You turn back to Hebrews chapter
one. Tonight, I'm going to preach upon this subject, the father
of the Christ. The father of the Christ, and
we will be having a preacher's class next Saturday morning at
10 o'clock, all men are invited. I've entitled this message, Sins
Purged. I woke up one morning thinking
about this passage of scripture, this statement, when he had by
himself purged our sins. He sat down at the right hand
of the majesty on high. Sins purged. Now it is my prayer that the
gospel will be preached this morning. Sins purged. And look at this Statement once
again in verse three, when he had by himself purged our sins. Who is the he referring to? The son of God, the Lord Jesus
Christ. When he had by himself purged
our sins. Look up at verse one once again,
God, I love the way Hebrews begins God. I don't know of any other book
in the Bible that begins with him just like that. I know that
Genesis begins in the beginning God, but I I love the way the
writer to the Hebrews begins this letter. God. Who at sundry times and in divers
manners spake in times past unto the fathers by the prophets. Now, this is all that took place
before the coming of Christ. All that took place between the
first Adam and the birth of Christ. God was speaking through the
prophets. Verse two says he hath in these
last days. Now the last days are every day
between the first and second advent of Christ. At morning
he was born and when he returns again in mighty flaming fire
with his holy angels. Those are the last days. We're
in the last days right now. Hath in these last days spoken
unto us by his son. Now Christ is God's prophet who
speaks. He is the final word of God. This one who purged us from our
sins, he is God's final word. This is my beloved son in whom
I am well pleased. Hear ye him. Who is this one who purged our
sins? He is the one, in verse two,
whom he, God the Father, hath appointed heir of all things. This one who purged our sins
is the one, I love thinking about this, the world has one purpose,
his glory. He is the one appointed heir
of all things. He is the one who purged our
sins. Go on reading. Who is this one
who purged our sins? Look in verse two, by whom also
he made the worlds. He's the Lord of creation, this
one who purged our sins. He created the vastness of the
universe. He created the minutia of the
atom. He created all things. The earth is the Lord's and the
fullness thereof. And all they that dwell therein. He's the creator. He's the one
who spake the world into existence. He's the one who said, let us
make man in our own image. This is the one who had purged
us from our sins. Look in verse three. Who? This one who purged our
sins. Who? Being the brightness of
his glory. He who purged our sins is the
brightness, the shining forth of God's glory. The sparkling
of deity. And this is no reflected brightness. He is the very brightness. He is the very glory of God. The very transcript of God. The express image of God. He's not like God. He is God. This is the one who purged our
sins. Look what it says next. Who being
the brightness of his glory and the express image of his person
and upholding all things by the word of his power. This one who purged our sins
is the one who upholds all things. word of His power, not only is
He the Lord of creation, He's the Lord of providence. By Him,
all things consist. Whatever takes place in this
temporary thing called time is His will being done. I don't care what it is, it's
His will. He upholds all things by the
very word of His power. He's the one who said, I have
purposed it. I also will do it. I've spoken it. I will bring
it to pass. He, God, the son, the ancient
of days, the second person of the Trinity is the one who purged
our sins by himself. He by himself purged our sins. Now who is included in this word
our? He by himself purged our sins. Not everybody's sins is purged. There is a place called hell. And there are people in it right
now, as I speak, whose sins were never purged, who are suffering
the wrath of God on account of their sins. Their sins were not
purged. There is no such thing as a purgatory
where people go where their sins are purged. And finally, after
so many prayers and so much money paid to the church, they find
their way out. There's no such thing. There's
no such thing. When he had by himself purged
our sins, who is included in the word our? All of the elect
of God. All of those who were chosen
before the foundation of the world to be saved. All those
whose names are written in the Lamb's Book of Life, the Lamb
slain from the foundation of the world. His sheep. He said,
I lay down my life for the sheep. Not everybody's a sheep. He said,
you believe not because you're not of my sheep. As I said to
you, my sheep hear my voice. Whose sins were purged? His people's. Matthew 121 says, thou shall
call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from their sins.
