Sacrifice has always been an integral component of true worship. What role does it play in the New Covenant?
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The Mosaic Covenant: Part 2
The covenant that God made with Moses included not just His prescription for holy living but a means for addressing transgressions which were inevitable given humanity’s sin nature. The sacrificial system and the Day of Atonement foreshadowed the coming mission of Jesus Christ.
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Breaking Bread 2018-11-18
Breaking Bread is a touching weekly presentation by Tim Edwards in preparation for communion. This week Tim discusses why Jesus Christ had to die.
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Breaking Bread 2018-09-16
Breaking Bread is a touching weekly presentation by Tim Edwards in preparation for communion. This week is about Jesus Christ as the High Priest, who entered the most holy place, once and for all, by his own blood shed as the perfect sacrifice to cleanse us from our sin.
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Breaking Bread 2018-07-22
Breaking Bread is a touching weekly presentation by Tim Edwards in preparation for communion. This week is about the blood of Christ and how his ultimate sacrifice brings us salvation and freedom.
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God’s Love For You Is Costly
Not being able to fully appreciate the magnitude of God’s greatness, It is hard for us to understand the extent of Christ’s sacrifice in coming to save us. Looking at the surrender of His prerogatives gives us some understanding as to the lengths to which He was willing to go in loving each one of us. “His grace has no measure.”
God does not call His followers to a life of discipline, sacrifice and self-denial because they are virtuous pursuits in and of themselves. No, He knows better than anyone that pursuing holiness results in His best for us. Only a God who loves us would care enough to do everything that we need to enable us to become the people He designed us to be.
