The Blood of Jesus – 4
This week we look at the things the Blood of Jesus can do.
His Blood is more powerful than anything. His Blood has the power to save us from our sin, protect us from harm, heal our bodies, and gives us authority over the power of the enemy.
His Blood has the power to save us from our sin. We all have sinned and have fallen short of God’s purpose for our lives – Rom 3:23. We all need redemption from our sins and trespasses. Without the shedding of the Blood of Jesus, there is no remission of sins – Eph 1:7. You might ask, why do we need His Blood? Sin caused us to be separated from God and die. The wages of sin is death – Rom 6:23. For us to get eternal life back, God had to redeem us. The price would be a life because only His life could overcome death. Blood was required because God said: The life is in the Blood – Gen 9:4. God forbid a man to eat animals’ blood because that will constitute someone partaking of that life. We needed to partake of His Blood so we can have His life. The communion meal is symbolic of us taking part in Jesus’ life by drinking the wine.
Rom. 3:25 Whom 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;
Matt. 26:28 For this is My Blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Secondly, His Blood protects us from harm. In the Bible, the word “propitiation” means to protect from harm. Christ’s Blood saves and helps us avoid destruction. Jesus came to strip the enemy from all authority and the right to inflict harm on us. Satan is stripped of all authority and disarmed by faith in that precious blood. He is no longer free to act against you or your family to bring harm or mischief. And satan must therefore flee – James 4:7.
1John 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
1John 4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Thirdly His Blood heals us from all diseases. This is a controversial subject because most people do not understand that healing is part of the Atonement. He was bruised for our iniquities, and by His stripes, we are healed – Isaiah 53:5, 1 Pet 2:24.
Jesus makes this clear when He asks: What is easier to say, rise up and walk or your sins are forgiven – Mark 2:9. Jesus parallels salvation and healing in His statement. Both are a work of God and can be obtained through simple faith. James says the same thing when he encourages the church to call the elders to pray for the sick, and if they have sinned, their sins will be forgiven as well – James 5:14-15.
Lastly, we see that the Blood of Jesus gives us victory over the enemy. Jesus said that He gives us authority over the power of the enemy – Luke 10:19. He gives us His Blood as a weapon to overcome the enemy when he attacks us. How do we overcome the enemy? We ask God to cover us with the Blood of Jesus. When they applied the blood to the doorposts n Egypt, the destroyer had to pass over them and not touch them. We can apply His Blood to ourselves, our family, and our children. This is what John writes in Revelation.
Rev. 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony, and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Rev 1:4-5 Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own Blood.
