Ultimate Sacrifice!

For Saturday, September 6, 2025:

Hebrews 10:4 NLT: “It is not possible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.”

Animal sacrifices were the order of the day. God gave these instructions to Moses, who then told the priests and the people. Many would repent on the Day of Atonement, but sin would creep back into their lives. So these sacrifices were only a temporary fix. They did not solve mankind’s ongoing sin problem.

What would be better is a “once and for all time” permanent solution. Look out – here comes Jesus, the only one suitable to take away the sins of the world for all time. The Jesus-cure is effective as long as it’s needed, which could be forever! His obedience to the Father is never-ending.

Animal sacrifices originated in the Old Covenant, but Jesus as our Savior is from the New Covenant, a better way. You can only bandage a wound for a limited time. At a certain point, it becomes necessary to end the infection or lose the limb. God lets you choose, and He has provided His Son as the “once and for all time” solution. Choose wisely!

Sacrifices under the old system were required year after year, but Jesus is a “one and done” solution. Old Covenant sacrifices were a temporary fix, an imperfect cleansing, whereas Jesus provides the perfect cleansing. God does not want animal sacrifices. He wants our hearts!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus In the City Fellowship

One and Done!

For Tuesday, September 2, 2025:

Hebrews 9:27-28 NIV: “Just as each person is destined to die once and after that comes judgment, so also Christ was offered once for all time as a sacrifice to take away the sins of many people. He will come again, not to deal with our sins, but to bring salvation to all who are eagerly waiting for him.”

2,000 years ago, the Jewish High Priest would enter the Holy of Holies annually to offer a blood sacrifice for the sins of all the people. Remember that “without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness.” (v22) That is no longer necessary.

Jesus didn’t ascend to heaven, return to earth, and repeat the process over and over. That would amount to Jesus dying repeatedly. But this is a “one and done” event. He has removed sin by his own death as a sacrifice. That’s a permanent solution. When heaven calls us home, believers are good to go!

Christ was offered once as a sacrifice to take away the sins of many people. The next time we see him, it will be to deliver salvation to the loyal and sincere. Jesus will gather his flock. He has already prepared a place for us. Come quickly, Lord Jesus!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus In the City Fellowship