Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him.
- Hebrews 9:28 (NIV)
At least once in our lives we experience something where we think to ourselves “I’ll never do that again”.
After trying a new food that was just terrible or attending an event that completely missed our expectations, we say we won’t do it again.
But often even as we say that we will never do that again, we are taking steps to repeat ourselves.
How quickly we forget the choices we made that were not the wisest and we make the same mistakes over and over again.
Sin is one of those things that manifests itself as something fun or exciting that will turn around to bite us, yet some of us repeat those sins often.
In the Old Testament, people would atone for their sins via sacrifice such as an animal or crops, I’m thankful that we no longer give burnt offerings because Christ came to earth to live among us, to teach us, to die for us.
Jesus sacrificed Himself, just once, and by doing so He wiped out our sin, the sin of many.
We have salvation, we have a way to Heaven, and we need to live like it.
He is coming back, but this time He is not going to die for us – He only did that once.
As we wait for Him, we need to follow His example – the old saying “what would Jesus do”, while overused and cliché has a ring of truth to it.
Let’s live our lives as if He is coming back tomorrow and we want to go home with Him.
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