DCLM Daily Manna 2025: DCLM Daily Manna 4 November 2025: Supremacy of Christ’s Sacrifice
Text: Hebrews 9:11–23 (KJV)
But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
18 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
KEY VERSE: “How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?” — Hebrews 9:14 (KJV)
David Kim (1935–2022), once an atheist from South Korea, experienced a radical transformation after encountering the truth of Christ’s sacrificial death on the cross. As he studied the story of Calvary, his hardened heart was softened by the realization of the incomparable love demonstrated through Jesus’ death. The revelation that Christ willingly offered Himself to redeem humanity led him to surrender his life to God, and he became a missionary, devoting the rest of his life to sharing this life-changing message.
His story mirrors the experience of countless believers across generations who have discovered that the sacrifice of Christ is not just symbolic—it is the ultimate and final act of divine mercy that offers eternal redemption.
The passage in Hebrews 9 beautifully contrasts the Old Testament sacrificial system with the perfect and complete sacrifice of Jesus Christ. While the Old Covenant relied on repeated offerings of animal blood that could only cleanse outwardly, Jesus’ one-time sacrifice penetrated deeply, cleansing the human conscience and reconciling believers to God once and for all.
Through His death and resurrection, Jesus became both the High Priest and the Lamb of God, entering the heavenly sanctuary with His own blood to secure eternal redemption for mankind. His sacrifice was not temporary—it was final, complete, and sufficient.
This truth liberates believers from the endless cycle of guilt, condemnation, and works-based religion. In Christ, we no longer strive for acceptance; we live from the assurance that we are already accepted and cleansed. The blood of Jesus enables us to serve the living God with pure hearts and renewed minds.
Therefore, anyone who still relies on rituals, self-effort, or religious ceremonies for salvation denies the sufficiency of the cross. True freedom and transformation come only through the once-for-all sacrifice of Christ, which has opened the way to eternal life and fellowship with God.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
Christ’s supreme sacrifice is sufficient for us.
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Daily Manna 4 November 2025
