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Blood Shed
Maybe you wonder why Christians emphasize the importance of the blood. The thought of blood and death is repulsive to many; they believe that a faith that should make people happy should offer something more attractive.
God has much to offer that is attractive: eternal life, a Father’s love, an inheritance in heaven, joy, peace, and rest of soul, now and in eternity.
But there is still a matter that needs to be settled, the question of sin. We are sinners, and every sin demands divine justice. “The wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). This is where the matter of the blood comes in, as blood signifies life. Because we had forfeited our life forever, a perfect, sinless sacrifice had to shed its blood as a substitute for us. That is what God’s holiness demanded. “Without shedding of blood is no remission” (Hebrews 9:22). There could be no salvation in any other way. Jesus Christ became that sacrifice, His blood flowed at Calvary’s cross to enable all who believe in the atonement it made to receive the forgiveness of sins and eternal life. Their security is found in the BLOOD!
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