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.
Every day you are to sacrifice a bull as a sin offering for forgiveness. When you do this the altar needs to be purified. Anoint it to make it holy.
Live in love, just as Christ loved you. He gave himself for us, a gift and sacrificial offering to God like a sweet-smelling perfume.
But when you're praying, if you have something against someone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your sins.”
If it is the high priest who sins and brings guilt on everyone, he must present to the Lord a young bull without defects as a sin offering for his sin.
When they realize their sin, then they must bring a young bull as a sin offering and present it before the Tent of Meeting.
Then he shall remove all the fat from the bull and burn it on the altar.“Tell the Israelites that these are the rules to handle cases of those who sin unintentionally against any of the Lord's commandments and do what is not permitted. He shall offer this bull in the same way he did for the sin offering. This is how the priest will make them right, and they will be forgiven.
Through him we gain salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins as a result of his priceless gracethat he so generously provided for us, together with all wisdom and understanding.
He shall offer this bull in the same way he did for the sin offering. This is how the priest will make them right, and they will be forgiven.
If you're at the altar making an offering, and remember that your brother has something against you,leave your offering on the altar and go and make peace with him first, and afterwards come back and make your offering.
“Instruct the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive my offering from everyone who willingly wants to give.
So we have brought the Lord an offering of the gold objects each man received—armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces—in order that we may be right before the Lord.”
Should people defraud God? Yet you are defrauding me! But you ask, “How have we defrauded you?” In tithes and offerings.
Don't judge, and you won't be judged; don't condemn, and you won't be condemned; forgive, and you'll be forgiven;
Everybody should give as they've already decided—not reluctantly, or because they have to, for God loves those who give with a cheerful spirit.
So take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job, and you shall offer a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray on your behalf and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your foolishness, because you have not told the truth about me, as my servant Job did.”
My brothers, I want you to understand that we're telling you that through this man sins are forgiven.
If you're generous, you'll become rich; give someone a drink of water, and you'll be given one in return.
“Make sure not to do your good deeds in front of people, just so they can be seen. Otherwise you won't have any reward from your Father in heaven.May your kingdom come! May your will be carried out in earth as it is in heaven.Please give to us today the food we need.Forgive our sins, just as we have forgiven those who have sinned against us.Please don't let us give in to temptation, and save us from the evil one. For if you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.But if you don't forgive those who sin against you, then your heavenly Father won't forgive your sins.When you fast, don't be like the hypocrites who put on sad faces and make themselves look terrible so that everyone can see they're fasting. I tell you the truth, they already have their reward.Instead, when you fast, wash your face and look smart,so that people won't see you're fasting, and your unseen Father who sees what happens in private will reward you.Don't pile up wealth here on earth where moths and rust ruin it, and where thieves break in and steal it.When you give to the poor, don't be like the hypocrites who blow their own trumpets to announce what they're doing in the synagogues and in the streets so that people will praise them. I tell you the truth: they already have their reward.Instead, you should store up your wealth in heaven, where moths and rust don't ruin it, and where thieves don't break in and steal it.For what you value the most shows who you really are.The eye is like a lamp that lights the body. So if your eye is healthy, then your whole body will have light.But if your eye is evil, then your whole body will be in the dark. If the ‘light’ you have is actually darkness, how dark is that!No one can serve two masters. Either you'll hate one and love the other, or you'll be devoted to one and despise the other. You can't serve both God and Money. That's why I'm telling you not to worry about your life. Don't worry about what to eat, or what to drink, or what clothes to put on. Isn't life more than food, and the body more than clothes?Look at the birds—they don't sow or reap or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you worth more than they are?Who of you by worrying can add a minute to your life?And why are you worried about clothes? Look at the beautiful flowers in the field. See how they grow: they don't work hard, they don't spin thread.But I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was dressed like one of these flowers.When you give to the poor, don't let your left hand know what your right hand's doing.So if God decorates the fields like this, grass which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, won't he do much more for you, you people who trust so little?So don't worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’These are all the things that the heathen chase after, but your heavenly Father knows everything you need.Seek his kingdom first, and his way of living right, and everything will be given to you.So don't worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow can worry about itself. There's already enough evil in every day.”That way what you give will be in secret, and your Father who sees what happens in secret will reward you.
Give the Lord the glory he deserves; bring an offering and come before him. Worship the Lord in his magnificent holiness.
Then celebrate the Festival of Weeks to honor the Lord your God by giving him a freewill offering, depending on just how much the Lord your God has blessed you.
When you sacrifice a peace offering to the Lord, make sure you do it correctly so God will accept you.
Each of you is to bring whatever gift you can, depending on how much the Lord your God has blessed you.
