has done for His
people what they, number one, could never do for themselves.
And He's done it totally. by grace, by mercy. What an offering that must have
been. I started to say, must have been. What it is. What an
offering. That offering totally according
to God's purpose and will. That offering takes three things
concerning an offering. It takes an altar. It takes a
priest. It takes the sacrifice. The Scripture
sets forth Hebrews 13, 10, we have an altar. Christ is our
altar. I'll tell you concerning this
altar, He is the altar upon whom no tool of manageability was
ever laid. Christ is also our sacrifice. the willing sacrifice. God shall
provide Himself a Lamb. The Lord Jesus Christ is that
one offering that would perfect all those sanctified in Himself. Perfect offering. 2 Corinthians
5.21, the Scripture says, He knew no sin. A miracle of God's infinite grace. God Almighty must be just. To be just, He must justly deal
where sin is found. He was made sin. And He put away the guilt of
His people. And He did it willingly. He said
in John 10, 15, I lay down my life for the sheep. Made sin. willingly died. And it had to
be an offering that was offered by God's priest. It had to be
God's altar and God's sacrifice and God's priest to be one offering. So also Christ glorified not
Himself to be made a high priest, but He that said unto Him, Thou
art My Son, today have I begotten Thee. There is one God and there
is one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus who
gave Himself a ransom for all to be testified in due time by
one offering, the Lord Jesus Christ has perfected forever. Bless God what we are in Him. We would never be. We're left
to ourselves. Jude 1, Jude the servant of Jesus
Christ and brother of James, to them that are sanctified,
set apart to be holy by God the Father. 1 Corinthians 1-2, unto
the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified,
set apart in Christ Jesus. 2 Thessalonians 2 verse 13, We
are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren, beloved
of the Lord, because God has from the beginning chosen you
to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the
truth. He has perfected forever. Sanctified. Holy. Holy. But how? How has God Almighty
told us this? Well, verse 15, back in Hebrews
10, "...whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us." I can read these Scriptures. Anybody that can read can read
these Scriptures. But you remember this. These
Scriptures right here is the revelation of Almighty God, the
Lord Jesus Christ, to His people. This book sets forth the glory
of Almighty God to tell His people what He has done for them in
covenant grace. But the Spirit of God is going
to have to teach us. Until the Lord Jesus Christ is revealed
to a man, to a woman by the Spirit of God, they know nothing. They
understand nothing. How many times have you seen
speaking to those that you know, those that you work with, those
that you love, those in your family, and show them the Word
of God? And they just don't see it. It
must be revealed. Spiritual things must be revealed. The flesh can perceive fleshly
things. But the Spirit of God alone will
reveal to God's people what Almighty God has done for them. Let me
ask you this. Do you truly believe that your
sins are put away, not by any works of righteousness that you've
done, but totally by the grace of God? Do you believe that?
If you do, the Spirit of God had to teach you that. When the Lord asked Peter and
his other disciples, who do men say that I am? Well, some say
Jeremiah and some other prophets. Who do you say I am? Who do you
say? And Peter said, You're the Christ.
I believe you're God. You're the God-man. I believe
that you are the Word of God. that was made flesh. I believe
that I'm looking. I believe that you're the Christ.
And the Lord told Peter, He said, flesh and blood. He didn't reveal
that to you. But my Father which is in heaven. The Spirit of God, the Holy Ghost
is a witness to us. For after that He had said before,
continuing in verse 15, When did he say that before? Well,
you turn back to Hebrews 8, verse 10. It says in Hebrews 8, 10,
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of
Israel after those days, saith the Lord. I will put my laws
into their mind and write them in their hearts and I will be
to them a God and they shall be to me a people. That's a quote. From where? Turn back to Jeremiah
31.33. Now here is the promise. Jeremiah 31.33. The Scripture
says, But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house
of Israel. After those days, saith the Lord,
I will put My law in their inward parts and write it in their hearts,
and will be their God, and they shall be My people." Now, the
Spirit of God has revealed something as a witness to God's people. Back in Hebrews 10, verse 15,
whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us, for after that
He had said before, verse 16, this is the covenant that I will
make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put My
laws into their hearts and in their minds will I write them."
