Understanding the Blood and Body of Jesus Through Grace (page 2)

God gives life to each of us, and it was given to us by His GRACE, through His GRACE, and FOR His GRACE.

Romans 5:10 - "For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life."

God, through His eternal Grace, Jesus Christ, who is the blameless sacrificial Lamb, reconciled us to Himself.

2 Corinthians 5:17 - "Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come."

Here’s Grace… As helpless sinners, Jesus died for all of us. As God, He humbled Himself, suffered, was tortured, trusted His Father with everything, died, and was resurrected by His Father so that we could become the righteousness of God in Christ.

Colossians 2:14 - "having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross."

Jesus paid the price for our sins. Jesus took our sins into death but left them behind when God raised Him from the dead.

Hebrews 13:12 - "Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people through His own blood, suffered outside the gate."

Having conquered death, Jesus then poured out His Spirit upon all man so that we can be the righteousness of God - loved, adored, and highly favored by God.

Romans 5:5 - "and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us."

The Blood of Jesus Christ is the ultimate act of God’s Grace. The Blood of Jesus Christ was God’s plan all along. It’s the plan to redeem and restore man and reconcile man back Himself, the plan of Grace.

2 Corinthians 5:18-19 - "Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.

And, this plan of redemption, the “plan of Grace,” was in place before a single man was given life. As a matter of fact, the plan called “Grace” created all of humanity.

Ephesians 3:20 - "Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us,"

None of us gave birth to ourselves. None of us decided a single thing about us, or our existence or non-existence. However, we do exist! And, we know we did not have anything to do with bringing ourselves into existence. We didn’t have a vote.

John 3:6 - "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit."

Therefore, intuitively, instinctively, or logically, we believe that our life was given to us as a gift, and we were NOT a part of the decision.

2 Peter 1:3 - "seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything about life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence."

Everything was done for us, everything was provided by God. That is Grace.

1 Peter 2:24 - “and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.”

Not only did we find ourselves born, but many of us were born into incredible families, families who took care of our every need. That is Grace.

Jeremiah 1:5 - “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

Jeremiah 29:11 - "For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope."

God has done it all. He gave us life, a destiny, and an eternal life with Him in Heaven. He granted us to access through the Blood of Jesus, the sacrifice that paid the debt and delivered us from all evil.

1 Corinthians 11:24 - “and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”

The truth is, I can be here all week long, listing everything God has done for me by Grace. The list is literally endless. He only wants me to be thankful and to receive it.

1 Corinthians 11:25 - “In the same way He took the cup also after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

We are so fortunate to have Jesus as our Lord and Savior. It was by His Blood, His sacrifice of Himself totally and completely, as the sinless lamb, that brought about God’s final act of Grace - Jesus’ resurrection and ascension.

1 Peter 2:24 - “and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.”

It was Jesus’ resurrection and ascension, which resulted in the reconciliation of man with God the Father. But, don’t forget, all of this happened through Jesus Christ as a gift to us, the believers, for all of eternity.

Luke 22:19 - “And when He had taken some bread and given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”

According to the Bible, we are to be BOLD with confidence to go before God because of the blood of Jesus! This is a huge deal! Up until this point in the historical timeline of humankind, no man could enter the throne room of God and live. But, because of Jesus’ sacrifice and obedience, everything is different now.

1 John 1:7 - “but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.”

Yes, there is no doubt. The “blood of Jesus” represents God’s Grace as Jesus, in His act of love and obedience, took our sins, the sin of the world, and paid our debt, a debt we could not pay.

John 15:13 - "Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends."

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