February 15, 2011 God True to His Word

God True to His Word
Read Leviticus 17-19

Lev 17:11 for the life of the body is in its blood. I have given you the blood on the altar to purify you, making you right with the Lord. It is the blood, given in exchange for a life, that makes purification possible.

WHEN I hear people talk of those they admire, one remark I often hear is this: “He’ll do anything for you. He walks his talk. You know that when he says something he means it. He’ll never ask anyone to do something he wouldn’t do himself.”
Do you know someone like that? I do. His name is God.
When you read God’s reason for establishing the blood sacrifice system, you can then see why Jesus, the Son of God, would have to die a death where he would bleed. And you can see how his death would cancel your sin.
God’s law said to sacrifice an animal and let it bleed out. Don’t just kill it. Be sure its lifeblood comes out. That’s the only way your sin will be canceled—temporarily. You’ll need to come back and do it again.
When God canceled your sin forever, he had to follow his own law, live by his own word. And so he did. Jesus has died a sacrificial death because God said it is “the blood, given in exchange for a life, that makes purification possible.”
You can trust your God who lives by His Word.


Pause and Consider: give a good word to someone who needs your help today.