Recently I was donating blood at a church, when I realized that just above where I was laying was a large cross. How fitting it was that as I waited for the required amount of my blood to flow out, I could look upon the cross where my Savior shed His blood for me.
“The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.”
1 John 1:7 (NKJV)
My blood type (A+) is one of the most common. But even if you have the rarest type (AB-), it has no supernatural power, it cannot cleanse anyone from sin. Only the precious blood of the Lord Jesus is perfect, pure and powerful.
Know "that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver and gold,
from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers,
but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.”
1 Peter 1:18-19 (NKJV)
Some think it’s morbid to put so much emphasis on the blood. But the shed blood of Christ is all important because without it there is no remission of sin. (Hebrews 9:22) This was true even in the Old Testament, with its system of regular, repeated animal sacrifices that pointed to the once-for-all atoning death of Christ.
Some think it’s crude to talk of the blood. And unfortunately, some pastors no longer preach the blood of Christ because it may offend people. But to those who know Jesus as their personal Savior, His blood poured out was a demonstration of His great love. We give thanks that our sins washed clean by His perfect sacrifice.
We can’t make too much of the precious blood of Christ, for it has given us new life.
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