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We may take this next fact of who Jesus is to us for granted, however that does not make it any less crucial to our salvation and a successful walk as Christians.

4/ Jesus is the sacrifice for our sin…

— We will be studying two very precious scripture passages today…

— See Hebrews 10:11-14 (11) And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. (12) But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, (13) waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. (14) For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.

— Let’s make sure we understand what is written here…

Q1/ Why were the priests mentioned in vs.11 making daily sacrifices?

Q2/ Do you think God intended these sin sacrifices to go on forever?

Q3/ I am going to ask a couple of DEEPER QUESTIONS HERE:
— Was there any significance to these blood sacrifices for sin cleansing? (Why did God command these sacrifices? – Did they point to future events?)

— What was the power in these sin-cleansing sacrifices? (Was it a magical power of blood and slain animals, did it appease a blood-thirsty deity, or was it intended to encourage a faith in a substitutional sacrifice?)

Q4/ Why did these blood sacrifices end? (SEE vs.14)

And then we move to study Romans 8:31-39…

— (31-34) What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? (32) He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? (33) Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. (34) Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.

— (35-39) Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? (36) As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.” (37) No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. (38) For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, (39) nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Q5/ Do you think ANY SIN is beyond the redeeming power of this sacrifice? (vs.33-34)
— Can you think what would be the only effective defence argument that Jesus could make on our behalf?

Q6/ Why doesn’t death, torture, or persecution, seperate us from Christ’s love? (When a Christian is brutally slain for their faith, has the love of Christ abandoned them? – OR – Has God forsaken us when Christians die from disease, even after we’ve been praying for their healing?) (SEE vs.37-39)

Q7/ How can you have victory even when you lose this earthly battle to live?

Q8/ How do we find and keep a Godly (proper) understanding of what we find written in these passages? (WHAT POWER DOES THE DEATH OF JESUS CARRY FOR US TODAY?)

Q9/ So to transfer this into our actions… We need to ask, “How should we be responding to this sin-cleansing and redeeming sacrifice of Jesus?” (What must our actions show to others around us?)

Jesus told us quite clearly how he insists we respond in Matthew 25:31-46…

31. “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. (32) Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. (33) And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. (34) Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. (35) For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, (36) I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ (37) Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? (38) And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? (39) And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ (40) And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’ (41) “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. (42) For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, (43) I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ (44) Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?’ (45) Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’ (46) And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Q10/ So if we accept and understand the IMMENSITY of what Jesus did to redeem us from OUR SINS… Choose an answer from the choices below:

A/ We should glory in our salvation, and wait for Jesus to come again and give us our rewards…

B/ We should live a life of self-sacrifice so as to better serve those around us, in the hope that they may see Jesus in us…

(Another good question to answer as we look at self-sacrificing living – Could this apply to whether or not we choose to get the Covid vaccine shot?)

We will close with further discussion, and then allow our closing song to lead us into our prayer time…

TURN YOUR EYES UPON JESUS