But make sure to carry out what you've said to the Lord your God, because it was you who freely chose to make such a promise.
Don't present anything with a defect because it won't be accepted on your behalf.If you want to present a peace offering to the Lord from the herd or flock to fulfill a promise or as a freewill offering, in order to be acceptable the animal must be perfect, completely without defects.
Wherever survivors are currently living, let them be helped by the people of that region with silver, gold, goods, and livestock, together with a voluntary donation for God's Temple in Jerusalem.’”
The “sacrifices” that God wants are on the inside—the brokenness of repentance. God won't reject a broken and sorrowful heart.
Kore, son of Imnah, the Levite, the gatekeeper of the East Gate, was responsible for receiving the freewill offerings given to God. He also distributed the offerings given to the Lord, together with the consecrated gifts.
you also become like living stones, being built into a spiritual house. You are a holy priesthood that offers spiritual sacrifices that God welcomes through Jesus Christ.
In this way you are to contribute an offering to the Lord from every tithe you receive from the Israelites, giving the Lord's offering to Aaron the priest.
give, and you will be given generously in return. When what you're given is measured out, it's pressed down so more can be added, spilling out over the top, pouring into your lap! For how much you give will determine how much you receive.”
The sacrifices given by the wicked are obnoxious, worse still when they're offered with evil motives.
But who am I, and who are my people, that we are able to give as willingly as this? For everything we have comes from you—we are only giving back what you have given us.
And don't forget to do what is good, and to share with others what you have, for God is pleased when you make such sacrifices.
Don't pile up wealth here on earth where moths and rust ruin it, and where thieves break in and steal it.When you give to the poor, don't be like the hypocrites who blow their own trumpets to announce what they're doing in the synagogues and in the streets so that people will praise them. I tell you the truth: they already have their reward.Instead, you should store up your wealth in heaven, where moths and rust don't ruin it, and where thieves don't break in and steal it.For what you value the most shows who you really are.
Don't be fooled, God can't be treated with contempt: whatever you sow, that's what you reap.
Sometime later Cain brought some of the produce he'd grown as an offering to the Lord.Abel also brought an offering: the firstborn lambs of his flock, selecting the very best parts to offer. The Lord was pleased with Abel and his offering,
Warn those who are rich in the present world not to become proud. Tell them not to place their trust in wealth that is so insecure but in God who so freely gives us everything for our enjoyment.Tell them to do good, and to become rich in doing good things, ready to share what they have, and to be generous.In this way they store up treasure that will provide a solid basis for the future, so that they can take hold of true life.
I will happily offer a sacrifice to you; I will praise the kind of person you are, Lord, for you are good.
Either decide that the tree is good, and its fruit is good, or decide that the tree is bad and its fruit is bad—for the tree is known by its fruit.You viper's brood, how can you who are evil say anything good? For your mouth simply says what your mind is busy thinking about.A good person brings out good from their store of good things, and an evil person brings out evil from their store of evil things.
the people faithfully brought in their offerings, tithes, and dedicated gifts. Conaniah the Levite was the one who was responsible for them, and his brother Shimei was second in command.
So I encourage you, my brothers and sisters, because of God's compassion for you, to dedicate your bodies as a living offering that is holy and pleasing to God. This is the logical way to worship.
For if you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.But if you don't forgive those who sin against you, then your heavenly Father won't forgive your sins.
What use are all your many sacrifices to me? asks the Lord. I am sick and tired of your burnt offerings of rams and the fat of sacrificial animals. I don't delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats!When you come to appear before me in worship, who asked you to proudly tramp around my courts?Don't bring me any more meaningless offerings; your incense is offensive to me. Your new moon festivals and Sabbath observations and your calling of special religious meetings—I can't stand them because they're evil, as are your solemn assemblies.I detest your new moon and yearly festivals with my whole being! They've become just a burden to me—I can't bear them anymore!When you hold up your hands to me in prayer, I'll look away. Even though you pray many prayers, I won't pay attention to them, because your hands are full of blood.
Be patient with one another, forgive others among you if you have grievances against one another. Just as the Lord forgave you, you should do the same.
Be kind and compassionate to each other, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave you.
