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Sacrifice for Sin. From the very beginning, God had a simple rule for mankind: “Sin = Death” But, since He desired man to “multiply and fill the earth,” and since sin had entered the world, there was a (foreseen, Eph.1:4 ) need for a redemptive system through which man could be saved.
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Sacrifice for Sin From the very beginning, God had a simple rule for mankind: “Sin = Death” But, since He desired man to “multiply and fill the earth,” and since sin had entered the world, there was a (foreseen, Eph.1:4) need for a redemptivesystem through which man could be saved. Thus was the beginning of the sacrificial system.
Sacrifice for Sin Adam and Eve sacrificed: • Intimate fellowship with God, Gen.3:8; 3:23-24 • God’s gracious provision, Gen.2:8,15-16; 3:17-23 • Their lives,Gen.2:16-17; 3:19-24
Sacrifice for Sin Cain and Abel sacrificed: • Cain sacrificed of the “fruit of the ground,”Gen.4:1-3 • Abel also sacrificed, but did so from “the firstlings of the flock,”Gen.4:4 • Abel’s sacrifice was “by faith,” Heb.11:4; Rom.10:17 • But Cain, by not acting by faith, and refusing to repent, sacrificed fellowship with God, Gen.4:5-12ff
Sacrifice for Sin Abraham sacrificed: • God tested him with the ultimate sacrifice, Gen.22:1-2 • Abraham passed the sacrificial test,Gen.4:3-10 • But, as Abraham predicted, God provided the sacrificial lamb, Gen.22:8,11-14
Sacrifice for Sin This sacrificial system of life for life redemption was eventually codified: • It was perhaps hinted at in Gen.9:3-6 • But more fully explained in the Law of Moses,Lev.17:11-14 • However, these were but the mere shadow of things to come, Heb.10:1-4
Sacrifice for Sin John 1:29, John said of Jesus, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” • He was the Sacrifice of all sacrifices, for His blood cleansed the consciencerather than just the fleshof man, Heb.9:8-14 • It was the bloodof this perfect, firstborn Lamb that provided complete redemption,Eph.1:7 • So, there is really but one question left…
Sacrifice for Sin How is the cleansing of that redemptive sacrifice applied to us? Romans 6 • Baptism puts us in contact with the bloodof Jesus’ sacrifice, v.3(see also John 19:33-34andRev.1:5) • But baptism also includes our death- we die to sin,vv.4(sin still = death) • However, this is not the end for our death to sinmust continue after baptism, vv.2,5-13
Sacrifice for Sin Now, the big questions: • Do you understand why and how God’s sacrificial system works? • Have you offered the proper sacrifice for your sins by dying and being buried with Christ in baptism to contact the saving blood of His sacrifice? • Is there a continual putting to death / crucifixion of your old self of sin?