It's the Blood of Jesus That Cleanseth Our Sin!
by David J. Stewart
August
2013 | Updated January 2017
"Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as
silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your
fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish
and without spot." —1st Peter 1:18-19
We don't hear enough these days about the precious blood of Jesus, “...and
the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin” (1st
John 1:7). What a wonderful Savior! Jesus paid a debt of sin that He did not
owe, because we owed a debt of sin that we could not pay. Our sins had to be
paid for with Jesus' blood.
In the Old Testament, the people's sins were
only ATONED (i.e., covered) for. Leviticus 17:11, “For the life of
the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make
an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an
atonement for the soul.” This Scripture speaks of the blood of
animals, which were sacrificed to temporarily cover the sins of the people
in the Old Testament, until the Messiah would come and offer the perfect
Sacrifice of Himself to God the Father.
We read in Hebrews 9:12 concerning Jesus,
“Neither
by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in
once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.”
Jesus' blood didn't atone for our sins; but rather, took them away forever!
Jesus' Blood Sacrifice is All
Sufficient
Hebrews 9:24-26, “For Christ is not
entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the
true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into
the holy place every year with blood of others; For then must he often have
suffered since the foundation of the world: but now ONCE in
the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of
himself.” Jesus' blood applied to the Mercy Seat in Heaven is
all-sufficient.
Jesus only needed to offer Himself as a
sacrifice once. This is what is wrong with the Catholic crucifix...
they keep Jesus on the cross. In the Catholic mass, participants actually
believe they are digesting the literal body and blood of Jesus Christ each
time. This is why Mel Gibson's film, THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST, portrays
Jesus being brutally whipped, punched and beaten every step of the way
(which no human being could survive). Gibson's movie caters to the Catholic
mass, in which they believe Jesus is continually sacrificed again and again.
Yet the Bible proclaims that Jesus died ONCE. They call this the doctrine of
transubstantiation, which is unscriptural. Jesus is NO longer on the cross.
Also, every crucifix I've ever seen makes
Jesus' look decrepit and sickly. Our Lord was a carpenter, and they didn't
have power tools back then. Jesus was a strong man, healthy, and not some
sissified looking wimp. Catholics have some strange ideas of Christ.
Jesus died on the cross, was buried to confirm
His death, and then rose miraculously three days later. Christ is
alive! Thank the Lord for His mercy, for paying for our many sins with His
precious blood.
“In whom we have
redemption
through his blood,
even the forgiveness of sins.”
—Colossians 1:14
The Blood Does NOT Merely
Represent Jesus' Death!
There is a damnable heresy circulating in many
of our churches today, popularized by religious liberal,
John MacArthur. Moody
Publishers sadly prints all of MacArthur's liberal books these days. Moody
Ministries has really gone downhill spiritually. Dr. MacArthur teaches that
Jesus' liquid blood has no value or significance in and of itself. He claims
that Jesus' blood is important only in the sense that it represents
the DEATH of Christ. Nothing could be further from the truth!
In MacArthur's Bible commentary, he teaches
that Hebrews 9:12 doesn't mean what it says. Hebrews 9:12, “Neither by the
blood of goats and calves, but BY HIS OWN BLOOD he entered in once
into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.” John
MacArthur teaches that the phrase “BY HIS OWN BLOOD” only refers to Jesus'
death, and not Christ's literal blood. It is a sinful thing to diminish the
literal teachings of the Bible as only being figurative unless the Bible
indicates otherwise. For example: In Revelation 1:20 we are told that the
mystery of the seven stars are the seven angels, and the seven candlesticks
are the seven churches. No where in the Bible are we ever told that the
death of Jesus is represented by the blood. Thus, if the Bible teaches in
Hebrews 9:12 that Jesus entered into the heavenly holy place BY HIS OWN
BLOOD, then we must accept this truth literally. MacArthur is perverting the
Scriptures.
