Here is part one of something I am working on...

Sacrifice :
How to save the World
A study of Christ and the gift of Faith

How do you save an entire planet and its entire population from a certain death?
What methods would you employ? Drastic ones? Seemingly impossible ones? Anything at all?
Yes, I think we all would. Anything at all to save the maximum number would be acceptable to us, I think.

Well how would it be if you were God, you saw the death awaiting your creation and wanted to save as many as you could, what would you do, what would you sacrifice to do it?

One word – propitiation – You know, I was a pagan since I was 13 – 36 years I worshiped and followed false idols – turned my face away from God, turned my heart away from salvation, always thinking “I am the captain of my own life, my course goes where I tell it to” Bull…

You want to know where you go setting “your own course”? You die and that’s all, that’s it, fini , done, washed up, through, out of there, dead, bye-bye, so long now. Dead – that clear enough?

Let me get back to that word - propitiation – Sounds like a good word – sounds powerful, like it means something. Propitiation - kind of hard to say - propitiation -
It is a powerful word, and it has great impact on us and our relationship with the Lord and each other. Propitiation, well then you ask (and rightly so) what the heck does it mean?

I found this definition on the internet of all places, I just Googled it; here is what I found;
“This means the turning away of wrath by an offering. It is similar to expiation but expiation does not carry the nuances involving wrath. For the Christian the propitiation was the shed blood of Jesus on the cross. It turned away the wrath of God so that He could pass "over the sins previously committed" (Rom. 3:25). It was the Father who sent the Son to be the propitiation (1 John 4:10) for all (1 John 2:2).”

Take a moment and let that sink in – “It was the Father who sent the Son to be the propitiation for all” His blood – the blood of Jesus Christ, the living Son of God, who was there with the Father from before the beginning of creation (John 1:1-2), through whom All Creation was made (John 1:3), was sent by His Father (Matthew 1:18-23), to earth, born human, lived spotless, judged sinless (Luke 23:4), crucified (John 19:16-25), died (Mark 15:33-39), buried (Luke 23:50-54) and RAISED FROM THE DEAD!(Luke 24:1-12) All to wash away our sins, to make us right with God, to make us acceptable to Him to forgive. I don’t know about you, but when I think about that, it makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up, and tears come to my eyes.