Scripture

By the power of the eternal Spirit, Christ offered himself to God as a perfect sacrifice for our sins.

Observation

Christ is now the High Priest over all the good things that come from the covenant. He is in the perfect heavenly Tabernacle. He offered His own blood and now lives in the Tabernacle forever.

Under the old covenant, the blood of various animals could cleanse a person from various sins. But Christ has offered His own blood, a perfect sacrifice for all sins.

Christ now mediates a perfect covenant in which we receive an eternal inheritance.

Application

Under the old covenant, a sacrifice was required to cover various sins, even various natural occurrences which made a person “unclean.”

When a person sinned again, a new sacrifice was required because the blood of animals had a limited effectiveness.

But now Jesus Christ, the perfect Son of God, has offered His own blood to pay for our sins.

Because He is God and is perfectly good, His blood covers every sin. We don’t need to come back to God with a new sacrifice every time we transgress the law. The blood of Jesus covers it all.

While the blood of Christ has the ability to cover every person, we have to apply it to our own lives. If people want to live apart from God, and continue in their own selfish ways, God gives them that option.

To everybody who comes to Him with a repentant heart Jesus grants total forgiveness.

Prayer

Thank you Jesus for paying for my sins. Your death on the cross has set me free from the penalty of sin. Amen.