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Day 31: A Perfect Sacrifice
Opening Prayer
Heavenly Father, we acknowledge with gratitude that through the precious blood of Jesus we have redemption and forgiveness of sins. He was the perfect, once-for-all sacrifice to atone for all humanity’s sins. As we come before You now, open our eyes by Your Spirit to behold afresh the glory and wonder of Christ’s sacrifice on our behalf. Help us comprehend more deeply the immense love that drove Him to the cross. Draw our hearts to appreciatively remember and proclaim His finished work. May this time spent reflecting on Your Son renew our devotion and praise. We ask through His worthy name, Amen.
Scripture Reading and Reflection
Hebrews 9:11-14 KJV
But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
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.
For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Reflection:
For generations, the people of Israel offered sacrifices of animals to atone for sin. But as Hebrews teaches, “it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.” These sacrifices could never fully forgive sins – they were merely temporary foreshadows of the perfect, once-for-all offering to come. When Jesus Christ came, He fulfilled all the previous rituals pointed to. As Isaiah (Isaiah 53:4) prophesied, “Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows…the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.” On the cross, Jesus became “the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.” (John 1:29) His was the unblemished, spotless sacrifice that perfectly satisfied God’s just wrath against sin. Through His sinless life and willing death, Jesus secured “an eternal redemption” (Heb. 9:12). His precious blood does what no other offering could – it “ransomed us from the futile ways inherited from our forefathers” (1 Pet. 1:18-19). By His one sacrifice “he has put away sin by the sacrifice of himself” forever (Heb. 9:26). Truly, Jesus is the perfect Lamb, the complete atoning sacrifice. Through faith in Him, we “shall be saved by His life” (Rom. 5:10). Praise God for His gracious provision of salvation through the ultimate act of love on Calvary’s cross.Hymn:
Behold the Lamb of God, the Sacrifice for Sin
1 Behold the Lamb of God, The sacrifice for sin! The fountain of his precious blood Can make the vilest clean.
Refrain: We would follow, follow the Lamb, Whithersoever he goeth; Now our load of guilt remove, O thou LAMB OF GOD!
2 Behold the Lamb of God! The Lamb for sinners slain. For thee, my soul, for thee he bled, And died, and rose again. [Refrain]
3 Behold the Lamb of God! The gift of matchless love! Seek full redemption through his blood, And share his joy above. [Refrain]
Lyrics: William F. Sherwin, Music: William F. Sherwin
Creative Activities: 1. Scripture Writing
Write out Hebrews 9:11-14 in your best handwriting on the Scripture writing page which you can download below.
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Creative Activities: 2. Bible Journaling
- Look up prophecies about the suffering Servant and underline details fulfilled in Christ.
- Circle verses affirming He offered Himself once for all through His death.
- Journal your thoughts on the supremacy and finality of Jesus’ sacrifice for sin.
- Doodle images around the cross to depict truths like redemption, atonement, etc.
- Sketch Jesus as the spotless Lamb to help visualize His perfection.
- Freely add colors, textures or patterns expressing gratitude for His complete work.
Creative Activities: 3. Doodling
- Scribble repeating symbols of the cross to meditate on redemptive implications.
- Doodle swirling shapes or repeating words like “forgiven” or “ransomed” as reminders of what Christ accomplished.
- Add tones or layers of color surrounding verses about His perfect life and substitutionary death.
- Draw repeating lamb images mixed with hearts as representations of Jesus as the spotless Lamb who loves.
- Freely doodle areas with symbols of redemption, such as drops of blood, to remind you of His completed work.
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Creative Activities: 4. Journaling
Reflect and Journal:
- As you reflect on Jesus as the perfect sacrifice, which part of His atoning work most inspires gratitude or renewed praise within you today?
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Applying and Taking Action
- Respond to any temptation to trust partially in your own merits by relying fully on His perfect life covering all lack.
- Look for opportunities to explain Jesus as the one-time final payment for sin to someone struggling to understand redemption.
- Seek to daily live out being made thoroughly clean through His sanctifying death in all areas of life.
- Determinedly contemplate this week the depth of gratitude owed for such a complete salvation.
- Express appreciation regularly through selfless acts reminding others of the way He sacrificed all for us.
- Commit anew to pointing others to the crucified Christ as the only means of access to God and forgiveness.
Closing Prayer
Heavenly Father, we praise You for the incomparable gift of Your Son as our perfect sacrifice. Thank You for sending Jesus Christ to be the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, once and for all. Help us never to lose wonder at the lengths You went to redeem us by the blood of Your own beloved Son. As we leave this time of reflection, may we carry a renewed sense of gratitude for Your provision of full and free salvation through Jesus’ atoning death. Fill us with Your Spirit that we might live each moment dependent on Christ alone. And may our lives boldly yet lovingly proclaim Your wise plan to justify sinners through the one-time sacrifice of Jesus. We offer You praise in His precious name. Amen.
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