Drawing Near to God

I. Drawing Near to God with a Perfected Conscience - Hebrews 10:1-18
A. Religious concepts and the conscience
1. Religion cannot perfect the conscience - Heb. 10:1; 9:9
2. Religious ritual produces a consciousness of sins - Heb. 10:1-3; 7:27; 9:25
3. Religion continually reminds of sin - Heb. 10:3
B. Perfected in conscience by the blood of Christ
1. The blood of Christ cleanses the conscience - Heb. 9:14; 10:19, 22
2. The blood of Christ takes away sin - Heb. 10:4, 11
3. Positionally sanctified by the blood of the cross - Heb. 10:10, 14
4. Dispositionally being sanctified by resurrection life operating in the new covenant
- Heb. 10:14; 13:20-21
C. Perfected in conscience by the perfect life - Heb. 10:5-14
1. The incarnated Christ - Heb. 10:5
2. The One in Whom the Father delighted - Heb. 10:6-9
3. The One who lived out the will of God in His human living - Heb. 10:7-10
4. The One who is now under the new covenant imparting Himself to execute the Father's will
- Heb. 10:12-18
a) By writing His life and nature into us as the Spirit - Heb. 10:15-18;
2 Cor. 3:3, 6, 17-18
(1) The inner atmosphere as He does His writing - Heb. 10:17-18
II. The Reasons for Drawing Near to God - Hebrews 10:19-31
A. To be in the place of divine supply - Heb. 4:19, 22
1. The supply of mercy and grace - Heb. 4:16
2. The supply of uttermost salvation - Heb. 7:25
3. The supply of life by the Spirit's new covenant writing - Heb. 8:10; 10:16;
2 Cor. 3:3, 6, 17-18
4. The supply of infused faith and hope - Heb. 10:22-23, 35, 38-39; 11:1, 6
B. To be in the place of corporate supply
1. With the brothers (v. 19), in the house of God (v. 21), considering one another
(v. 24), assembling together and exhorting one another (v. 25).
C. To not be left unsupplied
1. Being left with our sins without the blood of Christ - Heb. 10:26-29
2. Being left to ourselves apart from the supply of the Spirit of grace - Heb. 10:29
3. Being left to God's righteous judgment without the new covenant provisions
- Heb. 10:27, 30-31
4. Being left to our shrinking-back self - Heb. 10:38-39
D. Recalling the former days of supply - Heb. 10:32-34
1. The supply to endure from inner enlightenment and revelation - Heb. 10:32;
Col. 1:9-11
E. To be supplied for the gaining of the soul for the Lord's coming back - Heb. 10:35-39
1. The reward of the kingdom - Heb. 10:35
2. The promise of the Sabbath rest - Heb. 10:36 (cf. Heb. 4:1, 9)
3. Living by faith for the fulfillment of God's goal over our soul - Heb. 10:38-39;
1 Pet. 1:9; Matt. 16:24-27