The=
Power
of the Blood
Of =
Christ
BACKGROUND
What the Old Covenant or Mosaic L=
aw
Teaches Us about Blood
&nb=
sp; Leviticus 17:11
For t=
he life
of a creature is in the blood,=
and I
have appointed it to you to make =
;atonement
on the altar for Or your=
lives,
since it is the lifeblood that makes atonement.
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(1) Blood represents the
(2) Blood represents bru=
tal
suffering in slaying of a sacrifice.
(3) The blood of pre-Cross
sacrifices only covered sin.
Hebrews
9:22
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style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'> (4) A blood sacrifice is required =
for
forgiveness!
(5) We can only be made =
holy
by a blood sacrifice!
Witho=
ut
holiness, no man will see the Lord!
(Heb 12:14)
(6) The H=
igh
Priest entered the Sanctuary once a year, and never without blood=
!
Hebr=
ews 9:7
(7) Jesus=
, our
High Priest, has entered heaven itself to present His blood to
God as the sacrifice for our sins!
&n=
bsp; Hebrews 9:11-12
1. The Power of Propitiation To Sa=
tisfy
God’s Wrath Against Our Sins
Roma=
ns
3:25 (see also 1 John 2:2)
God
presented Him as a propitiation Or , or as an offering of atonement, or =
; see Heb 9:5. The word <=
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class=3Dfntext1> has to do with the removal of divine wrath. Jesus’ death is =
the
means that turns God’s wrath from the sinner; see 2 Co
5:21.through faith in His blood
2. The Power f=
or Forgiveness
of Sins
&nbs=
p; Matthew
26:28
For this is My blood that establishes the
covenant; it is shed for many for the forgiveness =
of
sins.
&nbs=
p;
&nbs=
p; Ephesians
1:7
In Hi=
m Eph
1:11,13 we h=
ave
redemption through His blood, =
the
forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace.=
3. The Power of Justification in View=
of
the Law
&nbs=
p; Romans
5:1, 9
There=
fore,
since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace
Ot=
her mss
read faith, let us have peace, whi=
ch can
also be translated faith, let us grasp the fact that we have peace=
with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.&nb=
sp;
Much more then, since we have now been declared
righteous by His blood, we wil=
l be
saved through Him from wrath.
4. The Power o=
f Reconciliation
(1) Sinners Are Reconciled to God!
Roma=
ns
5:9-10
Much more then, since we have now been declared =
righteous
by His blood, we will be saved
through Him from wrath. For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God throu=
gh
the death of His Son, then how much more, having
been reconciled, will we be saved by His life!
(2) Jews Are Reconciled to Gentiles!=
Ephesians 2:13-15
But now in Christ Jesus, you who were far away h=
ave
been brought near by the blood=
of
the Messiah. For He is our peace, who made both groups one and tore down the
dividing wall of hostility. In His flesh, He did away with the law of the commandments in regulations, so that=
He
might create in Himself one new man from the two, resulting in peace.
(3) The Entire Universe Will Be Reconciled!=
Colossians 1:20
=
and t=
hrough
Him to reconcile everything to Himself by making peace through the blood of His cross Other mss add through Him — whether things
on earth or things in heaven.
5. The Power
of Redemption from Bondage to Sin and Satan
&nbs=
p; Ephesians
1:7
In Hi=
m Eph
1:11,13 we h=
ave
redemption through His blood, =
the
forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace.=
Revelation 5:9
And t=
hey sang
a new song: You are worthy to take the scro=
ll
and to open its seals; because You w=
ere
slaughtered, and You redeemed Or peop=
le
The bracketed text=
has
been added for clarity. Other=
mss
read us for God by Your blood=
from every tribe and language
and people and nation.
Ex
19:5
A. The
power of the blood to purchase us.
&nbs=
p; Acts
20:28
Be on=
guard
for yourselves and for all the flock, among whom the Holy Spirit has appoin=
ted
you as overs=
eers,
to shepherd the
B. The power of the blood to set us free<=
/u>!
Colo=
ssians
1:13-14
He has rescued us from the domain of darkness and
transferred us into the kingdom of the Son He loves,
in whom we have redemption, Other mss add thr=
ough
His blood the forgiveness of sins.
6. The Power f=
or Sanctification
in Our Lives
=
Hebrews
13:12
=
(1) The P=
ower
to Set Us Apart as Holy!
=
1 Peter 1:2
accor=
ding to
the foreknowledge Rm 8:29
of God the Father and set apart 2 Th 2:13 by t=
he
Spirit for obedience and for the The bracketed text has been added for clarity. sprinkling
with the blood Heb
12:24 of
Jesus Christ.
(2) The Power to Make Us
Pure!
Revelation 1:5b
To Him who loved us and washed (aorist tense – a past completed action) us from our sins in His own blood,
(3) The Power to Keep Us
Pure!
1 John 1:7
But i=
f we
walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one
another, and the blood of Jesu=
s His
Son cleanses
(present tense – continuous action)
us from all sin.=
7. The Power o=
f Access
to God
Hebrews 10:19
=
Romans
5:2
Also =
through
Him, we have obtained access by faith Other mss omit into=
this
grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
This
access is a standing of wondrous favor with God due to our justification. It
means that we enter God’s presence clothed with the righteousness of
Jesus Christ, and thus deserving all the favor that He has merited by a sin=
less
life that greatly pleased God.
Conclusion
Exodus 12:7, 12-13
They must take some of the blood and put it on t=
he two
doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat them. “I will pass through the
The blood must=
be applied
and trusted for protection from the judgment of God.