The Biblical Illustrator - Hebrews 10:11-13
Hebrews 10:11-13This Man, after He had offeredThe eras of redemptionI.THE PAST ERA OF CHRIST’S REDEMPTIVE HISTORY. He has “offered one sacrifice for sins.” 1. Christ’s death was a self-immolation. (1) His self-proprietorship. (2) His unexampled philanthropy. 2. His death was a self-immolation for sin. He died to put away sin: to put it away in its guilt-form--in its idea-form--and in its habit-form. His death was a self-immolation for sin unrepeatable. “One … for ever.” Sufficient for all lands... read more
The Biblical Illustrator - Hebrews 10:10
Hebrews 10:10By the which will we are sanctifiedPerfect sanctificationI.THE ETERNAL WILL--“By the which wilt we are sanctified.” 1. This will must, first of all, be viewed as the will ordained of old by the Father--the eternal decree of the infinite Jehovah, that a people whom He chose should be sanctified and set apart unto Himself. 2. This wilt by which we are sanctified was performed of the ever blessed Son. 3. This work is applied to us by the Holy Spirit. II. THE EFFECTUAL SACRIFICE by... read more