The Son of Man came to seek and save that which was lost. It is Jesus' favorite title of Himself. I chosen this title because Jesus loved this title of Himself. We ought to never forget that Jesus is fully God and fully man: two natures in One Person. He is the God-man, the Incarnate Second Person of the Trinity. May we mediate on His life, death, burial, resurrection and ascension that we may be conformed to the image of the divine Son of Man! This blog web site will be a Christian defense of the Reformed doctrines of the Incarnate Son of Man. May all glory be to His name!

Sunday, June 10, 2012

The Blood of Christ

The blood of Jesus Christ is His sacrificial atonement for sin.   He died for all of the elect.  That is, all the believing ones.  The blood of Christ teaches us that He cleanses us from all sin.  That is, it purifies us from iniquity because He is God Incarnate.  That is, He has the power to makes us whole.  Communion is the remembrance of the sacrifice of Christ:
1 Corinthians 10:16 (NASB)
Is not the cup of blessing which we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread which we break a sharing in the body of Christ?
He saved us by His blood:
Ephesians 2:13 (NASB)
But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
The blood of Christ gives us victory over dead works:
Hebrews 9:14 (NASB)
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?
Through the blood of Christ, He gives us grace and peace:
1 Peter 1:2 (NASB)
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace be yours in the fullest measure.
The blood of Christ is precious:

1 Peter 1:19 (NASB) but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ
 Jesus loved us and released us by His blood:
Revelation 1:5 (NASB)
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood—