Power In The Blood

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Power In The Blood
Without shedding of blood there is no
remission. Heb. 922 NKJV
There is power, wonder working power in the
blood of the lamb.
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• Trail of blood from Eden to Calvary
• Wash away city of Jerusalem
• Slaughter-House religion
• Blood is repulsive to many today
• Cross has been glamorized
• Blood mentioned more than cross

WHY IS BLOOD Necessary ?
Power In The Blood
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I. Power to Purchase His Church
to feed the church of God, which he hath
purchased with his own blood. Acts 2028
Blood Purchased Church
Saved By the Blood
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II. Power to Forgive

• Man sinned against God
• God must punish man
• Gods justice required a penalty
• The penalty was death
• Gods Plan

Mercy
Justice
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Blood was in this plan
For the life of the flesh is in the blood and I
have given it to you upon the altar to make an
atonement for your souls for it is the blood
that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Leviticus 1711
At-one- with-God Reconciliation
Heb. 922
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Law of Moses Blood was required

• Day of Atonement - Lev. 16
• All sins were atoned with blood
• Blood taken into Holy of Holies
• Sprinkled on Mercy Seat
• One time each year
• 7th month - 10th day

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Law of Christ Blood was required

• Animal blood could not forgive
• Heb. 103-4
• God sent His Son as sacrifice
• He was without sin - Heb.415
• Blood of Christ shed for our sins

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Heb. 912
Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by
his own blood he entered in once into the holy
place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
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Heb. 922
And almost all things are by the law purged with
blood and without shedding of blood is no
remission..
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Romans 59-10
9. Much more then, being now justified by his
blood, we shall be saved from wrath through
him. 10. For if, when we were enemies, we were
reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much
more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his
life.
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Ephesians 17

• In Him we have redemption through His blood,
  the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches
  of His grace

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1 Peter 118-19 NKJV
knowing that you were not redeemed with
corruptible things, like silver or gold, from
your aimless conduct received by tradition from
your fathers, but with the precious blood of
Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without
spot.
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John 129
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward
him, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes
away the sin of the world!
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Power In The Blood
II. Power to Forgive

• The blood of Christ is the Ransom
• Blood represents life
• His blood pays mans sin debt
• His blood flowed backward
• His blood flows forward

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III. Power to Keep on Cleansing

• Christians can still commit sin
• 1 Cor. 1012 take heed
• James 519 err
• Blood of Christ Forgives

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But if we walk in the light as He is in the
light, we have fellowship with one another, and
the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us
from all sin. 1 John 17
Follow Gods Rule
Keeps on cleansing
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• 1 John 18-10 confess our sins
• 1 John 21-2
• If any man sin
• We have an advocate
• Propitiation for our sins
• Appease - satisfy
• Repent and pray - Acts 822-24

Blood of Christ
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Power In The Blood
III. Power to Keep on Cleansing
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IV. How Do we Contact the Blood ?
Blood must be applied to sinners Rev. 15 To
Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in
His own blood,
When is the blood applied ?
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When is the blood applied ?
NO
Baptism
NO
Confess
NO
Repent
Yes
Believe
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When is the blood applied ?
3. Know ye not, that so many of us as were
baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his
death? 4. Therefore we are buried with him by
baptism into death that like as Christ was
raised up from the dead by the glory of the
Father, even so we also should walk in newness of
life. Rom. 63-4
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When is the blood applied ?
5. For if we have been planted together in the
likeness of his death, we shall be also in the
likeness of his resurrection Rom. 65
We are baptized into Jesus death!
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Romans 63-7
Resurrection
Death
BURIAL
Death of old self
Walk in newness of life
Buried with Christ in baptism
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When is the blood applied ?
For as many of you as have been baptized into
Christ have put on Christ. Gal. 327
The blood of Christ is applied when we are
baptized !
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The blood applies at Baptism
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying
the truth. 1 Pet. 122 Mark 1616
BeliefBaptismSalvation 1 Pet. 321 The like
figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save
us..
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Power In The Blood
1. Purchased the Church 2. Can forgive sins 3.
Keeps on cleansing
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Christs Blood shows two things about God
1. How much He Hates Sin 2. How much He Loves Man
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Power In The Blood
Will you come to the cleansing blood of Christ ?
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Sermon by Arthur Pigman Evans Church of Christ
515 Gibbs Road Evans, Ga. 30809 706-855-1249 arth
urpigman_at_cybrtyme.com www.evansgachurchofchrist.or
g Sunday Morning April 8, 2007