Sovereign Grace Chapel, located at 135 Annabel Lane in Beaver, West Virginia, invites you to listen to a gospel message concerning Jesus Christ our Lord. If you wish to follow along today, turn to Hebrews chapter 10. Hebrews chapter 10. I welcome you to this broadcast. I pray you will continue with me for the next 27 minutes or so. My text in Hebrews chapter 10 is just a few verses. I wanna read as my text, verses nine through 14.

Hebrews chapter 10, verses nine through 14, where, The writer of this epistle says this, then said he, that is speaking of Christ, Then said he, lo, I am come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second, by the which we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice, four sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God, from henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. For by one offering he hath perfected forever, that is Christ, for by one offering he hath perfected forever them that are sanctified.

You here in this day, At least you have heard in this day preachers calling on men and women to believe on Jesus Christ. There's no doubt about that. You've heard people on TV or on the radio or maybe online, something of that sort, calling on men and women to believe on Jesus Christ. But I asked a question this morning. Believe what? Believe what? Just some historical facts? Just some certain historical facts concerning Jesus Christ? Believe what? Believe what?

Here's a question I want to ask. Do you believe Christ actually accomplished anything when he suffered for sinners on the accursed tree? When Jesus Christ died on Calvary's tree, do you believe, have you been taught, does your preacher teach that Jesus Christ actually accomplished anything when he died on that cross?

Listen to an astounding passage. This is my brother Isaiah. And many, many hundreds of years ago, Isaiah wrote these words concerning Jesus Christ. This was a prophecy concerning Jesus Christ who was to come, the Messiah. And this is what Isaiah wrote. Behold, Isaiah 42. Behold my servant, whom I uphold, mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth. "'I have put my spirit upon him. "'He shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. "'He shall not cry, nor lift up, "'nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. "'A bruised reed shall he not break, "'and a smoking flax shall he not quench. "'He shall bring forth judgment unto truth.'"

And you might say, well, what all does that mean? Well, let me summarize it this way in reading. how Isaiah summarized it up in verse four. And if you're following along, look at it. Isaiah 42, verse four. This is speaking of Christ, the coming of Christ. He shall not fail. Do you see that? He shall not fail nor be discouraged till he has set judgment in the earth and the isles shall wait for his law. That's an astounding thing to hear prophesied of Christ.

Listen to what Luke wrote concerning Jesus Christ. In Luke chapter nine, I want you to listen to another astounding passage. Luke chapter nine, and let me begin in verse 28. And it came to pass, about an eight days after these sayings, he, that is Jesus, that's who the context is speaking of, he took Peter and John and James and went up into a mountain to pray. And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered and his raiment was white and glistering. And behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias. These men had been dead for hundreds of years, but here they appeared on this mount with Jesus Christ.

Look, now look at this. This is astounding. Look at what this next verse says. Who appeared in glory and spake of his decease, which he should accomplish. at Jerusalem, do you hear those words? His decease, that is his death, which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.

Listen to what John wrote in John chapter 12, and he is actually giving us the words of the master himself, and in John chapter 12, in verse 24, this is what our Lord Jesus Christ said. Remember, he shall not fail nor be discouraged. Remember, he had a death to accomplish. He had something to accomplish when he was to die on that tree. John chapter 12, verse 24, Christ's own words. Verily, verily, or that is truly, truly, I say unto you, except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone. But listen to this. But if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.

This is the Lord Jesus Christ illustrating his death. And he was to accomplish this death. In this death of the Messiah, he would not fail nor be discouraged. And we see that in his death, it shall, it would definitely bring forth, what did he say? Much fruit.

I have a title for this message this day. Here's my title. Here is what Christ accomplished at Calvary. That's what I want to try to give you this morning. Here is what Christ accomplished at Calvary. I asked you this question, does your preacher, if you attend a church service somewhere, does he present the death of Christ as making salvation possible? No such suggestion is ever written in the scripture concerning Christ's death. Nothing of such a blasphemous sort. Jesus Christ did not come to try to make something possible. He came to accomplish something. He came to actually do something.

