DCLM HIGHER EVERYDAY 17 February 2022 — The saviour’s sacrifice
DCLM Higher Everyday 17 February 2022 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — The saviour’s sacrifice
TOPIC: THE SAVIOUR’S SACRIFICE
TEXT: HEBREWS 10:5-14
5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
MEMORY VERSE: “But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God” (HEBREWS 10:12).
MESSAGE:
On February 3, 1943, a ship was attacked and it began to sink in the waters of the North Atlantic. Four chaplains on the ship began distributing life jackets. When there were no more lifejackets, they removed theirs and gave them to four young men.
Eventually, the chaplains linked their arms together and went down with the ship. The chaplains sacrificed their lives for the young men. One of the survivors said, “It was the finest thing I have seen or hope to see this side of heaven.”
This situation gives us a picture of the sacrifice Jesus made for humanity to be reconciled with God and have access to His mercy and unmerited favour and love.
Christ sacrificed Himself for us to save us from our sins. Christ has made the ultimate sacrifice, but we need to confess and forsake our sins to have access to His forgiveness and the lost glory.
Youths who trivialize the sacrifice of Christ are bound to face the eternal judgment of God, who is also a consuming fire. The door of His mercy is still open for all sinners today.
QUOTE: Christ has made the ultimate sacrifice.
CHALLENGE: Make Christ your Lord.
PRAYER: Lord, help me to live for You all the days of my life.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
