Christ's Work Complete (Remastered)

Devotional

Day 1: The High Priest’s Blood in Heaven’s Sanctuary

The ancient high priest entered the earthly holy place with animal blood, but Christ carried his own blood through the heavens into God’s presence. His offering wasn’t temporary—it secured eternal redemption. The Father accepted this sacrifice once for all, silencing accusations against his people. The bells on the priest’s robe jingled to announce acceptance; Christ’s resurrection declares ours. His blood isn’t a fading ritual but an everlasting plea before the throne. Every blessing flows from this crimson assurance. [08:09]

“But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.”
(Hebrews 9:11–12, ESV)

Reflection: When guilt whispers that your failures outweigh grace, how does Christ’s blood in heaven’s sanctuary shout a better word? What earthly worry feels too heavy to carry into his finished work?

Day 2: Seated Where No Work Remains

A priest who sits down signals completion. Christ’s posture at God’s right hand declares the sin-debt canceled, the sacrifice accepted. No more offerings, no repeated rituals—perfection achieved. His rest isn’t inactivity but the confidence of victory. To doubt your security is to imagine him rising to redo what he finished. The throne he shares with the Father bears your name, carved by nail-scarred hands. [15:05]

“And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God.”
(Hebrews 10:11–12, ESV)

Reflection: What habit of self-salvation do you need to release, knowing Christ’s seated rest means your striving adds nothing? Where do you still act as if his work were incomplete?

Day 3: Perfected Forever in the Set-Apart Ones

“Sanctified” here means marked as God’s own—not improved behavior, but irrevocable belonging. Christ’s sacrifice didn’t make you better; it made you his. The Father sees his Son’s perfection when he looks at you, as if you’d never sinned. This isn’t a process but a position: you stand complete in the courtroom of heaven, your robes woven with divine approval. [16:40]

“For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.”
(Hebrews 10:14, ESV)

Reflection: When shame insists you’re “not enough,” how does being “perfected forever” reframe your identity? What would change if you believed God’s gaze rests on Christ’s finish, not your progress?

Day 4: The Unshakable Gift of a Crowned King

Christ’s exaltation isn’t a trophy for his glory alone—it’s your guarantee. The Father crowned him to rule for your sake, his authority wielded for your deliverance. Every demonic accusation, every trial, bends beneath his scepter. He reigns not from distant majesty but as the Brother who bore your griefs. His crown proves your ransom’s paid; his throne ensures your destiny. [21:00]

“He raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.”
(Ephesians 1:20–21, ESV)

Reflection: What storm feels beyond his rule today? How does his coronation redefine what you fear losing or failing to control?

Day 5: The Never-Ending Plea of Our Brother-Priest

Christ’s intercession isn’t a courtroom defense but a constant flow of grace. He doesn’t beg the Father to tolerate you—he shares his victory with you. Every mercy, every sustaining breath, comes through his mediation. His scars silence the accuser; his presence turns the throne of judgment into your seat of favor. He lives, so your hope cannot die. [35:54]

“Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.”
(Hebrews 7:25, ESV)

Reflection: When you feel too weary to pray, how does Christ’s unceasing intercession carry you? What burden can you surrender, knowing he’s already presenting it perfected before the Father?

Sermon Summary

Paul presses the challenge, Who is he that condemneth? and answers it in four steps that make condemnation of God’s people an impossibility. Christ that died establishes that the Sinless One took the sins of the elect upon himself and bore their judgment. Yea, rather, that is risen again shows that the Father has vindicated the sacrifice. The argument then rises to the third step, who is even at the right hand of God. The text looks beyond the resurrection to the Ascension and the heavenly session. Christ has passed through the heavens as the great High Priest, not with the blood of goats and calves, but with his own blood, and has appeared in the presence of God for his people. The Old Testament high priest entered the holiest once a year as a representative; Christ has done it once for all, as Priest and Sacrifice in one person.

Christ’s sitting at the right hand of God is the divine declaration that the work is finished. When he had by himself purged sins, he sat down, which means there is nothing left to add, nothing left to repeat. He hath perfected forever them that are sanctified. Therefore any suggestion that a justified person may finally fall is reduced to absurdity. The session also proclaims reward. God has highly exalted him and seated him far above all principality and power because of the obedience of the cross. If God has already crowned the Redeemer for saving his people, the salvation cannot fail. The exaltation further declares his present reign as Prince and Savior, Lord of the dead and the living, wielding all authority for the good of his body. In him the church is already raised and seated in the heavenly places; union with Christ secures perseverance.

