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The Blood Of Jesus Christ Cleanses All Sin
Contributed by Raymond Petzholt on Oct 17, 2005 (message contributor)
How is it possible that the blood of Jesus Christ has such power to redeem and cleanse us from all sin?
This is possible because of who Jesus is and what He did when He died on the Cross. First, Jesus was, is and always will be, absolutely sinless in thought word and deed. Secondly, Jesus was, is, and always will be “the LORD Jesus Christ!” Jesus is the LORD of LORDS! (Eph. 1:2; Rev. 19:16). “For by Him were all things created. . . and by him all things consist” (Col. 1:16-17). That is why He alone has the ability to save anyone from their guild and sin (John 1:29; I John 2:2). We have to believe that Jesus is our Omniscient LORD in order to believe that He knows my every sin and thus could take my every sin to the Cross and pay its penalty to save me from my sin. I must believe that my LORD Jesus is Omnipotent to believe that He has the power to Redeem me and set me free from the guilt and just penalty those sins have brought upon me. Every last one! We must believe that the LORD Jesus is Sovereign to believe He has the authority to forgive me every sin. Because of who Jesus is, "God manifest in the flesh" (John 1:1-3, 14). That is why His blood has the power to cleanse us from ALL sin (I John 1:7).
Illustration: You can redeem (purchase) 10 pennies with 1 dime. Why? Because the government who has the authority to set the standard has made it so. You don’t argue about the standard you just believe it and submit to it and reap the benefits. You can redeem (purchase) 10 dimes with 1 dollar. Why? Because the government who has the authority to, has set this standard and made it so. You don’t argue with the standard that was set by those who had the authority to set it. You simply believe the standard and submit to it and reap the benefits. God has the authority to set the standard for forgiveness of sins. God declared the wages of sin, any sin, is death (Rom. 3:23). God set the standard for redeeming sinners destined for eternal damnation. God determined that if there should ever be a man that lived a perfect life in thought, word and deed, His life, (and thus his blood Lev. 17:11, 14), would be so valuable that He could literally redeem the life of every human being that ever lived! He could redeem every one because His redemptive value would be so high. But we must believe the standard that God has set. We must believe that Jesus Christ is the sinless Son of God who died for us on the Cross.
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