July 16, 2006
PERFECTED FOR EVER
Hebrews 10:1-18

   We have seen that "the law made nothing perfect" (Heb. 7:19). Neither was perfection "by the Levitical priesthood," for it gave way to another (7:11). The Old Covenant must yield to the more excellent ministry of "a better covenant" (8:6). The Tabernacle and its services paled before a "greater and more perfect tabernacle" (9:11). And now even the "sacrifices of the law" did not "make the comers thereunto perfect" (10:1).

A   10:1-4  a  The offerings year by year
           b  Not able to perfect for ever
              c  Those that draw nigh
                d  Argument from cessation of offering
                   e  Argument from remembrance of sins

   B  10:5-10 f  The prepared body
                g  No pleasure in sacrifices
                   h  I come to do Thy will
                     i  The first taken away
                     i  The second established
                   h  By the which will
                g  Sanctified through one offering
              f  The body of Jesus Christ

   B  10:11-13  f  The priest standing
                g  The repeated sacrifice
                   h  Never take away sins
                g  Christ's one Sacrifice
                   h  For sins
              f  The Priest sat down

A  10:14-18  a  By one Offering
              b  Perfected for ever
                c  Them that are sanctified
                   d  Argument from the remembrance of sins
                     e  Argument from cessation of offerings.

Ivan L. Burgener