This Man Must Have Somewhat to Offer

Q: What does the Bible say about the high priest in Hebrews?

Hebrews describes Jesus as the high priest who offers Himself for our sins, fulfilling the Old Testament priesthood. In Hebrews 8, the author states that we have a high priest who is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. This high priest, unlike the Levitical priests who offered sacrifices continuously, offered His own body as a one-time sacrifice for sin. This fulfillment of the ancient priesthood signifies that the system of animal sacrifices is no longer needed, as Christ has completed the atonement necessary for our reconciliation with God.

Q: Why is understanding the Old Testament important for Christians?

Understanding the Old Testament reveals the foundations and prophecies that lead to Christ's fulfillment in the New Testament. The Old Testament serves as the groundwork for the New Testament, presenting types, shadows, and prophecies that point toward Christ. In Luke 24, Jesus Himself explains how all Scriptures, starting with Moses, testify to Him. Without understanding these Old Testament references, one may struggle to fully grasp the depth of the Gospel and the work of Christ as the fulfillment of the law and the prophets. Christian doctrine is enriched by the Old Testament, providing a fuller picture of salvation history and God's redemptive plan.

Q: How do we know that Christ's sacrifice is enough?

Christ's sacrifice is sufficient because He offered Himself once for all, unlike the repeated animal sacrifices of the Old Testament. In Hebrews 10, the writer emphasizes that the repeated sacrifices of the Levitical priests could never take away sin; they were merely shadows of the true sacrifice. In contrast, Jesus, as our high priest, entered the heavenly sanctuary with His own blood, accomplishing what those sacrifices could not. His single offering has perfected forever those who are sanctified. This declaration assures us of the completeness and finality of Christ's work in securing our redemption, validating our faith in His atonement as fully satisfactory to God.

Q: Why is the concept of the veil being torn significant for Christians?

The tearing of the veil symbolizes direct access to God through Christ, eliminating the need for intermediary priests. The tearing of the temple veil at the moment of Christ's death signifies the removal of the barrier between God and humanity. Before this event, only the high priest could enter the Holy of Holies, where God's presence dwelled, and that only once a year. With Christ as our high priest, believers are granted bold access to God through His blood. We no longer require a human priest to mediate; instead, we now approach God directly in prayer, worship, and communion. This change reflects the new covenant established in Christ, fulfilling the promises made through the prophets.

Q: How does Hebrews define the role of Christ in our sanctification?

Hebrews teaches that Christ sanctifies believers through His one-time offering, transforming us before God. In Hebrews 10:10, it is stated that we are sanctified through the offering of Jesus Christ once for all. This sanctification is not an ongoing process tied to repeated sacrifices; rather, it is accomplished entirely by Christ's work on the cross. The sacrifice of Christ not only atones for sin but also sets apart the believer as holy before God. Consequently, our sanctification is both positional, being declared righteous, and practical, as we grow in holiness through the Holy Spirit's work in our lives. This understanding fosters a deep assurance for believers about their standing before God.

worshipped with us last Wednesday
night. He met with the men for prayer
and then he came out here and worshipped the Lord with us.
And according to my text Wednesday night, he rejoiced in the Lord. And they tell me that he went
home and had a great deal to say. about the message and how
helpful it was to him and what a blessing it was to him. And
then just a few hours later at the home of his daughter, Evelyn
and Hap Yates, the Lord called him home. Just a few hours after
he left the service here, he was standing in the presence
of the Lord. Do we learn from these things? Teach us to number
our days. that we may apply our hearts
to wisdom. Now I'm both saddened and happy
for to be absent from the bodies to be present with the Lord.
And I believe Herman could say and did say to me to live is
Christ and to die is gain. His funeral will be conducted
this afternoon Carman Funeral Home, Flatwoods, at 2 p.m. Now, I'm going to speak this
morning from the book of Hebrews. I'll read for a text Hebrews
chapter 8. Now, I've wrestled a little with this message because
I want to teach the gospel. to everybody here. Even before we believe the gospel
in our hearts, I believe we can somehow grasp it and understand
something about the gospel in our heads. I believe we can. And I believe we preachers ought
to preach in simplicity. The Bible talks about the simplicity
of Christ. I know we ought to preach clearly
and plainly so that people might understand what we're saying.
