Atonement

Exodus  30:10  And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD.  

Praise the Lord!!!

Today we will meditate upon atonement.
What is atonement?
Why is it necessary?
What you need to do to get the atonement?

What is an atonement?
Dictionary states that Atonement is the action of making amends for a wrong or injury.

We live in a world where everyone involuntary says Sorry whether they mean that or not.

Mother Teresa once said. Never say sorry. Instead say what can I do to make it right for you.

That is a powerful statement!!

How can you make it right for the one whom you have done wrong?

What can you bring or do so that he forgets all the mistakes you have done?

Why is Atonement necessary?

When we sin against God we lose the fellowship with him. He calls us again to amend but we become so self-centred that we don't listen to the small still voice.

Job was a man of God, upright and righteous, but still when he faced troubles in his life he remembered his sins and iniquities.

Job  13:23  How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.  

King David prayed to God always to keep him from sinning.

Psalms  19:13  Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

But if you have done any sin or mistake is there any atonement? Where should we go?
Whom should we meet?
What should we do?

That is the good news we have a Lord who has made the atonement. If you come to Jesus and repent of your sins and accept him as your Lord and saviour. Lord accepts you as his son and daughter and you don't need to fear for all the mistakes that you have done in the past.

Isaiah  1:18  Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Romans  5:11  And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.

All things are new, you are a new creation. Is this only for new believers.

No!! We need to repent for our sins every day.

Every time we should come to him and restore the fellowship. All the grudges, frustration, bitterness against the Lord will never give you the desired blessings.

Revelation  22:12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. 

Revelation 22:20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

God bless