Perfected For All Time | Good Friday Service | Pastor Daniel Batarseh

Thank God for his inexpressible gift.

Tonight, I want to draw your attention to one of the most

profound declarations. And promises regarding the death

of the Lord, Jesus Christ. And if properly understood, if

truly believed on, it has the power to exterminate every and

any hindrance in the believing heart.

From experiencing all that God has to offer concerning the

Blessed Fellowship that Jesus Christ has purchased for us.

Yes, this one statement that I'm going to quote to you that can

be shared in one. Breath has such immeasurable

force a force that explosively exalts, the person of Jesus

Christ silences, every lie and fear regarding your standing

before. God And motivates the believer

to live a holy Life all at the same time.

How is it that one single verse can unleash such blessings?

What is it that these 16 words that the Holy Spirit has

recorded for us in our own language?

What is it about? Those words that can provide

such power Hebrews 10:14. For by a single offering. he has

Hebrews 10:14

perfected for all time those who are being sanctified For by a

single offering, he has perfected for all time.

Those who are being Sanctified allow me this evening to present

you at least two glorious thoughts from this one, single

statement. And the first thought that I

want to bring to your mind and hopefully will reach your heart.

Is the sufficiency of Christ's sacrifice.

For by a single offering this offering is not referring to the

thousands upon thousands of sacrifices of beasts that were

performed by the hands of a pointed priest.

During the Covenant that God is established with the nation of

Israel. Know this author who is

obviously a scholar in the law in the Hebrew scriptures.

He is speaking about a unique kind of sacrifice.

He is speaking here about something that is inaugurated a

New Covenant. A covenant that you and I are

remembering today. I hope that every person in here

is enjoying today and even beyond that, perhaps someone

will enter into today. When you look at this sacrifice,

this author is speaking about something that the great

prophets have foretold the Jeremiah's, the ezekiel's and

many others have pointed to this one offering.

And although, this offering is speaking about a physical

sacrifice. The world has never known an act

of worship concerning the object of this sacrifice.

The best of bulls and goats have been slain and they have been

placed on many altars and sadly, the blood of men and even

children have been shed by misguided and deceived

worshippers of false gods. But this single offering that we

are speaking of tonight deals with a sinless, man.

Not that a son of Adam has been able to attain and maintain

internal and external moral perfection.

No, that is not the case at all because this man that we are

speaking of who was sinless, was, in fact, God, incarnate,

God, who became man, God, who took on flesh and this God who

became, Man, became an offering. He became a sacrifice.

How can it be? How can it be that God would

become Men One? How can it be that God would

become men with the intent of dying and to Die For What?

And to shed his blood, for what? Well, this is precisely what we

are going to look at. Can I give you the simple answer

tonight? The simple answer to that grand

question and series of questions connected to it?

Is this because the justice of God required it and there was

only one person who can satisfy it.

Let me prove that to you and the very same chapter that I quoted

that glorious statement from we are told in Hebrews 10 and verse

5 consequently when Christ came into the world, he said Look,

what Jesus said when Christ came into the world, he said

sacrifices and offerings, you have not desired.

But a body. Have you prepared for me and

burnt offerings and sin offerings?

You have taken no pleasure. The Holy Spirit.

Informs us that Jesus quoted a psalm.

And he used these words in direct communication with the

father. Oh, I pray that your heart would

be open and hungry to understand what this reveals.

God has indeed decreed and commanded to a nation to uphold

an honor specific and elaborate rules concerning sacrifices.

Animal, sacrifices blood sacrifices grain, offerings

different sorts. But based on what Jesus is

saying here is that such Acts were never God's ultimate will

or conclusive plan in dealing with the fall of humanity.

God has always had in mind. God is always from eternity,

past had a more complete and a more effective execution against

sin and death and it is found in one thing.

The Blessed body of the son of God The second person of the

Triune godhead becoming a man, this is what God always had in

mind and everything that he instituted before that was just

pointing to this. And they also testified of their

inadequacy to actually satisfy this whole sin issue that you

and I are very familiar with, in our own lives and are seeing

destroy our world, even our own Nation day by day.

