The Blood of Christ

I was reading through an old bible study lesson I had attended at my church. I had saved it because it was so good. It was about the blood of Christ. It talked about how the blood speaks (Genesis 4:10, Herews 12:24, and Hebrews 9:11-15 and 21-26). It is such a cool thought that it "speaks" to us. My mind automatically went to God creating the heavens and the earth with just a word spoken and it was done. Words are powerful. Words can harm and they can heal. We must be careful with them. We alone, of God's creations (animals) have been given the gift of speech. (Yes, my writer aspirations and speech-pathology ways are seeping out of my thoughts again, sorry---I love words!) Anyway, that just struck me as powerful. That is why the blood does all the work and we don't have to, we can't/couldn't even if we tried. Salvation is a gift, bought by our precious savior. Thank you Jesus! By His stripes and by his blood we are healed. We just have to accept the gift.

Blood is the universal symbol of life and that is what Jesus gave us...His blood, His life, His standing with God as a beloved child of God, an heir. God gave His son to reconcile us. Another word is "atonement" or as you can think "at-one-ment". It makes us one with God and takes away the effects of sin that separates us from God. Now we have "at-one-ment" with Him.

Now, since Jesus has spoken for us through his blood, shouldn't we speak for him and tell others the good news? We should freely share the blessings that our Lord is doing in our life. Be not ashamed for He is not ashamed of you. In our retched state of sin He stepped in and spoke for us, died for us and saved us. Would you do the same for someone else? You don't have to shed your blood, just tell them about the one who already did!