The Blood Of Jesus

-June 23, 2024-

Good morning beloved, happy Lord’s Day,

“Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is His flesh.”

(Hebrews 10:19-20).

The blood of Christ is cleansing, forgiving, guilt ridding, powerful, and eternal. By it our sins were forgiven and washed away. The blood of Christ opened the way for us to enter the very presence of God.

We now have boldness, or as it can be translated, confidence, to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus. Under the Old Covenant, only the high priest could enter the Holiest (the holy of Holies), and only once a year after offering a sacrifice for his own sins, then for the sins of the people. This took place on the day of atonement.

Through Jesus’ blood the way is opened to every sinner who repents and receives Christ. It is a new and living way through the death of Christ on the cross. His one eternal sacrifice did something no animal sacrifice could do. They had to keep repeating the same sacrifices over and over; sin was covered, but Jesus’ blood paid our sin debt in full.

1 Peter 1:2 says, “Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: grace to you and peace be multiplied.” The blood of Christ unites us to Christ and to one another. We are washed in the blood of the Lamb. Thus, we are blood brothers.

As sinners saved by grace, we still have the old nature and we still sin. John wrote, “If we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.” Tomorrow morning we will gather to break bread, and take the cup, a symbol of His shed blood, and remember what He did for us at Calvary.

Have a blessed Lord’s day worshipping our Savior. Stay safe and healthy.

As the hymn writer wrote, “What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus.”

Dean