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able chasm between the holy God and sinful
man. But through Jesus we are redeemed in the
sight of God, “by making peace through his
blood, shed on the cross” (Col 1:20b), and we
may now have fellowship with the Father and
with his Son, Jesus Christ (1 John 1:3).
4 The blood of Jesus sealed the “New Covenant”:
“In the same way, after the supper He took the
cup, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my
blood, which is poured out for you” (Luke 22:20).
Our fellowship with Jesus Christ becomes visible
in the Lord’s supper. We must always remind ourselves
of his sacrifice: “This is my body, which is
for you; do this in remembrance of me... This cup
is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever
you drink it, in remembrance of me” (1 Cor
11:24-25). At the same time it proclaims a message
lasting until His second coming: “For whenever
you eat this bread and drink this cup, you
proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes”
(1 Cor 11:26).
His sacrifice is not all-inclusively, automatically
valid for everybody. God only gives His forgiveness,
His salvation, His peace, and Himself to
those who really desire it. He regards our free will
very seriously, so that his great gifts are only
available to those who “call on the name of the
Lord”, only they “will be saved” (Acts 2:21).
5 Jesus’ sacrifice protects us from all future judgments
of God: “Since we have now been justified
by his blood, how much more shall we be saved
from God’s wrath through him!” (Rom 5:9).
6 With His blood Christ saved and freed us from
the power of the devil and of all other evil forces.
We have also been liberated from the slavery of
sin; the enemy cannot touch us any more. The
blood of Jesus conquered all hostile powers, and
we may also live in this victory: “Death has been
swallowed up in victory. Where, O death, is your
victory? Where, O death, is your sting? ... But
thanks be to God! He gives us the victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Cor 15:54, 55,
57). We are protected against the wiles, the
temptations, and the violence of the enemy. It is
said of those who have suffered severe adversions
but kept their faith to the end: “They overcame
him [the accuser, the enemy] by the blood
of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony;
they did not love their lives so much as to shrink
from death” (Rev 12:11).
7 Although Jesus’ act has redemptive power for
all people, it still has to be accepted personally.
Quote:
Dr Don Batten, B.Sc. Agr. (Hons), Ph.D.,
in the magazine Creation ex nihilo
(Vol. 19, No. 2, 1997, p. 25):
“Blood was originally created to do what it does
and what it does do it does marvellously well –
just as it was designed to do! Such a complex
system did not arise through a series of accidents
following the enclosure of some seawater,
as some evolutionists might want to believe. Nor
can accidents improve it – they only destroy. Let
us give our Creator, the Lord Jesus Christ, the
honour that is rightfully His for creating our
blood with all ist wonderful functions!”
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