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What does the Bible say about ultimate sacrifice?

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The Bible teaches that Jesus Christ offered Himself as the perfect and final sacrifice for sinners, revealing God’s holy justice, saving love, and redeeming grace. In love, Christ gave Himself for us (Ephesians 5:2), came to serve and give His life as a ransom (Mark 10:45), and died for the ungodly while we were still sinners (Romans 5:8). His death fulfills Isaiah’s prophecy that the Servant would be wounded for our transgressions (Isaiah 53:5). As Hebrews 9:26 declares, His one sacrifice puts away sin, reconciling believers to God (1 Peter 3:18). By faith, we receive His righteousness and forgiveness (2 Corinthians 5:21), trusting the love God displayed in giving His Son (John 3:16).

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  • Ephesians 5:2

    Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

  • Mark 10:45

    For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

  • John 3:16

    For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

  • Hebrews 9:26

    or else he must have suffered often since the foundation of the world. But now once at the end of the ages, he has been revealed to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

  • Philippians 2:8

    And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.

  • 1 Peter 3:18

    Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

  • 2 Corinthians 5:21

    For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

  • Romans 5:8

    But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

  • John 15:13

    Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

  • Isaiah 53:5

    But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.

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