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John Lennon
“Love, love, love.
All you need is love.
Love is all you need.”
Calvin Harris
“I need your love I need your time,
When everything’s wrong you
make it right.
I feel so high I come alive.
I need to be free with you tonight
I need your love”
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Looking for love…
• Intimacy
• Security
Getting our bearings…
• Our longing for love is not mere survival
instinct; it is a ‘homing instinct for God’
(Prof G. Harrison)
Getting our bearings…
• Our longing for love is not mere survival
instinct; it is a ‘homing instinct for God’
(Prof G. Harrison)
• The path into that relationship has been
revealed in two phases:
Old Testament – pictures & promise
New testament – fulfilment & reality
A better sacrifice
• Intimacy – the cross brings us near to God (1-14)
A better sacrifice
• Intimacy – the cross brings us near to God (1-14)
Worship in the old way – kept away from God's presence (1-10)
© Gabriel Fink, used under a creative commons license
© Gabriel Fink, used under a creative commons license
© Gabriel Fink, used under a creative commons license
© Gabriel Fink, used under a creative commons license
© David Iliff, used under a creative commons license
A better sacrifice
• Intimacy – the cross brings us near to God (1-14)
Worship in the old way – kept away from God's presence (1-10)
Worship in the new way – invited in to God's presence (11-14)
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A better sacrifice
• Intimacy – the cross brings us near to God (1-14)
Worship in the old way – kept away from God's presence (1-10)
Worship in the new way – invited in to God's presence (11-14)
Hebs 10:19-22
Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have
confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood
of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through
the curtain, that is, his body, 21 and since we have a
great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near
to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance
that faith brings
A better sacrifice
• Intimacy – the cross brings us near to God (1-14)
Worship in the old way – kept away from God's presence (1-10)
Worship in the new way – invited in to God's presence (11-14)
High Priest’s sacrifices
• In an earthly tabernacle (11)
• Offered blood of animals (12)
• Offered year after year
• Offered sacrifices for his own sin (7)
• External cleansing (10)
Jesus’ sacrifice
• In heaven itself
• Offered his own blood
• Offered once and for all (12)
• Offered himself unblemished to God (14)
• Cleansing of our consciences (13)
A better sacrifice
• Intimacy – the cross brings us near to God (1-14)
Worship in the old way – kept away from God's presence (1-10)
Worship in the new way – invited in to God's presence (11-14)
A better sacrifice
• Intimacy – the cross brings us near to God (1-14)
Worship in the old way – kept away from God's presence (1-10)
Worship in the new way – invited in to God's presence (11-14)
• Security – the cross guarantees eternal life for us (15-28)
Tim Fargo
“Arrogance is the
camouflage of insecurity”
Dr. D.M Lloyd-Jones
“Most of the unhappiness in your life is because you
are listening to yourself instead of talking to
yourself”
A better sacrifice
• Intimacy – the cross brings us near to God (1-14)
Worship in the old way – kept away from God's presence (1-10)
Worship in the new way – invited in to God's presence (11-14)
• Security – the cross guarantees eternal life for us (15-28)
A better sacrifice
• Intimacy – the cross brings us near to God (1-14)
Worship in the old way – kept away from God's presence (1-10)
Worship in the new way – invited in to God's presence (11-14)
• Security – the cross guarantees eternal life for us (15-28)
The old way was guaranteed by the blood of animals (18-22)
A better sacrifice
• Intimacy – the cross brings us near to God (1-14)
Worship in the old way – kept away from God's presence (1-10)
Worship in the new way – invited in to God's presence (11-14)
• Security – the cross guarantees eternal life for us (15-28)
The old way was guaranteed by the blood of animals (18-22)
The new way is guaranteed by the blood of Jesus (23-28)