BlaznFattyz
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To believe God is to have confidence in God to the point of obeying His Word. To believe God is to accept what God says as true. If you say, "I believe in God," but you do not believe what God says in the Holy Scriptures, then you do not really believe God. God and His Word are one.If you believe God, you will believe and obey His Word. If you do not believe what God says, it is God Himself you are rejecting.
"Without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sin" Here is the reason: God's holy Law declares that the payment of sin is death! That is why blood had to be shed. Forgiveness of sin is not based on man's plan, but on God's plan.
In earlier generations, God decreed that every sinner must present an animal without blemish and slaughter it. The innocent animal would die as a substitute for the sinner. Because of the blood of such a sacrifice, God could be patient with Adam's descendants and cover their sins for a time. But the blood of animals could not cancel the debt of man's sin, because the value of an animal is not equal to that of a man. That is why the Scriptures say that animal sacrifices were "only a shadow of the good things that are coming, not the realities themselves…because it is impossible for the blood of animals to take away sins." (Heb. 10:1,4)
The most important thing to remember about animal sacrifices is that they were mere illustrations of the Savior who was to come into the world to pay the debt of sin for the descendants of Adam. This Savior, whom God promised, would die "for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring them to God." (1 Pet. 3:18) As it is written in the Gospel "All the prophets testify about this Savior that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His Name." (Acts 10:43) Jesus Christ is that perfect lamb that died for our sins, so that we may believe in him and be saved.
"Without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sin" Here is the reason: God's holy Law declares that the payment of sin is death! That is why blood had to be shed. Forgiveness of sin is not based on man's plan, but on God's plan.
In earlier generations, God decreed that every sinner must present an animal without blemish and slaughter it. The innocent animal would die as a substitute for the sinner. Because of the blood of such a sacrifice, God could be patient with Adam's descendants and cover their sins for a time. But the blood of animals could not cancel the debt of man's sin, because the value of an animal is not equal to that of a man. That is why the Scriptures say that animal sacrifices were "only a shadow of the good things that are coming, not the realities themselves…because it is impossible for the blood of animals to take away sins." (Heb. 10:1,4)
The most important thing to remember about animal sacrifices is that they were mere illustrations of the Savior who was to come into the world to pay the debt of sin for the descendants of Adam. This Savior, whom God promised, would die "for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring them to God." (1 Pet. 3:18) As it is written in the Gospel "All the prophets testify about this Savior that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His Name." (Acts 10:43) Jesus Christ is that perfect lamb that died for our sins, so that we may believe in him and be saved.