Peter Barnes | Psalm 40:6-8
SERMON NOTES
What Sacrifices Please the Lord?
Psalm 40:6-8
Psalm 40:6-8 is interpreted in Hebrews 10:5-10.
1. God demands what He ultimately sets aside.
– Lev.1:4 illustrates the message of Leviticus; but God tells of something greater.
(a) This comes from Saul’s day in the eleventh century B.C. (1 Samuel 15:22).
(b) This is from David’s day around 1000 B.C. (Psalm 51:16-17).
(c) This is from Solomon’s day a generation later (Proverbs 15:8).
(d) These are from the great prophets of the eighth century B.C. (Isa.1:10-17; 66:3; Hosea 6:6; Amos 5:21-24; Micah 6:6-8).
(e) Here is Jeremiah from around 600 B.C. (Jer.7:21-23).
(f) This last one is probably dated later (Psalm 50:7-11).
2. God’s greater will is the death of His Son for sinners
– Heb.10:8-12; the OT sacrifices are like the scaffolding of a building
– John 4:38; 6:38-40
– 16 October 1555 Nicholas Ridley was burnt at the stake for believing in a perfect unrepeatable sacrifice.