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  A ONE-TIME SIN SACRIFICE WITH CONTINUING EFFICACY
  by A.W. Tozer
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Summary: Christ's sacrifice was a one-time event with perpetual
efficacy, making perfect forever those who are being made holy.

Topics: "Sacrifice of Christ", "Efficacy of Atonement"
Scripture References: Hebrews 10:10

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A.W. Tozer emphasizes the significance of Christ's one-time sacrifice,
which has ongoing effectiveness for the forgiveness of sins, contrasting
it with the repetitive sacrifices of the Old Testament priests that
could never truly atone for sin. He highlights that through Jesus'
sacrifice, believers are made perfect forever and that no further
sacrifices are needed for sin. Tozer argues that the notion of a
perpetual sacrifice undermines the profound nature of Christ's atonement
and is a serious error in understanding biblical theology, particularly
in relation to Catholic beliefs. He calls for a compassionate correction
of these misunderstandings rather than mere tolerance.

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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 (Hebrews 10:10-12).

And if that is not plain enough the inspired writer further says,
"Because by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are
being made holy" (verse 14); and, "where these have been forgiven, there
is no longer any sacrifice for sin" (verse 18).

The teaching of the New Testament is not that there is a perpetual
sacrifice, but that there is one sacrifice of perpetual efficacy. The
thought that Christ's sacrifice needs to be repeated is obnoxious to the
spirit of biblical theology and an affront to the tears and sweat and
blood and death of the Lamb of God.

Obviously our Catholic friends are in serious error here, and the kind
thing is not that we in the name of tolerance smile away their error,
but that we point it out and try to correct it.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/aw-tozer/a-one-time-sin-sacrifice-with-continuing-efficacy/
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