THE BENEFITS OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST

A number of Christians today are not experiencing victory in many areas of their life because they have no idea of what the blood of Jesus has accomplished for us (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? He 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 the blood of Jesus Christ (Col. 1:14). 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…” (1 Cor. 6:19-20).

3. It is the means by which Jesus became our atonement for sin through faith (Rom. 3:25). 

4. The Blood of Christ causes us to dwell in Christ and He in us (Jn. 6:56).

5. I am no longer a stranger to the covenant of promise (Eph. 2:12-13).

6. I have been declared righteous because of the blood (2 Cor. 5:21).

7. I am able to come close to God the Father because of the blood of Jesus 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; Matt. 26:28).

God the Father completely forgives your sin when you believe in Jesus (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). 

10. We have the forgiveness of sins through the blood of Jesus Christ. Jesus’ blood compensates for all the wrongs you have ever done (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 (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 (1 Pet. 2:24).

14. I am spiritually alive through the blood of Jesus Christ (Jn. 6:53).

15. My judgment (condemnation) has been satisfied and I am at peace with God through the blood of Jesus Christ (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 (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 (Heb. 9:14). 

18. I am freed from a conscience defiled by guilt because of the blood of Jesus Christ (Heb. 10:22).

19. By the blood of Jesus Christ every condemnation upon your life is eternally removed (Rom. 8:1-2; Jn. 5:24).

20. I have liberty and freedom through the blood of Jesus Christ (Gal. 5:1).

21. I am protected from (satanic attacks) judgment by the blood of Jesus Christ (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 (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.

24. By His blood, 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 (Rev. 12:11).

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 (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). 

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 (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 the Father only because of the blood of Jesus (Eph. 1:6). 

35. 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 (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. 

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.

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)