Chapter 13.6
Power in the Blood
Power toward God – Power toward Man – Power toward
Satan – The Accuser
The Ransom – The Advocate – The Most Holy Place
- High Priest type of Christ
First Word
Do you remember
singing in church; “Would you be free from your burden of sin? There’s power in the blood, power in the blood. Would you over
evil a victory win? There is power, power, wonder-working power
in the
precious blood
of the Lamb.
It was
the last night of the revival as I walked down to the Alter in front of the
whole church to give my life to Jesus. I
was ten years of age and the Deacons talked with me at length and I emotionally
confessed that I did not understand HOW the Power in the
Blood all worked to save me from
going to Hell, but I knew God said His blood satisfied my sins and I wanted to follow Jesus and that night I was
accepted into the fellowship to GROW in my faith.
This study is to
help GROW
your Faith
in understanding the Power of the Blood of Christ. To do so we start in the OT where God gives Moses instructions about an acceptable
sacrificial offering to God that would provide temporary FORGIVENESS OF SIN by the shedding
of an animal’s
blood.
The Book says EVERYONE HAS SINNED and ALL have fallen short of God’s glorious
standard.[1] God
sent his only Son to pay the ransom for man and it was God that determined that His blood
satisfied the atonement for sin and we cannot add to that nor take away; this concept of the satisfaction of BLOOD for the forgiveness of SIN runs throughout the Book.
In the OT the blood sacrifice of animals for
sin offerings was only temporary, but in the NT the FINAL sacrifice of Jesus Christ’s blood made it permanent.[2] His spilled blood was trifold;
The Blood toward God. – The Blood toward
Man. – The Blood toward Satan.
Leviticus 1:3-4
– Accepts animal’s death in your place to purify you
3 If THE ANIMAL you present as a burnt offering is from the
herd, it must be a male with no defects. Lay your hand on the animal’s head, and
4 THE
LORD WILL ACCEPT ITS DEATH IN YOUR
PLACE
to purify you,
making you right with him.
(NLT)
His Blood toward God
My Belief System sees the blood
of Jesus Christ poured out for us,
but primarily it was actually poured out for God. God cannot look on sin, He sees the blood
where there was once sin. Whenever you
find the blood mentioned it’s about ATONEMENT, the payment for Sin.
The Jews had a Day of Atonement[3] that
was set aside once a year when
purification offerings were made to the Lord for Sin.
The High Priest was
symbolically a type of Christ who sprinkled the blood in
the Holy place[4]
before the eyes of God, but away from the eyes of man.
The Wonder
Working Power in the blood is toward GOD
It was not
possible for the blood of bulls and goats to permanently take away sins,[5] so
every year they sacrificed again and again for their Sins, that’s why Christ came into the
world.
When the death
angel passed through Egypt, the Hebrews had placed blood on the lintels and their door
posts and then they went inside. They could no longer see the blood, but God
could; when He saw
the blood, they were passed over with
His JUDGMENT.[6]
The Wonder
Working Power in the blood is toward GOD
Christ
has now become our High Priest, but
not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood. He has entered that greater, more perfect
Tabernacle in heaven, which was not made by human hands. He entered the Most Holy Place once and for all time and secured our redemption FOREVER.[7] The Wonder Working Power in the blood is
toward GOD
His Blood toward Man
God paid a RANSOM[8] to save us from
the empty life we inherited from our ancestors and THE
RANSOM He paid was not
mere gold or silver, but was the sinless, spotless Lamb of God, the PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST.[9]
God presented Jesus as the FINAL SACRIFICE for sin. People are made right with God when they
believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, SHEDDING
HIS BLOOD.[10] We were made right on the basis of the
finished work of Jesus Christ and through His merit alone and not by our
personal attainment, nor anything we have done or promise to do; our redemption
is totally satisfied by the Blood of Jesus Christ.[11]
The Power in the blood is toward MAN.
Like the temple alter, our guilty
consciences has been SPRINKLED WITH CHRIST’S BLOOD and made clean.[12] Our sense of guilt and our consciousness
of Sin
is no more, we are cleansed and truly FREE. We have been brought near and united with
Christ because of His sacrificial Blood on the cross.[13] It
never loses its efficacy, its ability to get the job done in perfection; we are
kept near every minute of every day. Our
basis of approach into the presence of God in the Most Holy Place is only on the
grounds of His shed blood.[14]
The Wonder Working Power in the blood is
toward MAN.
The Book says the human HEART is the most DECEITFUL of all things, and
desperately WICKED.[15] Our part is just to confess “Father, I HAVE SINNED against
both heaven and you;[16] and God has promised to give us a new heart and to put
a new spirit within us.[17]
His
Blood toward Satan
With the fall of man into sin, God separated
Himself from man and man became the object of His wrath, [18]but
the payment of the sin debt with the Blood of Jesus removed
the barrier and restored man to a right standing with God.[19] It not only freed him from sin, but from every
TYPE of sin even those that are hidden; we are totally FREE.
