Blood. It goes
through our veins, it keeps us alive. It keeps everything in working
order, spreading oxygen and nutrients to every inch our bodies. And
for people aware or not of their sin's, shortcomings, wrongdoings,
faults, blemishes (and any other synonym anyone can think of, I'm
open to suggestions) requires it.
Jesus has a lot
of names, and descriptions as well, but one that should get a bit
more attention is that he is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He
is the God of the Old Testament. And just like we should take Good
Friday to remember the time before he rose again, to remember the
pain and anguish of his loving sacrifice, we should also take the
time to remember what the world was like before there WAS a new
covenant. When the Old Covenant was only available to God's chosen
people. When the necessary requirement for sin involved a long drawn
out process to keep the picture very clear in people's head how much
sin was hated.
There is a
fairly common practise in the United States, well, at least in a lot
of places I've been to in the US, to give a “secret” altar call.
It's a valid first step, and I'm not here to step on the toes of
Pastor's methods. I want people to just look at it. A secret altar
call is where an invitation goes out, if anyone wants to receive
Jesus, they can raise their hand, and pray a prayer, right where they
are sitting. Everyone will have their eyes closed and their heads
bowed, so no one will be watching. But man, God calls for more than
that. We have to acknowledge our sin! Back in Old Covenant days, of sacrifices and tents, people couldn't deny the fact that they needed forgiveness. Job made sacrifices for his children just in case they had sinned. We must show a little more
thankfulness for what he has done, for the sacrifice that Jesus made once to make us clean from all unrighteousness. This is not an attack on
introverts or introversion. This isn't so much about a church setting
in front of people, but about our own hearts Thankfulness and the
Holy Spirit inside of us gives us the strength to do what we can't do
in our own strength.
1 John 1:6
If we say that
we have fellowship with Him and walk in darkness, we lie and do not
practice the truth. 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 cleanes us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we
decieve ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our
sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse
us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we
make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.
Acts 20:28 Says we are the church of God, purchased with his own blood, and that is something that is worth studying, so that is why I'm going to
talk about Jesus' blood for awhile, because it's an important topic,
and I'm finding so much in the bible about it, that I could easily
write a book! I want to go deep into what it means to be purchased by
his blood, and why he chose to die for us, the Holy Spirit's role in
transforming us, and some basic, fundamental principles about what it
means to be a Christian, not according to what Katie says, but
according to what the Word says.
Thank you for reading, and may you be transformed by the Lord,and may He expand your faith.
Katie
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