God, desired a specific body. And that body would come from

his son who lived with him, coexisted and has all the same.

God like attributes, but would one day enter into our world

because God has prepared a body for him to take on and we can be

satisfied with that alone. If God desired and he willed

that, then we can just praise God for it.

But oh, he has given us glimpses of wisdom into why?

That is the case. Why a body, why become man, why

Escape glory and enter into a world that would hate him and

despised him and reject them. Why?

One of my favorite titles concerning the person of Jesus

Christ is not a very familiar one, but it is packed with

implication packed with power packed, with Glory.

The last Adam, First Corinthians 15:45, Jesus is referred to, by

1 Corinthians 15:45

Paul as the last Adam, what does Jesus have in common with Adam?

Why give him such an identity. Why would the Holy Spirit?

Bring us to that place of meditating on the aspect of

Jesus, that is connected with our first parent.

And the only thing that you can say about the strongest

characteristic that these two shared Adam, and Jesus Christ,

is this that they both operated as Representatives here on Earth

for Humanity. Adam being created.

First was appointed by God to be the federal head of mankind.

This is a system that God has created and what that

essentially means is that, in great measure, what Adam has

done would have effect on those, who would come from Adam, who

would descend from him. And because, Adam, as the

representative mankind before God did not represent us.

Well, we now share in the consequences of his failure.

And because of that, we have been borned and we have been

birthed into a sin nature inclined to rebel.

And disobey the same God that he turned his back on in the

garden. That is why we all have that

disposition. That is why we have we have that

sense of being drawn towards that which God tells us not to

do. It's because we are born.

We are wired this way due to Adam.

And if you want to know more about that just read Romans

Romans 5 · chapter mention

chapter 5, Paul explains that in great detail.

How by one man, many have been made transgressors And so we

look at this and we think to ourselves.

Okay well I understand that about Adam but what does that

have to do with Jesus Christ while in honoring his own system

and god-honoring the very thing that he's established from the

beginning. He institute's a plan a plan

that he is, of course, always known a plan in creating a new

line of people. A new breed, a new family.

And in this family, what would happen was a door, would be open

for people to escape the line of Adam, which is a line Preparing

People for condemnation. And to now be connected to a new

family that carries Redemptive qualities and Promises.

And as amazing as that news is such a thing will require

something very important, very crucial impossible without may I

add and that is a new federal head.

That is a new representation for mankind.

And what Paul does and what many of the authors do in the New

Testament, with the prophets promise and pointed to is that

Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Is that man, he is that man who

came into this world with a much bigger project in mind than what

even some Believers fail to understand.

He came to now be the firstborn among many brothers.

He came Now to create a way out and for us to come into a new

place, a new nature, a new standing before the same.

Holy God. The same.

Holy God, that was sinned against him.

The garden. Can now be satisfied through

this one person. Jesus Christ.

What does that mean practically? What does it mean for Christ to

enter in as the last Adam Well means many things.

Let me say this one important thing in the same way that we

all inherited the effects that we all now are experiencing the

consequences of atoms failure at the tree of the knowledge of

good and evil evil. Now who comes on the scene, a

new representation, a new mediator, Who doesn't fail like

Adam did but who triumphs at another tree?

Not the tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil know, the tree

that was on the hill called Golgotha.

The tree that you and I sang about just a few moments ago

that tree on Calvary. Everything started at a tree,

the fall began at a tree and everything turned around at

another Tree by another Federal head. in other words because

Jesus Christ took on a body that was prepared and appointed by

the father The same way that we have to experience what Adam did

in his body. Now we can enjoy what Jesus did

in his body and what happened to his body.

For those who are in Christ, there's a transfer that occurs.

An amazing transfer. This is what happens that

through the currency of faith. Through belief through humbling

yourself and realizing that you do need to be saved.

There is this exchange that takes place?

And in that exchange Adams headship is canceled and Christ

Perfection is imputed unto you instead.

What happens is now in that exchange, as Christ represents

us. We now give him our sin.

And then he who knew no sin became sin, so that in him, we

might become the righteousness of God.

