The shedding of Jesus Christ's blood on the Cross was for us to receive forgiveness for our sins and acceptance into the presence of God.
Hebr. 9:22 And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.
A. LIFE IS IN THE BLOOD
When we sin we deserve to die, the wages of sin is death, (Rom. 6:23) Jesus paid the penalty for us by shedding His blood. (Dying for us - in our place) Jesus paid with His life (blood) when He died on the cross to buy us free when we believe and trust in Him by faith.
Lev. 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.'
B. WHAT SIN DOES TO OUR LIFE
1. SEPARATES US FROM GOD
Isa. 59:2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear.
2. MAKES US FEEL GUILTY
Ps. 38:4 For my iniquities have gone over my head; Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
3. ALLOWS SATAN TO ACCUSE US
Rev. 12:10 Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, "Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.
4. DEMANDS THE DEATH PENALTY
Ez. 18:4 "Behold, all souls are Mine; The soul of the father As well as the soul of the son is Mine; The soul who sins shall die.
Rom. 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
C. THE BLOOD IS FOR GOD
The blood of Christ wholly satisfies God's law-which requires a penalty for breaking the law. The blood protects us from the penalty of breaking the law. (Death) In Exodus 12, God commands the people of Israel to put the blood of a lamb on their doorposts to protect them from the destroyer. The lamb is a picture of the Lamb – Jesus Christ - who would come later. God said, "When I see the blood, I will pass over you" Ex. 12:13
1. FELLOWSHIP IS RESTORED
Rom. 5:8-9 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
2. WE ARE REDEEMED (Purchased back from slavery)
Eph. 1:7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace
D. THE BLOOD IS FOR MAN
The blood has satisfied God; now it is to satisfy us in the cleansing of our conscience from guilt.
1. THE BLOOD CLEANSES US FROM GUILT
Hebr. 9:14 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?
2. THE BLOOD SANCTIFIES US
Hebr. 13:12 Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate.
3. THE BLOOD BRINGS US CLOSE TO GOD
Col. 1:20-22 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross. 21 And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled 22 in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight--
4. THE BLOOD GIVES BOLDNESS TO ENTER GOD’S PRESENCE
Hebr. 10:19-22 Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, 21 and having a High Priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
5. THE BLOOD PERFECTS US IN THE SIGHT OF GOD
Hebr. 10:14 For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
E. THE BLOOD IS FOR THE DEVIL
Satan's most strategic activity in this age is as the accuser of the brethren (Rev. 12:10) and the Lord confronts him in His special ministry as High Priest through His own blood.
Hebr. 9:11-14 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?
1. THE BLOOD PUTS GOD ON MAN’S SIDE AGAINST THE DEVIL
Rom. 8:31-34 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
2. THE BLOOD DISSOLVES ALL SATAN’S LEGAL RIGHTS OF OWNERSHIP
Col. 1:13-14 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.
Redemption means to buy back. We are under new ownership, and the price that was paid for us was the blood of Jesus.
See also: Acts 20:28, 1Cor. 6:19-20 and 1Tim. 2:6
F. WHAT THE BLOOD OF CHRIST HAS BROUGHT US
1. PURITY OF HEART
1John 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.
2. ETERNAL LIFE
John 6:53-54 Then Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
3. ACCESS TO GOD
Eph. 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