The Blood of Jesus Christ satisfied God
and now the blood is toward Satan the accuser of our brothers and sisters. The one
who accuses us before our God day and night has been thrown down to earth.[20] When Satan accuses the Believer of BIG BLACK SINS or 50 shades of gray Sin, God just points to
the Blood of His Son Jesus the Christ
that’s covering the Believer.[21]
The Wonder Working Power in the Blood is
toward SATAN.
Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen
for his own? No
one; for God Himself has given us right standing with Himself; if
God is for us, who can ever be against us?
The Wonder Working Power in the Blood is
toward SATAN.
Who then will condemn us? No one;[22]
for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and as our HIGH PRIEST, He entered the MOST HOLY PLACE once and for all
time and SECURED OUR REDEMPTION FOREVER[23] and is now sitting in the place of honor
at God’s right hand, PLEADING our case for
us. God is satisfied with the blood of
Christ.
The Wonder Working Power in the Blood is
toward SATAN.
The Take Away
Our
very first initial approach to God was on the basis of the sacrificial blood
of Jesus Christ and each time we approach the throne room it will be on the
very same basis until the Lord returns; our entrance is based only on the
finished work of the Blood of Christ.
While we do not understand everything
about the Power
in the blood, we do know it has
satisfied God and that is all that matters; blessed is the man against whom the
Lord will not count his sin.[24]
THERE IS WONDER WORKING POWER IN THE
BLOOD.
Jesus Christ our High Priest, our advocate
has been sitting at the right hand of God the father for 2,000 years pleading
our case. Every time we sin, His mercy
and grace becomes greater; the blood was payment enough for our sins, it is
sufficient to satisfy God, past, present and future. Our “conscious” can no longer condemn us, it’s also
covered by the blood. We do not answer
the accuser, God does; even Michael
the Arc Angel said God will rebuke Satan.[25] .
It’s in the Book
The Blood of Jesus Christ
satisfied God; it is finished
Revelation 21:6 – I am the beginning and
the end
6 And he also said,
“IT IS FINISHED!
I am the Alpha and the Omega—the Beginning and
the End.
TO ALL WHO ARE THIRSTY I WILL GIVE FREELY
FROM THE SPRINGS OF THE WATER OF LIFE.
(NLT)
John 19:30 – The Plan of Salvation is
finished
30 When Jesus had tasted it, he
said,
“IT IS FINISHED!”
Then he bowed his head and released his spirit.
(NL)
[1] Romans 3:23 – All have sinned and fall short of
God’s standard
[2] John 3:16 – Everyone who believes on Jesus
Christ will have eternal life
[3] Leviticus 23:28 – Day of Atonement; do no work
[4] Leviticus 4:5-7 – Pour out the blood on
the base of the alter -- Leviticus
1:5 – Splatter the Blood on the sides of the
alter
[5] Leviticus 4:35 – The Blood of animals will temporarily purify the people
and their sins forgiven - Hebrews 10:2-5 – Blood of Bulls and Goats cannot take
away sin.
[6] Exodus 12:12-13 - When I see the blood, I will pass over you
[7] Hebrews 9:11-12 – The blood of Jesus Christ secured our redemption
forever
[8] 1 Peter 1:18-19 – God paid the Ransom with the Blood of His son Jesus
Christ
[9] Romans 3:9 – Jews as well as Gentles are ALL under the power of SIN
-- Romans 3:24-26 - Sinners are made right in the sight of God when they
believe
[10] Romans 5:19 – Because of Jesus’ obedience MANY WILL BE
MADE RIGHTEOUS
[11] Romans 5:8-9 – The Blood of Christ made us right with God
[12] Hebrews 10:22 – Our guilty consciences is SPRINKLED WITH
CHRIST’S BLOOD to
make us clean
[13] Ephesians 2:13 – We are brought near to God by the blood of Christ
[14] Hebrews 10:19 – We enter heaven’s Most
Holy Place because of THE BLOOD OF
JESUS CHRIST
[15] Jeremiah 17:9 – We need a new heart;
the human HEART is the MOST DECEITFUL of
all things, and DESPERATELY WICKED
[16] Luke 15:18 – Repent and Confess; I have sinned against heaven and God
[17] Psalm 51:10 – Create in me a new heart. Renew in me a right spirit --
Ezekiel 36:25-26 – God will give us a new heart and put a new spirit within us
[18] Romans 3:23 - Everyone has sinned and falls short of God’s
glorious standard
[20] Revelation 12:9-11 – This GREAT DRAGON, The ANCIENT SERPENT called
THE
DEVIL,
or SATAN
has been defeated by the blood of the Lamb
[21] Romans 4:8 – Blessed are those who sins have been forgiven and will never count against them
[22] Romans 8:31-34 - If God is for us, then who can ever be against us
[23] Hebrews 9:12 – With his own blood
He entered the MOST HOLY PLACE and SECURED OUR
REDEMPTION FOREVER
[24] Romans
4:8 - Blessed is the man who is forgiven of sin
[25] Jude 1:9 – We don’t answer the accuser; God deals with Satan
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