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 thou shalt offer every day a bullock as a sin-offering for atonement; and the altar shalt thou cleanse from sin, by making atonement for it, and shalt anoint it, to hallow it.
and walk in love, even as the Christ loved us, and delivered himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour.
And when ye stand praying, forgive if ye have anything against any one, that your Father also who is in the heavens may forgive you your offences.
if the priest that is anointed sin according to the trespass of the people; then for his sin which he hath sinned shall he present a young bullock without blemish to Jehovah for a sin-offering.
and the sin wherewith they have sinned against it have become known; then the congregation shall present a young bullock for the sin-offering, and shall bring it before the tent of meeting;
And all its fat shall he take off from it and burn on the altar.Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through inadvertence against any of the commandments of Jehovah in things that ought not to be done, and do any of them;And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock of sin-offering: so shall he do with it. And the priest shall make atonement for them; and it shall be forgiven them.
in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of offences, according to the riches of his grace;which he has caused to abound towards us in all wisdom and intelligence,
And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock of sin-offering: so shall he do with it. And the priest shall make atonement for them; and it shall be forgiven them.
If therefore thou shouldest offer thy gift at the altar, and there shouldest remember that thy brother has something against thee,leave there thy gift before the altar, and first go, be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me a heave-offering: of every one whose heart prompteth him, ye shall take my heave-offering.
So we present the offering of Jehovah, that which each one hath found, jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for our souls before Jehovah.
Will a man rob God But ye rob me. And ye say, Wherein do we rob thee? In tithes and heave-offerings.
And judge not, and ye shall not be judged; condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned. Remit, and it shall be remitted to you.
each according as he is purposed in his heart; not grievingly, or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.
And now, take for yourselves 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 will I accept: lest I deal with you after yourfolly, for ye have not spoken of me rightly, like my servant Job.
Be it known unto you, therefore, brethren, that through this man remission of sins is preached to you,
And if he bring a sheep for his offering for sin, a female without blemish shall he bring it.
The liberal soul shall be made fat, and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Take heed not to do your alms before men to be seen of them, otherwise ye have no reward with your Father who is in the heavens.let thy kingdom come, let thy will be done as in heaven so upon the earth;give us to-day our needed bread,and forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors,and lead us not into temptation, but save us from evil.For if ye forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father also will forgive you yours,but if ye do not forgive men their offences, neither will your Father forgive your offences.And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, downcast in countenance; for they disfigure their faces, so that they may appear fasting to men: verily I say unto you, They have their reward.But thou, when fasting, anoint thy head and wash thy face,so that thou mayest not appear fasting unto men, but to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret shall render it to thee.Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust spoils, and where thieves dig through and steal;When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust spoils, and where thieves do not dig through nor steal;for where thy treasure is, there will be also thy heart.The lamp of the body is the eye; if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body will be light:but if thine eye be wicked, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great the darkness!No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and will love the other, or he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.For this cause I say unto you, Do not be careful about your life, what ye should eat and what ye should drink; nor for your body what ye should put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?Look at the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, nor reap, nor gather into granaries, and your heavenly Father nourishes them. Are ye not much more excellent than they?But which of you by carefulness can add to his growth one cubit?And why are ye careful about clothing? Observe with attention the lilies of the field, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin;but I say unto you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed as one of these.But thou, when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand does;But if God so clothe the herbage of the field, which is to-day, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, will he not much rather you, O ye of little faith?Be not therefore careful, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or What shall we put on?for all these things the nations seek after; for your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these things.But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.Be not careful therefore for the morrow, for the morrow shall be careful about itself. Sufficient to the day is its own evil.so that thine alms may be in secret, and thy Father who sees in secret will render it to thee.
And as to every tithe of the land, of the seed of the land, and of the fruit of the tree, it is Jehovah's: it is holy to Jehovah.
Give unto Jehovah the glory of his name! Bring an oblation, and come before him: Worship Jehovah in holy splendour.
And thou shalt hold the feast of weeks to Jehovah thy God with a tribute of a voluntary-offering of thy hand, which thou shalt give, according as Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee;
And if ye sacrifice a sacrifice of peace-offering to Jehovah, ye shall sacrifice it for your acceptance.
each shall give according to that which is in his power to give, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee.
What is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and do, as thou hast vowed to Jehovah thy God the voluntary-offering that thou hast promised with thy mouth.
Nothing that hath a defect shall ye present; for it shall not be acceptable for you.And if any present a sacrifice of peace-offering to Jehovah to accomplish a vow, or a voluntary offering of oxen or small cattle, it shall be without blemish to be accepted: there shall be no defect therein.
And whosoever remains 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 voluntary offering for the house of God which is at Jerusalem.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God thou wilt not despise.
And Kore the son of Jimnah the Levite, the doorkeeper toward the east, was over the voluntary-offerings of God to distribute the heave-offerings of Jehovah, and the most holy things.
yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
Thus ye also shall offer Jehovah's heave-offering of all your tithes, which ye take of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof Jehovah's heave-offering to Aaron the priest.
Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall be given into your bosom: for with the same measure with which ye mete it shall be measured to you again.
The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more when they bring it with a wicked purpose!
But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer willingly after this manner? for all is of thee, and of that which is from thy hand have we given thee.
But of doing good and communicating of your substance be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust spoils, and where thieves dig through and steal;When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust spoils, and where thieves do not dig through nor steal;for where thy treasure is, there will be also thy heart.
Be not deceived: God is not mocked; for whatever a man shall sow, that also shall he reap.
