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  A COMPLETED SACRIFICE
  by C.H. Spurgeon
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Summary: Jesus is our full and all-sufficient propitiation, accepted for
us to make atonement for us, and we are reconciled to God through faith.

Topics: "Atonement", "Faith in Christ"
Scripture References: Leviticus 1:4, Isaiah 53:5, John 3:16, Romans 5:1, Romans 8:1, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Ephesians 1:6, Colossians 1:20, Hebrews 10:14, 1 John 2:2

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C.H. Spurgeon emphasizes the significance of Jesus as the completed
sacrifice, drawing a parallel between the Old Testament practice of
laying hands on the burnt offering for atonement and the act of faith in
accepting Christ. He asserts that just as a bullock could be accepted
for atonement, Jesus is our ultimate and sufficient propitiation,
providing hope and joy to believers. Spurgeon encourages listeners to
actively lay their hands of faith on Jesus, accepting His sacrifice to
experience reconciliation with God and the forgiveness of sins. He urges
those who have not yet done so to embrace Christ immediately, assuring
them of His acceptance and love.

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And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering: and it
shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. (Leviticus 1:4)

If by that laying on of his hand the bullock became the offerer's
sacrifice, how much more shall Jesus become ours by the laying on of the
hand of faith?

My faith doth lay her hand On that dear head of Thine, While like a
penitent I stand, And there confess my sin.

If a bullock could be accepted for him to make atonement for him, how
much more shall the Lord Jesus be our full and all-sufficient
propitiation? Some quarrel with the great truth of substitution; but as
for us, it is our hope, our joy, our boast, our all. Jesus is accepted
for us to make atonement for us, and we are "accepted in the Beloved."
Let the reader take care at once to lay his hand on the Lord's completed
sacrifice, that by accepting it he may obtain the benefit of it. If he
has done so once, let him do it again. If he has never done so, let him
put out his hand without a moment's delay. Jesus is yours now if you
will have Him. Lean on Him -- lean hard on Him -- and He is yours beyond
all question; you are reconciled to God, your sins are blotted out, and
you are the Lord's.

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