That's the gospel. That's the centrality of what we

believe. This is the significance of

Jesus taking on a body. It wasn't a random stunt, it was

required in order for God to be consistent with his own system,

his own Justice And that is a fascinating thought, God,

becoming a man but be careful. Be careful that in being so

overwhelmed. By that amazing Act of humility

that you dismiss. The reality of the Divinity of

Christ, when Christ became a man, he did not dismiss.

His divine nature know. His divine nature was equally

required as he stepped in as the last Adam.

And why is that? Because no mere man can even

come close to performing the Perfection that Jesus performed.

No mere man can obey God and fulfill the greatest commandment

to love him with all of your heart, with all of your mind,

with all of your strength with all of your soul.

I want you to think about that for a moment, Jesus.

Obeyed that commandment perfectly with every waking

moment, he obeyed that commandment.

And no mere man. No mere man can even fathom what

it means to Bear the sin of the world.

Every failure, every error, every perversion every internal

crime external violation from the beginning Until the End

Christ took upon his shoulders and because of that he was able

to drink all of the wrath of God for yesterday today and

tomorrow. No mere man can do that.

So, the nature of God not just in his Humanity to be the last

Adam, but also remaining as God is the perfect is the perfect

combination. That would satisfy exactly what

we all need. And that is why.

When people ask this question, how can a man who is crucified

for about a few hours apparently satisfy?

What is demanded? Of all of us and that is eternal

punishment for our sin. How does that correlate?

How does the math work? And if you think that, that man

was just a good man, A man who seemed to be, maybe a little bit

better than others than you might have a valid objection.

But if that man is the sinless Spotless.

Eternal. Without blemish without error,

without wrong. Then you have a different story

altogether. Then you can understand how it

is that such a man could be on the cross for a few hours to

satisfy the wrath of God forever and ever.

You understand, right? The identity of Christ helps us

understand the very first statement of that verse that I

quoted to you earlier for by a single offering who Jesus is

makes this offering single and all satisfying.

It's not just merely the act of dying.

Its who died? It's who died?

And there is no more need because of who died for repeated

incarnations. There is now no more need for

repeated bloodshed. Because of who Jesus Christ is

what he has done is enough. One time for all time.

And that is why he is the last Adam.

We don't have to wait for another.

We don't have to wait another representative to enter into our

world to clean up this mess. He put a period mark.

Through his Redemptive work, it's over.

And while other religions are waiting for their own Messiah,

we here today, realize he has already come We're not looking

forward to Redemption though. We are waiting for our

Redemption to be complete. It is finished.

For by a single offering. What a thousand bulls and goats

and birds as mountainous as those offerings, may have been,

what one man did? Overshadowed at all.

What one man did. Put everything into the back

burner and now takes all the glory and all the honor and all

the praise. Can I tell you something in a

very confused age, where people are trying to figure out

identity, whether that is the color of your skin and what that

means for you and society. And now with the people who are

being confused about what their orientation is and whether they

are biologically, this or biologically, that allow me to

It could very simple because God's word makes it very clear.

There are only two categories of people in this world only to not

white or black not rich, or poor Not educated, or uneducated not

confused or straight. You're either in Adam.

Or you're in Christ, that's it. Think whatever you want to

think. Go ahead, establish your own

subjective, understanding of the world, but may I suggest

something take a peek at our world first before you give in

to that. And realize that this word has

always been the word of God. It will always be the word of

God when I'm gone and Pastor Daniel is gone and every other

church is gone, this war will be established forever. and this

word declares my friend, our dear visitors, those who are

members of this very local church, you are, either in Adam

Or you are in Christ. Who is your representative?

Who is your federal head? Who is that represents you

before? God Oh, that's a statement that

can end this whole meeting cannot but that's not the end of

the verse for by a single offering.

He has perfected for all time those who are being Sanctified.

The first part of that statement tells us about the sufficiency

of Jesus sacrifice, but the second part of that statement,

informs us about the security of the believing saint.

For by a single offering. Here's the consequence.

He has perfected for all time. Those who are being sanctified.

Notice because of that offering there is a certain group of

people who have now been qualified to be in the presence

of God forever. There are now a people who

positionally speaking had had their record of debt vanquished

and were made. Absolutely, and totally perfect

in the site. Of a Thrice.

