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.
Also every day you shall offer a bull as a purification offering for atonement. Also you shall offer a sin offering for the altar, when you make atonement for it, and shall anoint it, to consecrate it.
and walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
“Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.”
“If it is the anointed priest who sins, thus bringing guilt on the people, he shall offer for the sin that he has committed a bull of the herd as a purification offering to the Lord.
when the sin that they have committed becomes known, the assembly shall offer a bull of the herd for a purification offering and bring it before the tent of meeting.
He shall remove all its fat and turn it into smoke on the altar.He shall do with the bull just as is done with the bull of purification offering; he shall do the same with this. The priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven.
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his gracethat he lavished on us. With all wisdom and insight
He shall do with the bull just as is done with the bull of purification offering; he shall do the same with this. The priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven.
So when you are offering your gift at the altar, if you remember that your brother or sister has something against you,leave your gift there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother or sister, and then come and offer your gift.
“Tell the Israelites to take for me an offering; from all whose hearts prompt them to give you shall receive the offering for me.
And we have brought the Lord’s offering, what each of us found, articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and pendants, to make atonement for ourselves before the Lord.”
Will anyone rob God? Yet you are robbing me! But you say, “How are we robbing you?” In your tithes and offerings!
“Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven;
Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not regretfully or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
Now therefore take seven bulls 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 I will accept his prayer not to deal with you according to your folly, for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has done.”
Let it be known to you therefore, brothers and sisters, that through this man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you;
“If the offering you bring as a purification offering is a sheep, you shall bring a female without blemish.
“Beware of practicing your righteousness before others in order to be seen by them, for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven. “So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward.But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,so that your alms may be done in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Honor the Lord with your substance and with the first fruits of all your produce;then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.
“All tithes from the land, whether the seed from the ground or the fruit from the tree, are the Lord’s; they are holy to the Lord.
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering and come before him. Worship the Lord in holy splendor;
Then you shall keep the Festival of Weeks to the Lord your God, contributing a freewill offering in proportion to the blessing that you have received from the Lord your God.
“When you offer a sacrifice of well-being to the Lord, offer it in such a way that it is acceptable on your behalf.
all shall give as they are able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you.
Whatever your lips utter you must diligently perform, just as you have freely vowed to the Lord your God with your own mouth.
You shall not offer anything that has a blemish, for it will not be acceptable on your behalf. “When anyone offers a sacrifice of well-being to the Lord, in fulfillment of a vow or as a freewill offering, from the herd or from the flock, to be acceptable it must be perfect; there shall be no blemish in it.
And let all survivors in whatever place they reside be assisted by the people of their place with silver and gold, with goods, and with livestock, besides freewill offerings for the house of God in Jerusalem.”
The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Kore son of Imnah the Levite, keeper of the east gate, was in charge of the freewill offerings to God, to apportion the contribution reserved for the Lord and the most holy offerings.
like living stones let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Thus you also shall set apart an offering to the Lord from all the tithes that you receive from the Israelites, and from them you shall give the Lord’s offering to the priest Aaron.
give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap, for the measure you give will be the measure you get back.”
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when brought with evil intent.
“But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to make this freewill offering? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you.
Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal,but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal.For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground,and Abel for his part brought of the firstlings of his flock, their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering,
As for those who in the present age are rich, command them not to be haughty or to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches but rather on God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.They are to do good, to be rich in good works, generous, and ready to share,thus storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of the life that really is life.
With a freewill offering I will sacrifice 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 make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.The good person brings good things out of a good treasure, and the evil person brings evil things out of an evil treasure.
Faithfully they brought in the contributions, the tithes, and the dedicated things. The chief officer in charge of them was Conaniah the Levite, with his brother Shimei as second;
I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, on the basis of God’s mercy, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable act of worship.
“For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,but if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the Lord; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts; I do not delight in the blood of bulls or of lambs or of goats.When you come to appear before me, who asked this from your hand? Trample my courts no more!Bringing offerings is futile; incense is an abomination to me. New moon and Sabbath and calling of convocation— I cannot endure solemn assemblies with iniquity.Your new moons and your appointed festivals my soul hates; they have become a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them.When you stretch out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.
Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.
He looked up and saw rich people putting their gifts into the treasury;he also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.He said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them,for all of them have contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”
Be on your guard! If a brother or sister sins, you must rebuke the offender, and if there is repentance, you must forgive.And if the same person sins against you seven times a day and turns back to you seven times and says, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive.”
Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, if my brother or sister sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?”Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times.
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in my house, and thus put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts; see if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you an overflowing blessing.
He does not deal with us according to our sins nor repay us according to our iniquities.For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;as far as the east is from the west, so far he removes our transgressions from us.
But if you make for me an altar of stone, do not build it of hewn stones, for if you use a chisel upon it you profane it.
Some give freely yet grow all the richer; others withhold what is due and only suffer want.A generous person will be enriched, and one who gives water will get water.
Come now, let us argue it out, says the Lord: If your sins are like scarlet, will they become like snow? If they are red like crimson, will they become like wool?
If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand?But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered.
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.
Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”]] And they cast lots to divide his clothing.
I have been paid in full and have more than enough; I am fully satisfied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.
It is well with those who deal generously and lend, who conduct their affairs with justice.
“In everything do to others as you would have them do to you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
for Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to share their resources with the poor among the saints at Jerusalem.They were pleased to do this, and indeed they owe it to them, for if the gentiles have come to share in their spiritual blessings, they ought also to be of service to them in material things.
On the first day of every week, each of you is to put aside and save whatever extra you earn, so that collections need not be taken when I come.
In all this I have given you an example that by such work we must support the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, for he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
Through him, then, let us continually offer a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name.Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.