The Price: Sinless Blood

Hebrews 9:22 - And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. (KJV)

According to the law of God, everything must be cleansed in blood. The only way you and I could be delivered was if someone with untainted blood would die in our place - someone who was qualified to be the sacrificial substitute for you and me.

Every man after Adam was born with the nature of sin. When Adam and Eve sinned, they died spiritually that moment. We know Adam physically lived 930 years. But God told him that "...the day you eat of that tree you shall surely die." God was referring to spiritual death. Spiritual death is receiving Satan's nature and being separated from God. That's exactly what happened. When Adam and Eve sinned, their blood was tainted and they received the nature of Satan. Every person born after that was born with the nature of sin in his or her bloodstream. Man is the carrier. And your daddy has the nature of sin in his blood.

So, Satan thought he had the planet all locked up. But God had a better idea. He sent the Holy Ghost to conceive a child in the womb of a virgin named Mary. That Holy child was born without sin. His blood was pure. Thus, because His blood was pure, it could wash away our sins. Men have died in battle for other men. Their death may have saved someone's physical bodies for a time. But it didn't do anything about the real problem, their eternal state. But the blood of Jesus was qualified to wipe away our real problem. Our real problem was spiritual death. Spiritual death in its final form is eternal death, hell forever.

So, without the shedding of blood there is no washing away of that sin. That is why Jesus had to hang on that cross. He had to shed His blood. That is why they beat Him and the blood came out of His head, it came out of His pores, it came out of His back, and it came out of every part of Him. There was blood on the pole, blood on the dirt, and blood everywhere. And when God, the Father, saw the blood He smiled. Everybody else was horrified. But when God saw the blood it made Him glad, because that blood was what was required to save you.

Now, everyone who believes on Jesus lives forever. Thank you Jesus, for the blood!

Scripture References: Romans 5:12; 10:8-10; John 3:16