Dear friends:

This is the fourth and last part of a series on the blood of Jesus, mostly taken from my 1988 book, The World's Greatest Truths. Be blessed, and praise God for His precious blood.  Parts 1-3 can be found at www.insights.injesus.com. If you are interested, footnote references and the whole book can be found at http://www.choicesforliving.com/truth/.

Jim
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Summary: The Blood of Jesus
 Blood is a miraculous and life-giving substance.  In an incredibly complex 60,000 mile network of vessels, blood delivers food to every one of our one hundred trillion cells.  Then, on the return trip it picks up waste for disposal, literally "washing" each cell.  Without this constant food supply, we could not live.  Without this constant removal of waste, we would die from poisoning.

Amazingly, thousands of years ago, before any scientific knowledge of the body existed, the Bible writers said that "the life of the flesh is in the blood," and that the blood of Messiah washes and cleanses us.  The latter statement was made at a time when blood was thought of as something that only soiled or stained.  God apparently chose blood to represent life and also to demonstrate death, the consequence of sin, unless "washed" away or "cleansed" by the blood of his Son.

From the Garden of Eden throughout the Old Testament (Covenant), blood sacrifice represented a covering or cleansing for human sin.  It prophetically and symbolically pointed toward the coming Messiah, the Lamb of God, who would be sacrificed as a substitution punishment for all humans who ever lived.

At the last meal before His execution, the Passover meal, Jesus said that His blood was the "blood of the new covenant."  He also said that consuming this blood, or truth, (by faith) into our spirits gives us eternal life.  Like human blood does physically, giving life and washing away poisons, Jesus' blood does spiritually -- giving spiritual life and washing away spiritual poisons.
 

Benefits of the blood of Jesus We are purchased with His blood.  Acts 20:28.
We are justified by His blood.  Romans 5:9.
We are sanctified with His blood.  Hebrews 13:12.
We are redeemed by His blood.  Ephesians 13:12; Hebrews 9:12;
We have atonement (at-one-ment) through His blood.  Romans 3:25.
We are brought near (to God) by His blood.  Ephesians 2:13.
We have peace through His blood.  Colossians 1:20.
We are washed (freed) by His blood.  Revelation 1:5.
We are cleansed by His blood.  I John 1:7.
We are healed by His blood (stripes).  Isaiah 53:5; 1 Peter 2:24
We have boldness before God by His blood.  Hebrews 10:19.
We overcome Satan by His blood.  Revelation 12:11.  
“Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King,
sing praises” (Psalm 47:6).  Below are some blood hymns.
 
 1.  There is a fountain filled with blood

There is a fountain filled with blood drawn from Emmanuel’s veins;
And sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all their guilty stains.
Lose all their guilty stains, lose all their guilty stains;
And sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all their guilty stains.

The dying thief rejoiced to see that fountain in his day;
And there have I, though vile as he, washed all my sins away.
Washed all my sins away, washed all my sins away;
And there have I, though vile as he, washed all my sins away.

Dear dying Lamb, Thy precious blood shall never lose its power
Till all the ransomed church of God be saved, to sin no more.
Be saved, to sin no more, be saved, to sin no more;
Till all the ransomed church of God be saved, to sin no more.

E’er since, by faith, I saw the stream Thy flowing wounds supply,
Redeeming love has been my theme, and shall be till I die.
And shall be till I die, and shall be till I die;
Redeeming love has been my theme, and shall be till I die.

Then in a nobler, sweeter song, I’ll sing Thy power to save,
When this poor lisping, stammering tongue lies silent in the grave.
Lies silent in the grave, lies silent in the grave;
When this poor lisping, stammering tongue lies silent in the grave.

Lord, I believe Thou hast prepared, unworthy though I be,
For me a blood bought free reward, a golden harp for me!
’Tis strung and tuned for endless years, and formed by power divine,
To sound in God the Father’s ears no other name but Thine.

2.  Are you washed in the blood?

Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you fully trusting in His grace this hour?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Refrain
Are you washed (are you washed) in the blood (in the blood),
In the soul cleansing blood of the Lamb?
Are your garments spotless?  Are they white as snow?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Are you walking daily by the Savior’s side?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Do you rest each moment in the Crucified?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

When the Bridegroom cometh will your robes be white?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Will your soul be ready for the mansions bright,
And be washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Lay aside the garments that are stained with sin,
And be washed in the blood of the Lamb;
There’s a fountain flowing for the soul unclean,
O be washed in the blood of the Lamb!

3.  Power in the Blood

Would you be free from the burden of sin?
There’s power in the blood, power in the blood;
Would you o’er evil a victory win?
There’s wonderful power in the blood.

Refrain
There is power, power, wonder working power
In the blood of the Lamb;
There is power, power, wonder working power
In the precious blood of the Lamb.

Would you be free from your passion and pride?
There’s power in the blood, power in the blood;
Come for a cleansing to Calvary’s tide;
There’s wonderful power in the blood.

Would you be whiter, much whiter than snow?
There’s power in the blood, power in the blood;
Sin stains are lost in its life giving flow.
There’s wonderful power in the blood.

Would you do service for Jesus your King?
There’s power in the blood, power in the blood;
Would you live daily His praises to sing?
There’s wonderful power in the blood.