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THE BLOOD OF CHRIST–JOHN 19:31-35–WITH ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

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THE BLOOD OF CHRIST
John 19:31-35

Ephesians 1:7, “In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;”
Introduction:
Moses wrote in Deuteronomy 21:22-23, “And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree: 23- His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.”
Jesus was hanged on a tree and therefore, cursed of God for our sins. The Jewish law require that a man hanged on a tree must be buried before sunset the same day. Pilate ordered the soldiers to break the legs of those who were crucified in order to hasten their death.
On arrival at the sight the soldiers found that Jesus was already dead and did not break his bones, Psalm 34:20, “He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.” However, one of the soldiers was not convenced and thrust a spear into his side, Zechariah 12:10b, “and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced.”
Blood and water poured out the side of the Lord Jesus. The spear had penetrated the first membrane around the heart callled the PERICARDIUM which contains a watery substance. The spear continued piercing the heart itself from which came the blood. NOW THERE WAS NO DOUBT!! JESUS WAS DEAD! Everyone present saw it. They were eyewitnesses that Jesus died on the Cross.
If there had been no other injury the spear thrust would have killed Him. Now the Sadducees who did not believer in the resurrection, could not make the people believe that Jesus was in a coma and not dead. The resurrection is one of the greatest proofs that Jesus was the Son of God.
Jesus shed His blood because the life is in the blood, Leviticus 17:11, “For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.”
The blood of Christ is the ground, or basis, for many precious blessings:
1. It is the basis for the blessing of PROPITIATION: that which turns away the wrath of God, Romans 3:25, “Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;”
2. It is the basis for our JUSTIFICATION, Romans 5:9, “Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.”
3. It is the basis of our PEACE with God, Colossians 1:20, “And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.”
4. It is the basis for our BEING BROUGHT NIGH to God, Ephesians 2:13, “But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.”
5. It is the basis for our REDEMPTION and FORGIVENESS OF SIN, Ephesians 1:7, “In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;”
6. It is the basis for our SANCTIFICATION, Hebrews 13:12, “Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.”
7. It is the basis for our being CLEANSED FROM SIN, 1 John 1:7, “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.”
8. It is the basis for our VICTORY OVER THE DEVIL, Revelation 12:11, “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.”

SANCTIFICATION–JUDE 1–PART 2

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SANCTIFICATION
Part 2
Jude 1, “Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:”

Introduction:

II. SET APART UNTO MATURITY IN CHRIST
A. He has set us apart by His own blood, Hebrews 13:12, “Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.”
1. Jesus also suffered outside the city gate (camp) to make the people holy, Hebrews 2:11, “For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,”
2. By His offering on Calvary He has perfected those who are sanctified, Hebrews 10:10, 14, “By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 14- For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.”
3. Being set apart unto Him the believer has abandoned the old camp or city for a new country, Hebrews 11:10, 16, “For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. 16- But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.”
B. Jesus has offered Himself for our perfection, Hebrews 10:14, “For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.”
1. This perfection is not sinlessness, but a growing process that leads to maturity, 1 Peter 2:2, “As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:”
2. The sanctification process is God’s will, 1 Thessalonians 4:3,“For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:”
3. Sanctification is God’s purpose for calling us by the Gospel, 1 Thessalonians 4:7, “For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.”
C. Sanctification is a process of learning from the Word of God, Psalm 17:4-5, “Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. 5- Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.”
1. By taking heed to your “WAY” (of living) by the Word of God, Psalm 119:9, “Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.”
a. Outside of Christ we were void of understanding, Proverbs 7:7, “And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,”
b. Now we are set apart or clean before the Lord, John 15:3, “Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.”
2. Study and meditation in the Word gives us strength to overcome temptation, Psalm 119:11, 15-16, “Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. 15- I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. 16- I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.”
3. The Word of God must dwell in us “RICHLY,” Colossians 3:16, “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.”

a. Timothy was well taught from his childhood, 2 Timothy 3:15, “And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.”
b. We must know the Scriptures, John 5:39, “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.”
c. We must become so well verse in the Scriptures that we become “TEACHERS” to those around us, Hebrews 5:12-14, “For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. 13- For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. 14-But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.”

SANCTIFICATION JUDE 1–PART 1

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SANCTIFICATION
Part 1
Jude 1, “Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:”
Introduction:
Sanctification means to separate from profane things and dedicate to God; consecrate things to God; dedicate people to God; to purify; to cleanse externally; to purify internally by the renewing of the soul.
There is no difference in the Old Testament and New Testament languages. Both agree in their translation of the word “sanctify.”
This doctrine is not referring to “sinless perfection.” That is a perversion of the doctrine of sanctification. No where in the Bible is there taught “sinless perfection.” The word “perfect” in no instance refers to sinlessness.

I. SET APART BY THE WORD OF GOD
A. Sanctification is a relationship with God by faith in Jesus Christ, Acts 26:18, “To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.”
1. The Apostle Paul tells the church at Corinth that they were set apart in the name of Jesus Christ, 1 Corinthians 6:11, “And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.”
2. Being set apart they were called to be saints, 1 Corinthians 1:2, “Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:”
a. You were set apart by the hearing of the Gospel, 2 Thessalonians 2:14, “Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
b. You were called to be saints, Romans 1:7, “To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.”
B. Sanctification is by the Word of Truth, John 17:17, “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.”
1. A believer is to be distinct from the world’s sin, its values, and its goals, John 15:3, “Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.”
2. A believer has been washed, Ephesians 5:26, “That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,”
3. He is a purged vessel, 2 Timothy 2:21, “If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.”
C. Sanctification is by the Spirit of God.
1. The agent of sanctification is the Holy Spirit, Romans 15:16, “That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.”
2. We are led by the Spirit to “mortify the deeds of the flesh,” Romans 8:13-14, “For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. 14- For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.”