Holy God. This is exactly what the

statement is saying and most of us understand that most of us in

here here to remember that and to worship God for that.

But I believe in the bottom of my heart that those who even

confess that truth, many of them have trouble, believing it with

absolute certainty with absolute certainty.

You might be wondering, why is that the case for one main

reason? Because they examine their own

lives, and they realize that their own attitudes and many of

their actions fail to reflect that.

That perfect standing that they've been assured of in this

one verse and many other verses. I hope that if you're a

Christian in this place, you can recall the first few steps of

being born again that you can remember the sensation of having

fellowship with God, when you realize that he has forgiven you

and that he extends grace to you.

I hope believer that you can recall the aroma of assurance.

When you first were exposed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and

your faith connected with that truth, I hope you have a

testimony and you realize the lightness and you realize the

freedom and you realize the enjoyment of Walking with God

not in heaven now because of what happened on the cross.

But you know what? I found to be true as an

observation that even people who once rejoiced in that experience

and that reality overtime, tend not to know it as much as they

should. Or at least they distance

themselves from that truth, that should produce a way of life

that should produce a tangible Joy.

And I think there are a couple of reasons why I think one of

those reasons is that once the excitement and the thrill of the

Gospel being believed on settles down though, it should never

totally be removed as we walk in this journey.

And we realize that it's not just about this height enjoy.

But now there's war and there is a spiritual battle and you're

dealing with the flesh. Some people are robbed of that

Assurance because Satan never fails to remind them of his sin

before they came to Christ. East or season of transgression

before they came to Christ. They are haunted by a perversion

that they have committed or serious error.

That that seems to be absolutely unforgivable humanly speaking.

And for others, it's not necessarily what they did before

Christ that keeps surfacing in their minds eye.

No no no it's not that. It's their failures.

After they came to know Christ. It's their shortcomings that

trouble them after they confess after they'd gone to the baptism

Booth after that they have shared after that, they have

come to be part of a certain Ministry.

And at some point maybe even for a season.

Have not been as faithful as they once professed to be.

That is who I want to speak to tonight, as we are about to

close in a moment. This is who I want to address.

The one who is absolutely drained by doubt.

The one who cannot find the strength to sing at least with a

melody in your heart. The one who lives in fear at the

thought of the return of Christ, instead of the anticipation that

a bride would have concerning her wedding day.

I want to address this truth to you and this is what I want to

address to you for by a single offering.

He has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified

Consider that. Consider that promise is being

told to Christians who have not arrived at complete.

Christlikeness, but who are on their way there.

Who have not achieved sinless perfectionism.

But who are being made holy day by day even though they may not

perceive the progress day by day.

The whole point here of what the author of Hebrews is saying is

that you have been perfected, not those who are perfect but

those who are being sanctified those who are submitting to God

and allowing him to Chisel them and warn them and chastise them.

And that Perfection is not based on your sanctification.

How holy you are, how consecrated are how good you did

in 2023 so far? It's by that single offering.

It's the single offering that makes you perfect not how often

you are growing in your sanctification.

So that is a great Mark that you have been saved.

And I think about that truth and I realized, okay, this is the

only question I have to ask this is the thing that hopefully will

crush the doubts in my heart that will give me the ability to

sing with Outburst of joy and that will that will truly

generate and motivate absolute consecration to the Lord at

least as a desire. Here's the question that I asked

and this is a question that I believe you need to ask.

All you have to do is answer this.

Was his sacrifice sufficient? Yeah.

But but no but you don't know but you do understand what it

was. No I'm not no no answer this

question for me was his sacrifice sufficient?

And if you can be honest, enough based on what you see in this

word to say, yes. Then why are you afraid?

And why do you doubt? And why do you concern yourself

in night? Wondering, if your name is, in

fact written in the Lamb's Book of Life?

It's not about your performance. It's about his It's not about

what you can do, it's what he's already done.

It's not what lengths you go to or how long you pray or how much

scripture you memorize know it's by a single offering.

It's not by the blood that you can shed.

It's not about the bruises that you have on your knees.

