Power of the Blood

Power of the Blood

Intro: We have all seen on T.V. or in the movies how Jesus was brutally beaten and nailed to that old rugged cross and we are saddened and groan within as we see our Savior and Lord crucified at the hands of cruel men. But think with me today about the nails that penetrated His hands and feet, and the spear penetrated His side from which His lifeblood flowed, and may we see the importance of what Jesus accomplished thru His precious blood that He shed there. There is truly power in the blood.

I. The power of Jesus’ precious blood redeems our souls from eternal destruction.

Mankind came under God’s curse when Adam and Eve disobeyed God’s command not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God in His mercy slew the first animals and made coverings for their bodies of the animal skins. The animals shed blood was the means of forgiveness for their sin. And so in the O.T. we see animals blood shed for the forgiveness of man’s sin. Why? It was God’s law!The bible says in:  Hebrews 9:22 ESV

Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins. So in Hebrews 9:25 (NLT) The high priests would enter the Most Holy Place year after year with the blood of an animal. That blood only covered their sins; it did not take them away. Why? Hebrews 10:4 ESV For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

That system of animal sacrifices was only a picture of the real thing to come which was Christ. 1 Peter 1:18-19 (NLT) ¹⁸ For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. Ransom means price paid to buy back from captivity. And the ransom He paid was not mere gold or silver.                                                                                          The Price God paid: ¹⁹ Was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God. Colossians 1:13-14 (NKJV) ¹³ He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, ¹⁴ in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. Ephesians 2:13 ESV But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

Revelation 1:5 (NLT) All glory to Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by shedding his blood for us. Jesus’ blood eternally paid our souls sin debt, and saved us from death, Hell, and the grave.

II. The power of Jesus’ precious blood sanctifies us. Sanctify- To make holy, pure free from sin. This is a continuing process until we die. We continually Grow in this holiness He has given us.

Hebrews 13:12 ESV So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood. Jesus purified us in God’s eyes by His precious blood. We are to grow in that holiness.

Hebrews 9:13-14 (NKJV) ¹³ For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for 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, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

Worshiping and Serving God in some capacity helps us grow in holiness, exercise faith.

1 John 1:7-9 ESV But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. As we walk in Jesus light and fellowship with one another, we grow in holiness, and as we daily confess our sin, we live in Jesus’ continual cleansing.

III. The power of Jesus’ precious blood opened the door to heaven.

We have an invitation from God to enter into His presence at any time to ask for our needs.  In Jeremiah 33:3 God invites us to call on Him and He will answer us and show us great & mighty things we know not.                                                                                                                                           Hebrews 10:19-22 (NLT) ¹⁹ And so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus. ²⁰ By his death, Jesus opened a new and life-giving way through the curtain into the Most Holy Place. ²¹ And since we have a great High Priest who rules over God’s house, ²² let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water. The priests’ would wash their bodies to denote purity that God required.

IV. Power of Jesus’ precious blood gives us the sure victory over sin, death and hell.

Romans 5:9 ESV Since, therefore, we have now been justified by Jesus’ blood, much more shall we be saved by Him from the wrath of God. We have been saved from God’s wrath forever. Revelation 7:14 ESV I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Revelation 12:11 ESV They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.                                                                           

 Power of Jesus’ precious blood has given the tribulation saints the victory over the Anti-Christ. We will sing of the victory we have been given in heaven as we gather around God’s throne.

Revelation 5:9-10 (NKJV) ⁹ And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, ¹⁰ And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth."

Hebrews 13:20-21 (NLT)
²⁰ Now may the God of peace— who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, and ratified an eternal covenant with his blood— ²¹ may He equip you with all you need for doing His will. May He produce in you, through the power of Jesus Christ, every good thing that is pleasing to Him. All glory to Him forever and ever! Amen.

Invitation: Sin dies in the presence of Jesus’ blood; death ceases to be death; and Heaven’s gates are opened. Romans 3:25-26 (NLT)  For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood. God did this to demonstrate his righteousness, for He himself is fair and just, and he declares sinners to be right in his sight when they believe in Jesus.  Jesus died and shed His blood to forgive your sins and give you victory over death, the grave & hell! Have you believed in Jesus as your Savior? Have you asked Him to forgive you and make you right with God?

Hebrews 10:29 (NLT)  Just think how much worse the punishment will be for those who trample on the Son of God, and treat the blood of the covenant, which made us holy, as if it were common and unholy, and have insulted and dispised the Holy Spirit who brings God’s mercy to us.

Don’t be guilty of refusing God’s offer of salvation thru His Son Jesus Christ!

If you've never accepted God’s Son as your Savior, do it right now before it’s eternally too late!

If you have, you need to praise God right now. Take time now and thank Him for all He has done for you.