LETTING GOD GET ON WITH HIS ORIGINAL PLAN

MF Blume
October 9, 2011


Last week we discussed dividing soul from spirit by the WORD.


Preached word explains things that salvation accomplished so well that it eradicates unbelief from us.

Leviticus 1:6-9 MKJV  And he shall skin the burnt offering and cut it into its pieces.  (7)  And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and lay the wood in order on the fire.  (8)  And the priests, Aaron's sons, shall arrange the parts with the head and the fat on the wood that is on the fire on the altar.  (9)  But its inward parts (HEART) and its legs (OUR WALK) he shall wash in water. And the priest shall burn all on the altar, a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Jehovah.

Does everyone follow this thought that the SOUL is where our emotions are located, and people’s emotions can affect them so strongly that their spiritual aspect is affected?

God wants to cut away all unbelief from our hearts.
ANY GRAIN OF THOUGHT that says we have to do certain good deeds in this world to be GOOD ENOUGH FOR GOD is enough to KEEP US OUT.

Now, Romans 6:3 says this is only true for as many of us who have been baptized into Jesus.

Romans 6:3 MKJV  Do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into His death?

DEATH FREES YOU FROM SIN.

Romans 6:6-7 MKJV  knowing this, that our old man is crucified with Him in order that the body of sin might be destroyed, that from now on we should not serve sin.  (7)  For he who died has been justified from sin.

When our consciences are marred and evil, we think we have not walked enough old ladies across the street for us to be holy enough to see God.

Here are the scriptures that teach this:

Romans 3:20 MKJV  because by the works of the Law none of all flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law is the knowledge of sin. (THAT IS ONE OF THE GREAT PURPOSES OF LAW)

Galatians 2:16 MKJV  knowing that a man is not justified by works of the Law, but through faith in Jesus Christ; even we believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith in Christ, and not by works of the Law. For all flesh will not be justified by works of law.

Galatians 3:10-13 MKJV  For as many as are out of works of the Law, these are under a curse; for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the Book of the Law, to do them."  (11)  But that no one is justified by the Law in the sight of God is clear, for, "The just shall live by faith."  (12)  But the Law is not of faith; but, "The man who does these things shall live in them."  (13)  Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, being made a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone having been hanged on a tree");

Galatians 5:4 MKJV  you who are justified by Law are deprived of all effect from Christ; you fell from grace.

ONLY ONE THING WILL GIVE YOU THE CONFIDENCE THAT YOU NEED TO HOLD ONTO TO UNTIL THE END…. REVELATION OF THE CROSS’ FINISHED WORK.

If you hesitate and think you’re not good enough, tell yourself you did not yet receive a revelation of the finished work of the cross.

We have now skipped ahead to Hebrews 9.


Hebrews 8:7-9:10 MKJV  For if that first covenant had been without fault, then no place would have been sought for the second.  (8)  For finding fault with them, He said to them, "Behold, days are coming, says the Lord, and I will make an end on the house of Israel and on the house of Judah; a new covenant shall be,  (9)  not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day I took hold of their hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt," because they did not continue in My covenant, and I did not regard them, says the Lord.  (10)  "For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My Laws into their mind and write them in their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.  (11)  And they shall not each man teach his neighbor, and each man his brother, saying, Know the Lord, for all shall know Me, from the least to the greatest.  (12)  For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities I will remember no more."  (13)  In that He says, A new covenant, He has made the first one old. Now that which decays and becomes old is ready to vanish away. 

Notice he begins saying there is a fault with the OLD COVENANT.

9b… because they did not continue in My covenant, and I did not regard them, says the Lord.

Hebrews 8:9 MSG  I'll throw out the old plan I set up with their ancestors when I led them by the hand out of Egypt. They didn't keep their part of the bargain, so I looked away and let it go.

That was the problem.

Look what the new covenant has in it that the old covenant DID NOT HAVE.

Hebrews 8:10-12 MSG  This new plan I'm making with Israel isn't going to be written on paper, isn't going to be chiseled in stone; This time I'm writing out the plan in them, carving it on the lining of their hearts. I'll be their God, they'll be my people.  (11)  They won't go to school to learn about me, or buy a book called God in Five Easy Lessons. They'll all get to know me firsthand, the little and the big, the small and the great.  (12)  They'll get to know me by being kindly forgiven, with the slate of their sins forever wiped clean.

Now, if the first had FAULT so that people could not CONTINUE in it (but fail), and the second one solved it by WRITING THE LAWS IN OUR HEARTS AND NOT JUST ON STONE, then writing the laws in our hearts IS SOMEHOW GOING TO ALLOW US TO CONTINUE THIS TIME!

