One Offering For Ever!

The past, the present and the future culminates and hinges on one point in history, on a hill called Calvary. There on a bloody cross, God who became man, died for the sins of the world. There Jesus became a sacrifice and tasted death for every man.

God is a big fan of figures. God used the blood of animals in the old covenant to cover the sins of the people that lived at that time. He did that so that the future generations would know the price it took to pay for sin. God used that old system to show that sin incurred a debt and that the debt had to be payed. The law said, the soul that sins shall die. Blood is the only currency that appeased the wrath and justice of God so that the sinner's life could be prolonged. Every year the high priest had to go into the temple into a place called the holiest of all, and not without blood to offer a sacrifice for the sins of the people. That was where the presence of God was and that was where the blood was brought. If it was accepted, God's wrath was abated one more year. They would tie a rope to the high priest when he went in there because if God didn't accept the sacrifice, the priest would die. God would kill him. It happened. This was serious business. Anyone else who would go in there would die.

Along comes Jesus. The old system is dead and gone. Christ dies and shed's his blood. Why? Because that is the only way to appease the justice of God for our sin. There is no other way. This is extremely exciting though. No longer does blood have to be shed. Christ offered one sacrifice that was worth enough and then some, to pay for the sin of the whole world. God raised Him from the dead and Jesus with His own blood then entered into the true Holy place in heaven, and obtained eternal redemption for us.

Heb 9:12 Neither by 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.

My what a wonderful verse. Jesus redeemed (bought) us (we were dead in trespasses and sins, condemned to eternal damnation in the lake of fire) with His own blood. The blood of animals was only used to cover the sins of the old covenant saints like David and Abraham. Christ's blood was so much better because it was God's blood. It was of sufficient worth to pay for the sin of the world. How marvelous is that?!

Now there is some people that think that Christ died for our past sins but not our future sins. They claim that through the act of repentance and confession we participate in our future forgiveness. That is false. Check this out... (Speaking of Jesus here)

Heb 1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

Christ didn't need any help. By Himself he purged our sins and sat down at the right hand of God! God made Jesus to be sin for us! Not some sin... ALL SIN! There is no more offering needed! The payment has been made, the debt has been paid! It's free and Christ did all the work needed! Think about that... "BY HIMSELF HE PURGED OUR SINS!" The only substance God accepts for the payment of sins, is blood. Our blood is useless because it is too polluted with sin. Christ's blood was perfect because he never sinned. He only did right.

Heb 9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and WITHOUT THE SHEDDING OF BLOOD IS NO REMISSION.

Without the shedding of blood, sin cannot be forgiven. Nothing we do can get our sins forgiven. But...

Heb 9:24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
Heb 9:25 NOR YET THAT HE SHOULD OFFER HIMSELF OFTEN, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; (Like they used to do)
Heb 9:26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: BUT NOW ONCE IN THE END OF THE WORLD HATH HE APPEARED TO PUT AWAY SIN BY THE SACRIFICE OF HIMSELF.

My, what a wonderful verse! I am so glad that I am not required to do anything in order to have my sins forgiven, but believe that Christ did it all. Christ, ONCE BY HIMSELF PURGED OUR SINS! Nobody helped him and nobody's help is accepted. It's free! Christ will get all the glory.

Heb 10:10 By the which will we are sanctified (set apart) through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ ONCE for all.
Heb 10:11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: (in the old covenant)
Heb 10:12 But this man (JESUS), after he had offered ONE SACRIFICE FOR SINS FOR EVER, sat down on the right hand of God;
Heb 10:13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
Heb 10:14 For BY ONE OFFERING HE HATH PERFECTED FOR EVER them that are sanctified.

Jesus offered one sacrifice for sins forever! Forever signifies past, present and future. It means throughout all time. By ONE OFFERING HE PERFECTED FOREVER them that are set apart. (Heard the word and believed it) No one can add to what Jesus did. That day on the cross God sacrificed His own Lamb (His only begotten Son) and offered the free gift to anyone who would believe that what Jesus did is enough to get them into heaven, period. Jesus cried, "IT IS FINISHED".
That was a big job He finished. His blood payed for our sins. God raised Him from the dead signifying that the offering was accepted. God offers us the free gift of righteousness if we put our faith in that offering. He places Christ's right doing to our account. Beside our name in the book of life, he counts us as perfect. He no longer sees us as sinners but as completely righteous. He now views us as family and heirs of the kingdom. All as a free gift if only we acknowledge his offering on our behalf!

Do you believe this or are you still striving to maintain your salvation? Are you believing with all your heart? Or are you working on your salvation with your filthy offering of dead works? See, God's acceptance and favour is found in Jesus Christ. God's peace is found in Jesus Christ and His shed blood on the cross at Calvary. We either find our peace right there!.. Or we don't find it at all. Again, God's acceptance and an end to the war that existed between God and man is found in Christ Jesus! God finds acceptance right there on the cross and no where else. We by faith find acceptance and peace in that offering on the cross. Where God and man meet in Jesus Christ (on Calvary), we find peace! Right there and no place else! You cannot find forgiveness, acceptance or peace anywhere else. I cannot overemphasis this enough! Peace and acceptance, forgiveness and favour with God is only found through Jesus Christ. Does this ring true in the depth of your soul? If it doesn't, what do you got? Absolutely nothing! Just a dead lifeless religion.

If our faith is not completely in that offering, we are not saved and do not have eternal life. If our confidence is not in Christ Jesus with all our heart, we are dead in trespasses and sins. The only thing we have to look forward to is eternal destruction and torment. The only true peace is in Christ and there is only one offering for sin. For some the hardest thing in the world to do is to give up hope in themselves and trust only in Christ. A little faith in self and some in Christ is not acceptable. We must let go and stop placing our faith in ourselves and in our experience. There is no value to God in our right doing as a means of getting right with him. ALL the value God placed in His Son. There is no favour and no acceptance in and of ourselves. Jesus is all in all!