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 must offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement, and you must cleanse the altar when you make atonement for it. You must anoint it to consecrate it.
Walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave Himself for us as a fragrant offering and a sacrifice to God.
And when you stand praying, forgive if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven may also forgive you your sins.
if the anointed priest sins, so as to bring guilt on the people, he shall bring for his sin that he has committed a bull without blemish to the Lord for a sin offering.
and the sin that they committed against the commandment becomes known, the congregation shall offer a bull for a sin offering, and they will bring it before the tent of meeting.
He shall remove all the fat from it and burn it on the altar.Speak to the Israelites, saying: When a person sins unintentionally against any of the commandments of the Lord that should not be done, and he violates one of them,He shall do to this bull just as he did to the bull of the sin offering; this is what he will do to it. And the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven.
In Him we have redemption through His blood and the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace,which He lavished on us in all wisdom and insight,
He shall do to this bull just as he did to the bull of the sin offering; this is what he will do to it. And the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven.
“Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,leave your gift there before the altar and go on your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. From every man who gives willingly with his heart you shall receive My offering.
We have brought an offering for the Lord, what every man has gotten of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and pendants, to make an atonement for ourselves before the Lord.”
Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me. But you say, “How have we robbed You?” In tithes and offerings.
“Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you shall be forgiven.
Let every man give according to the purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or out of necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver.
And now, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and My servant Job will pray for you. For him I will accept, lest I deal with you according to your folly, in that you have not spoken of Me the thing which is right like My servant Job.”
“Therefore, brothers, let it be known to you that through this Man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,
“Be sure that you do not do your righteous deeds before men to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.Your kingdom come; Your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.Give us this day our daily bread.And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.But if you do not forgive men for their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.“Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces so they may appear to men to be fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,so that you will not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.“Therefore, when you do your charitable deeds, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroy and where thieves do not break in nor steal,for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.“The light of the body is the eye. Therefore, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.But if your eye is unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. Therefore, if the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!“No one can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.“Therefore, I say to you, take no thought about your life, what you will eat, or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body than clothing?Look at the birds of the air, for they do not sow, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns. Yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they?Who among you by taking thought can add one cubit to his stature?“Why take thought about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They neither spin nor weave.Yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.But when you do your charitable deeds, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,Therefore, if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is here and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?Therefore, take no thought, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be given to you.Therefore, take no thought about tomorrow, for tomorrow will take thought about the things of itself. Sufficient to the day is the trouble thereof.so that your righteous deeds may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly.
Any tithe of the land, whether seed of the land or fruit of the trees, belongs to the Lord. It is holy to the Lord.
Give to the Lord the glory due His name; bring an offering and come before Him, bow down to the Lord in holy array.
You must keep the Feast of Weeks to the Lord your God with a tribute of a freewill offering from your hand, which you must give to the Lord your God, in proportion to how much the Lord your God has blessed you.
When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord, you shall offer it so that you might be accepted.
Every man must give as he is able, in proportion to the blessing of the Lord your God, which He has given you.
That which goes out of your lips you must keep and do, even a freewill offering, just as you have vowed to the Lord your God, what you have promised with your mouth.
But whatever has a blemish you shall not offer, for it shall not be acceptable for you.Whoever offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord to fulfill his vow or a freewill offering, whether from the herd or flock, to be accepted it shall be perfect, with no blemish on it.
Whoever remains in any place where he sojourns, let the men of his place help him with silver, gold, goods, and animals, along with voluntary gifts for the house of God in Jerusalem.”
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite was gatekeeper for the East Gate and over the voluntary offerings to God, to designate the contributions of the Lord and most holy offerings.
you also, as living stones, are being built up into a spiritual house as a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Thus you also will set apart an offering to the Lord from all the tithes which you receive from the Israelites. Out of them you will give the offering of the Lord to Aaron the priest.
Give, and it will be given to you: Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will men give unto you. For with the measure you use, it will be measured unto you.”
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with evil intent!
“But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to offer so freely as this? For everything comes from You, even from Your own hand we have given to You.
But do not forget to do good and to share. For with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.“Therefore, when you do your charitable deeds, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroy and where thieves do not break in nor steal,for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
In the course of time Cain brought an offering to the Lord of the fruit of the ground.Abel also brought the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had respect for Abel and for his offering,
Command those who are rich in this world that they not be conceited, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who richly gives us all things to enjoy.Command that they do good, that they be rich in good works, generous, willing to share,and laying up in store for themselves a good foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of eternal life.
