Transcript THERE IS POWER IN THE BLOOD “According to figures provided by the Red Cross, approximately 32,000 pints of blood are used every.

THERE IS POWER IN THE BLOOD
“According to figures provided by the Red Cross,
approximately 32,000 pints of blood are used
every day in the United States. Other figures
state that although 60% of adults are eligible to
donate blood, only 5% do regularly.”
A family was involved in a serious accident. Mike,
the younger of two brothers involved, was badly
injured and needed a blood transfusion. Mike’s
big brother, Danny, who was almost eight, was
the perfect blood type. His father sat down with
him and explained that his little brother was
going to die but if Danny would give his little
brother some blood that mike would be just fine.
Danny sat and thought for a minute and then said
o.k. Dad I will do this for my brother. They took
Danny into the operating room and hooked up the
needle to his arm and the blood from his body
began to flow to his little brother.
Everything had gone wonderfully and the nurse
removed the needle from little Danny’s arm.
Danny with a tear in his eye looked at his father
and said, “When do I die?” The father suddenly
realized with a shock that Danny had
misunderstood his explanation of giving blood.
Danny thought he was giving all of his blood to
save the life of his little brother! He thought that
he would die after the transfusion was over. Yet
he still had agreed to help his little brother.
1. Jesus blood brought forth a new covenant.
Jeremiah 31:31 " Behold, the days are coming, says the
LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of
Israel and with the house of Judah -- 32 "not according to
the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day
that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land
of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a
husband to them, says the LORD. 33 "But this is the
covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after
those days, says the LORD: I will put My law in their
minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God,
and they shall be My people. 34 "No more shall every man
teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying,
'Know the LORD,' for they all shall know Me, from the
least of them to the greatest of them, says the LORD. For
I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember
no more."
Hebrews 8:13 In that He says, "A new covenant,"
He has made the first obsolete. Now what is
becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to
vanish away.
Hebrews 9:11 But Christ came as High Priest of
the good things to come, with the greater and
more perfect tabernacle not made with hands,
that is, not of this creation. 12 Not with the blood
of goats and calves, but with His own blood He
entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having
obtained eternal redemption. 13 For if the blood
of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer,
sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying
of the flesh, 14 how much more shall the blood of
Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered
Himself without spot to God, cleanse your
conscience from dead works to serve the living
God?
Hebrews 9:15 And for this reason He is the
Mediator of the new covenant, by means of
death, for the redemption of the transgressions
under the first covenant, that those who are
called may receive the promise of the eternal
inheritance. 16 For where there is a testament,
there must also of necessity be the death of the
testator. 17 For a testament is in force after men
are dead, since it has no power at all while the
testator lives. 18 Therefore not even the first
covenant was dedicated without blood. 19 For
when Moses had spoken every precept to all the
people according to the law, he took the blood of
calves and goats, with water, scarlet wool, and
hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all
the people, 20 saying, "This is the blood of the
covenant which God has commanded you." 21
Then likewise he sprinkled with blood both the
tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry. 22
And according to the law almost all things are
purified with blood, and without shedding of
blood there is no remission. 23 Therefore it was
necessary that the copies of the things in the
heavens should be purified with these, but the
heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices
than these.
For Christ has not entered the holy places made
with hands, which are copies of the true, but into
heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of
God for us; 25 not that He should offer Himself
often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy
Place every year with blood of another -- 26 He
then would have had to suffer often since the
foundation of the world; but now, once at the end
of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by
the sacrifice of Himself. 27 And as it is appointed
for men to die once, but after this the judgment,
28 so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of
many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will
appear a second time, apart from sin, for
salvation.
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Hebrews 8:6 But now He has obtained a more
excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also
Mediator of a better covenant, which was
established on better promises.
Colossians 2:13 And you, being dead in your
trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh,
He has made alive together with Him, having
forgiven you all trespasses, 14 having wiped out
the handwriting of requirements that was against
us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it
out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.
Ephesians 2:14 For He Himself is our peace, who
has made both one, and has broken down the
middle wall of separation, 15 having abolished in
His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of
commandments contained in ordinances, so as to
create in Himself one new man from the two,
thus making peace, 16 and that He might
reconcile them both to God in one body through
the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity.