Now this Scripture right here reveals that Almighty God has
done something in His people. He's done something in them.
What has He done? He said, I will put My laws into
their hearts and in their minds Well, I write them. Now, my question
is this. What laws? Ten Commandments? No. No. Ten Commandments is something
that all men believe. Everybody believes that. Let
me show you that. Romans 2. Romans chapter 2. Romans chapter 2, verse 14, 15. Paul is speaking to the church at Rome. And when
the Gentiles, Romans 2, 14, when the Gentiles, which have not
the law, I'm talking about Gentiles. It didn't have the scriptures.
It didn't have the oracles of God. When the Gentiles, which
have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law,
these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves, which
show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience
also bearing witness, and their thoughts, the mean while accusing
our else excusing one another. Written in the conscience of
every person that's born in this world, you know it's wrong to
steal. You know it's wrong to lie. You
ever catch a child? I'm talking about one that you
never did have to teach to lie. You never had to teach a child
to lie. And my friend, you corner one and ask them. And they'll walk 21 ways trying
to figure out how can they get out of this. And they'll lie. A person will steal. He'll cheat. He'll covet. You don't have to
teach. The Scriptures sets forth that
the conscience The law is written in the conscience. You know what's
wrong. You know what's right. You know
what's wrong. People say we need to display
the Ten Commandments. Let me tell you something. Men
know right from wrong. Either accusing or excusing. They'll either try to cheat or
lie about it or try to give themselves an excuse for doing wrong. Man by nature, the Scripture
sets forth, knows right from wrong. He knows. He knows. Well, then, if it's not the Ten
Commandments, what is it that Almighty God is going to put
into the hearts and the minds of His people? Here is a covenant
blessing. This is the covenant that I will
make with them after those days, saith the Lord. I will put my
laws. and to their hearts and to their
minds will I write them. What laws? Well, here's the first
one. The law of sin. I want you to
turn to Romans 7. Romans 7, 23. I'm going to write
my laws in their heart. Now, these laws, I will tell
you, is found in the heart and minds of every believer. How
do I know that? Well, number one, and there's
not a number two. The Lord said, I'm going to write
them in their hearts and minds. What are they? Romans chapter
7, verse 23. Paul says, I see another law
in my members. warring against the law of my
mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in
my members. O wretched man that I am, who
shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God. Through
Jesus Christ our Lord, so then with the mind I serve the law
of God, but with the flesh the law of sin." Do you know that
a believer knows? Because God Almighty has written
it in his heart and in his mind. I know what I am by nature. I
know that in myself, that is, in my flesh, I know that there
dwells no good thing. Do you know you did not know
that until Almighty God created a new nature in you? You didn't
know and you didn't care. Oh, you knew right from wrong. But the issue was in myself,
I'm a rebel against God. In myself, I have done that which
is deserving of wrath. Thanks be unto God that He made
Christ to be sin for me. There is a law that is written
in the hearts and minds of every one of God's people, the law
of sin. I have got two natures. I know I have got two natures.
