Christs Blood Cleanses the Conscience

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Christs Blood Cleanses the Conscience

• Hebrews 911-14
• Sunday June 8, 2008

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The tri-unity of man Body, Soul, Spirit
Flesh Bones Blood
Body
Intellect Emotions Will
Spirit
Soul(personality)
Conscience Communion Intuition
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Man as designed by God
Body
Godwho isSpirit
Soul
Intellect Emotion Will
Jn.424
Spirit Rules
Soul under the spirit
The Body communicates Spiritual truth to the world
World
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Conscience

• Dictionary Moral sense of right and
  wrong That which naturally governs our lives
  (Rom.215) The sense of guilt before God
• Related to English conscientious (obedient to
  ones conscience) and conscious (aware of
  ones conscience)
• Human conscience is fallible and not always
  right it can be defiled (Tit.115), weak (1
  Cor.87-12), seared (1 Tim.42), and evil
  (Heb.1022)
• What about a guilty conscience? (1 Sam.245)
• Conscience directed by Gods Spirit is good (Acts
  231 1 Tim.15, 19), blameless (Acts 2416), and
  clear (1 Tim.39 2 Tim.13)

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The Governors Pardon

• The situation I am a death row inmate rightly
  convicted of a crime deserving of the death
  penalty.
• The governor pardons me
• I am released from prison
• I am given a new set of clothes to meet the
  governor
• My clothes are kept in repair for access to him
• My clothes are routinely cleaned for access to
  him

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The Old Testament

• The situation I am on death row rightly
  convicted of my rebellion (sin) against God
• The Passover (Pardon in Egypt Heb.13 Ex.12)
• The Red Sea (Deliverance from Egypt - Ex.14)
• The Covenant Sacrifice (Access to God Heb.912,
  19 Ex.24)
• The Day of Atonement (Defects repaired
  Heb.913a Lev.16)
• The Red Heifer (Defilements cleansed Heb.913b
  Num.19)
• The problem 4 5 only dealt with the outward
  flesh and not the inner conscience (Heb.913c)

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The New Testament

• The situation The believers position before God
• Pardon Justified (God puts away my sins -
  Rom.324)
• Freed Delivered (Identified with Christ -
  Rom.64-11)
• Clothed Sanctified (No condemnation
  Rom.81,2)
• Clothing repaired (our sin) Confession and
  Intercession We confess our sin and are
  forgiven and cleansed (1 Jn.19) Jesus our
  Advocate represents us before God (1 Jn.21) The
  Holy Spirit intercedes on our behalf (Rom.826)
• Clothing cleaned (from the daily defilement of
  sin) The washing by the water of the word
  (Eph.526 Heb.1022)
• The result Christs blood cleanses our inner
  conscience.

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The Better Way

• how much more
• Better High Priest Perfect and eternal
  (Heb.911a)
• Better Good The good things to come
  (Heb.911b Eph.1)
• Better Access The very presence of God
  (Heb.911c, 12c 82)
• Better Sacrifice His own blood (Heb.912b, 14a
  22 1012)
• Better Efficacy Once for all eternal and for
  all who believe (Heb.912c 727 926,28 102,
  10 Rom.610 1Pet.318)
• Better Result Eternal redemption (Heb.912d)
• Better Cleansing Inner cleansing of our
  conscience
• Not by the old (Heb.913d, 99 102)
• But by the blood applied (Heb.914)

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Application