Hebrews 10 B
Hebrews {10:15}
[Whereof] the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after
that he had said before, {10:16} This [is] the covenant that I
will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will
put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write
them; {10:17} And their sins and iniquities will I remember
no more. {10:18} Now where remission of these [is, there
is] no more offering for sin.
*The Holy Ghost is witness to us.
This is the covenant that I will make with them...
I will put my laws into their hearts and in their minds will I write them.
If something is in your heart and mind then it's safe to say it's in your very life, your day to day life. When we don't have anything on our mind we certainly aren't thinking about anything. When we don't have something in our hearts it's not our passion. When we do have something on our mind we are thinking of it and if it's in our heart it's our great passion. Having something put into your heart and mind encompasses all of your cognitive, emotional being. From our thoughts we have our actions, our way of life. If I'm passionate about my family then my actions will show that, won't they? If I'm absorbed in my job likewise my actions will reveal that. If I'm totally selfish and completely obsessed with seeking out pleasure and good times wherever I can find them, you know that the way I act will reveal such a thing.
1 Chron. {29:17} I know also, my God, that
thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for
me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered
all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people,
which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee. {29:18}
O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers,
keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the
heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee
*David's prayer. 'Keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, prepare their heart unto thee.'
Proverbs {3:1} My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep
my commandments: {3:2} For length of days, and long life,
and peace, shall they add to thee. {3:3} Let not mercy and
truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them
upon the table of thine heart: {3:4} So shalt thou find favour
and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
*write them on the table of thine heart
Psalms {119:80} Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
Psalms {51:10} Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit
within me.
{57:7} My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and
give praise.
*We need God's laws in our hearts, in our minds, our lives. The laws need to be real to us as we live our day to day lives.
{10:17} And their sins and iniquities will I remember
no more. {10:18} Now where remission of these [is, there
is] no more offering for sin.
*Through Jesus and only Jesus can we be given a heart and mind filled with all that He is, a heart that doesn't need burnt offerings, that doesn't need animal sacrifices to seek the forgiveness we need. One day all our sins will be forgotten, covered by the blood of the Lamb Jesus Christ our Savior. He is the only offering for sin and His death is sufficient for all.
{10:19} Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into
the holiest by the blood of Jesus, {10:20} By a new and
living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the
veil, that is to say, his flesh; {10:21} And [having] an high
priest over the house of God; {10:22} Let us draw near with
a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts
sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed
with pure water. {10:23} Let us hold fast the profession of
[our] faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that
promised;) {10:24} And let us consider one another to
provoke unto love and to good works: {10:25} Not
forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the
manner of some [is;] but exhorting [one another:] and so
much the more, as ye see the day approaching. {10:26} For
if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge
of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
{10:27} But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and
fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
{10:28} He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy
under two or three witnesses: {10:29} Of how much sorer
punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who
hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted
the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an
unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
*Hold fast. Believe. Provoke each other to good works. Without faith we cannot be saved.
Heb. {11:6} But
without faith [it is] impossible to please [him:] for he that
cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a
rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
*We have to believe that we will be saved by Christ. We can't turn our backs on the Holy Spirit, we can't turn our backs on the truth that is found in Christ, that He and He alone is able to save us from our sins. We have to keep looking to Him always. If we look to ourselves we will never be saved.
Under the old covenant men were taken and killed when they defied the laws of God. Under the new covenant men will suffer eternal death if they do not accept the sacrifice of Jesus Christ for them. Despising the Holy Spirit which is full of grace and mercy, believing the blood shed by God's only Son meaningless and of no importance, no good, unholy... only eternal death waits for those.
May the Lord God bless and keep us now and forever by the grace and mercy of His Son Jesus Christ our Savior, through the power of the Holy Spirit may we through faith in Jesus live in His truth, with His laws written on our hearts and minds.
Amen.
2/4/10
Heb 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Heb 4:13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
soul -- (life) and spirit -- (mind)
joints -- (bones) and marrow -- (muscle)
The word of God is so precise, so knowing, that to think it could divide the very life from the mind two things so closely united is just mind boggling. We might say that the life and mind are divided all the time in the brain dead and maybe that's true but we're talking about something that is so exacting and discerning that it can do this while we live our lives not lay in a bed in a deep coma kept alive by machines. The whole point of this example is to show the precision of the word of God, the power of the word of God. Dividing bone from muscle- something that is easy? Some might say yes, with a very sharp knife and that's the entire point. The word of God is sharper than any two-edged sword. The word of God is that sharp, exacting, powerful dividing instrument. The word of God is a discerner of thoughts and intents of heart. Think about it! Something that can discern your thoughts, something that can know that intents of your heart. God can do this. Jesus, the word made flesh, the written word of God are all so powerful and yet so often not even considered as such.
Heb 4:13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
God knows all. People might think they are hiding their thoughts, their intents but nothing is hid from God, nothing! Some mock this fact that God knows them and they set out to defy Him, challenging Him. God is so far above our human pettiness and anything that stems from deception and lies that our challenges, our defiance only hurts us and our lives not Him. He's saddened by our consistent backsliding away from Him and His pure love and that is why forgiveness is such an unfathomable gift. Yes, His anger is shown throughout the Bible and it's justified. His love overwhelms it all because with a word we could have been taken out of existence altogether. By the grace and mercy of God we are alive and we can live for Him.
No, our thoughts and the intents of our hearts aren't always something God would approve of and we need to fall at the feet of Jesus daily asking for forgiveness for all the sin in us. Thousands of years of sin is a heavy weight upon the worlds people and soon by the grace of God it will all be over, sin will be no more. Please Lord help us to be ready for Your return, loving You, knowing You and You knowing us all by Your grace, Your forgiveness, Your righteousness.
Amen.
2/4/11