Jesus Came for Us | Hebrews 10:1-18

There are moments in life when despair whispers, “No one is coming.” That’s the voice Joe Simpson heard after falling into a deep crevasse in the Andes, utterly alone and broken. It’s the same voice some of us hear in our suffering, failure, and shame. But the gospel proclaims a louder truth: Someone has come. And His name is Jesus.

Hebrews 10 reminds us why His coming matters. The law—God’s old covenant system—was never meant to save us. It was a shadow, pointing forward. The sacrifices were constant reminders of sin, not its removal. They couldn’t make us perfect or change our hearts. They could only expose our need for rescue.

But Christ came. Not to offer more sacrifices, but to be the final one. “A body You prepared for me,” He said. “I have come to do Your will.” He came not to tidy up our lives, but to redeem them completely—once and for all. In His flesh, He bore our sin. On the cross, He absorbed the wrath the law could only warn us about. And in rising, He secured eternal redemption.

The result? Total, lasting forgiveness. Hebrews 10:14 declares, “By a single offering He has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.” That means your status before God is not in limbo. It is settled. Your guilt is not just covered—it’s remembered no more.

And now, as forgiven people, we are being shaped—sanctified—not to earn grace but to live in light of it. The Spirit writes God’s law on our hearts, changing us from the inside out. This is the fruit of a finished work.

So, Christian, rest. Worship. Obey—not to get clean, but because you are clean in Christ. The law could never save you. But Jesus did. And the One who came once in mercy will come again in glory.