And that's what I want to do so desperately for God's glory,
for the good of everyone here, particularly our children. I
want our children to understand or to know something about the
gospel. You know, Paul said about Timothy, he said, from a child
thou hast known the Holy Scriptures. that are able to make thee wise
unto salvation. Thou hast known them, and later
they were made to you wisdom. Understand what he's saying?
You knew them though. You knew them in your head, and God blessed
it later to your wisdom. In Hebrews 8 verse 1, Now of
the things which we've spoken, this is the song. We have such
a high priest. Well, this is not language the
average gospel preacher uses, high priest, who is set on the
right hand of the throne of the majesty in heaven, a minister
of the sanctuary, of the true tabernacle. These are not words
that the average preacher uses today. Paul did. Which the Lord pitched, and not
man, for every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices,
offerings. If a preacher today, these average
preachers used words like that, they'd say, well, is he Catholic
or something, you know? But this is Paul preaching the
gospel. Wherefore it is of necessity
that this man have somewhat also to offer. Now, that's the way
I'm beginning this message, and that's the title of this message.
This man must have somewhat to offer. Now, we have an urgent
commandment of our Lord to go preach the gospel to every creature.
That's his commandment. We have a solemn warning from
our Lord. If any man preach any other gospel,
let him be accursed. We have a glorious promise from
our Lord. is the power of God unto salvation
to everyone that believes it. My, that ought to be incentive,
that ought to get everybody's attention. Christ commanded us,
preach this gospel. He warned us, don't preach another
one. He promised us, if we believe
it, we'll have life. That ought to be an incentive,
shouldn't it? To cause us to desire to know this gospel, at
least here. And pray that we'll know it here.
And to be certain that our gospel is the gospel. Now listen to
me. If a man or woman, boy or girl, is really serious, are
you serious? I think sometimes we go through
the routine of church and the form of worship. And we just
come and sit and do whatever needs to be done, get up and
get. But if a man or woman, boy or
girl, is really serious about this gospel business, are you?
The gospel. Then we're going to have to become
acquainted with the Old Testament. Going to have to. We're going
to have to become acquainted with words like priest, sacrifice,
tabernacles. That's right. Atonement. We're
going to have to become acquainted with these words. Because I know
the gospel begins with Christ. Already someone who may hear
this tape or something, the gospel begins with Christ. I know that.
He's the firstborn of every creature. The gospel began with Christ
before there was an Old Testament. Before there was an earth. Before
there was a man. Before there was a star. He was
a lamb slain before the foundation of the world. I know where it
starts. The gospel starts with Christ. He's the firstborn of
every creature. He's the author and finisher
of our faith. He's the Alpha and Omega. He's the beginning.
He's the end. In Him dwelleth all the fullness
of the Godhead bodily. But in learning the gospel, in
learning the gospel that saves, the gospel of God's grace, you
better begin where Christ began when he taught his disciples.
