“The Blood of Jesus”

Ephesians 1:7-12
 “The Blood of Jesus”
1. Blood is an interesting biological property.
2. Normally, 7-8% of human body weight is from blood. In
adults, this amounts to 4-5 quarts of blood. This essential
fluid carries out the critical functions of transporting
oxygen and nutrients to our cells and getting rid of carbon
dioxide, ammonia, and other waste products. In addition,
it plays a vital role in our immune system and in
maintaining a relatively constant body
temperature. Blood is a highly specialized tissue
composed of many different kinds of components. Four
of the most important ones are red cells, white cells,
platelets, and plasma. All humans produce these blood
components--there are no populational or regional
differences.
 “The Blood of Jesus”
3. In the first of the embryonic stages some of the
proteins necessary to sustain life are those that
make up our blood.
4. Without blood this there is no life.
“ 4But flesh with the life thereof, which is the
blood thereof, shall ye not eat.” Genesis 9:4,
Leviticus 17:11,14.

Where is the “life” - in the BLOOD.

 “The Blood of Jesus”

5. As we think “Specifically” about the “Precious

Blood of Jesus, What comes to your mind?

6. The Centerpiece of the Bible is The Blood of

Jesus.
 “The Blood of Jesus”
7. There are those who claim that Christianity needs
to have new symbols, people are “horrified” by the
topic of His blood.
a. Such a view impugns the intelligence and
character of God, for God chose the blood of His
Son as the means of our salvation.
b. He made HIS LAMB the center of all history
Revelation 13:8
c. The Cross is the place where we see how much
our sin hurt God the most; it is also the place where
we see how much God loved us the most –
John 3:16
 “The Blood of Jesus”
c. The Cross is the place where we see how
much our sin hurt God the most; it is also the
place where we see how much God loved us the
most – John 3:16

d. The theology of Heaven is;

Christ-centered,
Cross-centered
and Blood Centered.
 “The Blood of Jesus”
I. The Enormity of Sin
A. No book in all the Bible clashes more violently
with the modern mind than the book of
Leviticus. “How did this book get into the
Bible?” one wonders.
B. Many will skip reading it, but it is one of the
most important books of the Bible because it
details the sacrificial system of the law of
Moses . It is filled with Priest, Sacrifices and
BLOOD, in that book of law, it was teaching the
exceeding sinfulness of sin - Romans 7:13
 “The Blood of Jesus”
C. IT TEACHS THAT GOD AND SIN CANNOT MIX.
D. Sin contradicts God! It cannot be overlooked!
E. Every sin and every impenitent will be punished!
F. Sin cannot be excused even by divine decree –
the righteousness of God prevents it.
G. Sin’s sting is the sting of ETERNAL death.
I Corinthians 15:56
H. Forgiveness of Sin can ONLY come from the
Shedding of Blood – HEBREWS 9:22.
 “The Blood of Jesus”
HEBREWS 9:22 “And according to the law almost all
things are purified with blood, and without shedding
of blood there is no remission.”
The law is our teacher to bring us to Christ, the final
and FULL offering for Sin, Galatians 3:22-29,
Romans 15:4, I Corinthians 10:11.
I. The old sacrificial system could not take away Sin.
Hebrews 10:4
J. Acts 15:8-11 - Man could not perfectly keep the
law, and man’s blood can not atone for man’s guilt.
God did for man what man could not do for
himself.
 “The Blood of Jesus”
K. Robert Coleman counted 460 specific references
to blood in the scriptures.
L. No one who carefully reads the Scriptures can
miss the fact that Jesus’ shedding His Blood is
the Center of Christianity.
M. Therefore, what the Holy Spirit is telling us is
that Jesus has created a BLOOD BANK in
Heaven that is always full, He died to fulfill the
Scriptures I Corinthians 15: 1-4.
 “The Blood of Jesus”
However as I noted several sermons ago regarding this
Atoning process we don’t take it as serious as we
should;
• “…Light and erroneous views of the atonement
come from light and erroneous views of Sin. If sin is
regarded as merely an offence against man, a
weakness of human nature, a mere disease, rather
than a rebellion, transgression, and enmity against
God, therefore, something condemning and
punishable, we shall not, of course, see any
necessity for the atonement.”
William Evans, The Great Doctrines of the Bible
 “The Blood of Jesus”
II. THE POWER OF THE BLOOD
1. The Perfect Blood of Jesus;
a. Reconciles Us - II Corinthians 5:14-21
b. Washes Us - Revelation 1:5, 7:14
c. Redeems Us – Ephesians 1:7, I Peter 1:18,19
d. Cleanses Us – I John 1:7
e. Justifies Us – Romans 5: 8,9
f. Sanctifies Us – Hebrews 10:10, 13:12
g. Propitiates Us - I John 2:2
h. It Gives Us Peace- Ephesians 2:13-16
i. It enables us to over Satan – Revelation 12:11
 “The Blood of Jesus”
2. We see the power of His Blood in its linkage to
the New Testament.
a. Matthew 26:26-28 – The Lord’s Supper
I Corinthians 11:25,26
Hebrews 13:20 “Now may the God of peace
who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead,
that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the
blood of the everlasting covenant,”
Every Word of the New Testament “drips” with the
Blood of Christ
 “The Blood of Jesus”
3. We see the Power of his Blood in it’s Creation
of the New Testament Church.
Jesus considered the Church so VALUABLE that
He purchased it with Own Blood.

