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Daily Encounter: A Week-day Devotional by a staff of ACTS International. |
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The Precious Blood of Christ
And remember
that the heavenly Father to whom you pray has no favorites. He will judge or
reward you according to what you do. So you must live in reverent fear of him
during your time here as temporary residents. For you know that God paid a
ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And
it was not paid with mere gold or silver, which lose their value. It was the
precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God. God chose him as
your ransom long before the world began, but now in these days he has been
revealed for your sake.1 Bloodshed is
essential to the Christian faith: without a sacrifice, no one can come to the Heavenly
Father. For that reason, God wove together the story of death, renewal, and
reconciliation from Genesis to Revelation. The Lord
designed redemption in a way that demonstrated the connection between the
shedding of blood and deliverance from sin. In the Old Testament, He gave
instructions that only flawless animal sacrifices be offered. God wanted
everyone to understand that sin brought terrible consequences and resulted in
death. The first death recorded in the Bible was that of the animal whose skin
became the covering of Adam and Eve after they sinned (Genesis 3:11-13, 21).
Later, the Israelites had to make sacrifices to be absolved of their sins,
whenever they brought a lamb or a pair of doves to the priest, they recognized
that the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23). But God, out of His goodness,
sent His Son to pay the price for our sins once and for all. The passage
above says that we were ransomed, not with perishable things... but with the
precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish. Let us
always remember to be thankful for His sacrificial gift. Suggested
Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, I want to thank You for the precious blood of
Your Son, Jesus Christ. Thank You for Your sacrificial gift on the cross. Thank
You, Beloved Father, that out of Your goodness and love for mankind, You sent
Your Son to pay for our sins once and for all! In the name of Jesus I pray,
Amen. 1. 1 Peter 1:17-21 (NLT). The Encounter
for today was written by: Rosina N. |
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