The Precious Blood of Jesus

"PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS"

What it means to all of us as Christians: His blood has the power to redeem and atonement.

Sometimes the storm like that song (I’ll Praise You In This Storm),  we have to praise our way through that storm.  You know, when we always see waves around us, we have to look up and take hold of my Savior’s hand…thank you for that.

I want to talk a little bit about my Savior, and his precious blood and what it means to me.  And, what it means to all of us as Christians, you know. I'm going to be reading in Hebrews 9:11. 

You know it doesn't matter what we go through.  We all have trials, and we're all going to face things in our life.  And when we go through things, we'll ask God to forgive us, and he does when we ask him into our lives and our hearts.  We ask him to forgive us…it’s to be remembered no more. People on this side may remember but the one who matters doesn't, and I thank God for that. I’m talking about the precious blood of Jesus. What makes it so precious?

Hebrews 9:11 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; 12 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. KJV 

What makes the blood of Jesus so precious?  Because it was without spot? 14 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? KJV

I'm thankful that we're serving the Living God. I'm thankful because back under the law…you see, these folks, they had to go to the high priest once a year and they had to offer up sacrifices for the sins of the people. But, we don't have to do that anymore.  Praise God for that. 

But see here's the thing about the law, it could offer forgiveness but it couldn't cleanse…it couldn't cleanse.  The Bible tells us without the shedding of Jesus' blood there would be no cleansing...no remission.  It took the blood of the Son of God to come down here and take care of the sin debt that we owe.

Verse 15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. 

Skip down to the verse 22, And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. 23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: KJV

We are our own high Priest, today. We go and talk to God and offer up our sacrifice ourselves.  We don't have to go to somebody else and do that anymore. I thank God for that.  We are our own high priest.

His blood has the power to redeem. We are redeemed by the blood of the Lamb. In Galatians 3: 13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, CURSED IS EVERY ONE THAT HANGETH ON A TREE: KJV

The law was hard.  There was no way for anybody under the law to live every aspect of it. I think the law held men into bondage.  It showed imperfection.  Romans 8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear;. 

We are not saved to be in bondage.  Matthew 26:28 For this is my blood… this is Jesus speaking here… For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. 29 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. 

1st Peter 1:18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: KJV 

That's what made it precious. That's why it's precious. It was without spot. 1^st Peter 2:22 “Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:”. 

Let me tell you something tonight. When he was hanging there on that cross, he broke down that middle wall of partition for you and me so we could have a way to make it into heaven.

He cried that one final cry and said, “It is finished.” What was finished? It was the plan of salvation for each and every one of us, and I thank God for that.

I think about Brother Dale (the Assistant Pastor) here…I think it was him that was telling me this…he said, “You know, what makes things precious?”  Circumstances…that makes things precious. 

If we don't have food and water then we start to miss them, and it's the same thing with the blood of Jesus.  If we don't have it in our lives, we're going to miss it. In Hebrews 10:17 AND THEIR SINS AND INIQUITIES WILL I REMEMBER NO MORE. KJV Thank God for that.

18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.  19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,.  KJV

How do we enter in with boldness? It's because if we've got that hanging over our head that we've done this and done that, we can't go in bold.  But Jesus when he died, he washed it away. Therefore we can go in proud and bold like it says here, Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,.KJV

And how do we do that? If we have the blood of Jesus applied to our lives 2nd Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.  KJV

Isaiah 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. KJV I'm thankful for the blood of Jesus. I'm thankful that one day he washed away my sins.

You know, we're over comers by the blood of the lamb and the word of our testimony.  How do we have our testimony?  By going out in all the world and letting our light so shine before men that they see our good works.

I'm going close with this… Hebrews 9:14 says, “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? KJV  

What can the blood of Jesus do for each and everyone of us?  It gives us redemption…eternal redemption.  It gives us atonement.  It gives us healing, deliverance and strength…strength to get through each and every day of the week.

The blood of Jesus is just as powerful as it was two thousand years ago. It is the same yesterday, today and forevermore. It's the same.

I thank you for all your time. I want to ask each and every one of you to continue to pray for our youth group that we do the right things.  We want to grow but we need help, and we need prayers up.  Prayer solves everything. 

Youth Pastor:  Landon Hughes - the sermon is located @ YouTube.com/DaltonServices.

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