| Offering & Sacrifice |
| “Christ also hath loved us, and hath given Himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savor” (Ephesians 5:2). |
| We might well ask, what is the difference between an offering and a sacrifice? The answer is really very simple: the offering is what is given — the contribution, and the sacrifice is the cost. |
| • The Lord Jesus offered Himself: |
| “Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God” (Hebrews 9:14). |
| “By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all” (Hebrews 10:10). |
| • The cost was His life and the shedding of His blood: |
| “He laid down His life for us” (1 John 3:16). |
| “Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot” (1 Peter 1:18-19). |
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