When God told Moses to warn the Israelites
concerning the coming 10th plague, i.e., the death of the firstborn, the
people were instructed to kill a lamb, and then APPLY the lamb's
blood to the side and upper doorposts of the home. John MacArthur likely
learned his heresies from
Robert B.
Thieme Jr. and John MacArthur Exodus 12:13, “And the blood shall be
to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood,
I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you,
when I smite the land of Egypt.” Did you read that ... WHEN I SEE THE
BLOOD!!!
Exodus 12:13, “...WHEN I SEE THE BLOOD”!!!
R.B. Thieme Jr. and John MacArthur Jr. are
fools to diminish the importance of the literal, physical, blood of Jesus
Christ. MacArthur has tried to defend himself by saying that he loves the
blood of Jesus and upholds it's importance; but he plainly maintains that
the blood is only important and precious in that it REPRESENTS THE DEATH of
Christ. MacArthur clearly denies the efficacy (power) of Christ's literal,
physical, blood.
Carefully notice that the Lord wasn't looking
for the dead lamb. Rather, the blood had to be
APPLIED. Also, please read,
The Importance of the Blood. John MacArthur is an unsaved liberal.
Hebrews 10:29, “Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be
thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath
counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy
thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?”
The blood is very important. The Bible is very plain that Jesus entered
into the heavenly holy place after He arose from the dead. Jesus ascended
into Heaven with His blood.
The blood had to be applied. Hebrews 9:12, “Neither by the blood of
goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy
place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.” Shame on these
fake Bible scholars who trample upon the blood. MacArthur is wrong, wrong,
wrong to say that Jesus' blood is precious to him when in reality he only
sees Christ's blood as symbolic of His death. What a sham! I'm sad and
surprised that Moody Ministries actually promotes this wicked man.
MacArthur is
wrong about the blood and
he's wrong about the way of salvation.
Robert B. Thieme Jr.,
William E. Vine, Merrill F. Unger & John F. MacArthur
...All Heretics Denying the Blood of Jesus in Heaven!!!
It's All About the Blood of
Jesus!
From
the blood of Abel's slain lamb in Genesis, to the robes of the saints washed
in the blood of the Lamb in Revelation, the Word of God centers around the
blood sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Hebrews 9:22, “...without shedding of
blood is no remission.” Jesus' death was just as important as His blood
sacrifice, and equally important the burial and resurrection; BUT everything
concerning the events of Jesus' life were leading up to the blood being
applied to the Mercy Seat in Heaven.
Hebrews 9:24-26, “For Christ is not
entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the
true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us...” (that
is, God the Father). Jesus took His shed blood to Heaven to present unto the
Father, by applying it to the Mercy Seat. This is why Jesus said to Mary in
John 20:17, ”Jesus saith unto her, TOUCH ME NOT; for I am not
yet ascended to my Father...” The blood couldn't be tainted.
The NIV Perverts the Holy Blood
of Jesus Christ!
I watched a film on the GOSPEL OF JOHN,
which is based upon the New International Version [NIV]. I almost
fell out of my chair when Mary Magdalene grabbed Jesus' hand after He rose
from the dead and appeared to her outside of His tomb. The NIV horribly
corrupts the Scriptures, which reads:
“Jesus said, 'Do
not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father.'”
Do not hold on to me? That's not what the
inspired King James Bible says! The King James Bible reads:
“Jesus saith unto
her, TOUCH ME NOT; for I am not yet ascended to my Father...”
The NIV is of the Devil. Jesus needed to apply
His blood in Heaven, just as the Old Testament highpriest did every year in
the holy of holies in the tabernacle. If Mary had touched Jesus, she would
have corrupted the blood. The NIV is ridiculous, as if Jesus could not
ascend into Heaven because Mary was holding on to him. That's not what John
20:17 means at all. Jesus had risen from the dead and needed to appear
before the Father in Heaven as Hebrews 9:24 teaches; and Jesus needed to
apply His blood in the Holy Place as Hebrews 9:12 teaches.
