Think about Job, how he'd offer sacrifices for his children, worried they might have sinned. He wanted to make things right with God. It's a powerful image, isn't it?
But here's the amazing thing: you don't have to do that anymore. Jesus' sacrifice covers everything. His blood has cleansed you, forgiven you. That's a gift worth more than anything, right?
So what can you do now? How can you show your gratitude? It's not about burnt offerings anymore. It's about living a life that honors God. It's about waking up each day and choosing to walk in His will, showing love and obedience in everything you do.
That's the kind of "offering" that truly matters. A genuine heart, filled with thankfulness, radiating His love – that's what God desires most. It's like a beautiful fragrance rising up to Him.
You've already been forgiven. You've confessed Jesus as your savior. Now, turn away from anything that pulls you from Him. Embrace the good, and live each day as a testament to His grace. Live a life worthy of the One who called you out of darkness and into His marvelous light. That’s the best gift you can give.
And every day thou shall offer the bullock of sin-offering for atonement. And thou shall cleanse the altar when thou make atonement for it, and thou shall anoint it, to sanctify it.
And walk in love, as also the Christ loved us, and delivered himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a fragrant aroma.
And whenever ye may stand praying, forgive, if ye have anything against any man, so that also your Father in the heavens will forgive you your trespasses.
if the anointed priest shall sin so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin, which he has sinned, a young bullock without blemish to LORD for a sin-offering.
when the sin by which they have sinned is known, then the assembly shall offer a young bullock for a sin-offering, and bring it before the tent of meeting.
And all the fat of it he shall take off from it, and burn it upon the altar.Thus he shall do with the bullock, as he did with the bullock of the sin-offering, so he shall do with this. And the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven.
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of transgressions, according to the wealth of his grace,which he abounded for us in all wisdom and intelligence.
Thus he shall do with the bullock, as he did with the bullock of the sin-offering, so he shall do with this. And the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven.
If therefore thou should bring thy gift to the altar, and remember there that thy brother has anything against thee,leave there thy gift before the altar, and go. First be reconciled to thy brother, and then, after coming, bring thy gift.
Speak to the sons of Israel, that they take for me an offering; of every man whose heart makes him willing ye shall take my offering.
And we have brought LORD's oblation, what every man has gotten, of jewels of gold, ankle-chains, and bracelets, signet-rings, earrings, and armlets, to make atonement for our souls before LORD.
Will a man rob God? Yet ye rob me. But ye say, How have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
And do not criticize, and ye will, no, not be criticized. And do not condemn, and ye will, no, not be condemned. Forgive, and ye will be forgiven.
Each man as he purposes in his heart, not from regret or from necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver.
Now therefore, take to you seven bullocks and seven rams. And go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering. And my servant Job shall pray for you, for him I will accept, that I not deal with you after your fol
Be it known to you therefore, men, brothers, that through this man remission of sins is proclaimed to you.
And if he brings a lamb as his oblation for a sin-offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish.
The generous soul shall be made prosperous, and he who waters shall also be watered himself.
Be careful not to do your charity before men in order to be seen by them, otherwise ye have no reward from your Father in the heavens.When therefore thou do charity, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.But when thou do charity, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand does,so that thy charity may be in secret. And thy Father who sees in secret will himself reward thee in the open.
Honor LORD with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase,so thy barns shall be filled with plenty, and thy vats shall overflow with new wine.
And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is LORD's; it is holy to LORD.
Ascribe to LORD the glory due to his name. Bring an offering, and come before him. Worship LORD in holy array.
And thou shall keep the feast of weeks to LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill-offering from thy hand, which thou shall give, according as LORD thy God blesses thee.
And when ye offer a sacrifice of peace-offerings to LORD, ye shall offer it that ye may be accepted.
Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of LORD thy God which he has given thee.
That which has gone out of thy lips thou shall observe and do, according as thou have vowed to LORD thy God, a freewill-offering, which thou have promised with thy mouth.
But whatever has a blemish, that ye shall not offer, for it shall not be acceptable for you.And whoever offers a sacrifice of peace-offerings to LORD to accomplish a vow, or for a freewill-offering, of the herd or of the flock, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish in it.