Now listen real carefully. Most religious institutions preach
that when Jesus Christ died, he died for everybody's sins. And he made a purging of everybody's
sins. That makes his blood meaningless
and ineffectual. If he could die for somebody
and they wind up in hell anyway, you've taken away the hope of
the gospel. There's no gospel in that message. This is very
important. He purged our sins. He didn't make them purgeable.
He didn't make salvation available. He actually purged our sins. all of the elect of God, he said,
this is the will of him that sent me, that of all which he
has given me, I should lose nothing, but raise it up again at the
last day. And let me tell you, what all
of these people have in common, who were purged, they need their sins purged. Now I want you to think about
this. Would this describe you? Somebody who needs their sins
purged. They're filthy and they're defiled
by sin. Sinners by birth, by nature. Sinners by choice. Sinners by
practice. and there's nothing they can
do about their sins. They are defiled inside and out
by sin and sins and need for him to do what only he can do,
purge their sins. When he by himself purged our
sins. When he had by himself purged
our sins. Now, let me tell you what he
did by being nailed to Calvary's tree. Everybody he died for, he descended
us. Purged. You know, in our house,
we've got this stuff called degreaser. If something's very soiled and
very dirty, we have to get out the degreaser. It has to be purged. It can't just be wiped off. Such
is the sins of God's people. Deep stain. What did he do? He, by himself, purged. sins. All of the sins of those in that
group that he purged, he did it by becoming and bearing their
sins in his own body on the tree. All of the sin, all of the filth,
all of the evil, all of the defilement, of their sins, he was made to
bear in his own body on the tree. For he hath made him, God the
Father hath made him to be sin for us who knew no sin that we
might be made the righteousness of God in him. And the thing
that God hates, he was made to be. In Gethsemane's garden, as he
looked upon the cup that he was to drink, and I know what was
in that cup, the sins of his people. As he was looking upon
that cup, he became overwhelmed. and said, Father, if it be possible,
let this cup pass from me. Him drinking in to his own body
the sins of his people and thus becoming guilty of the commission
of those sins. If it be possible, the thought
of being made sin, of being altogether loathsome, let this cup pass
from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but
thine be done." You see, this was God's will being done. Him drinking of this cup. Him bearing these sins. This was God's will being done. Hebrews 10.10 says, by the witch
will we are sanctified once for all through the offering of the
body of Jesus Christ. When he bowed his head on the
cross and said, it is finished. All of those sins were purged, put away, paid for. That means they are no more. 1 John 3, verse 5 says, He was
manifested to take away our sins. In Him is no sin. He was delivered for our offenses
and raised again for our justification. My sins, because of this purging,
listen carefully, My sins are not just as if I never committed
them. I stand before God having never
committed them. That, my dear friends, is justification. This is how thorough this purging
was. By his death, He made everybody
he died for, listen to this, Colossians 1.22, holy, unblameable,
and unreprovable in his sight. And don't miss this phrase. When he had by himself purged,
I've seen this. He, the son of God, was alone
on Calvary Street. And he had no help, no contribution
at all. by me or you in this great thing
of the purging of sins. He was by himself. When he was hanging on that tree,
his father was not helping him. As a matter of fact, he cried
out, my God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Because he's
the sin bearer. He had no help from his father.
