The Blood of Jesus
Recently, a friend of mine told about observing someone praying to God “by the blood of Jesus” that a fight between two people would be stopped. I understand that praying this way for any number of things is a common practice among some people. This set me to question the justification, rationale, and basis for using the blood of Jesus this way. And so the purpose of this article is to examine the legitimacy, according to Bombardier trike the Bible, for the use of this term when praying to God for something.
Leviticus 17:11 teaches “For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for the soul.” The blood that was spilled upon the altar signified death and thus made atonement.
BLOOD, IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
There are many passages that refer to blood in the New Testament and a review of each such passage reveals that, in general, when we see blood it stands for death. For example, in Matthew 23:30,31 Jesus told the scribes and Pharisees that they were hypocrites because they say “if we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them that killed the prophets.”
In Matthew 26:26-28, we read, that as they were eating, “Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of купить Motorola AURA the New Testament, which is shed for the remission of sins.”
Pilate is recorded as having washed his hands, saying “I am innocent of the blood of this just person,” referring to the fact that he was not responsible for the death of Christ. Then, all the people answered Pilate, “His blood be on us, and on our children,” referring to their gladly taking responsibility for the death of Christ (Matt. 27:24,25). These are but a few examples of how blood refers to death in the New Testament.
JESUS CHRIST’S BLOOD BOUGHT OUR REDEMPTION
When someone invokes “the blood of Jesus” in their prayers for something they believe should be done, they are actually invoking the sacrificial death of our Lord for their purposes. However, a review of the references to the blood of Jesus in the New Testament reveals that the death of Christ has no relation to supplications for such things. And so, to what does the blood of Jesus refer?
First of all, the blood of Jesus, that is, His death, opened to us the way of salvation from our sins. His blood redeemed, or purchased, our salvation. Romans 3:24,25 tells us “Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness for tialand motorcycle the remission of sins that
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