Today I’m talking about what I see, when I see the blood. What do I think about when I see the blood? I think about what the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus meant to us. What is the benefit that accrues to us because of his death, burial, and resurrection? When I see the blood, I have the assurance that Jesus Christ took the sins of the whole world completely. You see, when Jesus said, “It is finished.” that word that he used, that Greek word that means it is finished is a commercial word. It means all the debt is paid.
So Jesus Christ paid off all of our past sins, present sins, and future sins. When I see the blood, I see that through that blood we have the imputation of the righteousness of Jesus. Just how righteous are we who have accepted what God has done for us through Jesus Christ? We are as righteous as God is righteous. Human beings could never accomplish that kind of righteousness. But through Jesus Christ, we became the righteousness of God. We can come into the presence of God without any sense of condemnation. That is the power of the blood. That is the answer.
No religion, no philosophy, nor ritual – The blood is the answer. The blood flowed like a river in the old testament. And those bloods pointed to the reality of the blood of Jesus Christ. So when I see the blood, I see the sins completely paid off and righteousness manifested. And I worship God for this great blessing. He has declared us righteous and he is just in declaring us righteous. So when I see the blood, I see righteousness imputed and I see that all the sins of the whole world have been paid off by our wonderful Lord Jesus Christ.
Then when I see the blood of Jesus, I see the disarmament of the devil. Jesus Christ has completely disarmed the devil. The scripture says, in Hebrews 2:14
14Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;.
You see Jesus Christ completely disarmed the devil. The devil is a defeated enemy. Of course he’s going around like a lion, but he is bluffing. Fear is the means of the devil. But since we know the truth, we will not be a slave. Jesus Christ has overcome the devil in every corner of our lives. So, there’s no need to be afraid of any part of the curse. There’s no need to be a part of the broken law nor Satan. The blood disarmed the devil and took away what he was using to legally control our lives. We are free from fear and free from the control of the enemy.
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Then when I see the blood, I say that the blood is the annulment of the law. The law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made us Free of the law of sin and death. Roman 8:2. The law asks me to work and through work I could never make myself righteous; but the blood annulled the power of the law. And the law has been annulled since Calvary. Now the law is not a policeman. The law of sin and death was that law of the Old Testament. That law was right and holy and good and made and given by God.
Hebrews 7:12 says,
12For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
When Jesus Christ was raised from the dead, he presented himself to the father and Jesus declared that Jesus Christ is a priest after the Melchizadek order. This order of priesthood required a change also of the law. And the law of the spirit in life after Christ Jesus has made us free from the law of sin and death. When I look at the law of life in Christ Jesus, I look as though I am looking into a mirror. I look at the glory of God in the face of Jesus, I look at what God made us in Christ Jesus, I look at what God has done for us through Christ Jesus. I’m changed from glory to glory.
I don’t change myself, but I am changed from glory to glory. Even as by the spirit of God. The spirit of God changes us while we behold the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. I thank God and I say “Thank you that I am free from the fear of the law.” And then when I look and I see the blood of Jesus I say, no human works are required for salvation, only believe. The scripture says, in Colossians 3:3.
3For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
So, Ephesians 4:8-10 says,
With Christ in us, the motion of Jesus Christ himself flows in our body while we are worshiping the living God. So I thank God, for this is the freedom from sin of the Old Testament, this is the imputation of the righteousness of Jesus, this is deliverance from the fear of Satan, and this is freedom from the law of the old testament, and this is freedom from human works.
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