What Atonement Accomplished

Audio Teaching

Notes

A New Heart and the Renewal of the Mind

“You may have heard it said that your head knowledge needs to become heart knowledge, but that’s actually backward. Ezekiel 36:26 tells us that the new covenant is being given a new heart and a new spirit. Romans 12:2 tells us to be transformed by the renewing of our mind. Ephesians 4:23 tells us to be renewed in the spirit of our minds.”

We are entirely new in Christ; our mind needs to become aware of that newness; we must go from negative to positive; we must change our words and see who we are in Christ. Our heart knows these things; our mind doubts this truth.

We would do well to meditate on the “in Him,” “in whom,” and “in Christ” Scriptures in the epistles.

Examples from Ephesians:

• In Him, we have redemption through His blood.
• In Him, we have obtained an inheritance.
• In Him, we have received the promised Holy Spirit.
• We have wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him.
• We are strengthened through the power of His Spirit.

I. The Scapegoat: Lev. 16:5-10 CSB

• The scapegoat has placed on its head the sins, ritual unfitness, and impurities of not only Israel but the Tabernacle itself. 
• Our inward motives and outward actions must match up.
• As far away as the east is from the west.

II. The Incense: Lev. 16:13

“The purpose of the incense was to create a cloud of smoke so he would not see the ark of the covenant and die. In this world, even our closest encounters with God are veiled and obscured. Paul says, “Now we see in a mirror dimly” (1 Cor. 13:12). He was referring to a brass mirror. Though it produced a reflection, it was not a sharp, clear reflection like modern mirrors provide. If the brass was not freshly polished, the reflection in the mirror became more dim. Remembering that we do not see God clearly should help keep us humble. It should make us reluctant to criticize other people’s theologies and their experiences with God. They may have perceived an aspect of the Almighty that we have not, or we may have found revelation that has been withheld from them. Neither of us is to be blamed for not seeing the whole picture.” – Unrolling the Scroll, Book 3, First Fruits of Zion, pg. 495.

• Matt. 7:1-6

III. Clean Before God: Lev. 16:29-34

• Judging with the proper judgment is part of our cleanness before the Lord.
• Psa. 24:3-4
• Jesus is our righteousness (Rom. 3:22; Phil. 1:11; 1 Cor. 1:30).
• 1 Pt. 1:13-25
• Lev. 18:1-5
• Heb. 4:12-16