Ever had time? When our Lord taught his disciples
the gospel, where did he begin? with Moses. That's exactly, isn't
that right John? Let me show you that, Luke 24,
and I'll turn over that Luke chapter, the whole Hebrews, we'll
come back in a minute. But Luke 24, when our Lord was
going to open the understanding, He had died on the cross, He
had buried and rose again, and now He talked to these disciples,
He's going to teach them. He is going to teach them the
gospel, the glorious gospel that they are to go and preach. Luke 24, verse 25, Then he said
to them, O fools, and slow heart to believe all that the prophets
have spoken! Ought not Christ to have suffered
these things, and to enter his glory, and beginning at Moses? Boy, it would be hard to get
today's soul winner to do that, wouldn't it? They have that little
three or four point outline, A, B, C, all is sin, believe
on Christ and confess him. But when our Lord was talking
to these disciples, these seasoned veterans, these men who had been
with him for three and a half years, these men he had called
from their various professions and had followed him in ate with
him, and slept with him, and walked with him, and suffered
with him, and toiled with him, and talked with him. He's going
to tell them some things now they need to know to take this
gospel. So where does he start? With
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Beginning at
Moses and all the prophets. Elijah, Isaiah, Jeremiah. He expanded unto them in all
the scriptures. What are the scriptures? You
hold them in your hand. The scriptures here are the Old
Testament. The New Testament wasn't written. The scriptures
are the Old Testament. Christ died for our sins according
to the scriptures. He was buried and rose again
according to the scriptures. So he expounded to them all the
things in all the scriptures concerning himself. Now look
down at verse 44. And he said to them, This continuation
of the same message, continuation of the same teaching, just a
different location. And he said to them, these are
the words which I have spoken to you while I was yet with you,
that all things must be fulfilled which are written in the law
of Moses. That's in the words of Moses, in the laws of Moses,
in the books of Moses, in the prophets, in the Psalms, in the
Psalms concerning me. Then opened he their understanding
that they might understand the scriptures." I just seriously doubt that a
man really understands the gospel of Jesus Christ who doesn't have
some understanding of the scriptures. I seriously doubt it. I hear people say, well, I don't
want the old Bible, I want the new Bible. There's just one Bible.
One Bible. And I seriously doubt it. You
see, the New Testament is the Old Testament revealed. The promises
and prophecies and pictures and patterns are in the Old Testament.
That's where they are. That's the groundwork. That's
the foundation. That's the schoolmaster that
teaches us Christ. And I doubt that a man who does
not understand the scriptures and the types and pictures in
the Old Testament, I doubt he really has a grasp on the gospel. Then he opened their understanding
to them, and I understand the scriptures, verse 46, and said
unto them, Thus it is written, thus it behoove Christ to suffer
and to rise from the dead the third day, that repentance and
remission of sin should be preached in his name among all nations,
beginning at Jerusalem. When he taught them the gospel,
he began with Moses. And that's where the serious
students are going to begin. And if you're interested, anyone
here, I've got a series of studies on Old Testament pictures of
Christ. There are 86 of them. I've got
them right in there in the bookstore. That a man can sit down and study
them. You see, when Peter preached at Pentecost, where did he begin? Well, he said, this is that of
which the prophet Joel wrote. And then when he started talking
about Christ, he said, David wrote of him. And he told how
that David was dead in the grave, and the one that he was preaching
wasn't David. It was one David talked about.
When Stephen was stoned in Acts 7, where did he start preaching? Let me show you that. Turn to
Acts 7. This is something. Here is the
first martyr. Here is the first man to die
for his faith, the first man to suffer martyrdom, and here
preaching to all these fellows that had gathered around him,
he's about to die, and listen, chapter 7 of the book of Acts,
he said, Men and brethren, fathers, hearken unto me. The God of glory
appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before
he dwelt in Shuran, and said unto him, Get thee out of thy
country. Here's a man, Bob, about to die. He's fixing to be stoned
for his faith, and they give him space to talk. And he doesn't
get panicky and start saying, well, Jesus died and rose again.
He takes them all the way back to Abraham. That's right. Read
it sometime. I accept. And he talks about
Abraham and Moses and all the prophets and David. He brings
them through the wilderness. And then he comes right on up
and said, Christ fulfilled all of it. Christ is that Messiah. And that's when they killed him.
But he took them back yonder to Abraham. This is where Philip
began with the eunuch. Philip climbed up in the chariot
beside the eunuch, and where did he go to preach the gospel?
Isaiah 53. This is where Paul begins here
with the Hebrews. Turn back to our text in Hebrews.