So don't let any modernist, nor false prophet,
minimize the importance of Jesus' blood. There could be NO forgiveness of
sins if it weren't for Christ's blood sacrifice. Curse the NIV! If you use
the NIV, you will be spiritually retarded.
Seventh-day Adventists Pervert
the Holy Blood of Jesus Christ!
Seventh Day Adventists pervert
the blood of Christ by claiming that Jesus' sacrifice wasn't enough, and
that Christ is still in the process of completing His work of redemption
(SDA's call this heresy, Investigative Judgment).
They call this heresy "investigative judgment,"
i.e., they claim that Jesus investigates our individual lives to decide
whether we are “worthy” to enter Heaven or not. I ask you... is any sinful
human being “worthy” of heaven? Does not Romans 3:23 declare that we ALL
HAVE SINNED? Yes, it most certain does! There is NO ONE worthy to
enter Heaven, which is exactly WHY we needed Jesus to shed His blood for our
sins, because we could not save ourselves.
We all deserve Hellfire, nothing better. But
thanks be to God for sending His only begotten Son into the world to pay for
our sins. John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life.”
The reason WHY we are to trust Christ alone for
salvation is because of the blood that He shed for our sins. ONLY Jesus has
the nail-scared hands and feet! No one else! Salvation is found only
in Jesus Christ (Acts 4:10-12; John 14:6) because God's blood was
shed upon the cross... “Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all
the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed
the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood"
(Acts 20:28). The blood that flowed from Jesus' veins was not the
sinful, tainted, blood of Adam; NO, rather, it was the blood of God the
Father.
Seventh-day Adventism is a heathen,
satanic, unbiblical and doctrinally rotten cult.
SDA's teach doctrines of devils.
SDA's deny a
literal burning Hell for ever. Kindly, SDA's adhere to some really
strange doctrines.
SDA's are wrong on
repentance for salvation.
The LITERAL Blood of Jesus Had
to be Applied to the Mercy Seat in Heaven
The great Bible teacher,
M.R. DeHaan,
M.D. (pictured below), has it 100% correct when he states concerning the
blood of Jesus...
The
blood was to be sprinkled, remember, on the mercy seat right after the
death of the substitutionary animal of sacrifice, Now Christ is, of
course, our substitute. He was slain for us upon the Cross, and entered
into death for us, and when He arose, He immediately went to heaven,
entered into the holy of holies in heaven, sprinkled His precious blood
upon the mercy seat before the throne of God, and forever settled the
sin questions, and delivered us from the curse of the law. This is
clearly taught in the New testament. Hebrews 9:12 is very definite on
this:
"But by his
own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained
eternal redemption for us."
The
Bible also makes plain when He accomplished this. On the morning of the
resurrection He meets Mary at the tomb. As soon as Mary recognized Him,
she prostrated herself upon Him, and would have kissed His feet, but
with shocking suddenness, Jesus emphatically says to her: "Touch me
not"; and then He proceeds immediately to give the reason why Mary is
not permitted to touch Him at all.
"For I am
not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto
them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and
your God." (John 20:17)
Literally the Lord Jesus Christ said, "Touch me not; for I now am about
to ascend unto my Father." We can understand this action when we
remember the the high priest after he had offered the sacrifice, was to
enter the holy of holies, before he did anything else, with the precious
blood. No one was allowed to approach him. Everyone was shut out until
this was completely done. And here in the record of the meeting with
Mary we have the fulfillment of this type. Here Mary meets her great
High Priest, just arisen from the tomb, but before He had entered the
holy of holies with the reconciling blood. And so He says to her, "TOUCH
ME NOT."
SOURCE: The TABERNACLE, by M.R. DeHaan, M.D., ISBN 0-310-23491-3,
page 129.
What a wonderful truth! The Bible
is so clear when you accept it as it's written. The best way to interpret
the Bible is to not interpret it. By diligently cross-referring
Scripture with Scripture, we are able to form a complete and accurate
picture of divine Truth. Thank God for the precious redeeming literal blood
of Christ Jesus!