And in process of time it came to pass that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to Jehovah.And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of their fat. And Jehovah looked upon Abel, and on his offering;
Enjoin on those rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust on the uncertainty of riches; but in the God who affords us all things richly for our enjoyment;to do good, to be rich in good works, to be liberal in distributing, disposed to communicate of their substance,laying by for themselves a good foundation for the future, that they may lay hold of what is really life.
Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt. For from the fruit the tree is known.Offspring of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being wicked? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.The good man out of the good treasure brings forth good things; and the wicked man out of the wicked treasure brings forth wicked things.
and brought in the heave-offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully; and over these Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was second.
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the compassions of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your intelligent service.
For if ye forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father also will forgive you yours,but if ye do not forgive men their offences, neither will your Father forgive your offences.
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith Jehovah. I am sated with burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and in the blood of bullocks, and of lambs, and of he-goats I take no pleasure.When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this from your hand — to tread my courts?Bring no more vain oblations! Incense is an abomination unto me, — new moon and sabbath, the calling of convocations — wickedness and the solemn meeting I cannot bear.Your new moons and your set feasts my soul hateth: they are a burden to me; I am wearied of bearing them.And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any should have a complaint against any; even as the Christ has forgiven you, so also doye.
and be to one another kind, compassionate, forgiving one another, so as God also in Christ has forgiven you.
And he looked up and saw the rich casting their gifts into the treasury;Then he said to them, Nation shall rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom;there shall be both great earthquakes in different places, and famines and pestilences; and there shall be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.But before all these things they shall lay their hands upon you and persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors on account of my name;but it shall turn out to you for a testimony.Settle therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand your defence,for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your opposers shall not be able to reply to or resist.But ye will be delivered up even by parents and brethren and relations and friends, and they shall put to death some from among you,and ye will be hated of all for my name's sake.And a hair of your head shall in no wise perish.By your patient endurance gain your souls.but he saw also a certain poor widow casting therein two mites.But when ye see Jerusalem encompassed with armies, then know that its desolation is drawn nigh.Then let those who are in Judaea flee to the mountains, and those who are in the midst of it depart out, and those who are in the country not enter into it;for these are days of avenging, that all the things that are written may be accomplished.But woe to them that are with child and to them who give suck in those days, for there shall be great distress upon the land and wrath upon this people.And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the nations until the times of the nations be fulfilled.And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars, and upon the earth distress of nations in perplexity at the roar of the sea and rolling waves,men ready to die through fear and expectation of what is coming on the habitable earth, for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.But when these things begin to come to pass, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws nigh.And he spoke a parable to them: Behold the fig-tree and all the trees;And he said, Verily I say unto you, that this poor widow has cast in more than all;when they already sprout, ye know of your own selves, on looking at them, that already the summer is near.So also ye, when ye see these things take place, know that the kingdom of God is near.Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall in no wise pass away until all come to pass.The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall in no wise pass away.But take heed to yourselves lest possibly your hearts be laden with surfeiting and drinking and cares of life, and that day come upon you suddenly unawares;for as a snare shall it come upon all them that dwell upon the face of the whole earth.Watch therefore, praying at every season, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things which are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.And by day he was teaching in the temple, and by night, going out, he remained abroad on the mountain called the mount of Olives;and all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple to hear him.for all these out of their abundance have cast into the gifts of God; but she out of her need has cast in all the living which she had.
Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother should sin, rebuke him; and if he should repent, forgive him.after this manner shall it be in the day that the Son of man is revealed.In that day, he who shall be on the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not go down to take it away; and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.Remember the wife of Lot.Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose it shall preserve it.I say to you, In that night there shall be two men upon one bed; one shall be seized and the other shall be let go.Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be seized and the other shall be let go.Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be seized and the other let go.And answering they say to him, Where, Lord? And he said to them, Where the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together.And if he should sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times should return to thee, saying, I repent, thou shalt forgive him.
Then Peter came to him and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? until seven times?Jesus says to him, I say not to thee until seven times, but until seventy times seven.
Bring the whole tithe into the treasure-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I open not to you the windows of the heavens, and pour you out a blessing, till there be no place for it.
Accept, I beseech thee, Jehovah, the voluntary-offerings of my mouth, and teach me thy judgments.
He hath 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 them that fear him.As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone; for if thou lift up thy sharp tool upon it, thou hast profaned it.
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is right, but it tendeth only to want.The liberal soul shall be made fat, and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Come now, let us reason together, saith Jehovah: 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 righteous to forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
If thou, Jah, shouldest mark iniquities, Lord, who shall stand?But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
And everything, whatever ye may do in word or in deed, do all things in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father by him.
For if the readiness be there, a man is accepted according to what he may have, not according to what he has not.
And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And, parting out his garments, they cast lots.
But I have all things in full supply and abound; I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things sent from you, an odour of sweet savour, an acceptable sacrifice, agreeable to God.
Repent therefore and be converted, for the blotting out of your sins, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,
It is well with the man that is gracious and lendeth; he will sustain his cause in judgment.
Therefore all things whatever ye desire that men should do to you, thus do ye also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
for Macedonia and Achaia have been well pleased to make a certain contribution for the poor of the saints who are in Jerusalem.They have been well pleased indeed, and they are their debtors; for if the nations have participated in their spiritual things, they ought also in fleshly to minister to them.
On the first of the week let each of you put by at home, laying up in whatever degree he may have prospered, that there may be no collections when I come.
I have shewed you all things, that thus labouring we ought to come in aid of the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise continually to God, that is, the fruit of the lips confessing his name.But of doing good and communicating of your substance be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.