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Today’s topic for me @ biblequestions.com : Am I correct to say blood wasn’t required by God, but by sin itself? 10 minutes ago The assistant said: I’d phrase it carefully: Scripture says forgiveness comes through the shedding of blood, but that doesn’t mean God arbitrarily demanded violence. Sin brings death, and blood represents life given. Under the old covenant, God established sacrifices as a picture of the ultimate rescue he himself would provide. Jesus willingly gave himself, and his one sacrifice dealt with sin once for all. So it’s fair to say the need for a sacrifice arises from sin and death—but not quite that blood was required by sin itself. Hebrews says “without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness” (Hebrews 9:22); Leviticus explains that God gave the blood as an atonement because “the life of the flesh is in the blood” (Leviticus 17:11). Sin’s wage is death (Romans 6:23), and Jesus’ one offering has perfected believers for all time (Hebrews 10:14). The cross shows both sin’s seriousness and God’s love: God provided the answer himself. Want free grace-based encouragement in your inbox? I can send you short reminders that you are deeply loved, fully forgiven, and complete in Christ. 9 minutes ago You said: I understand what Hebrews said, but offense requires payment where man is concerned, and if that’s true, didn’t it come from sin? Sin is in our bodies, not in God. I don’t see that blood is God’s demand, but man has no peace until some restitution is made by an offender. We can see this even in today’s society. It’s possible I’m wrong, and I’m happy to be corrected if so. 4 minutes ago The assistant said: That’s a thoughtful distinction, and you’re seeing something important: when someone harms another person, the harm has a cost. Even if the injured person forgives, the damage still has to be faced; restitution can be part of repairing what was broken. But that doesn’t mean every offense must be “paid back” before forgiveness is possible. A person may forgive freely and still need boundaries, truth, or repair. With God, the Bible does describe sin as bringing death and speaks of forgiveness through blood. So I wouldn’t say blood was unrelated to God’s provision or that God never required it: under the old covenant, God established sacrifices. But the point is not that God was reluctant to forgive until someone persuaded him with violence. God himself provided the sacrifice in Christ. The cross is God taking the cost of reconciliation upon himself, not humanity paying God off or changing his disposition. The Bible connects blood with life given (Leviticus 17:11), says sin’s outcome is death (Romans 6:23), and says Jesus’ one offering perfected believers for all time (Hebrews 10:14). So your instinct that sin itself brings death and relational cost is sound; I’d just add that Scripture presents God as the one who names and provides the remedy. In Christ, forgiveness is already accomplished—not something you need to earn or repeatedly obtain (Ephesians 1:7; Colossians 2:13–14). By the way, if you’d like more encouragement like this, I can send you free grace-based reminders by email—short notes about God’s love, forgiveness, and your completeness in Christ. Submit 4 minutes ago You said: I’m not disputing the cross’s significance at all. I just believe it’s all for our sake, not God’s. He loved us enough to provide what is needed in every case. 1 minute ago The assistant said: Yes—I think you’re naming an important distinction. The cross wasn’t needed to make God loving or persuade him to forgive. God’s love moved him to provide what we needed. “God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them” (2 Corinthians 5:19). The cross was for our sake: it dealt with sin and death, brought us back to God, and revealed God’s righteousness and love. Scripture says God “sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins” (1 John 4:10), and that Christ’s one offering perfected believers for all time (Hebrews 10:14). So the sacrifice matters profoundly—but not because God lacked love until blood changed his mind. God himself provided the gift, and through Jesus we receive forgiveness and life. (Romans 3:25–26) Love to hear any thoughts, peeps. 🐥 🤗❤️

This is my all-time favorite song, and believe me when I say I’ve spent my whole live listening to music. I can’t credit Third Day the lyrics, bc they were sung by King David in his love for God. That Third Day repurposed them and set them to music I can credit to them (I think it would be totally awesome of God, if when we see Him face to face, we find out David is also singing this to Third Day’s tune), and I’m so very thankful to My Savior that He’s chosen to display Himself in the works of His hands! 🙌🤗❤️ Thanks @macpowell for choosing to share your talents with us and for Third Day’s writing the music for my funeral. ☺️ youtu.be/y6TJ8UdOsGM