JESUS THE MEDIATOR

Sunday Morning: June 30, 2002

Text:  Hebrews 12: 24  "And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel."

BETTER COVENANT

Hebrews 8:6-7  "But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better (preferred) covenant, which was established upon better (preferred) promises. 7. For if that first covenant (Old Testament) had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.

ANOTHER COVENANT

Hebrews 8:8-12  "For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: 9. Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. 10. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: 11. And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every 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 will I remember no more."

COVENANT WITH ISRAEL AND JACOB

Romans 11:25-27  "For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. 26. And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: 27. For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins."

CHRIST IS OUR MEDIATOR

Hebrews 9:11-15  "But Christ being come an 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. Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. 13. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: 14. How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal [agelasting] Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? 15. And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions (transgressors) that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal [agelasting] inheritance."

BLOOD OF SPRINKLING

Hebrews 12:24  "And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel."

ABEL'S SACRIFICE

Genesis 4:4  "And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:"

ABEL WAS JUST

Hebrews 11:4  "By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous [just], God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh."

SPRINKLING OF THE BLOOD

1 Peter 1:1-2  "Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the [elect] strangers scattered [sown] throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2. Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit (the spirit of sonship), unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood (for service with a clear conscience) of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied."

BLOOD OF THE NEW TESTAMENT

Matthew 26:27-28  "And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; 28. For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission [deliverance] of [from] sins."

REMISSION

Luke 4:18  "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,"

REDEMPTION AND REMISSION

Ephesians 1:7  "In whom we have redemption (deliverance and liberty) through his blood, the forgiveness [remission] of sins, according to the riches of his grace;"

DELIVERED FROM DARKNESS

Colossians 1:12-14  "Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: 13. Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: 14. In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:"

 

 

BOLDNESS BY THE BLOOD

Hebrews 10:19  "Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,"

PASSOVER AND BLOOD

Hebrews 11:28  "Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them."

ALREADY DEAD, THEN BLOOD

John 19:33-34  "But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: 34. But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water."

THROUGH THE BLOOD

Hebrews 13:20-21  "Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 21. Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen."

THE BLOOD CLEANS

1 John 1:7-9  "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 8. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."