It's not about the lashes on your back.

It's not about how hungry you can make yourself.

As you fast, it's not about how much you distance yourself from

people because you don't want to be contaminated by worldliness

per se. It's about that single offering.

Was it sufficient? Did it complete, what it needed

to complete that? It satisfy?

Who it needed to satisfy? and if you can say, yes, Then I

can say, behold your strength. And I can say, behold your

security, then I can say, behold your song. then I can say,

behold your joy and your reason and motivation to be holy To be

set apart. To be sanctified.

You know, there's a lot of debate about the Sabbath.

Do we keep it is a relevant. Is that applying the New

Covenant? Okay.

If it is what day of the week, do we do it?

Friday, Sundown to sundown to Saturday Sundown, Sunday

morning, all these different things.

And I don't want to undermine the importance of that kind of a

conversation. But people who get caught up in

that debate can miss the point. Just like the sacrifices were a

shadow pointing to something that ultimately found its

substance substance. In Jesus Christ.

It is no different with the Sabbath.

See the Sabbath? Yes.

Was a actual command that people needed to keep but the Sabbath

was a prophetic statement as well.

One that would point to a future rest.

A rest that would not be known once a week but arrest that

would be known perpetually day by day.

And not from work from your 925 per se.

Not from your personal projects which you had to put on pause as

you honor the Sabbath. No.

But by different kind of work. I work that you and I are

tempted to do more than to work an extra shift on a day in which

you should consecrate it to worship God, more than that.

Let me prove that to you in a final text in Hebrews and

Hebrews 4 verse 9. So then and Hebrews 49.

Hebrews 4:9

So then there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God. for

whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works

as God did from his Hebrews 4. Is teaching with the Sabbath

really is all about and yes, Paul gives Specific Instructions

about how some consider one day holding others, don't and not to

judge each other based on that conviction.

But here we see the Hebrews who something.

So masterful, so beautiful, so awesome.

The Sabbath speaks of God's rest and there is a rest that is

available for the people of God today.

And that rest is greater than physical.

Repose greater than giving the land.

Rake know. It is a spiritual rest is an

internal solemn piece. In that rest here, speaks of

Jesus. And here's what Hebrews is

saying in the same way that God exemplified what rest looks like

by working, six days and seven on the 7th Day.

Stepping back to enjoy and to rejoice in his work, you and I

are called You and I are called not based on what you have done,

but what I'm Christ has done to step back.

Rest and to rejoice and what he has done.

And you don't do that once a week.

This rest. Touches every moment of your

life. You walk in that rest, you sleep

in that rest you travel in that rest you minister in that rest.

Somebody ancient said it better than I would.

Then the same way God. Rested from his work in

creation. And in the same way Jesus

entered into glory and sat at the right hand of God,

physically demonstrating his rest from his Redemptive work.

You and I are called to rest from The Works of the law to

attain righteousness. Because we have now believed on

the works that have completed it for us.

That's what it means to know. True Sabbath rest.

And when you and I are about to come to this, holy table.

What you are about to do, if you are a born again, Christian in

this place who could say in your heart, and this past 30 minutes,

amen, amen, amen, amen. You are coming to this table and

what you are also saying in your heart, is his sacrifice was

sufficient, his sacrifice was sufficient, his sacrifice was

sufficient. Nothing in my hands.

I bring simply to the cross. I cling, that is what you are

saying here. You're coming to the symbols of

Jesus, but body and his blood. And you were saying this was

sufficient, what he did 2000 years ago has made me?

Perfect. For all time, though.

I am still being sanctified. Do I have not yet arrived?

And though sometimes it is a very very turbulent Journey.

He has perfected me, he has made me whole, my record of sin is

gone for by single sacrifice. There is a rest of a label for

the people of God today. Do you have rest?

Are you Restless? Do you have the assurance?

That when you do meet God and you will meet God.

You will meet him. Are you sure that you will be

met with a smile? Or at the awful announcement.

Depart from me. I never knew you.

I want to tell you today that on this Good Friday, this God that

I speak of this God in whom I bear Witness.

Extends the cup of Fellowship to you and he desires you to be

saved. He wants you to know this rest.

