• Hebrews 9:27-10:21
• Hebrews 9:27 – How did Jesus bear the sins of many? See II Corinthians 5:21. Jesus bore the sacrifice for our sins to the altar.
• Hebrews 10:1 – The old law was only a shadow of the good things to come.
• Hebrews 10:3-4 – Under the old law, the people were charged with their old sins again each year. The sacrifice of bulls and goats was not sufficient to fully atone for their sins. It was only Christ’s death that finally took away the sins in God’s eyes. See Ephesians 1:3-4.
• Hebrews 10:9-10 – In the old days, the custom was to take written laws that had been canceled and nail them up in a public place. This is the sense in which Jesus nailed the old law to the cross.

• Titus 2:15-3:15
• Titus 2:15 – We should also be able to teach the gospel with confidence. Authority comes from God and His Word. We should have confidence in our beliefs because of our study of the Bible.
• Titus 3:4-7 – Both God the Father and Jesus had a part in the plan of salvation. See also I Timothy 1:1 and Titus 2:13. God can be called “Savior” and Jesus can be called “God.”
• Titus 3:10-11 – Be very careful about factious people in the church. They can be very

• I John 1:7
• Each word in the above is very significant:
  • “If”: two possibilities, to walk or not to walk
  • “We”: personal, too important for me to miss it
  • “Walk”: continuous action, keep on walking
  • “In”: in connection with
  • “The”: definite article, only light in which can walk
  • “Light”: truth, make God’s Word our light
• Blessings for walking in the light
  • Blood keeps on cleansing
  • Keep on having fellowship with God
  • The blessings are not automatic. God has never bestowed blessings without response.
    • Luke 17:10 – When one meets his responsibilities, he has not earned salvation.
    • Romans 6:23 – It is still be grace.
  • Wrong views of walking in the light
    • Some say:
      • It is just believe and love; doctrine and practice do not make a difference.
      • It is to feel in our hearts we are right.
      • It is to never sin.
      • It is to be able to specifically recognize, confess, and pray about every sin, even those done ignorantly.
    • The truth
      • Psalm 19:12-13 – Secret vs presumptuous sins
    • Walking in the light in this context
      • Sometimes we sin (I John 1:8,10)
      • Keep on confessing (I John 1:9)
      • Keep on keeping His commands (I John 2:3-5)
      • Walk as He walked (I John 2:6)

Keep on

Keep on

Confessing

Being blood cleansed

Praying

Having fellowship

Keeping commands

Walking in the light

• The one who slips has not stopped walking in the light, but the one who stops confessing, obeying, and praying is not walking in the light.
• The one who walks in the light:
  • Has been baptized into Christ
  • Is making Jesus the lord of his life
  • Specifically confesses and prays about sins of which he is cognizant
  • Prays like David in case he has sinned unknowingly.
• Security:
  • I John 5:10-13
  • I John 2:1-2

• Philippians 4:8
• A word about meditation
  • I’m not talking about anything weird.
    • Psalm 1:2 vs Genesis 6:5
  • Meditation is a lost art
    • Genesis 24:63; Joshua 1:7-9; Psalm 63:1-7
    • Psalm 4:4; 77:12; 119:78, 148; 143:5; 145:5
  • Meditate on these things
    • God is my creator – Psalm 33:6-9; Proverbs 3:19; Psalm 104:19-35
    • Jesus loved me enough to die for me – John 1:14; Hebrews 2:14,17; Philippians 2:5-8; John 15:12-13
    • I have an eternal soul – Genesis 1:26-27 (John 4:24; I Corinthians 15:50); Ecclesiastes 12:7; Zechariah 12:1; Hebrews 12:9; 9:27; Romans 8:16-18
  • To provoke your thoughts
    • Read a Psalm
    • Read a verse from Proverbs. Today is the 30th day of the month, so read a verse from Proverbs 30.
    • Gary Henry’s website http://wordpoints.com
    • Ask me about other mailing lists
      • George Slover – “Moments with the Master”
      • Rickie Jenkins

• Hebrews 9:15-25
• Hebrews 9:15-22 – Differences between a testament and a covenant: Some translations use confusing terminology here, but this is clearly describing a covenant and not a testament in the sense of a “last will and testament.”
• Hebrews 9:16 – Diatithemai (διατίθημι): testator or appointed?
  • Luke 22:29; Acts 3:25; Hebrews 8:10; 10:16
• A covenant was always made by blood sacrifice.
  • Psalm 50:5; Jeremiah 34:18; Zechariah 9:11