REGENERATION–JOHN 3:1-7

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REGENERATION
John 3:1-7
Introduction:
Regeneration is a spiritual birth. Peter writes in 2 Peter 1:4, “Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” We have become partakers of the divine nature of God by faith in Jesus Christ.
That is what the Lord Jesus was saying Nicodemus needed – the new birth. He needed to be born of God.

I. REGENERATION IS PICTURED AS BEING “BORN AGAIN,”
A. The concept of being “born again” = “FROM ABOVE.”
1. This is not a fleshly birth, v. 4; John 1:13, “Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”
2. It is a spiritual birth, vv. 5-6, “Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6- That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.”
a. The water of the Word of God, v. 5; 1 Peter 1:23, “Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.”
b. He is washed with the Word, Ephesians 5:26, “That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,”
c. The fallen sinner CANNOT regenerate himself; he needs a divine operation by the Spirit of God, v. 6; Titus 3:5, “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;”
1) He has made us fit to partake of God’s inheritance, Colossians 1:12, “Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:”
2) He has written our names in the Lamb’s Book of Life, Revelation 21:27, “And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.”
B. The concept is of God TRANSFORMING the heart, 2 Corinthians 5:17, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
1. By implanting a NEW principle of DESIRE, v. 17b. Old thoughts, old principles, and old practices, are passed away. Psalms 51:10, “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.”
2. By implanting a NEW principle of PURPOSE, Ephesians 2:10, “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.”
3. By implanting a NEW principle of ACTION, 1 Corinthians 13:11, “When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.”
C. This TRANSFORMATION made great differences in SAUL of Tarsus.
1. He believed the message of the gospel and was identified by faith with Christ, 2 Corinthians 5:14-15, “For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: 15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.”
2. He believer that he had been raised from the death to walk in NEWNESS of life, Romans 6:3-4, “Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4- Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life,”
3. He believed that Christ LIVED in him, Galatians 2:20, “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”
4. He GLORIED in the Cross of Christ, Galatians 6:14, “But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.”
5. He switched from a PERSECUTOR of Christ to a PROCLAIMER of Christ, Acts 9:5, 20-22, 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. 20- And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. 21- But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests? 22- But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.”

II. FRUITS OF REGENERATION
C. The former manner of life, Ephesians 4:22, “That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;”
D. Faith and love are seen, 1 John 4:7-8, “Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 8- He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.”
E. Holiness is the fruit and proof that one is born of God, 1 Peter 1:15-16, “But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16- Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.”
F. Righteousness the fruit and proof that one is born of God, Ephesians 4:24, “And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.”

CONCLUSION

Regeneration is a transition from spiritual death to spiritual life. Paul said in Ephesians 2:1, “And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins.”
Regenerating grace creates a new world in the soul; all things are new. The renewed man acts from new principles, by new rules, with new ends, and in new company.

PROPITIATION–ROMANS 3:24-26

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PROPITIATION
(ATONEMENT FOR SIN)
ROMANS 3:24-26
Introduction:
Propitiation is “that by which God is rendered propitious, i.e., by which it becomes consistent with his character and government to pardon and bless the sinner. The propitiation does not procure his love or make him loving; it only renders it consistent for him to exercise his love towards sinners.” Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Atonement is an Anglo-Saxon term, which means “a making at one.” It points to a process of bringing those who are estranged into a unity. Sinful man and the Holy God are brought together through the sacrifice of the Son of God as payment for man’s sins.

I. ATONEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
A. God provides a way for forgiveness of sin, Leviticus 17:11, “For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.”
B. God provided a substitute, Genesis 22:7-8, “And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? 8- And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.”
C. The Passover Lamb, Exodus 12:3, 5-6, “Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: 5- Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: 6- And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.”

II. ATONEMENT IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
A. It reveals God’s love for man, Romans 5:8, “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
1. We did not love God, 1 John 4:10, “Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.”
2. He loved us first, 1 John 4:19, “We love him, because he first loved us.”
B. Christ’s sacrifice for our sins, 1 John 2:2, And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.”
1. He was put to death for our sins, Romans 4:25, “Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.”
2. His blood was shed for our forgiveness, Matthew 26:28, “For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.”
3. He bore our sins in His own body, 1 Peter 2:24, “Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.”
4. He made purification for our sins, Hebrews 1:3, “Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;”
5. He is the propitiation for our sins, Romans 3:25, “Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;”
a. Through faith in his blood, Ephesians 1:6-7, “To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. 7- In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;”
b. To declare the righteousness of Jesus Christ, Romans 3:26, “To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.”
C. The nature of the Death of Christ.
1. He died specifically for us, Isaiah 53:6, “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.”
2. He gave Himself a ransom for all, 1 Timothy 2:6, “Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.”
3. To take away the sin of the world, John 1:29, “The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.”
4. He died in our place, Isaiah 53:5, “But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.”
a. God made Him to be sin for us, 2 Corinthians 5:21, “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”
b. God, the Father, forsook the Son because of our sin, Mark 15:34, “And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”

CONCLUSION
Jesus Christ is made the propitiation for our sins by becoming OUR SIN BEARER, 1 Peter 2:24, “Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.” However, man has to make the decision as to whether or not to accept God’s forgiveness by trusting Christ as Savior.
Hebrews 2:17, Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation [Propitiation] for the sins of the people.