Matthew 26:27 Then He took the cup, and gave
thanks, and gave it to them, saying, "Drink from
it, all of you. 28 "For this is My blood of the new
covenant, which is shed for many for the
remission of sins.
2. Jesus’ blood had the power to reconcile all of
mankind to God.
Romans 5:10 For if when we were enemies we
were reconciled to God through the death of His
Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall
be saved by His life. 11 And not only that, but we
also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
through whom we have now received the
reconciliation.
Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek,
there is neither slave nor free, there is neither
male nor female; for you are all one in Christ
Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are
Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the
promise.
3. Jesus’ blood was used to purchase the church.
Acts 20:28 "Therefore take heed to yourselves
and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit
has made you overseers, to shepherd the church
of God which He purchased with His own blood.
John 4:21 Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe Me,
the hour is coming when you will neither on this
mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father.
22 "You worship what you do not know; we know
what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews. 23
"But the hour is coming, and now is, when the
true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit
and truth; for the Father is seeking such to
worship Him. 24 "God is Spirit, and those who
worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."
Matthew 16:18 "And I also say to you that you
are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church,
and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against
it.
Ephesians 5:23 … Christ is head of the church;
and He is the Savior of the body.
4. Jesus’ blood brings redemption through the
forgiveness of sins
Ephesians 1:7 In Him we have redemption
through His blood, the forgiveness of sins,
according to the riches of His grace
Colossians 1:13 He has delivered us from the
power of darkness and conveyed us into the
kingdom of the Son of His love, 14 in whom we
have redemption through His blood, the
forgiveness of sins.
1 Peter 1:17 And if you call on the Father, who
without partiality judges according to each one's
work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of
your stay here in fear; 18 knowing that you were
not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver
or gold, from your aimless conduct received by
tradition from your fathers, 19 but with the
precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without
blemish and without spot.
Don’t you think it is important to know how and
when we can benefit from the blood of Christ?
A casual reading of the N.T. will reveal that one
must obey the commands of God in order to have
eternal salvation such as:
John 14:15" If you love Me, keep My
commandments.
Matthew 7:21" Not everyone who says to Me,
'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven,
but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
Hebrews 5:8 though He was a Son, yet He learned
obedience by the things which He suffered. 9 And
having been perfected, He became the author of
eternal salvation to all who obey Him,
2 Thessalonians 1:7 when the Lord Jesus is
revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, 8
in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do
not know God, and on those who do not obey the
gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
We must believe:
John 8:24 "Therefore I said to you that you will
die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I am
He, you will die in your sins."
We must repent:
Luke 13:3 "I tell you, no; but unless you repent
you will all likewise perish.
We must confess Jesus as Lord:
Matthew 10:32 " Therefore whoever confesses
Me before men, him I will also confess before My
Father who is in heaven. 33 "But whoever denies
Me before men, him I will also deny before My
Father who is in heaven.
Revelation 1:5 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,
1 Corinthians 6:9 Do you not know that the
unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God?
Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor
idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor
sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor
drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will
inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were
some of you. But you were washed, but you were
sanctified, but you were justified in the name of
the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
Mark 16:15 And He said to them, "Go into all the
world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16
"He who believes and is baptized will be saved;
but he who does not believe will be condemned.
Acts 2:37 Now when they heard this, they were
cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of
the apostles, "Men and brethren, what shall we
do?"
Acts 2:38 Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and
let every one of you be baptized in the name of
Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you
shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 22:16 'And now why are you waiting? Arise
and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling
on the name of the Lord.'
Colossians 2:11 In Him you were also circumcised
with the circumcision made without hands, by
putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by
the circumcision of Christ, 12 buried with Him in
baptism, in which you also were raised with Him
through faith in the working of God, who raised
Him from the dead. 13 And you, being dead in
your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your
flesh, He has made alive together with Him,
having forgiven you all trespasses,
Baptism is also the point we are added to the
kingdom/church by God.
John 3:5 Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say
to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit,
he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
1 Corinthians 12:13 For by one Spirit we were all
baptized into one body -- whether Jews or
Greeks, whether slaves or free -- and have all
been made to drink into one Spirit.
Acts 2:47 And the Lord added to the church daily
those who were being saved.
5. Jesus’ blood continues to have the power to
cleanse us of our future sins.
1 John 1:7 But 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. 8 If we say that we have no sin, we
deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If
we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to
forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not
sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in
us.