The fourth step, who also maketh intercession for us, is no courtroom melodrama repeated whenever a believer sins. Such literalizing is, in a word, stuff and nonsense. Intercession is figurative language declaring that the risen and exalted Christ continually secures for his people the benefits of his once-for-all death. As a sympathetic High Priest who was tempted yet without sin, he guarantees mercy and grace to help in time of need. From his place at the right hand he mediates every blessing the Father gives, as Pentecost itself demonstrates. Everything comes from God through him and for his sake. Because he continueth ever, his priesthood is unchangeable, and he is able to save to the uttermost those who come to God by him. With Christ that died, yea, rather, that is risen, who is at the right hand, and who also makes intercession, condemnation of the elect is not merely unlikely; it is impossible.

Key Takeaways

1. Christ’s session seals redemption’s finality [18:49] This sitting at the right hand proclaims a finished work. Once sin is purged, nothing remains to be added or repeated, so no fresh charges can ever stick. The session is God’s public “Amen” to the sufficiency of the cross. Final perseverance rests on this divine finality. [18:49]
2. The ascended High Priest offered his blood [10:46] The Old Testament pattern points to the reality that Christ entered heaven itself with his own blood. Priest and Sacrifice in one person, he appeared for his people where God dwells. That act between resurrection and session anchors assurance in a completed atonement, not in fluctuating experience. [10:46]
3. Exaltation proves the work accepted and unfailing [22:58] Being seated at the Father’s right hand is reward for saving his people. If God has already crowned the Redeemer for this salvation, nothing can now go wrong with it. The right hand testifies that the work is not only complete but irreversibly successful. [22:58]
4. Intercession secures every needed grace [46:47] Intercession is not a perpetual court case, but the continual mediating of the cross’s benefits. A sympathetic High Priest guarantees mercy and timely help at the throne of grace. Every gift of the Spirit and every spiritual blessing flows from the Head to his body. [46:47]
5. Union with Christ anchors unshakeable assurance [31:22] The believer is already raised and seated with Christ in the heavenly places. To lose such a one would require tearing the member from the Head in heaven, which is unthinkable. Assurance is not self-confidence but Christ-confidence, rooted in his position and priesthood. [31:22]

Youtube Chapters

[00:00] - Welcome
[00:36] - The fourfold answer in Romans 8:34
[02:09] - Final perseverance asserted
[04:27] - The Ascension in view
[08:09] - High priest and the holiest
[10:46] - His own blood offered in heaven
[15:05] - Sitting denotes finished work
[20:22] - Exalted as reward for redemption
[25:23] - Lord of the living and the dead
[27:39] - Authority exercised for the saints
[30:43] - Seated with Him already
[33:04] - Intercession rightly understood
[35:54] - Able to save to the uttermost
[46:02] - Bold access to the throne of grace
[51:31] - No condemnation conceivable

Bible Study Guide

Bible Reading
Romans 8:34 (ESV)
Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.

Hebrews 7:25 (ESV)
Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.

Ephesians 2:6 (ESV)
[God] raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.

Observation questions

What four actions or truths about Christ does Romans 8:34 highlight to answer the question, “Who is to condemn?”
How does Hebrews 7:25 describe the relationship between Christ’s ongoing intercession and the certainty of salvation?
According to the sermon, what does Christ’s seated position at God’s right hand signify about the completeness of His work? ([18:49])

Interpretation questions

Why does Christ’s exaltation to God’s right hand prove that His sacrifice was fully accepted and irreversible? ([22:58])
How does the imagery of believers being “seated with Christ in heavenly places” (Ephesians 2:6) challenge the idea that a saved person could lose their salvation?
The sermon argues that Christ’s intercession is not a “courtroom drama” but a continual securing of grace. How does this reshape our understanding of His role as High Priest? ([39:21])

Application questions

If Christ’s work is truly finished and “perfected forever” ([18:49]), how might this truth calm your fears when you feel spiritually weak or guilty?
How does knowing that Christ’s intercession guarantees “mercy and timely help” ([46:47]) change the way you approach God in prayer during times of failure?
The sermon states that assurance is “Christ-confidence, not self-confidence” ([31:22]). What practical steps could you take to shift your focus from your own performance to Christ’s finished work?
In what areas of life do you struggle to believe that you are “already seated with Christ” in heavenly places? How might this truth reframe your perspective on those struggles?
How can meditating on Christ’s exaltation as a reward for His saving work ([22:23]) deepen your gratitude for salvation?

