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Marks of a Cold Religion
*Introduction:* The cold formalism of the Jewish rituals lacked the depth of  and meaning that came with Christ.
Though God always wanted a close relationship with them, they relied on the formal and distant relationship offered through the ceremonial worship system.
Though the Jewish system pointed to Jesus, and the Old Testament people were called to relationship to the eternal God, they preferred to stay at a distance.
Moses, and David, as well as many of the prophets experienced a close relationship with God, but only because they looked forward to the long expected Jesus.
I.      Cold People Rely On Superficial Cleansing
 
 
*/Hebrews 9:11/**/ through Hebrews 9:14 (NIV)/*
11When Christ came as high priest of the good things that are already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not man-made, that is to say, not a part of this creation.
12He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption.
13The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are /outwardly clean/.
14/How much more/, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, /cleanse our consciences/ from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!
 
 
 
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Cold People Reject Serious Consequences
*/Hebrews 10:26/**/ through Hebrews 10:31 (NIV)/*
26If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, 27but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.
28Anyone /who rejected the law of Moses/ died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
/29How much more/ severely do you think a man deserves to be punished who has /trampled the Son of God under foot/, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?
30For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”
31It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
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Cold People Refuse To Shoulder The Cross
*/Hebrews 12:4/**/ through Hebrews 12:11 (NIV)/*
4In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
5And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons:
        “My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline,
        and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,
6          because the Lord disciplines those he loves,
        and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son.”
7Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons.
For what son is not disciplined by his father?
8If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.
9Moreover, we have all had /human fathers who disciplined us/ and we respected them for it.
/How much more/ should we /submit to the Father of our spirits/ and live! 10Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness.
11No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful.
Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
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