Paid in Full

The writer to Hebrews is contrasting all the greatness of the Old Testament system with the greatness of Jesus Christ. He proves that Jesus is far greater than the angels, Moses, the Law, the sacrificial system, the temple and the High Priest. The thrust of this letter is to challenge those believers who wanted to go back to Judaism while remaining followers of Jesus Christ.

Why go back, when what you have is far superior to what you had?

Of course, the applications are relevant for those of us today who are followers of Jesus Christ, even if we never were a follower of Judaism.

Let's consider one example from chapter 7.

For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for His own sins and then for those of the people, since He did this once for all when He offered up Himself (v 26-27).

Jesus is being contrasted with the high priests. Since they were men with a sin nature, they had to first offer sacrifices for their own sins before they could represent the people before God.

And this they had to do every day. Because every day they would sin. Never did a day pass that the high priests did not sin.

Jesus is described as "holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens."

Everything that the high priest wasn't.

Everything that you and I are not.

But look at the end of the verse 27: "...since He did this once for all when He offered up Himself."

Jesus, since He was "holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens," was able to offer a sacrifice that is sufficient for our sins.

All of them.

Not one sin exists in your life that is too great to be covered by the blood of Christ.

Not one sin that you will commit is too great that the blood of Christ will not be able to cover it.

Several benefits arise from that:

1. We know that our sins are fully covered. Not 99%. We don't have to be afraid that when we get to heaven, Jesus will say, "Wait, you forgot to confess this one." "Sorry, you didn't do enough to earn forgiveness for that sin."
2. We don't need to keep sacrificing. Some will repeat the sacrifice of Christ each time they go to church and participate in rituals, hoping that it will be enough to cover their sins of that last week. "Once for all" means that it is completed.
3. We don't need to try to add to what Christ has done. Our sufferings, our good deeds, our obedience, our sacrifices will not add one drop of blood, not one ounce of protection, to the full price that Christ has paid.

"It is finished." 

Your debt has been fully paid.

All you have to do is to accept the truths of God's Word.

You can do nothing else.

Have you done that? Or are you still trying to do it on your own?