How do I know that? Revelation of God's Spirit has
taught me that there's a law of sin. Paul refers to it. With
my flesh, I serve the law of sin. That which I would, I do
not. Those things I do. I was talking to Brother Rupert
today. He was talking about this very
thing, very struggles. that we go through. I tell you,
nobody knows the struggles that a pastor has. But the greatest
struggles that he finds, they're always within. Seeing that old
man struggling, wrestling. As Paul said, I thank God. I thank God. I see a new man
that serves the law of God But thanks be unto God that He show
me what I am by nature. The second law, Romans 3 verse
27, the law of faith. Where is boasting? Romans 3 verse
27. Where is boasting then? It's
excluded. By what law? Of works? Nay, but by the law of faith. The principle of faith. That's
why I looked up that word law. The principle. There is a principle. What stops all boasting? What will absolutely shut the
mouth of boasting? Thinking that you have done something
to merit a right standing before God. The Scriptures reveal that
it's called The law of faith. I didn't come to Christ by my
own ability. That I came to Christ, yes. But how did I come to Him? He
made me willing in the day of His power. It was given unto
me to believe. The Lord said, I'm going to write
these laws in their heart. I know what I am by nature, and
I know how I walk before Him by faith. I know that. Here's
the third law. Romans 9, verse 30. Romans 9,
verse 30-32. It's called the law of righteousness. Romans 9, 30-32. What shall we
say then that the Gentiles which followed not after righteousness
have attained righteousness, even the righteousness which
is of faith? But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness,
have not attained to the law of righteousness. Wherefore,
because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the
works of the law, they stumbled at that stumbling stone." I know
this. I absolutely know that it's not
by works of righteousness that I've done. I know by the revelation
of God's Spirit that Almighty God must robe me in the righteousness
of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is His righteousness. I have
none. I know. And all of these things,
they just go together. You can see them just woven into
the truth. I'm just breaking them down as
the Scriptures speak of them. But I know this. I know. that I would never stand before
God. I could never stand before God based on something that I
had done. But do you know it wasn't until
Almighty God gave me a new... I thought, Mike, I thought my
profession of faith was good enough. I thought. I'm not as bad as
everybody. I'm not as good as some, but
I'm not as bad as... But I know this. If you look at my bad and
my good, I've fought before. Surely, you know, surely God's
not going to. The law of righteousness. I know
from the Holy Spirit, writing this law upon my heart, that
the only righteousness that will ever stand before God Almighty
accepted is the righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ. Righteousness. that was never earned. Look at
Romans 4. Never earned by me. Let me say
it like that. Romans 4, verse 1, What shall we say then that
Abraham, our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? For
if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory,
but not before God. For what saith the Scriptures,
Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Now to him that worketh is the
reward not reckoned of grace, but of death. But to him that
worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly,
his faith is counted for righteousness." I know what I am by nature. I
know that it is by faith given from above that Almighty God
has shown mercy to me. I know that my righteousness
is a righteousness in myself that is nothing but filthy rags."
Here's the fourth law. James chapter 1, verse 25. James
1. James 1.25. There's a law that
is written in the hearts and minds of God's people. It's called
the law of liberty. James 1.25. Whoso looketh into the perfect
law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful
hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in
his deed." Now, the regenerated saint is free. He's free. There is a law of
liberty that is written in his heart, and he does what he does
for God's honor, for God's glory. He does what he does because
he wants to. I'm not trying to see if I could
keep God's law. I know better than that. The
law of faith taught me that. The law of righteousness taught
me that. I know I can. But do you know why I'm here
tonight? Because I want to be. I want to be here. Do you know
why I look into His Scriptures? I want to. There's a law of liberty. God's
people are free. They come to Him because they
want to come to Him. They love Him. They love Him. And they're not trying to do
what they're doing for show. They're not trying to impress
anybody. I didn't come here tonight to see if I could impress you.
I don't come to study every day to see if I can impress you.
I want to come. I want to be here. I want to
hear. He's free. There's a law of liberty.
He's free from the bondage of sin. He does see what He is in
Himself. He knows what He is in Himself.
But He knows, according to the Word of God, that sin shall no
more have dominion over you. He's free. He knows that Almighty
God has removed that heart of stone It's not the throne anymore. He's created a new man. A new
heart. How do I rest in the freedom,
the law of liberty? Scripture says, He hath perfected
forever them that are sanctified. I'm free. Free in Christ. Christ has kept the law for me
And now I walk in the law of liberty and freedom and thankfulness. And all the while walking, there's that old man. And I never
forget what I am by nature. I never forget. I saw a little documentary one
day And there was a man that had a gorgeous mansion. I think I told you this illustration.
I thought this was good. Had a beautiful mansion. Beautiful. But back in the back of this
beautiful mansion was a little room when you opened up the door
and it was just a dirt floor and just shabby. Shabby. Somebody asked him, said,
why do you have that in this beautiful mansion? He said, because
I never want to forget where I came from. But you know what? The Spirit
of God is never going to let a man forget where he came from.
That old man is going to struggle with him and war against him.
