“For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors,but with PRECIOUS BLOOD, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, THE BLOOD OF CHRIST. “-{1 Peter 1;18-19 }
“Precious” – {Timios from time = to value or honor.} It describes that which is valuable, highly prized, desirable, costly, as a precious stone. His blood is precious because its value is way and beyond our understanding or highest evaluation. Because it is the Blood of Christ offered for our sin. His life laid down to pay for our sin so we would not die in our sin. As God is infinite so our sin is infinite against Him without the intervention and substitutionery death of the LORD Jesus and the shedding of His Blood we would all spend eternity in Hell, “But God…” The Blood shed is the evidence of The death of the LORD Jesus. What makes it ultimately “precious” is because of Who’s blood it is, and what the giving up of His life now potentially means to all who repent towards God and place their lives in submission to the LORD Jesus. Precious, powerful blood! There is nothing “magical” about the blood, it is the symbol, evidence of His life giving up for sinners, that is so so precious to us and powerful!
What Makes It “PRECIOUS BLOOD?”
1. It’s Precious Because it is Powerful As it is Means to JUSTIFICATION.
“Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.”-{Rom 5:9}. “being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed;” -{Rom 3:24-25}
2.It’s Precious Because it is Powerful to REDEEM
“and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.” – {Heb 9:12}. “Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.“-{Acts 20:38}
from The Curse Of The LAW
“Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree” – {Gal 3;13}.
3.It’s Precious Because it is Powerful to Provide PEACE with God.
” and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in Heaven.”- {Col 1:20}
4.It’s Precious Because it is Powerful to Provide ENTRANCE to God.
“Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus,”-{Heb 10:19}. ” But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.“-{Eph 2:13}
5. It’s Precious Because it is Powerful to CLEANSE from All Sin.
“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.“- {1 John 1;7}, “Though your sins are as scarlet,They will be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson,They will be like wool.“- {Isaiah 1:18}. “that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.” -{ Eph 5:27}
6.It’s Precious Because it is Powerful to provide FORGIVENESS
“ In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace.”-{Eph 1;7}. ” for this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins. ” -{Matt 26;28}. “And according to the Law, one may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. “- {Heb 9:22}. “and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by His blood,…”-{Rev 1:5}.
“Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget none of His benefits; Who pardons all your iniquities,” -{Psalm 103;2-3}
7.It’s Precious Because it is Powerful To Cleanse from A Faulty CONSCIENCE
” how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? “-{Heb 9:14}. “ let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.”- {Heb 9:14}
8.It’s Precious Because it is Powerful To PROTECT
“The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live; and when I see the blood I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.”-{Exodus 12:12}.
It is Precious Blood because of Whose Blood it is and what it accomplishes!
9. It’s Precious Because it is Powerful to Claim TOTAL VICTORY;OVERCOME {Defeat, Conquer}
” And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony and they did not love their life even when faced with death.”-{Rev 12:11}
” I know what the devil will say to you. He will say to you, ‘You are a sinner!’ Tell him you know you are, but that for all that you are justified. He will tell you of the greatness of your sin. Tell him of the greatness of Christ’s righteousness. He will tell you of all your mishaps and your backslidings, of your offences and your wanderings. Tell him, and tell your own conscience, that you know all that, but that Jesus Christ came to save sinners, and that, although your sin be great, Christ is quite able to put it all away. “-{Charles Spurgeon}
It is “Precious Blood.” It is Powerful Blood. It is Personal Blood to be applied to the lives of those whom embrace His sacrificial death on their behalf!
” There is power, power, wonder working power in the Blood of the Lamb!”