Hebrews 10:7-10 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou would not, neither had pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He takes away the first, that he may establish the second. By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
‘Volume of the book’ [Greek: kephalis] roll of the book. Books were written on skins and rolled up on two wooden rollers. In Jewish synagogues, the Pentateuch is still written on scrolls.
‘Would not, neither had pleasure therein; which are offered by the law.’ God did not will to redeem man by animal sacrifices but by a human sacrifice of infinite merit. To this end, He prepared a body for the eternal logos who came to do the will of God and die for the sins of the world (10:7-9; Gal. 1:4; 1Pet. 2:24).
‘He takes away the first, that he may establish the second.’ This could be understood in two ways: He takes away the first sacrifices to establish the sacrifice of Christ (10:12). He takes away the old covenant to establish the new covenant.
‘By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.’ By the will of God in preparing Christ as a sacrifice we are sanctified and perfected WHEN we repent and choose not to sin anymore (10:10-14; cp. 1Thess. 4:3-7; 2Thess. 2:13). Christ did not die so that we can stay in sin and just apologize when the need arises. He came to set us free so that we do not have to live in sin – that means not to sin anymore (Rom. 6:1-23; 1Jn. 1:24). We might from time to time still have negative thoughts and feelings and bad attitudes (2Cor. 10:3-6), but we need to get into the right standing (forgiven) as soon as possible so that we will not be cut off from His grace (Heb. 10:26). Read Mark 7:21-23; Romans 1:28-32; 1Corinthians 6:9-11; Galatians 5:19-21; Ephesians 4:17-31; 5:3-7, 11-12, 18 and Colossians 3:5-10 for examples of sins that condemns man’s soul.
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