Thursday, April 2, 2009
Hebrews 10:10-18
And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying,
“This is the covenant that I will make with them
after those days, declares the Lord:
I will put my laws on their hearts,
and write them on their minds,”
then he adds,
“I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.”
Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin. (ESV)
by Angie Osborn
We are forgiven! How often do we carry around guilt from past sins, bad choices and rebellion to God? This passage brings hope. We don’t need to struggle under the burden of our sins-we are forgiven! God has made a way for us through Christ. That is all we need! We can not pay off our debt to the Lord. Nothing we can sacrifice will ever take away our sin. We CAN accept the sacrifice of Christ, we can be free in the forgiveness he provided at the cross and we can live in freedom and right standing with God! That is something to sing about!
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Daily Bible Meditations are taken from The Helping Hand,a Sabbath School student quarterly for youth and adults. Copyright © 2010, Seventh Day Baptist Board of Christian Education, Inc.
Scripture quotations marked "ESV" are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Text provided by the Crossway Bibles Web Service.