Now Hebrews, let's go to chapter 1. Chapter 1. Paul now is writing
to the Hebrews, writing to all these people of God. And he starts
in chapter 1, and he says, God, who at sundry times and in different
manners spake in times past to the fathers by the prophets,
hath in these last days spoken to us by his Son. And that's
where Paul begins. That's where he begins. He begins
with the scriptures, the Old Testament scriptures. And all
the way through the book of Hebrews, he's talking about how that Christ
is the fulfillment of all those promises, and all those prophecies,
and all those pictures, all those things back there, how that Christ
is their fulfillment. Now, let's go to chapter 10. That's where I want, this kind
of sums it up. Actually, Hebrews 8, 9, and 10
sort of sums it up, but I want to look at chapter 10. Chapter
10. This is the gospel. All right,
chapter 10 of Hebrews, verse 1. Now, when you see the word
law, sometimes it means the Ten Commandments. Sometimes it means
all the word of God, the law and the prophets. Sometimes it
means the Levitical law of Moses, and that's what it's talking
about here. I can sort of shut my eyes and visualize all that
God gave Moses on the mountain concerning the tabernacle, concerning
the courtyard, concerning the priesthood, concerning the holy
place and the holy of holies and the furniture and the tabernacle
and the sacrifices, the morning and noon and evening sacrifices
and all the other bullocks and goats and sacrifices and the
atonement once a year and how that the high priest came in
and sprinkled the blood on the mercy seat. This, the law here,
is that Levitical law, the ceremonies law, the ceremonies law, baptism,
the law of of sacrifices, and the law of feast days, and the
law of the priesthood. Now, the law, this Levitical
law, is a shadow of good things to come. It's not the very image
of those things. You see, Christ, when you see
Christ, you see the Father. He's the express image of the
Father, the exact likeness. But these sacrifices are not
the exact likeness of Christ. They're not the express image
of Christ, they're but a shadow. They're but a picture, and not
the image. And look here, these sacrifices
could never, could never take away sin. These sacrifices offered
year by year, continually, never made the comers there unto perfect.
You know, I hear people say, well, God, you know, back in
the Old Testament, God saved people under law. He saved them
by those sacrifices. He saved them by their obedience. Nonsense! They were saved by
the blood of Christ. They were saved by the sacrifice
of Christ. They were saved by the offering
of the Son of God. Those sacrifices were nothing
in the world but shadows and pictures of Christ. Promises
of Christ to come. And these people, their faith
was not in that animal blood, their faith was in the Lamb of
God who would come and shed his blood. So these sacrifices never
made people perfect, never justified sinners, never took away sin. Look at verse 2. For then would
they not have ceased to be offered? In other words, when Abel brought
his blood sacrifice and it put away sin, made him perfect and
justified him, he wouldn't have to offer another one. If they
offered one Passover lamb and it put away sin, they wouldn't
have to offer another. But because the worshipers once
purged would have no more conscience of sin. But in those sacrifices
there's a remembrance made of sin again every year. For it's
not possible that the blood of goats and the blood of bulls
and goats should take away sin. These things were pictures and
types. These, the priest and the Passover,
and the rock smitten, and the manna, and the mercy seat, and
the sprinkled blood, they were pictures. They didn't put away
sin. Is that understood? They couldn't
put away sin. They were remembrances of sin.
Your sin is still there until Christ comes. It's still there.
Now look over at chapter 9, verse 6. Chapter 9, verse 6. Now when these things were ordained,
in other words, when the old tabernacle stood and the priest
offered the sacrifices, and the blood was sprinkled year after
year on the mercy seat. The priest went always into the
first tabernacle, the holy place accomplishing the services of
God. But into the second, into the Holy of Holies, went the
high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which
he offered for himself and for the sins of the people. Now watch
this. The Holy Ghost, this signifying. that the way into the holiest
of all was not yet made manifest while that first tabernacle was
standing. These were pictures, patterns.
This was a figure, a figure is a picture, for the time then
present in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices that
could not make him that did the service perfect as pertaining
to the conscious. because they stood only in meats
and drinks and different washings and coronal ordinances imposed
on them until the time of reformation. But Christ being come, a high
priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect
tabernacle, that is to say, not made with hands, that is to say,
not of this building. What tabernacle are we talking
about? And neither by the blood of goats
and calves, but by his own blood he entered once into the holy
place, having obtained eternal redemption for us." Now, all
those tabernacle and temple and priesthood and sacrifices and
feast days and holy days stopped. They all stopped because Christ
came and fulfilled every one of them. Fulfilled every one of them.