I will sacrifice a freewill offering to You; I will give thanks to Your name, O Lord, for it is good.
“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt. For the tree is known by its fruit.O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things. And an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.
They reliably brought in the contributions, tenth portions, and consecrated items. The leader over them was Konaniah the Levite, and Shimei his brother was second to him.
I urge you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy, and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service of worship.
For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.But if you do not forgive men for their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
For what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me? says the Lord. I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed animals. I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of male goats.When you come to appear before Me, who has required this at your hand, to trample My courts?Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations — I cannot bear with evil assemblies.My soul hates your New Moons and your appointed feasts; they are a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.When you reach out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; even when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.
Bear with one another and forgive one another. If anyone has a quarrel against anyone, even as Christ forgave you, so you must do.
And be kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.
He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts in the treasury.Then He said to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.Great earthquakes will occur in various places, and there will be famines and pestilence. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.“But before all these things, they will seize you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and rulers for My name’s sake.It will turn out as a testimony for you.Therefore resolve in your hearts beforehand not to practice your defense.For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your opponents will be able to neither refute nor resist.You will be betrayed by parents and brothers and relatives and friends. And they will put some of you to death.You will be hated by all men for My name’s sake,but not a hair of your head shall perish.In your endurance you will gain your souls.He also saw a poor widow putting in two mites,“When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then you know that its desolation has drawn near.Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let those who are in the city depart, and let not those who are in the country enter it.For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people.They will fall by the edge of the sword and will be led away captive to all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.“There will be signs in the sun and the moon and the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring;men fainting from fear and expectation of what is coming on the inhabited earth. For the powers of heaven will be shaken.Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.When these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, for your redemption is drawing near.”He told them this parable: “Look at the fig tree, and all the trees.and He said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them.When they are sprouting leaves already, you see and know for yourselves that summer is now near.So in like manner, when you see these things happening, you know that the kingdom of God is near.“Truly, I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things are fulfilled.Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.“Take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts become burdened by excessiveness and drunkenness and anxieties of life, and that Day comes on you unexpectedly.For as a snare it will come on all those who dwell on the surface of the whole earth.Therefore watch always and pray that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”Each day He was teaching in the temple, and each night He went out and stayed on the mountain called the Mount of Olives.And all the people came early in the morning to hear Him in the temple.For all these out of their abundance have put in their gifts for God. But she out of her poverty has put in all the living she had.”
Take heed to yourselves. “If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. And if he repents, forgive him.“So will it be on the day when the Son of Man is revealed.On that day let him who is on the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away. And likewise let him who is in the field not return to the things behind.Remember Lot’s wife.Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.I tell you, on that night two men will be in one bed; the one will be taken and the other will be left.Two women will be grinding grain together; the one will be taken and the other will be left.Two men will be in the field; the one will be taken and the other will be left.”They asked, “Where, Lord?” He replied, “Where the body is, there the vultures will be gathered together.”If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turns to you, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?”Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.
Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this, says the Lord of Hosts, if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing, that there will not be room enough to receive it.
Accept, I beseech You, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord, and teach me Your judgments.
He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor recompensed us according to our iniquities.For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
If you will make Me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of cut stones, for if you use your tool on it, you will have polluted it.
One gives freely, and yet increases; another withholds what is due, but only suffers want.The generous soul will prosper, and he who waters will himself be watered.
Come now, and let us reason together, says the 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.
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
If you, Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?But there is forgiveness with You, so that You may be feared.
And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
For if there is a willing mind first, the gift is accepted according to what a man possesses and not according to what he does not possess.
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they divided His clothes by casting lots.
But I have everything and abound. I have been filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, like a sweet fragrance, an acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing to God.
Therefore repent and be converted, that your sins may be wiped away, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,
It is well with the man who is gracious and lends; he will guide his affairs with justice.
Therefore, everything you would like men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints who are in Jerusalem.It has pleased them indeed, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have been partakers of their spiritual things, they also ought to minister to them in material things.
On the first day of the week let every one of you lay in store, as God has prospered him, so that no collections be made when I come.
In all things I have shown you how, working like this, you must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, how He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
Through Him, then, let us continually offer to God the sacrifice of praise, which is the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.But do not forget to do good and to share. For with such sacrifices God is well pleased.