But notice it!

Notice this very important part.
Hebrews 9:8-14 MKJV  the Holy Spirit signifying by this that the way into the Holiest of all (SYMBOL OF THE REST) was not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle was still standing.  (9)  For it was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices that could not make him who did the service perfect as regards the conscience,  (10)  which stood only in meats and drinks, and different kinds of washings and fleshly ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.  (NEVER FORGET THIS.  SOME WILL TELL YOU TO KEEP KEEPING ORDINANCES, BUT THEY ARE FLESHLY AND THEY WERE ONLY IMPOSED UNTIL THE TIME OF REFORMATION)

This is showing us that the FIRST TABERNACLE WAS SYMBOLIC OF THE FIRST COVENANT BEFORE CHRIST CAME.

(11)  But when Christ had become a high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building  (12)  nor by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered once for all into the Holies, having obtained eternal redemption for us. 

He did something that obtained ETERNAL REDEMPTION FOR US.

(13)  For if the blood of bulls and of goats and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the unclean sanctifies to the purifying of the flesh,  (14)  how much more shall the blood of Christ (who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God) purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

Hebrews 9:8-10 MSG  This was the Holy Spirit's way of showing with a visible parable that as long as the large tent stands, people can't just walk in on God.  (9)  Under this system, the gifts and sacrifices can't really get to the heart of the matter, can't assuage the conscience of the people,  (10)  but are limited to matters of ritual and behavior. It's essentially a temporary arrangement until a complete overhaul could be made.

The truth of the blood of Jesus will knock out your ideas and concerns for good works to please God.

People’s CONSCIENCES are what SUFFERS GUILT.



Hebrews 9:22 MKJV  And almost all things are by the law purged with blood, and without shedding of blood is no remission.

ALMOST ALL… BUT NOT THE CONSCIENCE.

We are talking about ENTRANCE INTO REST.

You cannot rest if you feel guilty before God.

The confidence we need to hold firm to until the end comes when OUR CONSCIENCES ARE PURGED.

Hebrews 6:18-20 MKJV  so that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us,  (19)  which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters into that within the veil,  (20)  where the Forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

Hebrews tells us that we need to enter into the most holy presence of God.

Remember that he quoted Jer 31 in chapter 8 where we learned the old covenant had a fault, and the remedy was a new one that would put his word in our hearts?

He repeats that passage.

Hebrews 10:16-22 MKJV  "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord; I will put My Laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them,"  (17)  also He adds, "their sins and their iniquities I will remember no more."  (18)  Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.  (19)  Therefore, brothers, having boldness to enter into the Holy of Holies by the blood of Jesus,  (20)  by a new and living way which He has consecrated for us through the veil, that is to say, His flesh;  (21)  and having a High Priest over the house of God,  (22)  let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies having been washed with pure water.

When your mind hesitates, you need to tell yourself, “No, mind.  You’re wrong.  Christ remitted my sins.  He forgot them.  No more offering – nothing – is required for me to enter now.  Conscience, hear the word of the Lord!  BE BOLD NOW AND ENTER!”

It is in dealing with cutting off all the sins of our lives and REMITTING THEM.

Jeremiah 31:31-34 MKJV  Behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that I will cut a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah,  (32)  not according to the covenant that I cut with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which covenant of Mine they broke, although I was a husband to them, says Jehovah;  (33)  but this shall be the covenant that I will cut with the house of Israel: After those days, says Jehovah, I will put My Law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.  (34)  And they shall no more teach each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah; for they shall all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says Jehovah. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sins no more.

So, sins are remitted. KNOWING THAT gives us BOLDNESS.

Notice Hebrews 10:21 adds the idea that we have a high priest as another reason for us to enter boldly.

 (21)  and having a High Priest over the house of God,  (22)  let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies having been washed with pure water.

First we’re told that OUR INIQUITIES ARE REMITTED, so no further need for sacrifice is required.

Hebrews 4:12-16 MKJV  For the Word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing apart of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.  (13)  Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in His sight, but all things are naked and opened to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.  (14)  Since then we have a great High Priest who has passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.  (15)  For we do not have a high priest who cannot be touched with the feelings of our infirmities, but was in all points tempted just as we are, yet without sin.  (16)  Therefore let us come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Chapter 4 says the same thing as chapter 10.

When you are not getting the revelation of the cross, you feel inadequate, and may not even know what is your problem but you’re convinced you cannot be good enough.

If there is ANYTHING you think you need to do in order to solve the nagging problem that God is not quite pleased with you, other than the WORK OF THE CROSS that gets us into this life, THEN YOU ARE LEGALISTIC and YOUR CONSCIENCE IS DEFILED.