He wants you to know the freedom of realizing that what he is

done by single offering will make me perfect and keep me

perfect. And he will hold on, to me until

the end. This is what this is all about.

And this is why we preach, we preach.

The good news Christianity is about good news. the news is

this salvation has come Jesus has come. a way out of

condemnation, a way out of hell away, out of the power of sin

has has come And he is still the last Adam.

And the door is still open. You can enter in, and it's real,

it's real, it's really real. You can actually no freedom and

you can actually know what it's like for the burden of sin to

roll off your back. And you can know the spirit of

God will bear witness with your spirit.

As Romans 8 says that you are indeed a child of God.

But you have to repent. You have to believe.

You have to trust that what he's done is enough and you have to

declare him as Lord and Savior and you have to, yes.

Let go of your sin. Be willing to say, I turn back

from the very thing that put Christ on the cross.

For you also have to let go of your righteousness.

I will not rely on what I can do to, please God.

I will trust that what Christ has done, he's done for me,

that's the gospel that's salvation, and that's what I

extend to you, this evening. Would you be saved?

Would you be born again? What do you allow the spirit of

God to transform? You would you allow him to heal

you to restore? You?

Would you allow him to do what psychologists can't do?

What those pills? Can't do.

What that bottle? Can't do.

What your boyfriend, your girlfriend, your fiance, your

husband, your children can't do. What your job, can't do.

What the promotion can offer, would you let him do it?

To fulfill you in to satisfy you, would you let him do it?

Oh, don't Suarez hand away today.

Time is short, time is very short, you're even having

unbelievers, say it's, we're near the end, you have you have

more unbelievers who believe in the last days than believers who

believe in the last days, it's unbelievable to me.

You talk to Believers. I think we're living in the last

days. I don't know about that.

Talk to unbelievers. Like yeah, I've never seen

anything like this. It looks really bad.

Maybe you thought that too? If you want to stay for another

hour, I can tell you how it all points back to the Bible.

We're about to break bread. And as much as Isaac's, I've

extended that call to Salvation, I cannot extend the invitation

for you to participate at this table unless you are born again.

Jesus is the lord of the church. He's the master of this local

church and he has instructed us to reserve this ordinance for

those who are his children and we become children by faith in

him and so we kindly ask not that.

It affects us necessarily but because he is Holy and he does.

He does see what happens here for your sake.

Would you reserve yourself from participating?

You have every right to observe and what you are, observing is

exactly what I alluded to people coming forward to say what he

has done is enough. And we eat these elements to

even engage our senses regarding that spiritual truth, and it

tastes good to us to symbol symbolize.

The goodness that we taste in our own Souls regarding our

Salvation. Oh, what a Salvation.

Oh, what is salvation? Oh, what a name?

There is something about that name.

Would you agree? Believer.

There's something about that name.

And so what's about to happen now is that the team is going to

come and they're going to sing over us.

And you are welcome to sing as you come to the table.

And as you return to your seat, we're going to sing about what

this is all about and that you would reflect on that and that

you would prepare your heart to do this in a solemn.

Holy way as an act of worship to him who died for you believer.

You're free. You're saved, you have been

perfected for all time by single offering.

Let's pray. Father, help us realize.

The awesome significance. Of that single offering.

So precious. So wonderful.

So sufficient. That you take into account what

took place then in your willing to apply it to this sinner

today. We thank you that we don't have

to come today. like on the day of atonement and bring another

goat, Thank you, Lord, that we can come today with faith in our

hearts to believe that what happened already is what you

require. And is the only thing that will

please you. Were overwhelmed by the love of

your son. Were overwhelmed by the love

that you show us, father. We're even overwhelmed in this

place as the spirit has helped exalt Christ.

What is we come to this table? Help us.

Help us think deeply about the gospel.

Help us think deeply about how this applies to us.

And Lord, May the person who doesn't know you today, may they

sense a holy jealousy to be part of this family, who has a

faithful mediator. A faithful Federal head who will

bring us home, who will bring us into?

Glory to enjoy the presence of the father.

Forever and ever in Jesus name we pray.

Amen.