Thursday, April 9th
Hebrews 10:10-14
10 By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11 Every priest stands daily ministering and offering time after time the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins;
12 but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD,
13 waiting from that time onward UNTIL HIS ENEMIES BE MADE A FOOTSTOOL FOR HIS FEET.
14 For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified
If asked what took place on Good Friday, many people could list the events that unfolded at Calvary—Christ was nailed to the cross, Roman soldiers gambled for His garments, and darkness covered the land. But far more was going on than the eye could see: At the cross, sin was judged.
In the garden of Eden, God warned that disobedience carried a severe penalty (Genesis 2:17). So from the start, His judgment of sin was prophesied, and later it was also pictured in the sacrificial system of the Old Testament. Under that system, each transgression required an animal’s blood to be sprinkled on the altar. The severity of the penalty—loss of a life—was a graphic way for our holy God to communicate how offensive and grievous sin is. It was a foreshadowing of the Lamb of God, who would come to pay for the sin of the world (John 1:29).
On the cross, Jesus Christ was what a lamb was on the altar—but with a significant difference: Under the old covenant, every time sin was committed, another animal had to die. Jesus, however, willingly offered Himself once for all to atone for the sin of the whole world (Hebrews 7:27).
If you haven’t yet received this amazing free gift, won’t you do so now? And let’s all thank our Savior for it.
Lord Jesus, thank you for dying on the cross for my sins, out of everyone you chose to do that, no one else in this world would do that for me, and still, you chose to die so that I could eternally be with you. I ask that you would Make this come to my head every time I take you for granted, Every time I take what you did for granted I want you to hit me with the realization that right now without your sacrifice, there would be no doubt that I wouldn’t be in Eternity with you, But since you died, I will be, Thank you, and I love you in Jesus name amen.