Hebrews 10:15-18

Finality of Christ's sacrifice confirmed by prophecy. Hebrews 10:15-18.

Text

Hebrews 10:15-18

Hebrews 10:15 And the Holy Spirit also beareth witness to us; for after He hath said.

Hebrews 10:16 This is the covenant that I will make with them

After those days, saith the Lord:
I will put My laws on their heart,
And upon their mind also will I write them;

then saith He,

Hebrews 10:17 And their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

Hebrews 10:18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.

Paraphrase

Hebrews 10:15 And even the Holy Ghost testifieth this to us, according indeed to what was before cited, chap. Hebrews 8:10; Hebrews 8:12; namely.

Hebrews 10:16 This is the covenant which I will make with My people the spiritual Israel of all nations, in the latter days, saith the Lord; I will give them a strong love to My laws, and a clear knowledge of them; (see Hebrews 8:10-12 notes.)

Hebrews 10:17 And their sins and their iniquities I will nevermore call to remembrance, as I did under My former covenant, by the repetition of the annual expiation.

Hebrews 10:18 Now, where God forgives iniquities, so as never to remember them more, no further atonement is needed; Thus hath the Holy Ghost testified, that, by one offering, Jesus has perfected forever the sanctified, Hebrews 10:14.

Comment

And the Holy Spirit also beareth witness to us; for after He hath said

Paul calls attention to Jeremiah 31:33-34. This is given to show that God planned that through one offering, the obedient may have absolute forgiveness.

This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord: and I will put My laws on their heart and upon their mind also will I write them

These words are quoted from Jeremiah and are found in Hebrews, Chapter s 8, 10, 12 as directed inspiration of the Holy Spirit to Hebrew believers. How wonderful that God's laws may be found within the heart of man !

and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more

Remember no more is a contrast to remembrance year by year. Man remembers, but God forgets when He forgives.

now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin

We need no other offering. John 14:6; Acts 4:12; In none other is there salvation.

When sin is forgiven under the new covenant, there just isn-'t any other sacrifice necessary.

Study Questions

1818.

Beginning with Hebrews 10:15 and ending with Hebrews 10:18, what evidence does he use to establish and confirm the finality of God's sacrifice?

1819.

What prophet confirms it?

1820.

What writing material is contrasted here?

1821.

Does it imply that the new covenant would not be written except in the heart and mind?

1822.

In what other Chapter s does he quote from Jeremiah?

1823.

What is the difference between sin and iniquities?

1824.

Can sin be defined as breaking divine will?

1825.

Is iniquity that which lacks justice, hence is unrighteous, etc.?

1826.

How thorough is God's ability to forget?

1827.

Is no more a contrast to anything inferior in the old?

1828.

Why do we not need sacrifices according to this verse?

1829.

Define remission.

1830.

How does Acts 4:12 apply here?