Sacrifice Part 3 of 3

Read Hebrews 10:1-18


Title in NIV: Christ’s perfect sacrifice, once for all.



Sacrifice Part 3 of 3



Reading this passage I feel like a little kid again and my mom telling me for the one hundredth time to remove my shoes from the living room. Or, it reminds me that I’ve told my kids to move their shoes, backpacks, wrappers one hundred times. I finally got it! My kids will finally get it sooner than later I pray. HUMMMMM! Do you think the writer of Hebrews knew that we weak minded people needed constant reminding, too. He must have. I feel like I have been writing the same blog over and over. So…here we go again!



I love the comparison of the law to a shadow. A shadow is only a copy of the real thing. A shadow is gray and fuzzy and the real thing is of brilliant color. A shadow is of no use but the real thing is alive. I can’t hold a shadow but I can hold the real thing. I would much rather have the real thing than a shadow. The real thing is living in us. We must hold on to our faith, press toward the goal so we can be with the Real Thing, Jesus,  in Heaven.



So, when the writer explains that the law is only a shadow, he is saying the law (shadow) could never make perfect the ones who draw near to God. The law (shadow) cannot cleanse once and for all. The law (shadow) cannot make a conscience free of guilt. The law (shadow) cannot take away sin.



The law (shadow) was set aside to make room for the better Real Thing. Christ made the sacrifice of his blood. He is the Real Thing. The Real Thing makes us holy. The Real Thing gave himself once for all. The Real Thing takes away our sins. The Real Thing sits at the right hand of God.



I want the Real Thing and anyone who settles for a shadow is being deceived. Have you ever gotten a diet drink when you thought it was a regular? You know fast it is a fake! Don’t settle for the fake! Keep Jesus, the Real Thing!



Heb 10:16-17 " ...I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds…Their sins and lawless act I will remember no more." What does God do? He searches the heart and examines our motives for our actions.