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Lesson 15
The Cleansing Blood of Christ
Hebrews 9:22 says, "Without shedding of blood
there is no remission." I John 1:7 tells us that "The blood of Jesus
Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin." God, in choosing the
cleansing agent for our sins, chose the very best that He had, the
blood of His own Son. It is by the precious blood of our Lord, that we
are cleansed from all of our sins. Revelation 1:5 says, "To Him who
loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood." Yes, it is
only by the blood of our Lord, that we get our sins washed away. John
19:34 says,
"But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and
immediately blood and water came out." Jesus shed His blood for us,
in His death, when He died on the cruel cross of Calvary.
How do we come into contact with that cleansing blood,
which our Lord shed in his death, in order to have our sins washed
away? Romans 6:3 tells us how. "Or do you not know that as many of us
as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?"
Since Christ shed His blood in His death, when a person is baptized
into our Lord's death, it is there that he comes into contact with the
blood of Christ and his sins are then washed away. Baptism is the only
means of reaching His death where His blood was shed, so we can have
forgiveness of our sins. So, when Ananias told Paul in Acts 22:16, "And
now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized and wash away your
sins," it was the blood of Christ that washed away Paul's sins
when he was baptized.
There are many differing humanly devised plans of
salvation with their flowery theological phrases. One of these says
all you have to do is "accept Jesus as your personal saviour"
and then "say the sinner's prayer" to be saved. Others say
you must be sprinkled, or touch the radio, or speak in an unknown tongue
in order to be saved. There is not a verse in the Bible that teaches
any of this. All of these are false and become a mockery of
God and what He says in the Bible. But as we are told in Galatians 1:7, "But
there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of
Christ." These perverted humanly invented plans of
salvation will result in many good people being lost. If people
would only study the Bible for themselves to see what God requires to be
saved so they can go to Heaven.
Salvation does not originate with men but with
God. The Lord's salvation is offered on His terms, not ours.
To refuse the Lord's terms of salvation and pardon is to forfeit eternal
life in Heaven.
Have you been baptized to have your sins washed away by the blood of
Christ? If you haven't, then you still have every sin that you have ever
committed. Your sins have separated you from God. With your sins you can't go to
Heaven to be with God when you
die, but you will have to go to the eternal punishment of Hell where there will be
weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth forever and ever. You may have
been baptized into a denominational church, but not for remission of your
sins so you can be saved. If you have
not been baptized for the remission of your sins, so that you can be
saved, then the blood of Christ will be of no benefit to you, and Christ’s
death for you was in vain. But please take advantage of Christ having died
for you. Only you can do this for yourself.
Questions Lesson 15
The Cleansing Blood Of Christ
(click on the button of the answer of your
choice)
1) (1 John 1:7 & Revelation 1:5) What cleanses us from all
sin?
We have no sin to be cleansed.
Nothing can.
The blood of Christ.
2)
We are cleansed from our sins when we are washed in the blood of Christ.
3) (John 19:34) Where did Christ shed His blood for us.
In His death on the cross.
When He cut His finger.
He never shed any blood.
4)
Our
sins are washed away when we come into contact with the cleansing blood of
Christ.
5) (Romans 6:3) How do we get into Christ's death to spiritually come
into contact with His blood?
When we die physically.
When we are baptized into His death.
We can't spiritually come into contact with His blood.
6)
We come
into contact with the saving blood of Christ when we are baptized into His
death.
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