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Hebrews 10: 1, 14 (NIV)
The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming – not the
realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices
repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to
worship. . . . [B]y one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are
being made holy.
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| Sacrifices could offer temporary solutions, but only God could offer the eternal one.* |
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Suppose
you have a credit card with an astronomical credit limit and you have maxed it
out. Every month you make the minimum payment which, of course, gets you
nowhere closer to paying it off. As a matter of fact, your creditors have
decided to raise your limit so you can add still more charges to your debt.
Along comes a wealthy and generous benefactor who pays off the entire amount.
Now you are debt-free. You go through a “honeymoon phase” of gratitude for this
kind person but it’s not long before you start charging again. Dare you appeal
to your savior to come to your rescue again, month after month?
The
credit card company is God. The debt is our sin; the minimum payment is the
yearly sacrifices offered for sin under the law. The blood of the animals was
never sufficient to pay off the entire debt – it just held the creditor at bay.
The benefactor who paid your debt? That would be Jesus. By one sacrifice he has
fully paid our debt and his blood is sufficient to cover it forever.
Yes, we
can appeal to our Savior to rescue us again – and again.
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| Because of his death, no more sacrifice was needed. None better could be offered.* |
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