With His own blood—not the blood of goats and calves—he entered the Most Holy Place once for all time and secured our redemption forever. Hebrews 9:12 

It no longer requires religious sacrifices for us to live fully redeemed. Jesus became the ultimate sacrifice so we could be secured forever to spend eternity with God. God loved us so much that He provided Jesus as the spotless Lamb to take away the sins of the world.

Prayer: Thank you, God, for securing my eternity with You through your Son. Thank you, Jesus for becoming sin for me so that I would not perish but have everlasting life. Amen.

But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. Isaiah 53:5

By His stripes we are healed. The word “are” is a plural and second person present tense verb. This is significant to know because it indicates that Jesus was the first person in the interaction of our healing when He hung on the cross after enduring a brutal beating. We are the recipients of His actions. When we believe that each bruise He received, that each slashing of flesh, and His ultimate death completed our healing, we can walk in confidence that we are healed and that it is finished!

Action: If you have sickness in your body today and you have been waiting for healing, look up each of the following verses: Proverbs 4:20-23, Galatians 3:13, 1 Peter 2:24, Isaiah 53:4-5

…knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. Romans 6:9

Jesus does not have to die over and over again in order to give us victory. We have complete freedom from all things that lead to destruction in our lives. It is a finished work.

Prayer/Action: Dear Lord, thank you for defeating sin and death when you were on the cross! Thank you for providing life forevermore! In Jesus Name, Amen! Take time to worship to this song today: The Cross Has The Final Word

…being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed… Romans 3:24-25

We might hear a word and wonder, “what in the world does that mean?” The word “propitiation” found in this verse means, “to regain favor by doing something…” Jesus did something that brought humanity back into favor with God because He loved them. He hung on a cross and died so we could be forgiven of all of our sins. He became the sacrifice so we wouldn’t have to do it for ourselves. Jesus took on sin forevermore and called us righteous!

Prayer/Action: Say this declaration over yourself today: I am the righteousness of God through Christ Jesus. No weapon formed against me will prosper, and I will see the glory of God in the land of the living. I am justified freely by His grace and all of my past, present, and future sins are forgiven! Amen!