THE BENEFITS OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS!

A number of Christians today are not experiencing victory in many areas of their life because they have no faith in the blood of Jesus.

Romans 3:24-25 says, “Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God.”

Your total victory over Satan in this world is in the blood of Jesus (Rev. 12:11). When Jesus shed His blood, He offered the only sacrifice required to provide for all our needs in time and in all eternity.

The precious blood of Jesus means everything before the throne of God. Every time the blood of Jesus is honoured God moves. Why? God always honours the blood of Jesus in order to honour His Son.

The blood of Jesus also means everything to Satan. Why? Satan and his demons know that by the blood of Jesus Christ, they have suffered everlasting defeat. There is nothing the devil can do to reverse what the blood of Jesus has done to them. That is why he does everything possible to keep you ignorant of what the blood of Jesus has accomplished for us.

Without knowing what the blood of Jesus has accomplished for us, you cannot put your faith in the blood of Jesus Christ. Faith in the blood of Jesus Christ can only be developed by knowing what that blood has accomplished for us (Rom. 10:17).

So today, we want to look at what that blood has accomplished for us: “THE BENEFITS OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST!” What then has the blood of Jesus Christ accomplished for us?

1. We have redemption through His blood of Jesus Christ. Colossians 1:14 says, “In Whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins.”

“Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law…” (Gal. 3:13).

Here is the point: we have been repurchased or “bought back” from the enemy (the devil) by the blood of Jesus Christ.

This buying back could not be accomplished with money or any other physical thing because the price was higher than anything earth could afford. Blood was the only price, as is understood in the breaking of any blood covenant.

2. I have become a property of God by the blood of Jesus Christ. “…20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's” (1 Cor. 6:19-20).

3. It is the means by which Jesus became our atonement through faith. “Whom God the Father hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God” (Rom. 3:25).

4. The Blood of Christ causes us to dwell in Christ and He in us. Jesus said, “He that eateth My flesh, and drinketh My blood, dwelleth in Me, and I in him” (Jn. 6:56).

5. I am no longer a stranger to the covenant of promise. “…that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from THE COVENANTS OF PROMISE, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near BY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST” (Eph. 2:12-13).

6. I have been declared righteous because of the blood. “For God the Father made Jesus who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Cor. 5:21).

7. I am able to come close to God the Father because of the blood of Jesus Christ. “…But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near BY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST” (Eph. 2:12-13).

8. The blood of Jesus remits sins. God the Father remits (forgives, pardons) our sins through the blood Jesus Christ shed for us, because without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin (Heb. 9:22).

Jesus said, “For this is My blood of the New Testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins” (Matt. 26:28).

God the Father completely forgives your sin when you believe in Jesus. “To Jesus give all the prophets witness, that through His name whosoever believeth in Him shall receive remission of sins” (Acts 10:43).

9. I am justified through the blood of Jesus Christ. Jesus’ blood brings justification to the guilty (Rom 5:1, 9, 3:24-25; Acts 13:38-39). Romans 5:9 says, “Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.”

One of the common tactics of the devil involves accusation. One of his ploys begins with, “And you call yourself a Christian.” This statement hurts, and the enemy knows how to guide it into the human mind with pinpoint accuracy. 

The problem with such accusations is that more often than not, they are true. At this point, God’s promise concerning forgiveness through Jesus’ blood gives a person the ability to resist the enemy’s accusations.

10. We have the forgiveness of sins through His blood of Jesus Christ. Jesus’ blood compensates for all the wrongs you have ever done. “In whom we have the forgiveness of sins through His blood, according to the riches of His grace” (Eph. 1:7; Col. 1:14).

11. I can participate in the sweet communion of remembrance of His sacrifice. Likewise Jesus also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the New Covenant in My blood, which is shed for you” (Lk. 22:20).

12. I am spared from God’s wrath to come because of the blood of Jesus Christ. “Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him” (Rom. 5:9).

13. I am spiritually healed; one day even my flesh will be replaced with an incorruptible body because of the blood of Jesus Christ. “…who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sin, might live for righteousness, by whose stripes we were healed” (1 Pet. 2:24).

14. I am spiritually alive through the blood of Jesus Christ. Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you” (Jn. 6:53).

15. My judgment (condemnation) has been satisfied and I am at peace with God through the blood of Jesus Christ. “But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed” (Isa. 53:5).

There is peace that passes all understanding in the blood of Jesus Christ. Jesus’ blood brings peace to troubled hearts.

16. I am washed and cleansed from all sin by the blood of Jesus Christ. “But if we walk in the light, as God the Father is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from ALL sin…9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from ALL unrighteousness” (1 Jn. 1:7-9).

17. The blood of Jesus Christ purges our consciences from dead works. Through the blood of Christ, Christians receive the cleansing of their consciences. “How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from “dead works” to serve the living God?” (Heb. 9:14).

18. I am freed from a conscience defiled by guilt because of the blood of Jesus Christ. “Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water” (Heb. 10:22).

