THE PERFECT SACRIFICE

John 1:29 AMPC

The next day John saw Jesus coming to him and said, Look! There is the Lamb of God, Who takes away the sin of the world!

 

Christ Jesus is the perfect sacrifice! What did it cost us to be free from guilt, shame, and death? From slavery to sin? Certainly not silver or gold or any perishable thing. The cost of our freedom is something much more valuable than gold and silver—it is the precious blood of Jesus Christ.

The blind can't help the blind. In fact, we see in John 5:1-17 the hopelessness of relying on a mortal to save and deliver us when they're in the same situation or worse than we are. For this reason, we needed someone who's not in the same position we're in, whose standing is greater than ours. In other words, sinners can’t save, deliver, or redeem sinners.

In the Old Testament sacrificial system, atonement or redemption of sin was done by offering an unblemished and spotless lamb as a sacrifice. Unfortunately, that was a continuous thing and not a once-and-for-all sacrifice. It wasn’t perfect!

However, Jesus Christ became the perfect lamb and perfect sacrifice, so He could serve as the perfect Savior. According to 1 Peter 2:22, He was without sin, so He alone could save, deliver, and redeem mankind. Jesus died as our Passover lamb precisely on Passover day at the exact time the lamb was being slaughtered. He was buried during the Feast of Unleavened Bread, symbolizing His sinless body, and He rose on the Feast of First Fruits. Only God can orchestrate this perfect precision of prophetic word.

Jesus, by His sacrifice, fulfills the symbolism of the Passover Lamb. But why was Jesus the only one who could fulfill the role of the “perfect sacrifice”? Because God ordained it. As Acts 4:12 says, "Neither is there salvation in any other, given among men, whereby we must be saved." Salvation is in no one else. If we’re to be saved, it can only be by Jesus Christ. If there were to be a sacrifice for sin, it would be the sacrifice of Jesus Himself. Something He knew very well, as documented in Hebrews 10:5-7: "Hence, when He [Christ] entered into the world, He said, 'Sacrifices and offerings You have not desired, but instead You have made ready a body for Me [to offer]; [6] In burnt offerings and sin offerings You have taken no delight. [7] Then I said, Behold, here I am, coming to do Your will, O God—[to fulfill] what is written of Me in the volume of the Book.'"

Christ’s voluntary self-offering contrasts with the inefficient sacrifices, showing that Christ fulfills perfectly “the will of God” as to our redemption, by completely atoning for our sins as the perfect sacrifice.

In Romans 3:25, God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of His blood. Christ’s blood, which according to Hebrews 12:24, speaks better than animal blood when received by faith. He did this to demonstrate His righteousness.

Leviticus 17:11 says life is in the blood and God has given it to us, underscoring the action of the Lord granting the means of atonement. That is, by the life of the animal, which ransoms the life of the offerer from the deserved judgment to the life and blood of Christ.

Christ did just that on the cross. By His prepared body, He entered the world while God created the opportunity for Jesus Christ to live a totally righteous life, a life with NO sin, just like what God truly desires! That’s what a body for Jesus accomplished.

And with three words, Jesus gave His life: “It is finished!” Jesus truly accomplished and finished the work that God the Father willed that He should accomplish upon this earth—the work of becoming the “perfect sacrifice for sin.”

PRAYER:Father, thank You for preparing the body of Christ as the perfect sacrifice for my sin, redemption, and salvation. In His name, Amen.

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