once for all

But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet.

Hebrews 10:12-13

Jesus gave Himself as the perfect sacrifice. This was the will of God for our salvation. “And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all” (Hebrews 10:10). In that single sacrifice all sin, of all people, for all time, has been satisfied before the Father. There is no greater sacrifice. There is no greater gift. And once for all even as Jesus said it, “It is finished.”

The enormous love of God in this offering of His Son cannot be missed. The wrath of God now satisfied in the completed work of His Son must be fearfully accepted. The grace of God in providing the complete atoning sacrifice of His Son is warmly received by repentant sinners. Once for all, Jesus has done it!

I just remembered an old Baptist hymnal standard I haven’t heard sung in church in decades:

Free from the law, O happy condition

Jesus has bled, and there is remission

Cursed by the law and bruised by the fall,

Grace has redeemed us, once for all

Now we are free, there’s no condemnation

Jesus provides a perfect salvation

“Come unto me”, O hear His sweet call

Come, for He saves us once for all

“Children of God”, O glorious calling

Surely His grace will keep us from falling

Passing from death to life at His call

Blessed salvation once for all

Once for all, O sinner, receive it

Once for all, O friend, now believe it;

Cling to the cross, the burden will fall

Christ has redeemed us, once for all.