{"id":596,"date":"2015-12-19T11:42:24","date_gmt":"2015-12-19T16:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalmastery.com\/blog\/?p=596"},"modified":"2015-12-19T11:42:24","modified_gmt":"2015-12-19T16:42:24","slug":"worth-repeating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalmastery.com\/blog\/?p=596","title":{"rendered":"Worth Repeating"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lesson 14<\/p>\n

Hebrews 10:1-18<\/p>\n

Worth Repeating<\/p>\n

December 20, 2015<\/p>\n

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The book is better than the movie or so the saying goes. It may be a case that it is just different. A number of years ago I read a book called \u201cThe Bridge.\u201d It was a novel about an owner of a bookstore and a young couple. I will not take time to tell the story. The point is that a movie was made about the events in the lives of those individuals. As I began to watch I felt that the movie was not the same as the book and therefore was disappointed that the story line had been changed so much. To satisfy my perspective I read the book once again. To my dismay I was wrong. The movie had stayed true to what was found on the pages of the book. I had just forgotten what had occurred having not taken the time to read the book before watching the movie. All this goes to say that it is important to continue to have what has meaning to each of us over and over again lest we forget the content. You might say that I made to big a deal of making sure entertainment was accurate. It is totally another thing to try to understand the message that God has for me that will change the way I look at life and follow His teachings.<\/p>\n

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Great care must be taken in the Church to follow the words of Christ in the way we practice Christianity. We can get so caught up in putting practices into place that may make us comfortable or allow us to rewrite what Church means. We can get to the point that what we do does not resemble the teachings of Christ in any way. Our worship may become self-centered, evangelism may be neglected and discipleship may become all about taking the easy road. By now one may begin to say that the writer of Hebrews must be stuck in a rut with his discussions with so much repetition. The reason that we have the teaching of the writer and the other sixty-five books is our tendency to forget what is in its pages. The church has become weak because we do not spend the time required to grow as disciples. The message is worth repeating so let\u2019s hear it again.<\/p>\n

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Hebrews 10:1-4<\/p>\n

Since the Law could never do what Christ did for mankind. In comparison they were like a shadow that represented the real but without the substance to be found in the genuine sacrifice of Christ. Therefore, all the repetition of the sacrifices year after year could never take away or perfect anyone. \u00a0If they had been able to do what Christ did then they would have ceased after the initial offering. The problem they were a constant reminder that man was sinful and therefore never truly free from the guilt of his sin. It is very clear to the writer that animals cannot remove sin.<\/p>\n

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  1. How did the writer compare the Law and Jesus? (The law was just a weak representative of what Christ was sent to accomplish.)<\/li>\n
  2. What was the problem with the continual sacrifices? (They never took away sin.)<\/li>\n
  3. What did the writer mean by saying that the sinner still had the consciousness of sin? (Every time he brought a sacrifice he was reminded of his sinful nature all over again.)<\/li>\n
  4. What the result of the work of Christ? (The perfection of man.)<\/li>\n
  5. What was his final point? (Animals do not take away sin.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Hebrews 10:5-7<\/p>\n

    To further drive home his point the writer quoted Psalm 40:6-8. In it he found the way that God viewed the sacrifices made according to the Law. The Psalmist indicated under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit that:<\/p>\n