The Blood Of Jesus #2

by Greg Robbins

1 Peter 1:2

"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."

What a salvation message! Only a specified group of saved people are God's elect. And how does he identify this privileged group of people? By the foreknowledge of God the Father. He knows the end from the beginning. Before the world was ever formed or man created, God already knew every single one of his elect. It will be proven out on judgement day that each one of them exercised their free choice in the matter of salvation.

There must be sanctification of the Spirit. God's Spirit is the Holy Spirit. If someone is still bound by habitual sin then they have not yet been sanctified by the Holy Spirit. He said, Unto obedience, so those who are not obedient to God's commandments have not yet been sanctified either. And the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus. Without the blood of Jesus none of us would stand a chance. Only the blood of Jesus can wash us white as snow.

1 Peter 1:18-20

"Forasmuch as you know that you 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: Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you."

No silver, no gold, can wash away your sins. No human effort can do it either. Only the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, only he can wash away your sins. Jesus was foreordained from BEFORE the foundation of the world. Before God ever created the world, he already knew every little detail about human history, and he had already decided to send Jesus to shed his blood to forgive your sins, if you are part of his elect. If you aren't sure about being his elect, then call out to Father God in the name of Jesus for forgiveness and mercy. If you do it from your heart, then you too will receive his forgiveness and his mercy. The blood of Jesus will wash away your sins.

1 John 1:7-9

"But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

Walking in the light represents being in unbroken fellowship with God the Father, with Jesus, and with Holy Spirit. When we sin and especially live in habitual unrepented sin, we walk in darkness. Notice that only in the light is the blood of Jesus Christ his Son that cleanses from all sin. If a person habitually lives in sin, then there is no cleansing of that sin until true repentance happens. This is where the big preachers of cheap grace make their mistake. They claim that all our sins past, present, and future are already forgiven us. So no matter how we live, or what we do, we still get to go to heaven. But I'm sorry. That is not true. If a person does not repent of their sin and walks in darkness, they have not been washed in the blood of Jesus. There are many famous preachers that teach this false doctrine. There are many others as well, that treat the precious blood of Jesus as an unholy thing, by cheapening it.

A Christian WANTS to live a holy life, to love Jesus with all their heart, and to please him by obeying his commands. That is the nature of a Christian. If someone is lacking these desires, then they need to see if they truly are Christians or not. Remember that Judas Iscariot was a faithful disciple of Jesus for over three years. Yet it turned out that he was a devil. So deception is something we need to take seriously. Nothing is sadder than a person believing themselves to be saved, only to find out later that they are not, when it's too late. This was the case with the five foolish virgins. ( Matthew 25:1-13 ).

Treat the blood of Jesus as the holy thing that it is. It is not to be toyed with. We are not to play at being a Christian. This is all a very serious matter. Treat holy things with utmost care and respect. God is still the same God who struck Ananias and Sapphira dead before the Apostle Peter for telling a lie. ( Acts 5:1-11 ). And God is still the same God who struck King Herod dead in public for letting the people glorify him, and not giving God the glory. ( Acts 12:20-23 ). Although God may not be doing public executions among us right now, there is coming a day of judgement which is far worse. So treat the blood of Jesus as a holy thing and handle this subject with the fear of God.

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