A Better Covenant - Part 5 (Hebrews 9:15-22)
Bob Schultz, May 8, 2016Part of the Book of Hebrews series, preached at a Sunday Morning service
This week we will study Hebrews 9:15-22 our sixth message titled "A Better Covenant." In this passage, the writer continues to compare and contrast the Old Covenant to the New Covenant emphasizing that Christ alone can be the mediator of a new covenant because only Christ shed His perfect blood. In addition, this passage deals with the objection that Jews had related to Jesus' crucifixion which was a stumbling block to the Jews. Only Jesus' blood could truly forgive the sins of those who died believing in God in the old covenant. Don't miss a message in this profound New Testament epistle.
Hebrews 9:15–22 (Listen)
15 Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant. 16 For where a will is involved, the death of the one who made it must be established. 17 For a will takes effect only at death, since it is not in force as long as the one who made it is alive. 18 Therefore not even the first covenant was inaugurated without blood. 19 For when every commandment of the law had been declared by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, 20 saying, “This is the blood of the covenant that God commanded for you.” 21 And in the same way he sprinkled with the blood both the tent and all the vessels used in worship. 22 Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.
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