“Spiritual Laws of Life and Death”Hebrews 9:18-28

Call to the WordHeb 9:24-28

For Christ did not enter into a holy place made with human hands, which was only a copy of the true one in heaven. He entered

into heaven itself to appear now before God on our behalf.

Heb 9:24

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Not that He should offer Himself oBen, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place

every year with blood of another—

Heb 9:25

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He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now,

once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of

Himself.

Heb 9:26

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And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment

Heb 9:27

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So Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second ;me,

apart from sin, for salva;on

Heb 9:28

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introduc0onHeb 9:18-28 “Spiritual Laws of Life and Death”

introductionHebrews 9:18-28

“Just as there are physical laws that govern the physical universe there are spiritual laws that govern the spiritual universe.”- Bill Bright

introductionHebrews 9:18-28

Tit 1:9 …holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convict those who contradict.

Law 1: For a Covenant to be Enforced there Must be DeathHeb 9:16-18

Law 1: DeathHebrews 9:16-18

“The benefits and provisions of a will are only promises until the one who wrote the will dies. Death activates the promises into realities.” MacArthur

Law 2: Without Blood There is No Forgiveness of SinHeb 9:19-22

Law 2: BloodHebrews 9:19-22

Lev 17:11

“Manhood, unBl it is brutalized, has the greatest possible aversion to the sight of blood; it is as though God had selected as the token of atonement that which would show to us His deep-seated hatred for sin.” (Spurgeon)

Law 2: BloodHebrews 9:19-22

“Man, the masterpiece of the divine creation, shall sooner be slain and his life flow out on the ground than be allowed to wallow in iniquity. It was intended that even while we are being pardoned we should feel horror at having been defiled with sin.” “I want you to feel shocked because your sin requires such an awful cleansing.” (Spurgeon)

Law 2: BloodHebrews 9:19-22

“Sin is not weakness, it is a disease; it is red-handed rebellion against God and the magnitude of that rebellion is expressed by Calvary’s cross.”(Chambers)

Law 2: BloodHebrews 9:19-22

The Small Sinner

-Rom 1:28-32

V 29: “Whisperers” – secret slanderer, gossip

Law 2: BloodHebrews 9:19-22

The Problem is not the Fruit, it’s the Root

-1Jn 1:8

V 29: “Whisperers” – secret slanderer, gossip

Law 2: BloodHebrews 9:19-22

The Problem is not the Fruit, it’s the Root

1Jn 1:8

Rom 5:19

Law 2: BloodHebrews 9:19-22

The Cure is in the Blood

Mt 26:28, Lk 22:20

Law 2: BloodHebrews 9:19-22

What Judges Grandma Hazel then?

Joh 3:18 “There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God’s one and only Son.”

Law 3: SacrificeHebrews 9:23-26

What Defiles Heaven?

Job 15:16

Law 3: SacrificeHebrews 9:23-26

The Spiritual Truth

He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

Put away: to cancel, annul, abolish…

Otherwise… he would have had to offer Himself often… every year since before the foundation of the world (Rev 13:8)

Law 3: SacrificeHebrews 9:23-26

The Spiritual Truth

He completely destroyed the force of sin, promising us immortality; sin is incapable of proving a problem to immortal bodies.

1Co 15:53-57

Law 4: It is Appointed Once to Die then the JudgementHeb 9:27-28

Law 4: JudgementHebrews 9:27-28

“A man dies once, and aPer that everything is fixed and seRled, and he answers for his doings at the judgment. One life, one death - then everything is weighed, and the result declared: ‘aPer this the judgment.’ ” (Spurgeon)

Law 4: JudgementHebrews 9:27-28

“So Christ comes, and dies once; and after this, for him also the result of what he has done, namely, the salvation of those who look for him.” (Spurgeon)

1Pe 1:3-5

Congrega0onal ReadingRev 22:20

Congregational ReadingRev 22:20-21

P: He who tesBfies to these things says, “Surely I am coming quickly.”

C: Amen! Even so, come, Lord Jesus!

“Spiritual Laws of Life and Death”Hebrews 9:18-28