And what we will see in our text passage for today, in Hebrews chapter 10, verses nine through 14, we will see that Jesus Christ actually accomplished something on Calvary's tree. You see, in the scripture, Nothing, nothing is clearer than the fact that when Jesus Christ died on that tree, that Jesus Christ accomplished what God the Father sent him to do.

I want you to listen to me for a little bit longer. Consider these facts from our text. And I have seven in particular, seven facts from our text. Now think about it. From our text, he, that is Christ, here's number one, here's one of the seven. He did do God's will. Do you see it? Chapter nine. Then said he, lo, I come to do thy will, O God. Do you see it? This is what he said. And either Jesus Christ did it or he's the biggest liar that ever walked. He accomplished God's will. And we actually read of this in Acts chapter two.

This is what Luke wrote of it. And Luke is actually recording In Acts chapter two, a part of Peter's sermon on the day of Pentecost. And I wanna read you just a few verses of what Luke records concerning what Peter said on the day of Pentecost. In Acts chapter two, listen to what Peter said about the Lord Jesus Christ. Hear these words. Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs which God did by him in the midst of you as ye yourselves also know. Listen, him being delivered by the determinant counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken and by wicked hands have crucified and slain.

You see, this death of Jesus Christ, though it was enacted at the hands of wicked men, though they were doing what they in their wicked hearts wanted to do to Jesus of Nazareth all along. Yet we know that Peter says he was delivered, how? By the determinant counsel and foreknowledge of God Almighty. Jesus Christ came to do the will of God.

Even further than that, listen to what Luke records in Acts chapter four. And Luke writes these words. These are some words from the gathering of believers. And listen to what it says in verse 27 of Acts four. Four of a truth. against thy holy child, Jesus, whom thou hast anointed. They're calling out to God, praying unto God, giving praise to him for who he is. For of a truth against thy holy child, Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate with the Gentiles and the people of Israel were gathered together.

Now listen to this phrase. For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. without question, without question. According to Hebrews 10 verse nine, then said he, then said Christ, lo, I come to do thy will. But here's a second thought, here's that second thing. Jesus Christ, he took away the law. That's right, you hear what I say? He took away the law to clearly establish the truth of free reigning grace.

Hebrews chapter 10, again, verse nine, look. Then said he, lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first. Take away the first what? Look at the context. It's that those old sacrifices and burnt offerings that were made for sin. He taketh away the first that he may establish the second. The second is the grace of God found in Jesus Christ. We read of this by John. John gives us an account of this in John chapter one. And the apostle John wrote these words in John chapter one. And let me back up this, what it says. Lo, I come to do thy will. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

Listen to what John said about Christ in John one verse 15. John bear witness of him, that is John the Baptist. John is writing, John the apostle, is writing about John the Baptist and he says, John bear witness of him, that is of Christ, and cried saying, this was he of whom I spake, he that come after me is preferred before me, for he was before me. And of his fullness have all we received in grace for grace. Now listen, for the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

So there's two of the things. We see that he did God's will. We see according to our text for today is he took away the law to clearly establish the truth of free grace. But here's a third one. You see, it was God's will and Christ accomplished God's will. We've talked about what God's will is. We've looked at that, we've seen his will. It was God's will, and Christ accomplished his will. He would not fail nor be discouraged. And he sanctified those for whom he died. And he did this, listen to what I say, he did this when he died. You hear me? Let me say that again. It was God's will that Christ die. And Christ accomplished God's will when he died. And he sanctified those for whom he died, and he did it when he died.

