OUR DAILY BREAD             Sat., April 15, 1995
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READ: Hebrews 9:11-28

            THE PERFECT SACRIFICE

          "Christ was offered once
          to bear the sins of many."

                        -- Hebrews 9:28

High atop the main pyramid of the temple of
Tenochtitlan in Mexico, the ancient Aztecs
performed their vile ritual of human sacrifice.
According to their beliefs, the sun god needed
the nourishment of human blood to drive back
the darkness each dawn.

Human sacrifice is abhorrent to us -- and even
more so to God.  That makes the sacrifice of
Jesus Christ so amazing.  yet as we examine it,
we see how different it was from those tragically
misguided pagan rituals.

God's Word tells us that because of Adam's fall
sin entered the human family.  Because God is
holy, something would have to be done to take
away sin if man was to be restored to fellowship
with Him.  Jesus, who was God in the flesh, alone
lived a perfect life and could open the way to
God by paying the penalty for man's sin.  And
His sacrifice did that for us.

The Aztecs sacrificed human beings, hoping to
appease the whims of the gods.  The living and
true God, however, sent His own Son to die in our
place, thus satisfying both the demands of His
holiness and the desires of His love.  In God's
righteous Son Jesus we have a perfect sacrifice.
But just to know that truth is not enough.  We
must accept Him.

Have you put your trust in God's perfect sacrifice?

                                -- J. David Branon

        Here we rest in wonder, viewing
          All our sins on Jesus laid,
         And a full redemption flowing
          From the sacrifice He made.

                                -- Shirley
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           THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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          Our salvation is free
      because Christ paid the price.
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THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  1 Chronicles 4-6

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