Absolution is complete.
Forgiveness is final.
It is finished.
He is risen.
As we approach the beginning of Holy Week, take time to meditate on these words and the meaning they hold in your life. The sacrifice Jesus made for us completely atoned for every sin in your life: past, present, and future. Through faith in Jesus Christ, you never must worry whether you are forgiven; your sins are already covered by the blood of Jesus. When you put your faith in Jesus, you are made perfectly righteous before God forever (Hebrews 10:14). All of our sins are nailed to the cross the moment we put our faith in Christ; our debt is paid in full by a savior that stands in our place. Through the New Covenant in Jesus, we are justified before God and we are fully absolved of all of our sins as we are imputed with righteousness. We all fall short throughout our lives due to our sinful nature; but rather than question whether Christ’s sacrifice was really enough to atone for whatever sin you have committed, take peace in knowing your sins are already forgiven. Repent and move forward to live out the purpose God has for your life (Romans 6-10:11). Reflect on these truths as you begin Holy Week; take time on Good Friday to reflect on the ultimate sacrifice Jesus made for you and celebrate the victory of the resurrection on Easter Sunday that ensures love, joy, peace, and freedom to all who put their faith in Jesus Christ.
“The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. Otherwise, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins. But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins. It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said: “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me; with burnt offerings and sin offerings you were not pleased. Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll—I have come to do your will, my God.’” First he said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”—though they were offered in accordance with the law. Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.” He sets aside the first to establish the second. And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, and since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool. For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy. The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says: “This is the covenant I will make with them after that time, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds. Then he adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.” And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary.” (Hebrews 10:1-18).
Unity at the Cross 