It took the Blood (Part 2)

  “By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.” –Hebrews 10:10

 “The blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from all sin.” (1 John 1:7)  This is the blood that will do the job; this is the sacrifice that sanctifies.  He was the complete and perfect sacrifice to provide atonement for carnality.  He settled the sin question once and for all, furthermore, in the same action; he ushered in a new dispensation and solidified a new covenant.  So, what does that mean for us here today?

Simply put, it means that we can be sanctified.  Jesus himself said: “I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.” (John 17:19) The blood of Christ has provided provision to atone for all sin that exist in a man’s heart.  We could not approach God with anything that could rid us of the inclination to sin.  You cannot buy your way out of sin, or learn your way out of it.  There is an inclination to disobedience in every man’s heart that is born into this world; and the only atonement for this inbred wrongness is the perfect, precious, blood of the Son of God.  It was the love of God that formed man in the beginning and the love of God that redeemed man in the end of the world.  The world has reached an end; not in a physical sense, but in a spiritual sense.  The lust of the flesh, of the eyes, and the pride of life that exists in a man’s heart can be purged through and by the offering of Jesus Christ.  It was love in the beginning and love in the end.  It has always been love, and will always be love.

We can “love God will all our heart, soul, mind, and strength and love our neighbor as ourselves.”  We can have the pure and perfect love of God abiding in our soul day, after day, after day.  He settled the score, he paid the debt.  The blood is the access to the fire that sanctifies the soul.  Sanctifies: sets a soul apart from sin by purging it from all sin, and simultaneously giving that soul an inherent desire to do the will of God; it is God with us!  The blood is the arc of the covenant that the priest had to bare up in order to stop the Jordan waters, so they could cross into Canaan (Joshua 3) His blood was shed on the cross, so we could have a New Testament victory testimony, not an Old Testament defeatist testimony.  

There is provision made for you to live a life free from the bondage of sin.  He put away sin, and rose again a conquering savior to appear in heaven for us, and send the Holy Ghost as a witness to us.  The plan of salvation is a perfect plan.  The grace of God forgives us of all sins we committed, those in our past. Sanctification gives us the power to live a life pleasing to God, going forward.  This made possible by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  This glorious experience can be obtained by any person, through faith.