The Blood

It was Christ’s precious blood that demonstrated love, when the blood was shed on Calvary’s Hill that day.  The word of God says in John 15:13, “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”  This is such good news; Jesus laid down his life not only for his friends, but also for his enemies.  This means all the people in the world black and yellow, red and white they are all precious in his sight because he loves all the people of the world.

Please read John 3:16-17, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.”

And, there is more fantastic news, no one needs to work, or can they do any kind of work, to make themselves good enough to be right with God!!  God’s word says in Isaiah 64:6, “But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away,” and Romans 3:23, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.”

So, if you are keeping track of your good works to be sure they will outdo your bad works, forget it, Jesus took care of all that when he became the sacrificial Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.  Christianity is the only religion that you can’t work to achieve your goal of being right with God, because Jesus the Son of God did the work for us, praise the Lord!!

Check out Ephesians 2:8-9, “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”

It makes it very clear, if anyone is saved and in right standing with God, it is the Lord and Him only that made it possible, and nothing we could contribute to it, plain and simple.  If we could contribute to it, we could boast about what we had done, but that is all eliminated, so praise the Lord for His finished work.  If you think about it, how could you know if you did enough good works to get yourself in right standing with God in the first place?  Like I said earlier, Jesus’ blood demonstrated His love because without it none of us could be washed and cleansed of our sins.

Here is more good news, Jesus wants everyone to repent and turn from their wicked ways and turn to him.  God’s word says in 2 Corinthians 7:10,

“For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.”  So, if you want a true friend, do what the word says, truly repent and ask the good Lord to come in and be your Lord and Savior.

I pray that this was a help and a blessing to you and yours and may the good Lord bless you and yours and may you have a super day.  If you haven’t yet, be sure to thank and praise the Lord for He is truly worthy!!