Washed in His Blood

Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb? Perhaps you are wondering what I am talking about. Just what exactly is this being washed in His blood anyway? What is it to be "washed in the blood of the Lamb"?

Back in Old Testament times, lambs were often sacrificed as commanded by God in the Bible. God required this shedding of the blood of lambs as a covering for sin.

Although the blood of a lamb could cover sin, such blood could never actually take sin away. A lamb is not a man. Only a man could die for a man. Only a sinless man could die for a sinful man.

Jesus was sent to live as a man on the Earth. He was sent to die on a cross and shed His blood there on that cross. His death on the cross was God's answer to man's sin problem. Jesus was both God and man. Jesus was sinless, and so Jesus could die for sinful people, for people just like you and I. The blood of Jesus was shed on the cross to take away your sins.

Perhaps you do not think of yourself as a "sinner". After all, you are not as bad as "those people". Sure, you can always find someone who is a worse sinner than yourself. This is not the point. The point is that, because you have sinned, you are a sinner. A murderer is still a murderer even if only one murder was committed. "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" (Romans 3:23)

The fact is that you have committed many, many sins, and not just one sin. You have lied. You have stolen things that belonged to someone else. You have loved money more than God. You have had lust in your heart, hate in your heart, and many other sins in your heart as well.

God sees you heart. Therefore, God knows that you are very much a sinner. God has written down all of your sins in His books in Heaven. Your sins will all be read out to you one day at the Last Judgment. You will then be cast down into Hell as punishment for those sins. "For the wages of sin is death." (Romans 6:23)

You must have your sins washed in His blood, in the blood of Jesus, or else you will go to Hell when you die. Jesus rose from the grave after His death and then ascended up into Heaven. Jesus brought His blood with Him into Heaven. His blood can cover your sins, the sins of yours which God wrote down in His books. With the blood of Jesus covering your sins, God will never again see your sins and you will not have to go to Hell. Instead, you will spend eternity in Heaven with Jesus.

If you have not yet had your sins washed in His blood, then you do not have anything to cover your sins, to hide your sins from a Righteous and Holy God. Only the blood of Jesus can wash away your sins. Trust Jesus to wash away your sins. Trust Jesus today. Then get into a good, Bible-believing Baptist Church. Do it this week!

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