Wednesday, April 09, 2014

Marsha's Musings: How Much More (Hebrews 9:11-14 ESV)

But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God. (Hebrews 9:11-14 ESV)

Notice the argument from the lesser to the greater. Christ is greater.

Key phrase:

...how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God. 

What Christ did/does
1.  Offered himself as our sacrifice
2.  Shed His own blood
3.  Without blemish~perfect
4.  Purifies our conscience from dead 
      works

What we are saved to do:
1. Serve the living God

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