“La Sangre”
4/14/2011 – Nampa, ID
Leviticus 17:11
“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.”
“Porque la vida de la carne en la sangre está: y yo os la he dado para expiar vuestras personas sobre el altar: por lo cual la misma sangre expiará la persona.”
WITHOUT BLOOD THERE CANNOT BE LIFE IN THE PHYSICAL BODY.
You and I are here because there is blood that has been passed down to us and we have received life in our bodies.
THAT IS JUST AS TRUE IN THE BIBLE.
Blood flows through the Bible just as it does through our veins.
THE BLOOD OF CHRIST KEEPS CHRISTIANITY ALIVE.
Someone has said, “Cut the Bible anywhere and it will bleed.”
The blood is spoken of 427 times in our Bible, so it is easy to see, this is not a minor theme. Without the blood, the Gospel is dead and we are deprived of eternal life.
JESUS SAID, Matthew 26:28
“For this is my blood of the New Testament which is shed for many for the remission of sins.”
Porque esto es mi sangre del nuevo pacto, la cual es derramada por muchos para remisión de los pecados.
PAUL ADDED, Heb 9:22
“And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without the shedding of blood is no remission.”
“Y casi todo es purificado según la ley con sangre; y sin derramamiento de sangre no se hace remisión.”
Colossians 1:14
“We have redemption through the blood, even the forgiveness of sins.”
En el cual tenemos redención por su sangre, la remisión de pecados:
PETER ADDED, I Peter 1:18-19
“We are not redeemed with silver and gold, and precious stones, but with the precious blood of Christ.”
“18 Sabiendo que habéis sido rescatados de vuestra vana conversación, la cual recibisteis de vuestros padres, no con cosas corruptibles, como oro ó plata; 19 Sino con la sangre preciosa de Cristo, como de un cordero sin mancha y sin contaminación,”
Then John agreed with Peter and Paul, He wrote,
I John 1:7
“The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin.”
“Mas si andamos en luz, como él está en luz, tenemos comunión entre nosotros, y la sangre de Jesucristo su Hijo nos limpia de todo pecado.”
The early church understood the blood…the 22 sermons recorded by the four preachers in the Book of Acts all give the same message, the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
They understood that His death and the provision of “COVERING BY THE BLOOD” was the essential ingredient of the Gospel.
[“there, that should cover it!” – THE IDEA OF PAYMENT TO COVER AS WELL AS HIDING IT FROM SIGHT.]
“His gaze always passes thru rose-colored glasses every time He looks on my heart.” Wayne Watson
CAN YOU SEE THIS PORTRAIT OF THE BLOOD?
IT’S HARD TO SEE BLOOD…IT’S INTERNAL.
To make it external hurts…you have to be cut or injured.
But the Bible paints in broad strokes the blood on a canvas, and then in minute detail God’s Word breaks it down to the cellular level - THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BLOOD OF CHRIST!
We can see this today…but even more important is that GOD SEES THE BLOOD APPLIED TO OUR LIVES, AND PASSES OVER US!
Let’s put the blood of Christ under the microscope and do some forensic study…then we’ll get the complete picture—a portrait of the blood.
I. IN ANALYSIS: THE BLOOD IS PERFECT
The virgin birth of Christ established His righteousness.
Judas cried out. “I have betrayed innocent blood.” (Matt 27:4)
“Yo he pecado entregando la sangre inocente.”
Paul explained, II COR 5:21
“For He (God) hath made Him (Jesus) to be sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.”
“Al que no conoció pecado, hizo pecado por nosotros, para que nosotros fuésemos hechos justicia de Dios en él.”
Pilate said, “I find in him no fault at all.” John 18:38
“…Yo no hallo en él ningún crimen.”
Jesus Himself said, “Which of you convinceth me of sin?” John 8:46
He was spoken of as, “Holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens.” Hebrews 7:26
I Peter 2:22
“Who did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth.”
El cual no hizo pecado; ni fué hallado engaño en su boca.”
John added, “in Him is no sin.” I John 3:5
A natural father would have imparted the sin-nature of Adam to Christ and His death would not have provided redemption. The virgin birth is absolutely essential to the salvation of our souls.