All right, back to chapter 10 now. That's what he's saying
here in verse 5. Wherefore, when he came into
the world, when Christ came into the world, he said, this is what
he said, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldst not, but a body
hast thou prepared me. In other words, he's saying God
would have the sacrifices and offerings continue only until
Christ came. He never did accept them as our
righteousness. He never did accept them as the
atonement. He never did have any pleasure
in those sacrifices. They were pictures. His pleasure
and satisfaction was in the one whom they pictured. That's what
he's saying here. When Jesus came into the world,
he said, sacrifice an offering thou wouldest not. But a body
has thou prepared me in burnt offers and sacrifices for sin. God's had no pleasure. You say,
but brother man, it says God had respect to Abel's offering.
He had not respect to Cain's offering. He had respect to Abel's
offering because of what the offering Abel brought and the
state of Abel's heart. In other words, he brought that
blood sacrifice in pain. That's the reason God had respect
to him. He brought that sacrifice looking to the sacrifice that
Christ would make. And God accepted it. The blood
of that animal didn't put away able-seeing. The sacrifice and
death of that animal didn't atone for able-seeing. But that was
a picture and a type of Christ who did put away able-seeing.
and who did put away death and died for Abel. And that stood
until Christ came. It's a picture. See, Christ,
our Passover sacrifice for us, that's a picture. All right,
verse 8. Above, when he said sacrifice and offering and burnt
offerings and offering for sin, thou wouldest not? Thou wouldest
not? They could never satisfy God's
justice. They could never honor God's
law. They could never appease God's anger. They could never
put away sin. These pictures and types and sacrifices must
be fulfilled by Christ. God didn't have any pleasure
in them, offered by the law, but now look at verse 9. Then
said he, Christ said, Lo, I come. Here comes our high priest, of
which all the others are a picture. Here comes our atonement, of
which all the others are a type. Here comes our tabernacle, of
which all Here comes our mercy seat. Lo, I come, O Lord, to
do thy will. He taketh away the first, that
he may establish the second. Taketh away the first what? First
tabernacle? We don't go to, you know people
call this a church. This is not a church. This is
a building where the church meets. We don't go to a building to
meet God. We don't go to a tabernacle or
a temple. We don't have a man, a priest
to stand here and receive our sacrifices and go into the Holy
of Holies and meet God for us. That was all pictures of the
man Christ Jesus. He'll do that. He's our Sabbath.
He's our sacrifice. He's our atonement. He's our
high priest. And when he came, God took away
all that. Took it away. Don't re-institute
it. Don't re-ordain it. Don't bring
it back. Don't bring back the pictures,
the form, the ceremony, the holy days, the feast days. Let them
be gone. They're all fulfilled in Christ
Jesus. You see that? Verse 9, Lo, I
come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that
he may establish the second. What's the first? It's that Levitical
law. It's the Old Testament scriptures.
and all their pictures and patterns. And as we read about the high
priest of old, we see Christ and we learn something about
Christ's work. As we see the animal, here's the lamb without
spot or blemish. They bring the lamb to the altar
and slay it, shed its blood. We see Christ, our lamb, led
as a sheep to the slaughter, opened not his mouth and they
crucified him on the cross. They take his body, the body
back there, take the lamb, put it on the altar, roast it with
fire. We see Christ under the fire
of God's wrath, the judgment of hell for us. And then they
take that blood and bring it past the holy place, under the
veil that separates the holy place from the holy of holies,
and comes in the high priest with that blood once a year.
