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The Will of God
“Then said He, Lo, I come to do Thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that He may establish the second. By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all…For by one offering He hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified” (Hebrews 10:9-10, 14).
The Lord Jesus came into the world, first and foremost, to do the Father’s will. This is confirmed by His own words, when He stated, “My meat is to do the will of Him that sent Me, and to finish His work…For I came down from heaven, not to do Mine own will, but the will of Him that sent Me” (John 4:34; 6:38). Because He came, and because He fulfilled the will of God His Father, now we are brought into eternal blessing through the work of atonement. This truth takes our focus completely away from self, and gives us to realize that our blessing is altogether based on the person and work of the Lord Jesus, who said, “I have glorified Thee on the earth: I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me to do” (John 17:4). This is in contrast to the Old Testament sacrifices, “which can never take away sins” (Hebrews 10:11).
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