The Bible clearly teaches that Jesus was born of a virgin and did not have original sin. Matthew quotes Isaiah the prophet saying,
Matthew 1:23
Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Jeremiah the prophet had spoken years before on this. He said, “The Lord hath created a new thing upon the earth, a woman shall compass a man.” Jeremiah 31:22
It certainly was a new thing for a woman without a man to give birth to a child. The Adamic nature is passed to the offspring by the blood line of the man. There were no impurities in the blood of Christ. Everything about Christ was perfect including His blood.
II. IN APPLICATION: THE BLOOD IS PURE
One of reasons we use grape juice in our Communion Service instead of wine is because wine has to go through a PROCESS OF FERMENTATION.
• THE PROCESS OF FERMENTATION IS ACTUALLY BACTERIA WORKING IN THE JUICE. IT IS A ROTTING PROCESS.
This could never give a proper picture of the sinless Blood of Christ. For all that is holy, Satan has his counterfeit…and communion is no exception!
Pure grape juice is the true symbol of the pure Blood of the Lord Jesus, just as the bread is to be w/out leaven.
Leaven:
1. An agent, such as yeast, that causes batter or dough to rise, especially by fermentation.
2. An element, influence, or agent that works subtly to lighten, enliven, or modify a whole.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/leaven
When Dr. Curtis Hutson was struggling with cancer, on a number of occasions he went through a treatment called “Keylation.”
Keylation is similar to dialysis in that the blood is removed from the body and sent through a machine that cleanses the impurities from it and then pumps it back into the body. This treatment prolonged Dr. Hutson’s life for a good long time.
After his blood had been purged of germs, disease, and bad cells, it was then able to work against the enemy cells that were at war with his system.
Dr. Willem Kolff, a Dutch physician, constructed the first working dialyzer in 1943 during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.[4] Due to the scarcity of available resources, Kolff had to improvise and build the initial machine using sausage casings, beverage cans, a washing machine and various other items which were available at the time. Over the following two years, Kolff used his machine to treat 16 patients who suffered from acute kidney failure, but the results were unsuccessful. Then, in 1945, a 67-year-old woman in uremic coma regained consciousness following 11 hours of hemodialysis with the dialyzer, and lived for another seven years before dying of an unrelated condition. She was the first-ever patient successfully treated with dialysis.[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialysis
Hemodialysis removes wastes and water by circulating blood outside the body through an external filter, called a dialyzer, that contains a semipermeable membrane.
The writer of Hebrews stated, Hebrews 9:13,14
“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?”
” 13 Porque si la sangre de los toros y de los machos cabríos, y la ceniza de la becerra, rociada á los inmundos, santifica para la purificación de la carne, 14 ¿Cuánto más la sangre de Cristo, el cual por el Espíritu eterno se ofreció á sí mismo sin mancha á Dios, limpiará vuestras conciencias de las obras de muerte para que sirváis al Dios vivo?”
When the pure blood of the Saviour is applied to the sinner, it provides cleansing. John explained,
“The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.” I John 1:7b.
“What can wash away my sin?, Nothing but the Blood of Jesus
What can make me whole again?, Nothing but the Blood of Jesus
Oh, precious is the flow, That makes me white as snow
No other fount I know, Nothing but the Blood of Jesus.
Peter wrote, I Peter 1:18, 19
“Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things…but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.”
“18 Sabiendo que habéis sido rescatados de vuestra vana conversación, la cual recibisteis de vuestros padres, no con cosas corruptibles, como oro ó plata; 19 Sino con la sangre preciosa de Cristo, como de un cordero sin mancha y sin contaminación.”
And because it is pure, it is purifying!
III. IN ACTION: THE BLOOD IS PERPETUAL
The animal sacrifices of the Old Testament were continuous year after year. The blood of bulls and goats provided forgiveness and pardon temporarily only because it pointed to the sacrifice of Christ and His blood being shed for the covering of our sin.
The writer of Hebrews speaks of Christ as one, “Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.” Hebrews 7:27
Again Paul tells us that it was, “Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.” Hebrews 9:12
Then again, “But now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.” Hebrews 9:26
The Bible states, “But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God.” Hebrews 10:12
The death of Christ set into motion a continuous cleansing for those who trust in Him. We are given the gift of eternal life that He purchased with His blood. Thank God we are washed once and for all, forever.