There's the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in that ark is
the broken law. And that blood with a hyssop
is sprinkled on that mercy seat? The Shekinah glory of God between
the cherubim? We see Christ, look back here
at chapter 9 a minute. Let me show you something. In chapter 9, verse 24. For Christ
is not entered into the holy place made with hands, which
are figures of the truth. but into heaven itself, now to
appear in the presence of God for us. Look back at verse 12
of chapter 9. Neither by the blood of goats
and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy
place and obtained eternal redemption for us. You see how you learn
the gospel? Take that Old Testament tabernacle,
and that's what God was teaching Israel. When the rock was smitten
and gave forth water, he's showing Christ smitten. When the Passover
lamb was slain and the blood was put on the door by faith
and God said, I'll see the blood and pass it over you, that animal
blood didn't have any power. The power lay in whom it represented. And these people in faith slew
the Lamb, in faith applied the blood, in faith they came to
the tabernacle, in faith the high priest offered the sacrifice,
in faith, faith in whom? Faith in Jehovah, who would forfeit
every bit of it in Christ. That's the gospel, substitution
and satisfaction. Look at verse 10. Now this is
how we are sanctified. Christ said, I came to do thy
will, by the which will. We're sanctified through the
offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. Now we don't
have a priest here on the earth. We have a high priest at the
right hand of God. So I don't go down here to this
building downtown where this man's dressed up and calls himself
a priest and wears all the shenanigans, you know, and sit and tell him
my sins and then he goes back here in some other place, sprinkles
some water. No! No! Christ is my great high priest. Back in the Old Testament they
had a priest, they had many priests, they had a high priest, they
had many sacrifices, many holy days, many Sabbath days, many
atonements, every year. Now it's over! Christ has come. And by the will of God, by the
life of Christ, by the blood of Christ, by the death of Christ,
we're sanctified. Once for all. Is that clear? Once for all. Now then, here's the contrast,
verse 11, and I'll move along. Here's the contrast. Back in
Old Testament days, every priest, my friends, there were many of
them, many of those priests, they lived and they died. They
were men. They were born and they died.
They served in an earthly sanctuary. They offered animal blood. Their
sacrifices were but pictures. They themselves were but pictures.
Every priest stands, they stood daily, ministering, offering
oftentimes the same sacrifices. Will you hear this next word?
Which can never take away sin. Now that's the picture. That's
not the image. Pictures, shadows, types of things
to come. That went on for 2,000 years. 2,000 years. And there were some
of God's choice people back then that went through these sacrifices.
Moses, Aaron, David, Elijah, Jeremiah, these
choice people. Isaiah. And even up until our
Lord kept the Passover in the flesh. But when Christ came,
Watch verse 13, but this man, now there were many priests,
he won. They were all men, he's the God man. They were all born
and died, he ever lived. They served in an earthly sanctuary,
he's the Lord from heaven. They offered animal blood, he
gave his own blood. Their sacrifices were many, he
has won. Their sacrifices could never
put away sin, there were pictures. He, listen, this man, after he
had offered one sacrifice for sin forever, they stood. He sat down at the right hand
of God. Why did they stand? There weren't any chairs in that
tabernacle. There were no benches or chairs. There were seven pieces
of furniture but no chairs. Why? They never finished their
work. They came in and offered a blood sacrifice. The fellow
behind them comes in and offers another one. And then the fellow
behind him offers another one. And every year, every day. And
then the high priest went into the Holy of Holies and offered
an atonement, put the blood on the mercy seat. It's not over,
brother. He'll be back next year. And
he'll be back next year. And he'll be back next year.
So he gets to be an old man. And he comes in and sprinkles
the blood for the last time. And goes out. Next year, his
son comes in. His son comes in, and then he
gets out, and then his son comes in, and then his son comes in,
and then his son comes in, and they go on doing that until his
son came. And when he came and died on
that cross, he offered one sacrifice, his blood. And my friends, that's
the end of it. It's finished. It's finished! What do you mean by that? He
meant everything the Father gave him to do was finished. He meant
that Levitical law was fulfilled. He meant every type, shadow,
picture, pattern in the Old Testament was fulfilled and done away with. Done away with. Verse 13, from
henceforth expect him that his enemies be made his footstool
for but one offering he hath, what says, perfected. perfect,
and that's God perfect, and that's Christ perfect, and that's law
perfect, and that's eternally perfect. He's perfected forever
them that are sanctified. Not all men, them that are sanctified,
them that are called, them that are washed, them that believe. Let me move quickly and show
you the results. Now, verse 15. You see why we need the Old Testament?