Our text again, Hebrews chapter 10, verse 10. By the which will we are sanctified? The question is how. The question is when, how and when? By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And we can say once for all time. One time he did it, just one time. You see it, isn't that glorious? By the which will we are sanctified, how? Not through anything we do. Not through anything we have done. We're sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

You see, all who were set apart, that is the word sanctified is used here in the KGB. All who were set apart, all who were sanctified, were set apart by Christ in his one-time offering. That's what this says. Is that what you're hearing preached out there everywhere else today? Is that what they're preaching in the church you may attend? Is that what they're preaching? By the witch wheel, we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

So we see those three things. He came to do God's will. He took away the law to clearly establish the truth of his free reigning grace. It was God's will in this, and Christ accomplished God's will, and in accomplishing God's will, he sanctified those for whom he died, and he did this when he died. This is what the book of God says.

But here's the fourth thing. The old, think about this, those old legal sacrifices, Those things that many people offered in faith to God. That these sacrifices, whether it be lambs or bullocks, or whether it be of goats, or whether it be of pigeons, or whether it be of doves, or whether it be of red heifers, all of these different sacrifices. The old legal sacrifices never accomplished taking away any sins, never. even when they were offered in obedience to God, not even one sin.

Look at our text again, verse 11. And every priest standeth daily. And the reason the writer puts it that way is because in that time when this letter was written, hundreds of years ago, Jerusalem was still standing. The sacking by Titus had not taken place yet in 70 AD. This was before that. They were still offering those sacrifices, even though Christ had already died for sins. Look, and every priest standeth daily, ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices Now look at this phrase, which can never take away sins. You see that?

So let's read our text up to this point. The first, the second, the third, and the fourth point. Remember, I told you I had seven. We see it this. Then said he, lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second, by the which will we are sanctified through the offering of body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest standeth daily, ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sin.

But here's the fifth thing I wanted to give you this morning. Think about this, Christ accomplished You hear what I said? I told you my title. Here is what Christ accomplished at Calvary. He accomplished God's will. He did God's will. He took away the law to clearly establish the truth of free grace. It was God's will that he died, and Christ accomplished God's will when he died, and when he died, he sanctified everyone he died for. That's what we've seen so far.

But here's the fifth thing, as I told you. Christ accomplished the taking away of sins by his active obedience unto death for sins. He then sat down because his work of taking away sins was accomplished. Let's go back to our text, and we'll read it again. Verse then 11 and 12. And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins, but this man, you see it? But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice, four sins, forever, sat down on the right hand of God.

What's the writer getting at? Remember those old priests, those ones offering all those animal sacrifices, they were always standing. tabernacle of old, that old tent that God ordained that Moses set up for all of these sacrifices. There were no chairs in that tent, in the holy place, the first place you entered, or into the holy of holies, which only the high priest could enter once a year by himself, and not without blood. But there were no chairs there. There were no chairs in the outer court surrounding that. They were constantly busy, constantly busy, constantly. Why? Because it never accomplished the work. It never accomplished taking away sins.

But this man, you see that? How grand is this? But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice, four sins forever, sat down. Why? Because he accomplished the job. He got the job done. Sat down on the right hand of God. What a glorious thing. Now, I want you to note now that verse 11 and 12 are one sentence of equal thought. 11 and 12, they're one sentence of equal thought. Don't try to divide this thing up. Every priest and daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, and they never took away not even one sin. But this man did, you see it? But this man did. This man, after he'd offered one sacrifice, four sins, forever, sat down on the right hand of God.

Now, here's my sixth thought for this morning. In accomplishing this, Christ, now listen to me, In accomplishing, he accomplished. Everything we've said, I've read to you from God's book what it says. In accomplishing this, Christ now has the right to conquer all for whom he suffered. So let's go back and read it one more time. Look at it.

Then said he, lo, verse nine of Hebrews 10, Then said he, lo, I come to do thy will, O God. And he did it, how do we know? He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. By the which will, that is the second will, that will of grace, free grace and mercy toward sinners. By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices which can never take away sins. But this man, after he'd offered one sacrifice, four sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God, from henceforth, you see, from that very time on, from the time he sat down, do you see that? From henceforth, expecting, do you see it? Expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.

