The Cleansing Blood of Jesus

Hello everyone,

How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord.

Primary Text

“And the Word (Christ) became flesh (human, incarnate) and tabernacled (fixed His tent of flesh, lived awhile) among us;…”

Hallelujah. We thank God for Jesus coming to the earth, and becoming flesh. Jesus came because of God’s love for us and His desire to reconcile the world to Himself (John 3v16). Romans 3v23 lets us know that we have all sinned and fallen short of God’s glorious standard; and with the shedding of blood there was no forgiveness of sins (Hebrews 9v22). But we thank God that as we walk in the Light and fellowship with one another, the precious blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin (1 John 1v7), He becoming our High Priest. Hebrews 9v8-15 (TLB) says “And the Holy Spirit uses all this to point out to us that under the old system the common people could not go into the Holy of Holies as long as the outer room and the entire system it represents were still in use. This has an important lesson for us today. For under the old system, gifts and sacrifices were offered, but these failed to cleanse the hearts of the people who brought them. For the old system dealt only with certain rituals – what foods to eat and drink, rules for washing themselves, and rules about this and that. The people had to keep these rules to tide them over until Christ came with God’s new and better way. He came as High Priest of this better system that we now have. He went into that greater, perfect tabernacle in heaven, not made by men nor part of this world, and once for all took blood into that inner room, the Holy of Holies, and sprinkled it on the mercy seat; but it was not the blood of goats and calves. No, He took His own blood, and with it He, by Himself, made sure of our eternal salvation. And if under the old system the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of young cows could cleanse men’s bodies from sin, just think how much more surely the blood of Christ will transform our lives and hearts. His sacrifice frees us from the worry of having to obey the old rules and makes us want to serve the living God. For by the help of the eternal Holy Spirit, Christ willingly gave Himself to die for our sins – He being perfect, without a single sin or fault. Christ came with this new agreement so that all who are invited may come and have forever all the wonders God has promised them. For Christ died to rescue them from the penalty of sins they have committed while still under that old system.”

Prayer

Father we thank You so much for Jesus sacrifice. We thank You for the blood of Jesus that cleanses us. We cover ourselves in the blood of Jesus and say thank You for its cleansing power once again in Jesus name, amen.