Sermon Clips

the argument is this. If God has already rewarded his own son for saving us in a perfect manner, is it conceivable that anything can go wrong with that salvation? Again, you see, he reduces it to utter absurdity. If you are not assured of your salvation and your final perseverance, my friend, your real trouble is that you can't think straightly or else you don't believe the scriptures. If you believe the scriptures, you're bound to come to this conclusion. There is no other conclusion possible. Everything is reduced to utter absurdity, which attempts to oppose itself to this. [00:23:09]

The presence of the Lord Jesus Christ at the right hand of God is a guarantee that we have the mercy. It's a throne of grace to us because he's there. He proves it. So I know I have mercy, and I can go into the presence of God with boldness, with assurance, and I not only get mercy, but I get grace to help in time of need. I get everything I need, and everything I get comes through the Lord Jesus Christ. That's how he is making intercession for me. All the benefits of God come through him. [00:46:33]

uttermost means saving absolutely, perfectly and completely until there's not a spot or a wrinkle or any such thing left. That's what he means by uttermost: absolute, perfect salvation. He also, I think, includes the time element. Here. He's been playing with that. You notice these others, they came, but they died and another came. This man liveth forever, so he'll go on doing it. You see, people ask such foolish questions, and they imagine such terrible things. What if it suddenly came to an end? It can't come to an end. Because he ever liveth, there's no end to it. It's eternal. It's everlasting. [00:36:41]

other words, it means this, there is no more to be done about our sins. He's done everything. There's nothing left at all. Now this is a very strong phrase. Who would dare to say it if it wasn't in the scripture? He hath perfected forever them that are sanctified. You can't add to that, can you? He's perfected it. There is nothing more that needs to be done. [00:18:20]

The work that our Lord has done on our behalf is a perfect work. He has perfected forever all of us who are in him, all of us who are the called according to God's purpose. It's been done perfectly by him once and forever, therefore it can never change. Therefore condemnation is an utter impossibility for all who are in Christ Jesus. It means that. [00:19:20]

what it tells us in the first instance is that his work is finished. Sitting down always means that we are told that after God made the world, he rested on the 7th day. That's it. He sat down, as it were. He'd been active. He sat down. And our Lord has now completed the work of salvation and of redemption. He's finished everything connected with his office in securing our salvation. [00:17:34]

God also hath highly exalted him and given him a name which is above every name that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow of things in heaven and things in earth and things under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. Notice that wherefore he is seated at the right hand of God as a reward. For what? As a reward for what he's done for us. That's what he's saying, and that's the essential part of the argument. [00:21:41]

it goes on and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. Now, this isn't the prophecy of what's going to happen. He's telling these Ephesians of what is already true of them, as certainly as we've been quickened and born again and raised with him. We are seated with him in the heavenly places, who is even at the right hand of God. Yes, and in him you and I are also there, made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. [00:31:12]

Now that was the function of the high priest. And what we are taught is this, that our Lord himself has done that on the behalf of his people. This is the first thing, therefore, we've got to put into this statement that he is seated at the right hand of God. He did this before. He sat down, having offered himself as a sacrifice. [00:10:27]

This being seated at the right hand of God is also a proof of the completion of his work of redemption. In other words, that offering of his blood to the father was the last act and the last step in our redemption. And having done that, he sat down at the right hand of God in the glory. Now let me give you the two wonderful statements of this again in the epistle to the Hebrews. [00:14:18]

The high priest, you see, once a year, as it were, took upon him the sins of all the people. You remember he'd got those marks of the twelve tribes of Israel on that ephod on his breast. That was the symbolical way of saying that he was representing the people and going in to make atonement for their sins. The animal was killed, the blood was collected, and he took it into that holiest of all once a year. [00:09:41]

the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. But listen to verses 23 and 24 also. He's been arguing that everything in the Old Testament was purified and set apart by blood, and almost all things, he says, are by the law purged with blood and without shedding of blood is no remission. [00:11:37]

the apostle is here just taking up that pint, and he answers it by saying, you also maketh intercession for us. What does he mean by this? Well, again, I take you to the epistle to the Hebrews, which is, of course, the great commentary on this verse we are looking at tonight. And I take you this time to chapter seven, and I'm going to read verses 23 to 25. He's contrasting the old ceremonial, the old temple and tabernacle, with its many priests who lived and died and others came and so on. [00:34:47]

It's not only glorious doctrine, it's the most comforting doctrine. The apostle is here writing all this in order to comfort us. And I say there is no more comforting doctrine than this. Let me read to you, therefore, the specific way in which he does put this. In this 9th chapter of the epistle to the Hebrews. I've already read one of the verses to you, verse twelve. Neither by [00:11:15]

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