Study in the book of Hebrews 13 (NIV) Jesus sanctify us by His blood, Chapter 13, Lesson 4 Hebrews 13:9-14 - Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them. We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat. For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned outside the camp. Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate. Therefore let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing His reproach. For here we have no continuing city, but we seek the one to come. 1. Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines: There has never been a shortage of various and strange doctrines in the church. 2. For it is good that the heart be established by grace: We are established by an understanding and appropriation of God’s undeserved approval of us, and not by an assumed approval gained through keeping a list of rules (not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them). 3. We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat: These Jewish Christians had probably been branded as illegitimate by other Jews because they did not continue the Levitical system. But the writer to the Hebrews insists that we have an altar, and it is an altar that those who insist on clinging to the Levitical system have no right to. 4. Essentially, our altar is the cross - the centerpiece of the Christian gospel and understanding (1 Corinthians 1:18-24; 1 Corinthians 2:1-5). 5. Jesus . . . suffered outside the gate. Therefore let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing His reproach: If our Savior was rejected and His sacrifice (performed at the cross, our altar) was branded illegitimate, what better do we expect? Identifying with Jesus often means bearing His reproach, the very thing many are quite unwilling to do. 6. Outside the camp: The camp referred to is institutional Judaism, which had rejected Jesus and Christianity. Though these Christians from Jewish backgrounds had been raised to consider everything outside the camp as unclean and evil, they must follow Jesus there. 7. For here we have no continuing city, but we seek the one to come: The difficult job of bearing His reproach is easier when we remember that the city or society we are cast out of is only temporary. We seek, and belong to, the permanent city yet to come. Questions: 1. How do u get rid of false teachings and doctrines? What are the steps to setting you free so you can walk more victoriously in Christ? 2. Can they hold u back? 3. Do u think sometimes, you tend to go back under the law of sin, guilt and condemnation? What are the steps to stop you from doing that? 4. How do Jesus sanctify us? 5. What can we do to cleanse us from all of our sins?
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 07:26:38 +0000
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