How are believers sanctified through Jesus' offering?
Believers are sanctified—set apart—by God's will through the offering of the physical body of Jesus Christ. This offering was made once for all and never needs to be repeated. His sacrifice puts away sin, obtaining eternal redemption, and believers simply believe the gospel.
Les teaches that Hebrews 10:10 says believers are sanctified, or set apart, through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ. He clarifies this is not the church, which is His body, but Christ's physical body of flesh. That offering was once for all, never to be done again. Unlike the Old Testament high priest who entered the holy place every year with the blood of animals, Christ entered once into the holy place and obtained eternal redemption. He appeared once in the end of the age to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. Les also notes believers do not have to perform a list of hard decisions; they simply believe the gospel, and God takes care of those matters.
By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
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What does 'sanctified' mean in Hebrews 10:10?
Les explains that in Hebrews 10:10 the word 'sanctified' is clarified as 'set apart.' This setting apart comes through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ. He emphasizes this refers not to the church, which is His body, but to Christ's physical body of flesh. The sacrifice was offered once for all and never needs to be done again, contrasting with the high priest who entered the holy place every year with the blood of animals. Because Christ appeared once in the end of the age to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself, believers are set apart by that completed work, not by their own hard decisions or efforts. The gospel calls them simply to believe, and God will take care of the rest.