Hebrews 9:12, “But
BY HIS OWN BLOOD
he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal
redemption for us.”
THE BLOOD
(MP3 sermon by Dr. Curtis Hutson)
The Death
of the Passover Lamb Was NOT Enough
When the Lord was going
to pass over Egypt and destroy the firstborn, he said to Moses and Aaron in
Exodus 12:13...
Exodus 12:13, “And the blood shall
be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and
WHEN I SEE THE BLOOD,
I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy
you, when I smite the land of Egypt.”
The death of the lamb
wasn't enough, the blood had to be applied Mr. MacArthur. God wasn't looking
for a dead lamb in the backyard; No, rather, God was looking for the APPLIED
BLOOD on the doorposts and lintel (doorplate) above the door. The blood had
to be
applied. John MacArthur's entire ministry is flawed, and he is a false
prophet, simply because he is WRONG on the most important Christian doctrine
of all—DENYING that Jesus' precious, literal, liquid, blood is sprinkled
upon the Mercy Seat in Heaven! No genuinely saved person would
ever deny the redemptive power of Jesus' physical blood! The Holy Bible
reads:
Revelation 1:5, “And
from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first
begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto
him that loved us, and
washed us from our
sins in his own blood.”
If the Old Testament high priest killed the lamb and went home, the sins of
the people were not atoned for. The lamb's blood had to be carried by a bowl
into the holy of holies and applied to the mercy seat (which rested upon the
Ark of the Covenant). On top of the Ark of the Covenant, there were two
cherubim, facing toward each other. Hebrews 9:5, “And over it the
cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak
particularly.” In between the cherubim is where the presence of God
abided, looking down upon where the blood was sprinkled.
When Jesus
resurrected, witnessed by over 500 believers at one time, and then bodily ascended into Heaven with His
shed blood, the Lord sprinkled that blood
on the Mercy Seat in the presence of the Father.
Under the Old Covenant, the Jewish Levite high priest was required by God to
enter into the earthly tabernacle once a year. The high priest killed a
young, male, spotless lamb, collecting its blood and sprinkled that blood
upon the mercyseat to atone (temporarily cover) for the sins of the people
for another year. This was an annual event, which symbolized the coming
Messiah, “the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world” (John
1:29).
Christ's blood sprinkled in Heaven (Hebrews 12:24) ONCE AND FOR ALL WASHED
AWAY MANKIND'S SINS...
Hebrews 9:24-26, “For Christ is not entered into the holy
places made with hands, which are the figures of the true;
but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God
for us: Nor yet that he should offer himself
often, as the high priest
[Old Testament high priest]
entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others
[animal blood]; For then must he
often have suffered since the foundation of the world:
but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to
put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.”
The PRICE for sin has been paid. The PRICE is the precious blood of Jesus
Christ. The PLACE is the heavenly Mercy Seat. For man's sins to be washed
away, the right PRICE had to be applied to the right PLACE!!! This is why we
don't have to “ask” Jesus to save us. God has already promised “TO SAVE
THEM THAT BELIEVE” (1st Corinthians 1:21).
Romans 8:34, “Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ
that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of
God, who also maketh intercession for us.”
Hebrews 4:14-16, “Seeing then that we have a great high
priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God,
let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot
be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points
tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto
the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in
time of need.” Amen, Jesus is our heavenly High Priest!!! WHAT GOOD
WOULD A HIGH PRIEST BE WITHOUT BLOOD???
Here are the eloquent words of Dr. Jack Hyles (1926-2001) concerning the
importance of the blood being applied...
In the Old Testament, the
High Priest killed two goats on the Day of Atonement. The blood of one
goat was taken by the High Priest into the Holy Place to the Ark of the
Covenant. On the top of the Ark of the Covenant was the Mercy Seat. Over
that Mercy Seat were two cherubims beaten out of pure gold. Between the
wings of those cherubims was the Glory of God. The blood from the goat
that was sacrificed was applied to the proper place which was the Mercy
Seat. If the blood did not get to the Mercy Seat, then it was the proper
price, but not paid to the proper place. It would have been no more
valid than that check written but not paid to the creditor.