And whoever is left, in any place where he sojourns, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, besides the freewill-offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, thou will not despise.
And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter at the east [gate], was over the freewill-offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of LORD, and the most holy things.
ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Thus ye also shall offer a heave-offering to LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the sons of Israel. And from it ye shall give LORD's heave-offering to Aaron the priest.
Give, and it will be given to you, good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, they will give into your bosom. For with the same measure with which ye measure, it will be measured again to you.
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination. How much more when he brings it with a wicked mind!
But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? For all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
But do not forget benevolence and fellowship, for God is well pleased with such sacrifices.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust deteriorates, and where thieves break through and steal,but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust deteriorates, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought an offering to LORD of the fruit of the ground.And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat of it. And LORD had respect to Abel and to his offering,
Command the rich in the present age not to be arrogant, nor hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in the living God, who supplies us all things abundantly for enjoyment,to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous, willing to share,storing up for themselves a good foundation for that which is coming, so that they may take hold of the eternal life.
With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to thee. I will give thanks to thy name, O LORD, for it is good.
Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt, for the tree is known by its fruit.Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.The good man out of his good treasure brings forth good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil things.
And they brought in the oblations and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully. And Conaniah the Levite was ruler over them, and Shimei his brother was second.
I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, your reasonable service.
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says LORD. I have had enough of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts. And I do not delight in the blood of bullocks or of lambs or of he-goats.When ye come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand--to trample my courts?Bring no more vain oblations. Incense is an abomination to me. New moon and Sabbath, the calling of assemblies--I cannot bear iniquity and the solemn meeting.Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates. They are a trouble to me. I am weary of bearing them.And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood.
forbearing each other, and forgiving yourselves, if any man has a complaint against any, just as also the Christ forgave you, so also ye,
And become good toward each other, compassionate, forgiving each other, even as also God in Christ forgave us.
And having looked up, he saw the rich casting their gifts into the treasury.And he also saw a certain poor widow there casting in two mites.And he said, Truly I say to you, that this poor widow cast in more than they all.For all these cast into the offerings of God from their abundance, but this woman from her poverty cast in all the living that she had.
Take heed to yourselves. And if thy brother should sin against thee, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.And if he should sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times in the day turn back, saying, I repent, thou will forgive him.
Then Peter having come to him, he said, Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?Jesus says to him, I say to thee, not until seven times, but until seventy times seven.
Bring ye the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now with this, says LORD of hosts, if I will not open to you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be
Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thine ordinances.
He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
And if thou make to me an altar of stone, thou shall not build it of hewn stones, for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou have polluted it.
There is he who scatters, and increases yet more, and there he is who withholds more than is proper, but only to want.The generous soul shall be made prosperous, and he who waters shall also be watered himself.
Come now, and let us reason together, says LORD, though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
The wicked man borrows, and pays not again, but the righteous man deals graciously, and gives.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous so that he will forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from every unrighteousness.
If thou, LORD, should note iniquities, O LORD, who could stand?But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou may be feared.
And all things, anything whatever ye may do in word or in deed, do all in the name of Lord Jesus, expressing thanks to the God and Father through him.
For if the willingness is present, it is acceptable to the extent if some man has, not to the extent he does not have.
But God commends his love toward us, that, while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing. And dividing his garments, they cast a lot.
But I receive all things, and I abound. I have been filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things from you, an aroma of fragrance, an acceptable sacrifice well-pleasing to God.
Repent ye therefore, and be converted in order to wipe away your sins, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.
It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He shall maintain his cause in judgment,
All things therefore, as many as ye may want that men should do to you, so also do ye to them, for this is the law and the prophets.
For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a certain participation for the poor of the sanctified at Jerusalem.For they were pleased. And they are debtors of them, for if the gentiles were partakers in their spiritual things, they are obligated also to serve them in the carnal things.
Upon the first day of the week let each of you set something aside near himself, storing up whatever he may prosper, so that when I come no collections may be made then.
I gave you a glimpse of all things, that so laboring ye ought to aid the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Through him therefore, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, fruit of lips acknowledging his name.But do not forget benevolence and fellowship, for God is well pleased with such sacrifices.