希伯來書9:16-28

9:16 凡有遺命必須等到留遺命（遺命：原文與約字同）的人死了；
9:17 因為人死了，遺命才有效力，若留遺命的尚在，那遺命還有用處嗎？
9:18 所以，前約也不是不用血立的；
9:19 因為摩西當日照著律法將各樣誡命傳給眾百姓，就拿朱紅色絨和牛膝草，把牛犢山羊的血和水灑在書上，又灑在眾百姓身上，說：
9:20 「這血就是上帝與你們立約的憑據。」
9:21 他又照樣把血灑在帳幕和各樣器皿上。
9:22 按著律法，凡物差不多都是用血潔淨的；若不流血，罪就不得赦免了。
9:23 照著天上樣式做的物件必須用這些祭物去潔淨；但那天上的本物自然當用更美的祭物去潔淨。
9:24 因為基督並不是進了人手所造的聖所（這不過是真聖所的影像），乃是進了天堂，如今為我們顯在上帝面前；
9:25 也不是多次將自己獻上，像那大祭司每年帶著牛羊的血（牛羊的血：原文作不是自己的血）進入聖所，
9:26 如果這樣，他從創世以來，就必多次受苦了。但如今在這末世顯現一次，把自己獻為祭，好除掉罪。
9:27 按著定命，人人都有一死，死後且有審判。
9:28 像這樣，基督既然一次被獻，擔當了多人的罪，將來要向那等候他的人第二次顯現，並與罪無關，乃是為拯救他們。

¹⁶ In the case of a will, it is necessary to prove the death of the one who made it, ¹⁷ because a will is in force only when somebody has died; it never takes effect while the one who made it is living. ¹⁸ This is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood. ¹⁹ When Moses had proclaimed every command of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves, together with water, scarlet wool and branches of hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people. ²⁰ He said, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.” ²¹ In the same way, he sprinkled with the blood both the tabernacle and everything used in its ceremonies. ²² In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
²³ It was necessary, then, for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. ²⁴ For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence. ²⁵ Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. ²⁶ Otherwise Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But he has appeared once for all at the culmination of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. ²⁷ Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, ²⁸ so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

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    耶穌基督的寶血是高過牛和羊的血，要潔淨屬天的會幕，正如牛和羊的血潔淨世上的會幕、器皿、祭司，使這一切都歸上帝為聖！但是，牛和羊的血是一次再一次的撒，卻無法永遠潔淨與成聖！然而耶穌基督的寶血，卻大有功效，只要一次就完全了！

    當然這很容易讓人想到「一次得救就永遠得救」的議題！但是，就基督寶血的功效，可是不隨便，只要一次就可以了！不需要一次再一次，這是因為人的信心之問題。人常常是以自己的景況來評論事情，忘記基督耶穌不只是完全的人，也是完全的上帝！祂的人性和你我一般，都是有限的！而祂的神性卻是永恆的，所以一次就可以有永遠的效力，不用也不必多次！

    也因此，我們的得救，也是一次就有永遠的果效，不用一次又一次，反覆的接受或相信！只要我們宣告：「我願意接受耶穌基督為救主」，就已經是蒙耶穌基督救恩的人了！