If the blood of Jesus was
left on the ground at the cross, that means it did not get to the Holy
Place and is not valid. "What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the
blood of Jesus." It is not just the blood shed, but also the blood
applied.
God told Moses to instruct
the people to apply the blood of the lamb at the Passover. When He
passed over and saw the blood of that lamb, He would withhold His
judgment. God did not judge them based on His omniscience. He made a
point of letting them know that He would not judge them only when He
saw the blood. It was not enough that the blood was shed. The blood
had to be properly applied.
SOURCE:
THE PRICE OF THE CHURCH, by Pastor Jack Hyles
It's Still Jesus' Shed and Applied Blood That
Cleanses All Sin
Jesus doesn't forgive sin. That is correct! Jesus has already paid for
everyone's sins with His blood. IT'S STILL THE BLOOD SHED AND APPLIED THAT
CLEANSES AWAY ALL SIN!!! Jesus has already paid for everyone's sins with His
precious blood. Therefore, forgiveness of sins and eternal life are a free
gift, paid for in full by Christ's BLOOD!!! A “gift” is simply received, not
achieved. Jesus doesn't forgive sins, because He has already paid for them
with His blood! God always sees our thoughts. He can read our mind. The very
moment that we decide, as a needy sinner, to trust the Gospel [Good News] of
Christ's death on the cross, burial and resurrection, God saves us
eternally. John 6:28-29, “Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that
we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them,
This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath
sent.” Please trust the Savior!!!
Anyone who admits being a guilty sinner in
the sight of a holy God (Romans 3:19, 23), BELIEVING the Gospel is
saved!!! What is the Gospel? “The Gospel” is the Good News that
Jesus is the Christ, Who DIED on the cross for our sins, He was BURIED,
and He RESURRECTED three days later from the dead according to the
Scriptures (1st Corinthians 15:1-6). The only requirement to be saved is
to admit that you are a hell-deserving sinner, otherwise why would you
need a Savior? You've got to know what you're being saved from. No man
has ever been saved who didn't admit that he is a sinner! 1st John
1:10, “If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his
word is not in us.”
Thank God for the LAMB OF GOD!!! Jesus DIED as our LAMB, and He RAISED UP as
our HIGH PRIEST!!! Jesus didn't come into the world to CONDEMN anyone; but
rather, to SAVE those who were already condemned. John 3:17, “For God
sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but
that the world through him might be saved.” Luke 19:10, “For the
Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
We were all born sinners; therefore, we are all CONDEMNED already!!! We
are all sinners by nature and by choice. A cat meows, a dog barks and a
sinner sins! God sent His only begotten Son into the world to keep everyone
from going to Hell. Christ's blood has already paid the PRICE for your sins,
and if you'll simply BELIEVE on Christ, Who paid your sin debt, He will save
you. All you have to do is BELIEVE (trust Him). Please listen to “LOOK
AND LIVE” (a great MP3 sermon by Pastor Bob Gray Sr.). LOOK AND YOU'LL
LIVE!!! Look to Jesus by
faith and live! If you're trusting the Son of God as you're only way to
Heaven, Who died for your sins on the cross and raised up three days later, you are saved!!! You either BELIEVE on the Son of God, Jesus Christ; or else
you don't and you won't go to Heaven!!!
The
Importance of the Blood
The Blood
Applied in Heaven
The Inspired King James Bible Defended
THE BLOOD SPRINKLED BOOK
(Dr. Al Lacy |
MP3)
It is Still the Blood That Cleanses All Sin!
(an awesome MP3 sermon by Pastor Bob Gray Sr.)
Ye Must Be Born Again!
You Need HIS Righteousness!
Believe The Gospel
