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"How much more shall the blood of Christ... cleanse your conscience..."

Text: Hebrews 9:14

CLEANSING IN THE NEW COVENANT

How is cleansing effected in New Covenant? Let us ponder this text gratefully.

“How much more shall the blood of Christ,
who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself
without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works
to serve the living God?”
Hebrews 9:14

1. The blood of Christ

a) The blood of goats and bulls afforded “sanctification and purification of the flesh”.

b) How much more would the blood of Christ sanctify and purify us!

2. Offered Himself without spot to God

a) Christ offered Himself as a perfect and sinless sacrifice.

b) Only Jesus can be described as “without spot”.

3. Through the eternal Spirit

a) This atonement of Christ can only be fathomed spiritually.

b) His sacrifice was made “through the eternal Spirit”.

i) Jesus’ part was to be that perfect Lamb of God.

ii) The Spirit’s part is truly beyond our comprehension.

iii) Somehow He was involved… and rightly so (although not all He does is clear and easily comprehensible).

iv) It could well be a statement of the Holy Spirit’s involvement in filling the life of Jesus, keeping Him “without spot to God” right up to the point when He was offered up as a sacrifice.

4. Cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God

a) The cleansing Jesus offers goes to the level of “the conscience”.

b) The sinner is so thoroughly cleansed that he can think about “serving the living God”!