INTRODUCTION

God demands righteousness, and when His demands are not met, He calls for the shedding of blood for the remission of sins (Hebrews 9:22And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
See All...). Throughout the Old Testament, sacrifices majored on the blood of animals, but they could never take away sins (Hebrews 10:4For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
See All...). God, in mercy, sent His Son to give "himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour" (Ephesians 5:2And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
See All...). Unlike the Old Testament sacrifices, the Lord Jesus was a onetime sacrifice that offered forgiveness of sin for all. In shedding His blood, the Lord Jesus Christ became man’s sacrifice, and man need look no further than the shed blood of Christ for a means by which God is satisfied.

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS

• (For smaller children) When a person sacrifices, he gives up something so that others can be helped in some way. Christ gave up His life so that we could live forever in heaven (John 3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
  See All...; I Corinthians 15:3-4
  See All...; 2 Corinthians 5:21For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
  See All...; 1 Peter 3:18For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
  See All...).
• How is the life, death, and resurrection of Christ best described as a sacrifice? How does His sacrifice for our salvation cancel the need for any other sacrifices?
• To what extent did Christ’s sacrifice of Himself for our sins cost Him? What was the nature of His heart in offering Himself for us?

PRAYER NEEDS

• Thank God for the sacrifice of His Son.
• Ask God to give you a heart of thanksgiving for His sacrifice.

HYMN

Alas! And Did My Saviour Bleed?

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