Post by GinNJ on May 27, 2013 7:27:32 GMT -5
Hebrews 10:1-14
Christ’s Sacrifice Once for All
1The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. 2Otherwise, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins. 3But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins. 4It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
5Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said:
“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,
but a body you prepared for me;
6with burnt offerings and sin offerings
you were not pleased.
7Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll—
I have come to do your will, my God.’
8First he said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”—though they were offered in accordance with the law. 9Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.” He sets aside the first to establish the second. 10And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, 13and since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool. 14For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.
You know what they say...10 out of 10 people will die. And... there are only two things you can count on, paying taxes and dying. We know that in God's original plan there was no sin and there was no death. Once sin entered the world so did death. The first death occurred when the animals who's skins were used to 'cover' Adam and Eve were killed by God. One could argue that was the beginning of animal sacrifice.
As our verses teach us the sacrificial system didn't forgive sins...it only covered sins. It didn't remove guilt it only covered it up until the next sacrifice was due. It didn't restore the relationship between sinful man and God as priests were needed to offer sacrifices on behalf of the people.
So, we know that we are going to die but imagine being born for the express purpose of dying...so that the world could be forgiven of all of THEIR sins and direct fellowship with God could be restored...through Christ alone. Jesus said for this He was given a body. It is not like He woke up one day and while doing His morning devotions God said "Son, this isn't going the way We planned so here is what I am thinking We are going to do..." No, He came to die, walked every day on this earth watching people sin and knowing the sin He was watching and the wrath of God it deserved was going to be put on Him. Why??? Because of love...a kind of love that we could never comprehend. Do we take this love and the sacrifice it led to for granted? Do we allow it to grow a love for God in us so strong that we are consumed with pleasing Him? Do we trust this same love that put Jesus on this earth the die for us to help us when we are struggling, protect us when we are fearful and comfort us when it seems like we can't do anything right? We should...I should.
Let's not forget the love that led to the ultimate sacrifice. Let's walk in it, trust in it for EVERYTHING and, most importantly, share it with others.
Song for the day...
Above All by Paul Baloche
Above all powers
Above all things
Above all nature and all created things
Above all wisdom and all the ways of man
You were here before the world began
Above all kingdoms
Above all thrones
Above all wonders the world has ever known
Above all wealth and treasures of the earth
There's no way to measure what You're worth
Chorus
Crucified
Laid behind the stone
You lived to die
Rejected and alone
Like a rose trampled on the ground
You took the fall
And thought of me
Above all
Watch/listen...
Christ’s Sacrifice Once for All
1The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. 2Otherwise, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins. 3But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins. 4It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
5Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said:
“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,
but a body you prepared for me;
6with burnt offerings and sin offerings
you were not pleased.
7Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll—
I have come to do your will, my God.’
8First he said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”—though they were offered in accordance with the law. 9Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.” He sets aside the first to establish the second. 10And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, 13and since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool. 14For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.
You know what they say...10 out of 10 people will die. And... there are only two things you can count on, paying taxes and dying. We know that in God's original plan there was no sin and there was no death. Once sin entered the world so did death. The first death occurred when the animals who's skins were used to 'cover' Adam and Eve were killed by God. One could argue that was the beginning of animal sacrifice.
As our verses teach us the sacrificial system didn't forgive sins...it only covered sins. It didn't remove guilt it only covered it up until the next sacrifice was due. It didn't restore the relationship between sinful man and God as priests were needed to offer sacrifices on behalf of the people.
So, we know that we are going to die but imagine being born for the express purpose of dying...so that the world could be forgiven of all of THEIR sins and direct fellowship with God could be restored...through Christ alone. Jesus said for this He was given a body. It is not like He woke up one day and while doing His morning devotions God said "Son, this isn't going the way We planned so here is what I am thinking We are going to do..." No, He came to die, walked every day on this earth watching people sin and knowing the sin He was watching and the wrath of God it deserved was going to be put on Him. Why??? Because of love...a kind of love that we could never comprehend. Do we take this love and the sacrifice it led to for granted? Do we allow it to grow a love for God in us so strong that we are consumed with pleasing Him? Do we trust this same love that put Jesus on this earth the die for us to help us when we are struggling, protect us when we are fearful and comfort us when it seems like we can't do anything right? We should...I should.
Let's not forget the love that led to the ultimate sacrifice. Let's walk in it, trust in it for EVERYTHING and, most importantly, share it with others.
Song for the day...
Above All by Paul Baloche
Above all powers
Above all things
Above all nature and all created things
Above all wisdom and all the ways of man
You were here before the world began
Above all kingdoms
Above all thrones
Above all wonders the world has ever known
Above all wealth and treasures of the earth
There's no way to measure what You're worth
Chorus
Crucified
Laid behind the stone
You lived to die
Rejected and alone
Like a rose trampled on the ground
You took the fall
And thought of me
Above all
Watch/listen...