What The Blood Cannot Wash Away
– Part 1
Things That Cannot Be Forgiven
Hebrews 9:22
Pastor Craig Ledbetter
Bible Baptist Church, Ballincollig, Cork, Ireland
DATE: 28 Sept, 1997
AM
PLACE: BBC Blarney
DATE: 20 Oct, 2002
PM
PLACE: BBC Blarney
DATE: 20 Mar, 2016 PM
PLACE: BBC Ballincollig
I.
Introduction (Heb 9:22)
A.
The blood of Jesus Christ
is the most powerful cleansing
agent in the universe - completely washes sins away, and makes us
white as snow!
B.
It is the blood, shed
specifically on the cross that remits (erases, removes) sins from our
record, and brings forgiveness from God
1.
From the time of the
Garden of Eden, blood has had to be shed to keep people from dying under
the wrath of God
2.
Worship required the
payment of sin debts first before worship was accepted – so people had
to bring lambs, and lots of them!
3.
Jesus was the final Lamb
of God, that could take away the sins of the whole world
C.
But, as you see tonight,
the blood just cannot cleanse some things - hear me out - let’s see what
they are, and learn why they can’t be
erased!
II.
Background - What the Blood of Jesus Christ DOES Wash Away (Isa 1:18)
A.
Your
Record - all your past sins, present, and future sins too (1 John
1:7; Rom 5:9; Rom 8:1)! All your sins were FUTURE when Jesus died on the
cross!
B.
Your Resentment (Eph 2:12,13) – the division between you and God.
Replaced with JOY.
C.
Your
Regrets - your conscience (Heb 9:13,14; 10:19). NO CHRISTIAN SHOULD
HAVE REGRETS! Remorse is a different matter, but it must pass!
D.
Your
Reason (motive) for sinning
(Rom 6:11-18) - you no longer have
to sin – the power of sin has been unplugged in your life, once you have
trusted Christ! You have to start believing that!
E.
And the most wonderful
things about the blood is that it is active (1John 1:7)
III.
Message - What
The Blood Cannot Wash Away – Part 1 Hebrews
9:22)
A.
Sins That Aren’t There (Heb 10:17) - The Ghosts
of Sins Past
1.
Sins that are Forgiven
Already
(Heb 10:10-18) - settle your salvation today! Quit trying to confess
sins that you surrendered to Christ long ago!
a.
There are two reasons why
people have problems with sins in their lives:
1)
They never got forgiven -
maybe you only did a religious act (prayed, sweated, worried), but did
not have a broken heart, full of repentance, and trust in the Saviour to
save - to pay-off all your sins by His grace!
2)
You have been deceived
into thinking you can never really be totally forgiven by the blood of
Christ! Let me tell you, when you come to Christ, and repent of your
sinfulness, and cling only to Him, no matter WHAT you may feel, no
matter WHAT you may do in life - if you repented, and trusted Christ,
then they were ALL forgiven (past, present and future)!
b.
So, Instead of living in
Limbo, either
get saved, or get busy!
Quit worrying about all your past sins! All of them was the reason for
Christ
2.
False Guilt
(Mt 15:1,2,11,20)
a.
Religious guilt, based on
religious traditions, superstitions
1)
Not washing hands before
eating, is not sin - disgusting, but not sin
2)
Walking under a ladder is
not sin - stupid maybe, but not sin
3)
Not praying through all
your beads - skipping a few decalogues on the rosary – now they want to
add a bunch more things to repeat over and over!
b.
Abusive Guilt
1)
Many a child has had false
guilt for problems in their home
a)
Like when parents have
fights, or even divorce
b)
The blood can not wash
those away because there is nothing to wash away!
c)
The parents need to repent
and do right
2)
Many a child has been
abused, and then blamed as doing wrong, when it was the abuser! The
priests, and the paedophiles!
3)
So many children have been
emotionally beaten, and always think of themselves as BAD because they
never pleased their daddy, or their mother’s expectations – there is no
need for forgiveness there – just Jesus to heal the crushed soul! |