{"id":3341,"date":"2015-07-29T00:00:04","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T07:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoc6.org\/global\/?p=3341"},"modified":"2015-07-28T23:25:30","modified_gmt":"2015-07-29T06:25:30","slug":"0729-sacrifice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hoc6.org\/global\/2015\/07\/29\/0729-sacrifice\/","title":{"rendered":"7\/29: Sacrifice (\u8bd789:30-37 \u7f5711:33-12:21 \u4ee3\u4e0a6:1-81 )"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sacrifice<\/h2>\n
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Looking back at my life, I now realise how many sacrifices my parents made for my sister and me. I wish I had appreciated that more at the time. My parents came from a generation that was very familiar with the idea of sacrifice. Many of their contemporaries had sacrificed their lives for their fellow human beings and for their country. The whole idea of making sacrifices, great or small, seems more alien to our generation.<\/p>\n

\u2018Sacrifice\u2019 is a word used many times in the Bible. The vast majority of references are in the Old Testament. These passages, prefigure Jesus\u2019 sacrificial death for us on the cross. In the New Testament, almost all the references are about Jesus\u2019 sacrifice. The book of Hebrews describes the death of Jesus as the one perfect sacrifice fulfilling all the Old Testament preparation and prediction (see especially Hebrews 10). We do not need to make sacrifices for our sins. His sacrifice was perfect and complete. Yet the New Testament, as we will see, tells us that there are sacrifices you can make which please God.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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1. Thank God for the sacrifice of Jesus<\/h2>\n

Psalm 89:30-37<\/a>God loves you. God loved David. He said, \u2018I will not take my love <\/em>from him\u2019 (v.33). God is also holy: \u2018I have sworn by my holiness<\/em>\u2019 (v.35).<\/p>\n

God, in his love, made a covenant with David and his people. It was a covenant of grace, but it required a response of obedience to the law. But what would happen if they did not keep the law? If that happened \u2013 \u2018If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes, if they violate my decrees and fail to keep my commands\u2019 (vv.30\u201331) \u2013 a penalty would be required (v.32).<\/p>\n

The New Testament tells us that God came in the person of his son Jesus Christ to take that penalty by offering himself as the sacrifice for sin. Through that sacrifice God\u2019s love and holiness were both fully expressed and satisfied, and you need make no further sacrifice for sin.<\/p>\n

Thank you, Lord, so much for the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross for me. Thank you for your love and holiness. Thank you that no further sacrifice is required for my sins.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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2. Make sacrifices that please God<\/h2>\n

Romans 11:33-12:21<\/a>Fire falls on sacrifice and to have continual fire in your life it requires continual sacrifice. In this passage we see four sacrifices that you can make in response to Jesus\u2019 sacrifice for you:<\/p>\n