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Hebrews 10 Pt. 1 · Time with God with John North

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  Speaker 1: Good morning. Welcome to a new week, and we want
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  Speaker 1: to start it the best way possible with some time
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  Speaker 1: spent with God reading the Bible. That's exactly what reading
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  Speaker 1: the Bible is time spent with God, so long as
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  Speaker 1: you come to it with your heart open to God, saying,
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  Speaker 1: What do you have to say to me today? Because
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  Speaker 1: God loves to speak to you through the Bible, through
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  Speaker 1: His word that He's given us, to reveal Himself to us.
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  Speaker 1: God is alive. He's actively involved in this world and
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  Speaker 1: in your life, and He uses the Bible to help
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  Speaker 1: you understand what He's saying to you, how He wants
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  Speaker 1: you to react to the things going on in your
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  Speaker 1: life right now. So let's start by reading a few
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  Speaker 1: verses as we continue reading through the book of Hebrews.
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  Speaker 1: We're in Hebrews chapter 10 today, and you'll remember that.
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  Speaker 1: The writer of Hebrews is talking about the Old Testament
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  Speaker 1: way of doing things and explaining how Jesus fits into that,
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  Speaker 1: and he talks about the sacrifices that those priests in
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  Speaker 1: the Old Testament used to offer every year to provide
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  Speaker 1: forgiveness for the sins of the people.
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  Speaker 1: The writer of Hebrews says, man, those things could never
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  Speaker 1: actually deal with sin. How could, uh, the sacrifice of
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  Speaker 1: a goat or a cow really deal with the sins
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  Speaker 1: of people? They were just pointing forward to what would
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  Speaker 1: come when Jesus died on the cross in our place,
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  Speaker 1: so that those people could understand God was making a provision.
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  Speaker 1: A sacrifice that would take the place of them, and
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  Speaker 1: God would judge that sacrifice, and they would go free.
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  Speaker 1: In Hebrews chapter 10 verse 3, the writer says, But
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  Speaker 1: in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year,
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  Speaker 1: for it's impossible for the blood of bulls and goats
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  Speaker 1: to take away sins. And then he talks a bit
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  Speaker 1: about how those are pointing really to the death of
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  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ.
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  Speaker 1: And in verse 11 he says, and every priest stands
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  Speaker 1: daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices which
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  Speaker 1: can never take away sins. But when Christ had offered
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  Speaker 1: for all time a single sacrifice for sins.
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  Speaker 1: He sat down at the right hand of God, waiting
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  Speaker 1: from that time until his enemies should be made a
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  Speaker 1: footstool for his feet, for by a single offering he
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  Speaker 1: has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
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  Speaker 1: And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us. For
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  Speaker 1: after saying, This is the covenant I will make with
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  Speaker 1: them after those days, declares the Lord, I will put
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  Speaker 1: my laws on their hearts and write them on their minds.
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  Speaker 1: Then he adds, I will remember their sins and their
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  Speaker 1: lawless deeds no more.
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  Speaker 1: Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer
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  Speaker 1: any offering for sin. Now this is such a beautiful
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  Speaker 1: truth given to us in the Bible.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus died on the cross. He took our place. His
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  Speaker 1: offering has removed God's anger towards us. It's dealt with
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  Speaker 1: our guilt. We're forgiven.
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  Speaker 1: And that is once for all by a single offering
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  Speaker 1: he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
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  Speaker 1: So being sanctified, our ongoing daily life becoming more like Jesus, yes,
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  Speaker 1: that's an ongoing thing. Every day we grow a little
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  Speaker 1: more in our ability to live the way God wants
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  Speaker 1: us to live, but
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  Speaker 1: In terms of our forgiveness, in terms of our being
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  Speaker 1: made right with God, there's nothing to add to what
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  Speaker 1: Jesus has done for us. For all time. He has
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  Speaker 1: perfected those who are being sanctified for all time by
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  Speaker 1: one offering.
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  Speaker 1: And that was his death on the cross. As you
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  Speaker 1: head into this week, just head into it with this
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  Speaker 1: confidence that if you are a child of God, if
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  Speaker 1: you have put your trust in what Jesus did for
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  Speaker 1: you at the cross and invited God to come into
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  Speaker 1: your life and make it what He wants, He will
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  Speaker 1: over time continue to make it what He wants, but
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  Speaker 1: rest in this.
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  Speaker 1: The penalty has been paid. You have been forgiven. You
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  Speaker 1: have a relationship with God as His child that can
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  Speaker 1: never be taken away.
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  Speaker 1: I'm John North.