MY FRIENDS, WILL ANYTHING ELSE BUT THE BLOOD CLEANSE?

MY FRIENDS, WILL ANYTHING ELSE BUT THE BLOOD CLEANSE?

“Have mercy on me, O God,…Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.” Psalm 51:1-2 (KJV)

Blood: is the fluid that circulates in the hearts, arteries, capillaries, and veins of a sinner and through Gods Spirit will carry the nourishment and oxygen of the love grace and mercy of our Savior who has shed His own blood for those who believe so that all parts of the mind and body may be cleansed from the penalty of sin.

Heb. 9:22 (ESV) tells us “Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.” In addition, Hebrews 9:12-14 (ESV) also says “….For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.”

Rev. 12:11(AMP)  is the last reference in the Bible to the shed blood of  Christ; “And they have overcome (conquered) him by means of the blood of the Lamb and by the utterance of their testimony, for they did not love and cling to life even when faced with death [holding their lives cheap till they had to die for their witnessing].

My friends let’s focus today on who John is telling us is standing there with Christ, all  “who endured even to death” also they “have strip off and thrown aside every encumbrance (and unnecessary weight) which were all sins (even the “socially acceptable sin”) which (the god of this world and his forces of evil had) so readily (deftly and cleverly tried to cling and entangle each of the redeemed with, while here on earth.

But because of the shedding blood of our Savior the redeemed were able to), run steady with patient, endurance and with active persistence the appointed course of the race that our Lord and Savior set before us and now we are CONQUERORS who overcame through our Saviors blood.” Heb. 12:1 (AMP)

There are at least 43 references to the blood of Christ in the New Testament, all testifying to its great importance in the salvation and daily life of a Child of God. “Oh! precious is the flow That makes me white as snow;” How does the blood and death of our Savior make the Dirt and mire of a sinner’s character a candidates for God’s pure and Holy Kingdom.

Well His death at Calvary summarizes Christ infinite love for everyone and once we as His Children have been washed in His blood, we are transformed into the Character of  our Savior through His blood. Rev. 22:14 (ESV) tells us Blessed are those who wash their robes [in the blood of Christ], King James version tells us “Blessed are they that do his commandments” so that they may have the right to the tree of life and that they may enter the city by the gates.”

Bible scholars have interpreted “Blessed are they that do his commandments” and “Blessed are those who wash their robes,” as one in the same with only the abiding love of the sacrificial Lamb who shed His blood on the cross for all brings the two statements together.

My friends we as candidates for God’s Kingdom must look into our mirror and then look at the Character of Christ, and ask ourselves have I allowed my life to be purified by the One Who Died for my sins. My friends The believer who longs to have his robe washed in the blood of Christ  must ask before it is to late, “what must I do to be like Christ”

As a sinner myself the only answer I can give is too first have a close and personal relationship with Him. It seems strange that red blood can make our lives pure and white but God tells us in His Word “Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as [white] wool. If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the [Promise] land….Isaiah 1:18-19 (KJV)

So my friends today. Stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY