Because of Jesus, We Have Been Begotten Again Unto a Lively Hope- Part 939

The life of the body is in the blood. God knew this when He determined a plan of salvation for His people from before the foundation of the world. A plan that included God Himself becoming our Saviour so that we might have salvation and life everlasting. "For God so loved the world" -- For God so loved you and I -- that He Himself would become as one of us so that we could have a personal relationship with Him -- as sons and daughters of the Most High King. (John 3:16-17)

"God who at sundry times, and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets hath in these last days spoken unto us by Son, whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds -- who being the brightness of glory, and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the Word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins ... being made so much better than the angels, as He hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they." (Hebrews 1:1-4)

Therefore, because of Jesus sacrifice on the cross, we can know that blood has always been a signifying component of salvation throughout the ages. Certainly, in Moses time, it was by faith that Moses commanded the people to keep the Passover by sprinkling blood on the doorposts so that their first born would be protected. The importance of blood is further confirmed in the old covenant (Old Testament) where it is written that "Because of the covenant I made with you -- covenant sealed with blood -- I will free your prisoners from death." (Zechariah 9:11)

In the New Testament, God reveals His plan of salvation whereby we can be reconciled back to our heavenly Father through the blood of Jesus. In fact, our salvation is still sealed with blood when we accept Jesus into our lives as our Lord and personal Saviour. Yes, the same God who created the world and all its inhabitants loved us so much that He Himself became man and shed His humanity on the cross of Calvary.

How do we know this? In John 1:1-18, for example, "In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him and without Him was not anything made that was made ... He was in the world and the world was made by Him and the world knew Him not. He came unto His own and His own received Him not but as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, to them that believe on His name which were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld His glory; the glory as of the only begotten of the Father full of grace and truth."

Moreover, Jesus confirmed His sacrifice repeatedly. "This cup is the new testament in My blood, which is shed for you." (Luke 22:20) "For this is My blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins." (Matthew 26:28)

And Jesus said unto them, "This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many." (Mark 14:24) "Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God." (Romans 3:25) "Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him." (Romans 5:9) " After the same manner also He took the cup, when He had supped, saying, "This cup is the new testament in My blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me." (I Corinthians 11:25)

We are saved through the blood of Jesus the Christ. "In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace." (Ephesians 1:7)

This is why we trust in Him in whom we have redemption and forgiveness of sins. "And, having made peace through the blood of His cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto Himself; by Him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven."(Collosians 1:14, 20)

Therefore, wash your robes in the blood of the Lamb and let Jesus -- your Lord God and Saviour -- transform your robes into pure white. Trust Jesus with all your heart, soul, mind and strength because He is in whom we have redemption and through His blood the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace. (Ephesians 1:7)

Be the "elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied." (I Peter 1:2)All glory to Jesus who has loved us and has freed us from our sin through the shedding of the blood. Take the time to stand in His offering plate today!