But while he's warring, that believer walks in a law of liberty. James 2, verse 8. James 2, verse 8. If you fulfill
the royal law according to the Scriptures, Thou shalt love thy
neighbor as thyself. You do well." There's a law of
love in God's people. By this, the Lord Jesus Christ
said, John 13, 35, by this shall all men know you're my disciples.
How, Lord? You have love one to another. Brethren, love the brethren. They're tender to the brethren.
They're considerate to the brethren. Let me tell you something. I
look out here tonight and by the grace of God, I'm looking
at the body of the Lord Jesus Christ of whom by the grace of
God I am. You're my brethren. We're one with each other. Knit together by the law of love
for one another. By this shall all men know you're
my disciples. You love each other. You're tender. You're compassionate. We love Him because He first
loved us. Love for Christ. Love for His
people. That's the law that's written
in our hearts. Before the Lord called me out
of darkness. Just some people went to church.
But now, I could go anywhere in this world and speak to a
believer. And just have a fellowship just
a few minutes And I'll tell you this, you're going to have a
good idea. It won't take long. And the love and affection that
brethren have for one another, that's taught them by the Spirit
of God. That law put in their heart.
I will put my laws, he said, in their hearts and minds. You don't have to try to make
yourself love the Lord. You love Him. God Almighty has put a law
in there. I don't have to try to love God's
people. You love them. You're thankful for them. I thank
God that I can be here with you. I thank God that Almighty God
give me a heart to want to be with God's people. And then the
last law, Galatians 6, Galatians chapter 6, verses 1 and 2. Galatians 6 warns, Brethren,
if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore
such a one in the spirit of meekness, considering thyself, lest thou
also be tempted. Bear one another's burdens, and
so fulfill the law of Christ. According to those scriptures
that I just read, in that context right there, the law of Christ,
that sets forth that brethren esteem their brethren better
than themselves. You are more spiritual than I
am. You walk by faith more consistently
than I do. You are more faithful than I
am. You are more generous than I am. You are more kind than
I am. If a man be overtaken in a fault,
ye which are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness,
considering thyself, bearing one another's burdens, so fulfill
the law of Christ. If a brother falls, stumbles, Make every attempt to restore,
to recover. Hide his faults. Do all you can
for the fellowship of the brethren. What a blessed thing for believers
to be able to meet together. I know what we are by nature.
I know what we are. You do too. Every one of us has
got attitudes. Abraham told Lot, we're brethren. We're brethren. These laws put
in our hearts resist the temptation to be critical. And I'm the world's
worst. Now you say, no, I am. No. No,
I'm the worst. I can go off that quick. Why? Fulfill the law of Christ. These laws are put in our hearts.
The Lord does something in His people. What has He done? Back
in Hebrews 10. And I'll finish up here. Back
in Hebrews 10, chapter 16, I will put My laws in their hearts and
in their minds while I write them. That's what He's done in
us. Every believer has these laws
written in their hearts and their minds. This is what He's done
in us. And then this last verse, verse
17, is what He's done according to and for the sake of the one
offering which has perfected forever them that are sanctified. He's done something in us that
we just looked at. And this is what He's done for
us. See how it starts off? their sins and iniquities will
I remember no more." Almighty God, the Scripture says forth,
does not remember in judgment the iniquities and the sins of
His people. He doesn't remember them in judgment. There is therefore now No condemnation
to them which are in Christ Jesus who walk not after the flesh,
that is, after the dictates of the old nature that believes
that their reconciliation is accomplished before God by their
efforts. There is no condemnation to them
which are in Christ Jesus who walk not after the flesh but
after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of
life In Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and
death. That which is contrary to God's
character, to God's justice, to God's righteous law, by the
sacrifice for sin, the offering of the Lord Jesus Christ, He
has paid the debt. that His people owed to the law
of God. Being made sin, and Almighty
God said, I'm going to make this covenant with them. Because of
His sacrifice, because He has perfected forever, made them
before God holy. Holy. This is what I'm going
to do. I'm going to put my laws in their
hearts and minds. I'm going to be their God, and
they're going to be my people. And I'm not going to remember
their sins in iniquity anymore. May the Lord bless these words
to our heart for Christ's sake. Amen.