Seven Grand Facts About the Blood

 •  3 min. read  •  grade level: 7
Listen from:
• BibleTruthPublishers.com
I.-IT MAKES ATONEMENT FOR THE SOUL.
“ FOR the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar, to make an atonement for • your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.” Lev. 17:1111For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. (Leviticus 17:11).
Let us specially note that God, blessed be His holy name, has graciously given us the blood of His own beloved Son to make an atonement for our guilty souls, so that, instead of our sins being before Him, He has that precious blood which has put them all away forever. ‘‘ Hallelujah I”
II.-FORMS THE BASIS OF THE PROCLAMATION OF THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD TO THE WORLD, AND OF ITS APPLICATION TO THE BELIEVER.
“Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: whom God hath set forth a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God. To declare at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.” Rom. 3:24-2624Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 25Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; 26To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. (Romans 3:24‑26).
How precious is this for the poor guilty sin-burdened soul! God can righteously forgive us all our sins, and count us perfectly righteous, if we simply believe in Jesus. Such is the efficacy of the blood of Christ! Such the virtue of His peerless name! May we not again exclaim, “ Hallelujah!”
III.-IS THE MERITORIOUS GROUND OF OUR JUSTIFICATION.
“ But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.” Rom. 5:8, 98But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. (Romans 5:8‑9).
IV.-THROUGH IT WE HAVE REDEMPTION.
“ Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he bath made us accepted in the beloved. In whom we hare redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace.” Eph. 1:5-75Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. 7In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; (Ephesians 1:5‑7); Col. 1:1414In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: (Colossians 1:14).
V.-BY IT WE HAVE A PERFECTLY PURGED CONSCIENCE.
“ For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God.” Heb. 9:13, 1413For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: 14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? (Hebrews 9:13‑14).
What a priceless treasure is here! The guilty, agonized conscience perfectly purged, divinely tranquillized!
VI.-BY IT WE HAVE ACCESS INTO THE HOLIEST OF ALL.
“ Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus.”
We come into the presence of God in all the efficacy and value of the blood of His own Son; and He welcomes us as He welcomes the One in whose name we come.
VII.-BY IT WE ARE CLEANSED TO WALK IN THE LIGHT AS GOD IS IN THE LIGHT.
“If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.” 1 John 1:77But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:7).
The light of the divine presence makes manifest that there is not a speck or a stain of sin upon the person of the believer. The blood of Jesus makes us as clean as the throne of God can demand.
Reader, what say you to these seven grand facts about the blood? Do you know them for the peace and blessing, rest and comfort, of your own soul? We are not going to preach you a long sermon; we have merely quoted for you the veritable words of the Holy Ghost; and we leave you with this solemn question—Are these things mixed with faith in your precious soul?