Seven
things the blood of Jesus does for us:
At the end of this part, each member should:
- Have an
understanding of 7 key things the blood of Jesus does for us.
- Become
acquainted with more scriptures on what the blood of Jesus did for us.
- Remission:
The
blood of Jesus gives us remission. Now it’s important at this point to bring
clarity to the issue of remission and forgiveness.
Luke 24:
46 – 47: “…And
said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and
to rise from the dead the third day: And that repentance and remission of sins
should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem” Note
those two words: repentance and remission.
Acts
5:31: “Him hath God
exalted with his right hand to be
a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of
sins.”
The Scripture says here ‘repentance to Israel
and forgiveness of sins’. But in Luke 24, Jesus said ‘repentance and remission
of sins’ should be preached in his Name amongst all nations beginning at Jerusalem.
So He used the term remission of sins. Now we come to Acts 5 here, and we find some
translators using forgiveness of sins and not remission, and here’s where we need
to make the correction. In fact, the two words - remission and forgiveness, are
translated from the same Greek word – ‘aphesis’. However this is not enough to conclude, we
now have to check the context in which the words are used, when they are used.
When two or more words, interpreted from the same word in any language are
applied differently, the way to know what is meant at any time is in the
context of their application.
What Peter said is in consonance with what
Jesus said. They were exactly the same thing, so why change one from remission
to forgiveness, when it’s exactly the same, and in the same context.
The point here is that if you sin against God
as a Christian, you don’t just get forgiveness (which is coined less that
remission as though you are getting a pardon), no, the wrongdoing does not
exist anymore in the same way your sins were removed at the beginning, when you
came to Christ; there is no record of them anymore. The remission of sin that
you have at the beginning is the remission of sin that you get, if you sin, after you are born again; there is no record
of it anywhere, not in God’s book. This means the blood of Jesus Christ works
for you before salvation, and after salvation it provides remission of sins
completely. He said a new testament, will, covenant, order, will I give to them,
and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. That’s because it is
completely removed (Hebrews 10:16-18).
1 John
1:9:“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and
just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness”. Forgive
here means to take away and to cleanse us from all righteousness. The sins are
completely remitted, with no records kept. It’s not a pardon; it’s blotted out;
as though it never existed.
1 John
2:1: “And he is the
propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the
whole world”. This settles it! It works for us as it works
for the whole world. He is our propitiation. And every time you read it, it’s
the same word used. Sinning is not compulsory for the Christian; you don’t have
to sin, but if you do, there is remission, a complete blotting out. God has no
record of your mistakes or errors because the blood of Jesus completely washes
them out of existence. Hallelujah!
Hebrew
10:14 says, “For by
one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified” There is
no more sacrifice for sin; by one offering he has perfected us forever. Glory
to God!
- Justification: the
blood of Jesus makes justification possible. Through His blood, we are
justified, declared not guilty by God, with no record of the past. Acts 13:38 -39 says, “Be it known unto you therefore, men and
brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could
not be justified by the law of Moses”. This
Scripture should also have read remission, but it says forgiveness.
- Redemption: the blood of Jesus brought
us redemption; that is, agorazo – the purchase. We were purchased by the blood
of Jesus and given as gifts to God.
Revelation
5: 9: “And
they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the
seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood
out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation.”
1
Corinthians 6:20: “For ye
are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your
spirit, which are God’s”
Acts
20:28: “Take
heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy
Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the Church of God, which he hath
purchased with his own blood.”
- Access: The blood of Jesus gives us access to God.
Praise God; we’ve got access! We have access by Christ unto the Father. He is
the way. We enter into the most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus. So every time
you break that bread, remember the new and living way, which He consecrated for
us through the veil, which is His flesh.
Ephesians
2:18: “For
through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father”
John 14:6: “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the
truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
Other
Scripture References: Acts
4:12; Hebrews 10:19.
- Fellowship: We have fellowship with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ. We’ve come into partnership, communion, a
sharing together with Him. We are in His class, because of the blood of Christ.
Ephesians
2:13-14: “But now
in Christ Jesus ye who sometines were far off are made nigh by the blood of
Christ. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the
middle wall of partition between us;”
Other
Scripture Reference: Colossians
1:20
- Cleansing:
The
blood of Jesus cleanses us from all unrighteousness.
Hebrews
9:14: “How
much more shall the blood of Christ, who throught the eternal Spirit offered
himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead workd to serve the
living God?”
1 John
1:9: “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and
just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
- The will: the blood gives us the will;
the testament.
Hebrews
9:15-16 (NIV: “And for
this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called
may receive the promised eternal inheritance – now that he has died as a ransom
to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant. In the case
of a will, it is necessary to prove the death of the one who made it,”
Acts
26:18: “To open
their eyes, and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan
unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them
which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Other
Scripture Reference: Romans
8:16.
In
Conclusion:
God said the life of the flesh is in the blood and gave the blood
on the altar for the atonement of the soul. The blood of animals offered year
after year, though covering sin for a while, could not completely wash away
sin. But Jesus, who was without sin, became sin for us and obtained eternal
redemption through His precious blood. Now there is no remembrance of sin; we
are new creations without a past, purchased as gifts for God, because of the
precious blood of Jesus Christ.
Lessons
Learned from this Study:
- The
blood is the life of the flesh and God gave the blood for the atonement of the
soul.
- Atonement
means appeasement; propitiation; compensation for wrong doing; to satisfy the
claims of justice.
- The
first sacrifice for sin was when Adam and Eve sinned, and God killed an animal,
spilled the blood to cover their sin, and used the body of that animal to cover
their nakedness.
- There is
no other way to make atonement for the soul except by blood.
- The
burnt offering was an offering of dedication and acceptance.
- On the
great day of atonement, the high priest offered sacrifices to make atonement
for the people as a nation.
- Jesus
was our Passover lamb.
- Jesus was
given as the sacrifice for sin, and He entered into the most Holy Place in
heaven with His blood, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
- The new
creation in Christ became a reality at the resurrection of Christ and not at
the cross.
- Having
paid the price for our sins, Jesus purchased us as gifts to God.
- The