He had no angels helping Him at this time. Now in Gethsemane's
garden, they came to minister to Him. But when He has made
sin and nailed to that tree, there were no angels there to
help Him. He was there by Himself. All His disciples had forsaken
Him and fled. There wasn't any of His disciples
looking upon Him and saying, we know You're doing this for
us and we love You for it. No! He was by himself. In this great work of the purging
of our sins. He did it by himself. Not by enabling me or you to
do something that would activate or enhance what he did. Let me
tell you something. Forget doing. Do you hear? Forget doing in light of what
he has done. Now, if any part of my salvation
is dependent upon me doing something, if it's dependent upon my faith
or contingent upon my repentance, or has something to do with holy
living on my part. I have no hope. None at all. When he had by himself purged,
put away, made to not be our sins. At a point in time, in a particular place called
Gotha's Hill, he by himself, with no contributions made by
me or you, He by himself purged our sins. And what did he do after this
great work of purging our sins? Look in verse three, when he
had by himself purged our sins, sat down. He sat down. on the right hand
of the majesty on high, the place of favor, the place of power. And now we have the sitting savior. What's that mean? He sat down. Now in the Old Testament Levitical
system, we have the tabernacle, which pictures the gospel. We
have all of the furniture of the tabernacle. We have the brazen
altar, the laver. We have the altar of incense,
the golden candlesticks, the table of showbread. We have the
Ark of the Covenant. We have the mercy seat. We have
all these glorious pieces of furniture. But you know something
that was absent in the tabernacle? They weren't in chairs, were
they? Why? Because the work of the
priest was never finished. I want you to turn with me to
Hebrews chapter 10. Hebrews chapter 10. Verse 11. 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 for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of
God from henceforth expect until his enemies be made his footstool.
For by one offering he hath perfected forever them that are sanctified. Look in Hebrews chapter nine,
verse 11. The Christ, being come a high
priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect
tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say not of this building,
neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood,
he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal
redemption for us. He obtained it. He obtained it. He didn't make it available.
He didn't make it potential. He didn't make it possible. He
obtained it. And notice it's called eternal
redemption. It didn't have a starting point and it has no ending point. There's
nothing you can do to mess this up. It is eternal redemption. Look in verse 13. For the blood of bulls and of
goats and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean sanctifies
to the purifying of the flesh. At Old Testament right, how much
more shall the blood of Christ who through the eternal spirit
offered himself without spot to God. Purge your conscience
from dead works to serve the living God. Now I've got a question
for you. I want everybody to consider
this. This is a question I want you
to answer. How satisfied is God with the work of His Son? That's the issue. How satisfied
is God with the work of his son. He offered himself without spot.
He brought his blood into the holy place. How satisfied is
God with what Christ accomplished? Why? He's infinitely satisfied. He's not looking for anything
else. He is infinitely satisfied. How satisfied is Christ with
what he did? I love the fact that you read
Isaiah 53, where it says, he shall see the travail of his
soul and be satisfied. Christ is infinitely satisfied
with what He did. He is the propitiation. He is
the price. And He didn't do half a job in
what He's doing. He didn't do 99%. He purged our
sins. He sat down because there's nothing
left for Him to do. Just like when he created the
universe and looked upon what he did and said, behold, it's
very good. He looked about what he did in
the purging of sins. And he said, behold, it's very
good. And he sat down. Nothing left
to do. Nothing incomplete. Nothing out
there left for me or you to do in the purging of sins. Just
as he saw what he did in creation was good, what he did in purging
is good. He's satisfied. Now, here's what
I want you to think about. What am I to do? Nothing. Nothing. Don't say, well, I'm going to
do better. I'm going to turn things around.
Don't make some resolve that, oh, things are going to be better
with me after this. I'm going to forget doing completely. It's an insult to what he has
done. Believe, find satisfaction, the
same place the Father does. How is the Father satisfied with
you? One way. Him purging your sin. And he did it by himself. That
means you don't even enter into the equation. He did it by himself. Rest. Rest. What do you do when you rest?
You rest. Do you believe that what he did is sufficient to
make you perfect before God? Rest. Don't do. Be done with
doing. It's done. It's done. rest in this. He by Himself purged
our sins. You and I are to find our satisfaction
in the same place the Father, the Son, and the Spirit find
satisfaction. He by Himself purged our sins
and sat down. Having finished the work at the
right hand of the majesty on high. You've heard the gospel. Lord, how we thank you for the purging of sins by the
sacrifice of thy son. Lord, teach us what it means
to glory only in the cross, in him. We thank you for the gospel. We pray that you would bless
what has been said for your glory and for our good. In Christ's
name we pray. Amen.