THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST
For if the blood of bulls and 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? (Hebrews 9: 13 – 14)
The miraculous, supernatural, eternal, blood of Jesus the Christ; the matchless only begotten son of God the father, shall never lose its’ power. It is as fresh today as it was when he shed his Divine, Innocent, Incorruptible, Precious blood for our cleansing and salvation on the cross of Calvary.
Salvation / Cleansing:
(1 John 1: 8 -9) If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. (9) If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from allunrighteousness.
It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens (referring to the earthly tabernacle) should be purified with these (that is the blood of beasts) but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with the blood of others -but now once in the end of the whole world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. (Hebrew 9: 23 -26)
God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; and hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth. (Acts 17: 24 -26)
For the life of the flesh is in the blood. (Leviticus17:11) For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof. (Levititcus 17:14)
First, the life is in the blood and life is sacred. It is God’s special gift and the effect of his own breath. Moses tells us in Genesis this fact. God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul. (Genesis 2: 7)
Now follow closely the biblical argument. Since life is in the blood, all flesh is lifeless without blood. Here was Adam formed from the dust – a lump of matter without life. God breathed into his nostrils and lo, he became alive. Since life is in the blood, it was blood which God added to that body when he breathed into him the breath of life. Adam’s body was of the earth, but his blood was directly from God. God demands that we respect that fact, since it was God’s own breath which filled all flesh with blood.
Point # 1 JESUS’ BLOOD IS DIVINE
Conception by the Holy Ghost was the only way the virgin birth could be accomplished. Mary nourished the body of Jesus and He became the seed of David according to the flesh. The Holy Spirit contributed the blood of Jesus. It is sinless blood. It is divine blood. It is precious blood. (Read: Matthew 1: 18 -20)
Point # 2 JESUS’ BLOOD IS INNOCENT BLOOD
I have betrayed the innocent blood, Judas confessed in (Matthew 27:4). Our Lord was innocent. He became like unto us in all things – sin only excepted: like unto us with one exception – instead of being conceived by a human father, He was conceived by a Divine Father as a result, biologically, He had divine blood, sinless blood.
Point # 3 JESUS’ BLOOD IS INCORRUPTIBLE BLOOD
Sin made human blood corruptible. Soon after death decay sets in, and it begins in the blood. That is why meat must be drained well of its blood. That is why embalmers place the embalming fluid in the blood. David said that Jesus body should not see corruption. Though He was dead 3 days and 3 nights, His body did not corrupt. Because he was sinless they could not put Him to death but instead he laid down his life voluntarily that he might take it up again. He arose by his own power because death had no claim on him except the claim of other’s sin. (Acts 2:27) Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell neither wilt thou suffer thine holy one to see corruption.
Point # 4 JESUS’ BLOOD IS PRECIOUS
The blood was God’s only purchase price of redemption. When man sinned something happened to his blood, for the life is in the blood. Instead of being incorruptible, and therefore, deathless blood, Adam’s blood became corrupt through sin and became subject to death. To redeem this dead sinner, life must be again imparted. The only remedy of death is life. This life is in the blood, and so blood must be furnished which is sinless and incorruptible. Now none of Adam’s race could do this. For in Adam all died, all sinned and come short. There was only one, who could furnish that blood: the virgin born son of God, with a human body, but sinless supernatural blood, imparted by the Holy Ghost.
(I Peter 1: 18, 19) – For as much as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold – but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a Lamb without blemish and without spot.
Hallelujah for the blood, it is as fresh today as it ever was and always will be. It cannot perish. That’s why when we pray, we plead the blood of Jesus. Why? Because Exodus 12: 13 – states the blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you live; and when I see the blood I will pass over you and no plague will befall you to destroy you.
Exodus 12:23 – when the Lord goes through the land to strike down the Egyptians , he will see the blood on the top and sides of the door frame and will pass over that doorway, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary (Hebrews 9: 11 -14)
All good things past, present, and to come, were and are founded upon the priestly office of Christ, and come to us from thence. Our High Priest entered into heaven once for all, and has obtained eternal redemption. The Holy Ghost further signified and showed that the Old Testament sacrifices only freed the outward man from ceremonial uncleanness, and fitted him for some outward privileges. What gave such power to the blood of Christ? It was Christ’s offering himself without any sinful stain in his nature or life. This cleanses the most guilty conscience from dead, or deadly, works to serve the living God; from sinful works, such as pollute the soul, as dead bodies did the persons of the Jews who touched them; while the grace that seals pardon, new-creates the polluted soul. Nothing more destroys the faith of the gospel, than by any means to weaken the direct power of the blood of Christ, we cannot dive into, the height we cannot comprehend. We cannot search out the greatness of it, or the wisdom, the love, the grace that is in it. But in considering the sacrifice of Christ, faith finds life, food, and refreshment. Glory be to our Lord and Savior, Jesus the Christ! Amen…Amen…Amen.