The Impeccable Sacrifice
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The Impeccable Sacrifice
The Impeccable Sacrifice
She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
INTRODUCTION
“The Gift of the Magi” by Ol Henry, tell the story of Jim and Della. They were a young couple who were very poor. Della was known for her beauty and the long beautiful hair. She longed to have a beautiful comb to place in her hair. Jim only had one prized possession. He had inherited a gold watch from his grandfather. He so desired to have a chain to attach the watch to his clothes. In order to buy Christmas gifts for each other Jim sells his watch to buy combs for Della’s hair. Della sold her hair to buy a chain for Jim’s watch. They each made a huge sacrifice for the other.
“The Gift of the Magi” by Ol Henry, tell the story of Jim and Della. They were a young couple who were very poor. Della was known for her beauty and the long beautiful hair. She longed to have a beautiful comb to place in her hair. Jim only had one prized possession. He had inherited a gold watch from his grandfather. He so desired to have a chain to attach the watch to his clothes. In order to buy Christmas gifts for each other Jim sells his watch to buy combs for Della’s hair. Della sold her hair to buy a chain for Jim’s watch. They each made a huge sacrifice for the other.
I doubt there is anyone in this room this morning that has not made a sacrifice for someone they love this Christmas season.
None of our sacrifices compare to the sacrifice that we see laying in the manger.
READ
Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
PRAY
Set up-
ILL- Substitute Teacher (bring kids up on stage.)
Do you like having a substitute teacher?
What’s the best part of a substitute teacher?
Is a substitute better than having your real teacher? Why? Why not?
When I was in middle school and high school I loved substitutes.
Busy work and little structure.
Jesus died in our place- but different than this idea of a substitute.
He is a perfect substitute. But maybe Impeccable is a better word.
Impeccable= in accordance with the highest standards of propriety; faultless.
2 Great Needs Satisfied by Jesus
The Need for Purity
The Need for Purity
Payment for our sins
Seen in Old Testament through Covering
And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them.
And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them.
Day of Atonement
Once a year the High Priest was allowed to enter the Holy of Holies. Two goats and one bull were brought to the Holy of Holies. Lots were cast for the two goats. One goat would be let go as a “scapegoat” and the other would be sacrificed for the sins of the people. The High Priest would present the bull as a sin offering for himself. The blood of the bull would be a covering for his sin and the blood of of the goat would cover the sins of the nation.
O.T. sacrifice was able to cover but not remove.
For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.
Jesus is a more perfect sacrifice.
he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.
he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.
The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.
But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
But he was pierced for our transgressions;
he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
and with his wounds we are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray;
we have turned—every one—to his own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
The Need for Escape
The Need for Escape
Not receiving judgment we deserve.
Seen in Old Testament through Substitution- someone taking our place in the punishment.
Abraham and Isaac
Passover- the 10th Plague
How do we escape death? Blood of a sacrifice.
Jesus is the final Passover Lamb.
14 Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover. It was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, “Behold your King!” 15 They cried out, “Away with him, away with him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.” 16 So he delivered him over to them to be crucified.
Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover. It was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, “Behold your King!” They cried out, “Away with him, away with him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.” So he delivered him over to them to be crucified.
So they took Jesus,
For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed
Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
CONCLUSION
The baby in the manger is the perfect lamb born to take away the sins of the world.
The Lamb was born to die.
We sacrifice to give gifts at Christmas because of the example given to us by Jesus.
Have you accepted the gift of Jesus?
Have you accepted the gift of Jesus?