19. By the blood of Jesus Christ every condemnation upon your life is eternally removed (Rom. 8:1-2). Jesus promised saying, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth My Word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting (eternal) life, and shall not come into condemnation (judgment); but is passed from death unto life” (Jn. 5:24).

20. I have liberty and freedom through the blood of Jesus Christ. “Stand fast, in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage” (Gal. 5:1).

21. I am protected from (satanic attacks) judgment by the blood of Jesus Christ. …that you shall say, “It is the Passover sacrifice of the Lord, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians and delivered our households…” (Ex. 12:27).

22. There is sanctification through the blood of Jesus Christ. The blood of Jesus Christ has the power to sanctify the Born Again believer. “Wherefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered without the gate” (Heb. 13:12).

Sanctification means “to be set apart,” and the application of Jesus’ blood sets a person apart as God’s very own.

23. By the blood of Jesus we have confidence to enter the holy place – His very presence. The blood of Jesus gives us the boldness to enter into the very Presence of God (Eph. 3:12). The blood of Jesus grants us direct access into the very Presence of the Almighty God (Rom. 5:2).

“And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom” (Mk. 15:38). 

This made the way for every child of God to access the throne of God the Father directly, and not through any middle man.

We can enter the holiest by the blood! “Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus…” (Heb. 10:19).

24. I have been separated from the world and declared holy to God (Gal. 2:20).

25. There is total victory over Satan through the blood of Jesus Christ. The blood of Jesus Christ possesses the power to overcome the devil and his demons. “And they (the saints) overcame him (Satan) by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death” (Rev. 12:11).

As a Born Again believer you have the power to overcome the enemy through the blood of Jesus Christ.

26. I am no longer under the curse of the law because of the blood of Jesus Christ (Gal. 3:13).

27. There is freedom from fear through the blood of Jesus Christ. “For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to FEAR; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father…” (Rom. 8:15-18).

28. There is healing and divine health through the blood of Jesus Christ (Isa. 53:4-5; Matt. 8:17; 1 Pet. 2:24).

29. There is protection in the blood of Jesus (Col. 3:3; Isa. 59:19). The blood of Jesus protects us from plagues, epidemics and all sorts of diseases. The blood of Jesus protects us from demonic invasions, oppressions, and afflictions.

30. There is divine provision in the blood. As a result of the disobedience of Adam and Eve to God’s instruction, they were driven out from the Garden of Eden, and could no longer eat of the tree of life (Gen. 3:22-24).

Being driven out from the Garden of Eden means being separated from the provisions of God because in His Presence there is fullness of joy (Ps. 16:11).

We can see that due to their disobedience, Adam and Eve, were driven out of His presence and were therefore, disconnected from His provisions. Jesus went to the Cross to reconnect us to these blessings - the blessing of total prosperity.

Jesus became poor for our sake so that we can become rich (2 Cor. 8:9; 2 Cor. 9:8; Phil. 4:19).

31 There is life (eternal life) in the blood. The blood of Jesus Christ is alive even today, and will be alive forever. The life in it is not the one that expires with age. It is ageless. So, drinking the blood of Jesus Christ gives you eternal life (Jn. 6:53-54).

32. The blood of Jesus Christ reconciles us to God the Father. The blood of Jesus Christ has the power to reconcile us to God the Father. The blood of Jesus brings those who were once far away from God near to Him.  

“But now in Christ Jesus you (the Gentiles) who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ” (Eph. 2:13; Col. 1:20-22; Rom. 5:10).

33. New Life with God the Father was made possible by the blood of Jesus Christ. The blood of Jesus brings us near to God (Eph. 2:12-13).

34. The blood of Jesus Christ brings us acceptance. You are accepted by God only because of the blood of Jesus (Eph. 1:6).

35. Rescued out of a sinful way of life by the blood of Jesus Christ. Being ransomed from futile ways of life is another benefit Christians have through the blood of Jesus. We are rescued from a life lived devoid of meaning and are brought into a relationship with God and the ability to live in His will and with purpose.

“…you were ransomed (rescued) from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot” (1 Pet. 1:18-19).

To fully experience the power in the blood of Jesus, you have to appropriate it to yourself. To appropriate something means to take that thing for your own use.

To appropriate something means to take that thing for your own use. You must learn how to use the blood of Jesus in your everyday life.

How can I appropriate the blood of Jesus? For instance, you say, “I believe I receive divine health, restful sleep, peace, long life, deliverance, financial overflow through the blood of Jesus, in Jesus’ name.” I believe I receive my children saved and serving God through the blood of Jesus, in Jesus’ name. I believe I receive promotion, open doors through the blood of Jesus, in Jesus’ name.

What a wealth of benefits we have through the blood of Jesus! I therefore, encourage you to rise up and begin to use the blood of Jesus Christ in your everyday life from today.

Watch out for the next edition of the Good News from the pulpit.

•  Your friend: I. I. MADUBUNYI (Senior Pastor)                                                        15.04.2018