The Bible speaks of the “blood of the everlasting Covenant.” Hebrews 13:20. Our faith in His blood is all it takes to settle it forever and ever.
IV. IN ACCOMPLISHMENT: THE BLOOD IS POWERFUL!
The song writer wrote:
Would you be free from the burden of sin?, There is power in the Blood
Would you over evil a victory win?, There’s wonderful power in the Blood
//There is power, power wonder working power, In the Blood of the Lamb//
John wrote, “Thou hast redeemed us to God by thy blood.” Revelation 5:9
It takes amazing power to do that! We are told that they overcame the wicked one, Satan, by the blood of the Lamb. Revelation 12:11
It takes a lot of power to do that, too!
False religion has always denied the blood and its power.
Mary Baker Eddy of the Christian Science movement wrote, “The material blood of Jesus is no more efficacious to cleanse from sin when it was shed upon the cursed tree than when it was flowing through His veins.” http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mary_Baker_Eddy
R. B. Theime, a Bible teacher in Texas, declared, “The red liquid that ran through the veins and arteries of Jesus’ mortal body is not related to our salvation.”
Of course, these teachers and many like them stand in complete opposition to the Bible that declares, “Without the shedding of blood there is no remission.” Hebrews 9:22
V. IN ACQUITTAL: THE BLOOD IS PERMANENT (ABSOLVER)
“Acquit” is a heavy word…it means to pay off, to free, to clear, to absolve. It has a far reaching meaning extending from the past all the way to the future.
“His mercies are new every morning,” the Bible says.
Not only our past sin was covered but also our present and future sins are put under the blood when we trust in Christ as Savior.
Jesus’ blood cleanses from our past sins. Isaiah said, “I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.” Isaiah 44:22
David spoke to this when he stated, “As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us. Psalm 103:12
He promised not to remember them again. “I will remember them no more against you forever.”
Jesus’ blood covers our present sins, both the sins of omission and the sins of commission.
Whether it be things we ought to be doing and are not doing or whether it be things we are doing that we ought not to be doing.
These are covered fully by HIS BLOOD ATONEMENT. (EXPIACIÓN F., REPARACIÓN F.)
Jesus’ blood continues to atone for future sins. This is not to say we can just go ahead and sin…a truly saved person won’t have that attitude. But we can know that despite our very best efforts, we are sinners, and will yet sin, but we don’t have to get saved again. Do we need to confess it to God and make it right? Of course! As we continue to walk thru this life we’ll need daily foot washings, but praise God that one time “all over bath” secures us from all sin: past, present, and future!
“The Blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin.” I John 1:7
Jesus’ blood conquers all sin!
VI. IN APPRAISAL: THE BLOOD IS PRECIOUS
We love to sing,
“Oh precious is the flow that makes me white as snow.
No other found I know. Nothing but the Blood of Jesus.”
Peter used the term precious to describe the Blood of Christ. He said, I Peter 1:19
“But with the precious Blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.”
“Sino con la sangre preciosa de Cristo, como de un cordero sin mancha y sin contaminación.”
VII. IN AGGRESSION: THE BLOOD IS PROTECTIVE
In Exodus 12 the blood was sprinkled on the door posts of the Jewish homes just as the Lord had instructed them. When the death angel came on that faithful night with the awful judgment of death to the first born the Jews were protected by the blood.
It was actually their faith that brought protection. They believed the Word the Lord had given to Moses. They believed it enough to act on it. By following the directions just as the Lord instructed they reaped a great benefit.
God had said, Exodus 12:13
“The blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.”
“Y la sangre os será por señal en las casas donde vosotros estéis; y veré la sangre, y pasaré de vosotros, y no habrá en vosotros plaga de mortandad, cuando heriré la tierra de Egipto.”
We still speak of being “under the Blood.” The judgment will not fall on those who have placed their faith in Christ and accepted Him as their Savior.
If you have not gotten under the protection of the Blood of Jesus Christ, I beg you to do so now before the death angel comes to your house.
Do you get the picture today? Can you see Christ’s blood? More importantly, can God see it? If not, all He sees is your sin. Make sure you’re covered…one application will do!
Adapted from: A Portrait of The Blood - Communion - Lord?s Supper by Jerry Shirley