And we need to study those Old Testament pictures and types.
They show us the glory of Christ, and the beauty of Christ, and
the work of Christ. And I love it when these men
take these pictures in the Old Testament and show us Christ.
They're using wisdom. They're using wisdom. Verse 15,
Well, the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us, for after that
he said before, in Jeremiah, you want to read this, Jeremiah
31, 33, This is the covenant I'll make with them after those
days of pictures and type. I'll put my law in their hearts,
in their minds will I write them, and their sins and iniquities
will I remember no more. Now, where remission of these
is, no more sacrifice for sin. No more. No more. He uses no more twice there.
Because Christ died and bore my sin, God remembers them no
more. And because Christ died, because
of who he is and what he did, I don't offer no more, any more
sacrifices. No more. No more sins, no more
sacrifice. God remembers my sin no more,
God requires no more sacrifice. It's done. The great transaction's
done. I am my Lord's and he's mine.
All right, now what do we have? Verse 19, here's our standing. Now, having therefore brethren
boldness to enter the holiest by the blood of Jesus. Let me
show you this picture. I'll try to be brief. But now
listen, here's that tabernacle out there in the wilderness divided
by that veil. And in this holy of holies is
the glory of God. The mercy seat, the glory of
God. And no one was allowed there but one man, the high priest,
once a year. And he would, not without blood,
he would come into God's presence. And he was there as a representative
for all those people out there. He represented God to them and
them to God. And God dealt with him. And he
put the bird on the mercy seat. And that went on for 2,000 years.
That veil was between God and the people. And that representative
came in. Now when Christ died, our high
priest, and went not into this holy of holies, but into heaven
itself, and put his blood before the Father. That burial in the
temple was torn in two, ripped in two from top to bottom. And
God says, now lest every one of you boldly, with liberty,
come into the presence of God, not into this place here, but
into heaven itself, into God's presence. That's right, through
the blood of Christ. See, we're priests now. That's
right. He has made us kings and priests
unto God. Do we offer sacrifices? Yes,
we do. Sacrifices of praise and prayer
and thanksgiving? Yes, we do. We pray. I don't
have to go to a priest and have him go to God for me. Christ
is my priest, and he's there at the presence of God all the
time, and I'm in him. You see, we come by a new and
living way. That Old Testament way was the
old way and it wasn't a living way. It was a picture, dead.
Which he had consecrated for us through the veil, that is
to say, his flesh. And having, listen, a high priest
over the house of God. Now then, you take your choice. You take one of these titles.
You can have him. I want that high priest. It's
up to you. People say, well, don't criticize
the Catholics, or this, that, and that. Well, you take your
choice. You can have him. He's a deceiver, and those that
follow him are deceived. He's an imposter, and those that
follow him are in trouble. We have a high priest over the
house of God. It's Christ Jesus, our Lord.
Therefore, let us ourselves draw near to God, us sinners, with
full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from evil
conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. His blood justifies,
and the water that flowed from his side purifies and sanctifies,
and we can come right into God's presence. That's absolutely right. We have the liberty The veil
is rent, we have a high priest, so let's draw near. And verse
23, in our clothes, let's hold fast our profession. Nothing
wavering, don't let anybody rob you of that charge. Is that helpful?
That's the gospel. That's the gospel. Pictured in
the Old Testament, fulfilled by Christ. And all those things
you read back there, Tisova, the smitten rock, the manna from
heaven, all these things, that's Christ. And we have all those
things, but we have it living in the person. And we have that
privilege as priest of God to come into his presence. All right,
let's sing another hymn, and then we'll worship the Lord with
our gifts and our offerings.

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