Looking around, Jesus watched rich people putting their gifts into the collection box.Nation will fight nation, and kingdom will fight kingdom,” he told them.“There will be severe earthquakes, famines, and epidemic diseases in many lands, and extraordinary signs in the sky that are terrifying.But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will drag you before synagogues and throw you into prison, and put you on trial before kings and governors on account of me.But this will provide you an opportunity to speak on my behalf before them.So make up your mind beforehand not to worry about how to defend yourselves,for I will give you words of wisdom that your enemies won't be able to dispute or contradict.You will be betrayed even by your parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will kill some of you.Everyone will hate you because of me.But not a single hair of your head will be lost.By standing firm you will gain your lives. He also saw a very poor widow put in two small coins. However, when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then you know that its destruction is near.Those who are in Judea should run away to the mountains, and those who are in Jerusalem should leave, and those who are the countryside shouldn't enter the city.For these are days of punishment, fulfilling all that's written.How hard it will be for those who are pregnant or nursing babies at that time! For terrible trouble is coming on the land and punishment against this people.They will be killed by the sword and taken away as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trodden down by the foreign nations until their time is fulfilled.There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars, and on the earth the nations will be in distress, confused by the sea's rolling and crashing.People will be faint from fear, terrified about what is happening to the world, for the powers of heaven will be shaken.Then they'll see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.But when these things happen, stand up and look up, because you will soon be saved.”Then he told them this story as an illustration. “Look at the fig tree, or any other kind of tree.“I tell you the truth,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the rest together.When you see new leaves appear, you don't need to be told that summer is near.In the same way, when you see these things happening, you don't need to be told that God's kingdom is near.I tell you the truth, this generation won't come to an end before all this happens.Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my word will not.Watch out that you don't become distracted by partying or getting drunk or by the worries of this life, so that this day catches you by surprise.For this day will come upon everyone who lives on the face of the earth.Always keep watch and pray, so that you may be able to escape all that will happen and stand before the Son of man.”Every day Jesus taught in the Temple, and every evening he went and stayed on the Mount of Olives.All the people came early in the morning to listen to him in the Temple.All of them gave from their wealth what they had, but she gave from her poverty all she had to live on.”
So take care what you do. If your brother sins, warn him; and if he repents, forgive him.The day when the Son of man appears will be just like that.If you're up on the roof that day don't go down and get your things; and if you're out in the fields don't go back home either.Remember Lot's wife!If you try to hold on to your life you'll lose it; but if you lose your life you'll save it.I tell you, at that time two will be in bed at night; one will be taken and the other left.Two women will be grinding grain, one will be taken; and the other left.”“Where, Lord?” they asked. “Where the carcass is, that's where the vultures gather,” Jesus replied.Even if he sins against you seven times a day, and seven times comes back and tells you, ‘I'm really sorry,’ forgive him.”
Peter came to Jesus and asked him, “Lord, how many times should I forgive my brother for sinning against me? Seven times?”“No, not seven times. I would say seventy times seven!” Jesus told him.
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse so that there will be food in my Temple. Put me to the test in this, says the Lord Almighty, and I will open the windows of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you won't have enough room for it.
Lord, please accept my offerings of praise that I freely give you. Teach me your rules.
He does not punish us for our sins as he ought to; he does not pay us back for our wrongdoing as we deserve.For as high as the heavens are above the earth is the extent of his trustworthy love to those who honor him.As far as the east is from the west is how far the Lord has taken our sins away from us.
Now if you make an altar out of stones for me, you must not build it with cut stones, because if you use a chisel to cut the stone, you make it unholy.
If you give generously you receive more, but if you keep back what you should give, you end up poor.If you're generous, you'll become rich; give someone a drink of water, and you'll be given one in return.
Come on, let's argue this out, says the Lord. Even though your sins are like scarlet, they will become white like snow. Even though they are red like crimson, they will become like wool.
But if we confess our sins, he is trustworthy and right so that he can forgive us our sins and make us clean from all that is not right in us.
Lord, if you kept a list of sins, who could escape being condemned?But you are forgiving so that we might respect you.
Whatever you do, whether in word or action, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, praising God the Father through him.
If the willingness is there, it's fine to give what you have, not what you don't have!
But God demonstrates his love for us in that Christ died for us while we were still sinners.
Jesus said, “Father, please forgive them, for they don't know what they're doing.” They divided up his clothes by throwing dice for them.
For I have everything, more than I need! I'm thankful to receive from Epaphroditus the things you sent. They're like a sweet-smelling sacrifice that pleases God and that he approves of.
Now repent, and change your ways, that your sins can be wiped away, so the Lord can send opportunities for you to heal and recover,
Good things come to those who are generous in their lending and are honest in doing business.
because the believers in Macedonia and Achaia thought it was a good idea to send a contribution to the poor among the believers in Jerusalem.They were happy to do this because they're in their debt. Now that foreigners are sharing their spiritual benefits, they owe it to the Jewish believers to help them in material things.
On the first day of the week everybody should set aside some money you've earned. I don't want there to be any collections to have to be made when I'm with you.
I have given you an example in everything: work to help those who are weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
So let us through Jesus always offer a sacrifice of praise to God—this means speaking well of God, declaring his character.And don't forget to do what is good, and to share with others what you have, for God is pleased when you make such sacrifices.