ONCE FOR ALL TIME

            Do you know the difference between the Old Testament sacrificial system and Christ’s death?  In both cases blood was required to pay for sin, but in the OT the blood only covered the sin. Picture a piece of wood with the word SIN written on it. If you painted over the word, it would still exist, but because of the paint you couldn’t see it. So it is with the OT sacrifice. The blood satisfied the payment for the person’s sin, therefore although it wasn’t removed, God didn’t hold it against the person because the proper payment had been made. The evidence that the pardon was not forever lies in the fact that sacrifices needed to be made every year on the Day of Atonement. 

            The blood of Christ cleansed sin from our hearts and souls. If you wrote with a stick the word SIN on a shoreline you could watch the next wave come in and remove the word. THAT is what Christ did for us. He, being the only perfect being in existence, was the only one whose blood would completely eradicate a person’s sin. That is the only way our sins can be completely removed. Once for all time. 

            This is wonderful news! In fact it’s the kind of news that ought to cause a change in the trajectory of one’s life. This isn’t an average, ordinary event that takes place in a person’s life. No way. This is revolutionary thinking. To proclaim that you are freed from the grip of sin sounds like crazy talk to most. They are the ones who are stuck in a quagmire of faithlessness and disbelief. Unless the Spirit quickens their spirit, they will stay lost forever. Seek the Lord while he may be found.

            Isaiah 55:6-7New International Version 

“Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near.                                           Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.”

Resource: The Life Application Study Bible