a. Acts 20:28 “Therefore take heed to

yourselves and to all the flock, among which
the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to
shepherd the church of God which He
purchased with His own blood.”
 “The Blood of Jesus”
WATCH THIS ONE!!!!
4. We see the Power of the Blood in the supper of
the New Covenant.
a. Acts 2:42 – “continued in the doctrine ,
fellowship, breaking of bread, prayer”
b. I Corinthians 10:16- 21, note Verse 21.
- one way, one body (The Church), one bread,
one blood, one supper, and ONE life.
Next - Verse 21
 I CORINTHIANS 10:21

“You cannot drink the cup of

the Lord and the cup of
demons; you cannot partake
of the Lord's table and of the
table of demons.”
 “The Blood of Jesus”
5. We see the power of the Blood in the baptism
of the Great Commission.
Romans 6:1-5
“What shall we say then? Shall we continue in
sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How
shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? Or
do you not know that as many of us as were
baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His
death? “
 “The Blood of Jesus”
“Therefore we were buried with Him through
baptism into death, that just as Christ was
raised from the dead by the glory of the
Father, even so we also should walk in
newness of life.

For if we have been united together in the

likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be
[in the likeness] of [His] resurrection,”
 “The Blood of Jesus”
Galatians 3:26,27
“For you are all sons of God through faith in
Christ Jesus.
For as many of you as were baptized into Christ
have put on Christ.”
Colossians 2:12
“buried with Him in baptism, in which you also
were raised with [Him] through faith in the
working of God, who raised Him from the dead.
 “The Blood of Jesus”
Matthew 28:19 “Go therefore and make disciples
of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of
the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,”

A. John said that these three bare witness here on

the earth, “The Spirit, the water and the Blood”
I John 5:3-8
B. In Baptism sinners are clothed with the Christ
of the Cross. It is His Blood that bestows upon
us the right to enter heaven.
 “The Blood of Jesus”
C. The world wants salvation without the Blood,
without the Bible, without the Church, without
the Lord’s Supper, without baptism.

D. This is not God’s plan – Our salvation comes

through the Blood of Christ.

E. This is Gods Plan

 What MUST You Do to Be Saved?
• Hear The Word Of God Romans 10:17
• Believe His Word Mark 16:16, John 8:24
• Repent of your sins Luke 13:3, Acts 2:38
• Confess your belief Romans 10:10, Acts 8:37
• Be Baptized Mark 16:16, Acts 2:38
For the Remission of Your Sins Acts 22:16
Galatians 3:26, 27
• Live Faithfully Titus 2:11-14