Gen 8:20 Then Noah built an altar to the LORD and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Gen 8:21 And when the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, the LORD said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done.
Gen 8:22 While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.”
The sacrifices were indeed costly, depleting what was left of the clean animals and birds that were good for food. It wasn't until the law given to Moses that we learn in the Bible of which animals were called clean or unclean. Animal sacrifices continued under the law as a way to cover the sins of the people. The final sacrifice was Jesus, the Son of God, the Lamb of God, whose blood was the atonement for our sins. We only need repent and believe in His sacrifice to have our sins covered and removed. We must truly believe in our heart and confess with our mouth that Jesus is Lord.
Rom 10:9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Rom 10:10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
Rom 10:11 For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.”
God is faithful to his promises. To be a disciple of Jesus will require a commitment from us. Jesus gave his life for us. King David spoke that to give a sacrifice to God, it must cost us something. Are we willing to give our life praising God and learning of him? We cannot do this unless we first receive Jesus as our Lord and savior. He works in us to do his will.
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