What If Jesus Already Took It All Away?
Discussion Questions for Hebrews 9-10:
- What does Hebrews mean when it says Jesus offered a “better sacrifice”? Better than what, and why does that matter?
- Why is it important that Jesus did not offer Himself repeatedly, but “once for all”?
- What is the difference between sin being temporarily covered and sin being completely taken away? How does this change the way we relate to God?
- Why could the blood of bulls and goats remind people of sin but never remove sin?
- Hebrews 10:2 says OT worshipers, if “once cleansed,” would have no longer had consciousness of sins. What does this tell us about what we DO have in Christ today?
- Use Hebrews 10:2 to react to this lie: Christians are forgiven eternally but still need daily cleansing.
- What does it mean that Jesus “takes away the first in order to establish the second”? Why couldn’t the old covenant remain alongside the new?
- Hebrews 10:10 says, “we have been sanctified…once for all.” How does this contradict a lot of teaching on “progressive sanctification” today?
- React to this statement: Jesus will return without reference to our sins and we can eagerly await Him!
