THURSDAY May 13, 2021
The Blood of Jesus Christ
Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh—who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands—that at that time you 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. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
Ephesians 2:11-13
Paul brought to mind that the Gentiles––who were called Uncircumsion, by the Jews, were once without Christ. They could not be among the commonwealth of Israel and had no part in the promise of the Jewish Messiah. In the world, they had no hope of salvation; they were without God––fully and completely.
Judaizers had taught that Gentiles needed to be circumcised to be saved––not so. They could not be saved through keeping the Law. In the Old Testament, according to the Law, God’s people would have to kill a lamb for a sin offering. The blood of animals was only a covering for sin. But now, Jesus Christ, through His precious blood shed on the Cross, took away sin once and for all:
...knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot (1 Peter 1:18-19).
Salvation was extended to the Gentiles. We are saved by faith and can have a relationship with Christ. Before coming to Christ, we were hopeless––without God, eternally lost, and in spiritual darkness. In Christ, we are saved. The blood of Jesus Christ has taken away our sin once and for all: ...we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. (Hebrews 10:10).
When God sees us, He sees us whiter than snow!
The precious blood of Christ has a REDEEMING POWER ... Christ has paid the ransom price, and the law is no longer our tyrant master.
~C. H Spurgeon~
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