Now, my dear friends, that's what we are by nature, is the enemies of God. And Christ died for enemies. He died for sinners. He died for the ungodly. And it says here what? Till his enemies be made his what? Footstool. He accomplished the will of God and accomplishing the will of God, he has the right. He has the right, you hear me? To conquer all for whom he died.

This is such a glorious thing, and again, verse 11 and 12, as I told you, they are one sentence, all of equal thought, but I can say that of verse 11, 12, and 13. All three of these verses, don't try to take them and divide them up and say one thing applies over here, another thing, well, Christ died for everybody, but all the other parts don't matter. They don't apply. It's all one sentence. Do you see it? Read it again.

By the witch will, we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And then he starts this next sentence. And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins, but still the same thought. But this man, After he had offered one sacrifice, four sins, forever, what did he do? He sat down on the right hand of God. Still the same sentence, still the same thought. From henceforth, expecting till his enemies be what? Conquered. Be made his footstool. That's exactly what he did. This here is what Christ accomplished at Calvary.

Is that what you believe? Is this the Christ you believe? Well, there's a question. Is this the Christ you believe in? Here's number seven. Think about this. Christ, this is glorious. Christ, in accomplishing sanctification, he also accomplished perfection for all that he sanctified. Do you hear what I just said? I said Christ, in accomplishing sanctification. And it was God's will that he do this in his death. by his death, when he died, Christ actually accomplished some things when he died on Calvary Street. When he suffered in the room and in the stead of sinners, he accomplished some things. He accomplished, when he accomplished sanctification, and what does our text say? He did that when he died. Those he died for, he sanctified them by dying for them.

So Christ, in accomplishing sanctification, he also accomplished perfection for all that are sanctified. You see verse 14? Four. So he's now explaining what he said in verses nine, 10, 11, 12, and 13. Yeah, even further back to the beginning of the chapter for that matter. But now he's explaining four. By one offering, he hath perfected forever. That one same offering, you see it? That one, he only offered himself once, once. For by one offering, he hath perfected forever them that are sanctified.

Is that what you're hearing in the church that you attend? Is that what they're preaching, or are they preaching Jesus got up there and just tried to make it possible? Jesus made this sanctification and perfection available if you will do something. Is that what this says? Look at it. Then said he, lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. Establish it, do you see it? I like that word. Establish the second, by the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest standeth daily, ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never which can never take away sins, but this man." Oh, what a glorious three-letter word. But this man, after he'd offered one sacrifice, four sins, forever sat down on the right hand of God from henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. For by one offering, he hath perfected forever them that are sanctified.

Do you believe what this says? If you do, run with that. Run with what the book of God says, not what men say about it. Preachers will twist the truth of God to fit their own little denomination, their own little idea about who Jesus Christ is and what he came to do.

I'm telling you, here is what Christ accomplished at Calvary. He did God's will. He took away the law to clearly establish the truth of salvation by free reigning grace. It was God's will and Christ accomplished God's will and in doing so, he sanctified those for whom he died and he did this sanctifying when he died.

The old legal sacrifices never accomplished the taking away of any sins, not even one at any time. Jesus Christ accomplished this. Jesus Christ actually accomplished. He took away sins, you see it? But this man, after he'd offered one sacrifice, four sins forever, sat down, he was done. He accomplished it, do you see it? Sat down on the right hand of God from henceforth, expecting till these enemies be made his footstool, for by one offering he hath perfected forever them that are sanctified.

Oh, may God burn that into your heart and your eyes of faith and ear of faith. May God give that to you this morning. No, there are no ifs, ands, and buts about this. There are no qualifications to this. There's not, he did this if you will do that. He did this for those he did it for. He actually accomplished something when he died for a people.

I believe in him, or either I don't, one or the other. I believe he did what this book says he did, or I don't. You believe him, or you don't. That's my question this morning. Do you believe the record God gave his son?