His Blood

What has the shedding of Christ’s blood accomplished?

When Christ celebrated the Passover with His Apostles He said this shedding of blood was for you (Israel) and the New Testament. There were no Gentiles in the room.

And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.

Luke 22: 19-20

 Without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness.

And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.

Hebrews 9:22

He had come for the lost sheep of the house of Israel so it only makes sense that he was talking to them.

But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Matthew 15:24

A better understanding of the New Testament can be found in Jeremiah 31 and

Hebrews 8.

But what about us Gentiles we had no promises or covenants with God?

Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
That at that time ye 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:

Ephesians 2: 11-12

 But now, (this is a key Bible phrase) means something has changed.

Because of His blood, we (Gentiles) are made nigh.

But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

Ephesians 2: 13

Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation (a sacrifice made) through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

Romans 3:25

This blood forgives past sins and all sins.

In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

Colossians 1:14

In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

Ephesians 1:7

This redemptive work or buying back was accomplished by grace.

We are found justified or right in His sight and saved from the wrath to come.

Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

Romans 5:9

Christ’s blood served two purposes. The first was for the New Testament and the second was for us that are in the Body of Christ.

By doing Lenten sacrifices and picking up your cross only diminishes the work of the cross and Christ’s shed blood.

All these things were accomplished for you without you doing anything.

Our positional truth is that we are seen by the Father as forgiven, redeemed and justified.

The blood does you no good without trusting in it for it’s our faith requirement today.

 

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Characteristics of the New Testament

There are pages in your Bible that read the Old Testament and the New Testament.

Is this where they started? Most of Christendom believes this is where they started.

The page with the New Testament appears before MML & J.

But it was never in the original versions it was added by a publisher along with the red letters.

To get clarification on this we need to search the Scriptures.

First, it was prophetic and can be found in the O.T.

We will be using Jeremiah 31:31-34 (KJV always) mostly for this blog.

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

Not only does it state that it is a future event, but that it will be for Israel and Judah.

Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:

 This covenant is something new not according to the one that was in place at that time. We also see that it was made with their fathers (Israel) and they broke it, which is typical throughout their history.

But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days (which days), saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

 Those days are after the old covenant is over. He said HE WILL put his LAW in their inward parts and in their hearts which sounds a lot like Pentecost to me. This is where Peter received his boldness from the Gift of the Holy Spirit.

They shall be my people. What people? Nothing has changed God is still dealing with Israel. There are no Gentiles referred to in any of these passages.

This covenant, according to Hebrews couldn’t have been until the death of the testator at the earliest.

For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

Hebrews 9:16-17

 

Jeremiah goes on to say, which to me is very interesting, for they shall all know me.

You might want to ask the question is this going on today?

And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD; for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

 It’s amazing how Scripture will define and confirm itself.

For we read the writer of Hebrews in the New Testament quoting Jeremiah and also saying this is a far better promise.

First, we must address who Hebrews is written to.

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

Hebrews 1:1

We see again that there are no Gentiles mentioned. The fathers were that of Israel.

But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

Hebrews 8:6-11

Christ became a mediator of a better covenant after His resurrection, but it still pertains to Israel.

I’m sure you can spiritualize this or use some other version of the Bible that will put Gentiles into the picture, but then you would be changing the Word of God to fit your belief system.

If you read the Bible literally, you will have a better understanding of who is writing, who it’s written to and if you are in the audience.

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In Me First

Paul says a lot of interesting things in his writings, things that no one else does.

One of them is in me first found in 1^st Timothy.

Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

1 Timothy 1:16

Why would he make such a statement? Weren’t there others before him?

The Apostles and Disciples walked with Jesus while He was on the earth, Paul didn’t have that privilege.

While he was Saul he made havock on the Jerusalem church and consented to the stoning of Stephen and imprisoning others.

And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.
And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.

Acts 8:1-3

He called himself the chief of sinners.

This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

1 Timothy 1:15

Paul was taught the law by Gamaliel and was zealous for God, but this surely didn’t help him in understanding what God was doing through the Apostles.

I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.

Acts 22:3

 It wasn’t because he was a relentless persecutor of the Jerusalem church or being the chief sinner that made him first. There were others that did the same.

But it was his conversion that made the in him first a revelation.

No one else before had been touched of God in such a way as Paul.

And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:
And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

Acts 9: 1-6

It was pure grace.

Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

Ephesians 3:8

 Paul’s conversion in Acts 9 is all about something new transpiring in God’s plan for man.

What first started in Paul is what is going on today. It’s salvation without the law, without Israel and by grace alone.

 

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