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Today's Message: It's In The Blood.
As Christian's we can rejoice in the fact that we are sinners saved by grace through the Lord Jesus Christ, but do we really know what that means. The most important thing we can ever realize is that it's in the blood of Christ.

Salvation means much more than saying that I have confessed that I am a sinner and ask Jesus to save me from my sins and I want You to come into my heart. Of course that is wonderful, but knowing Jesus is much more that understanding that He was born, died, and arose for us. Knowing Jesus means that we realize that it was only by the shedding of His blood that we are saved. Before Jesus came to save us there was a temporary fix, but it was only temporary. However, it was a sign of things to come. “The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing: Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.” - Hebrews 9:8-12. The words more perfect Tabernacle refer to the bodily manifestation of God the Son, since the Tabernacle's contents, as well as the Tabernacle itself, symbolized Christ, His life, ministry, and death, as did all of the sacrifices. Animal sacrifices are no longer acceptable to God, the only way to atone for our sins is through Jesus Christ.

Blood is defined as fluid consisting of plasma, blood cells, and platelets that is circulated by the heart through the vertebrate vascular system, carrying oxygen and nutrients to and waste materials away from all body tissues. In other words, blood is vital for our bodies to function, it is what gives us life and even cleanses us from all the toxins that get into our bodies, without it we would not go very far. I get anemic at times and when that happens my body is lifeless, I drag around and all I want to do is sleep, but when I get the proper nutrients I need my body begins to feel livelier and I am soon I am up and ready to go. Just as blood is vital to the body, it is also vital to God, in fact if a person wanted to be reconciled with God he had to not only bring Him a perfect animal he had to sacrifice it. If he just brought it to Him it would not have saved him from persecution, it was the shedding of the blood that saved him. “For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you. Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. ” - Hebrews 9:19-23. God required the Israelite's to offer sacrifices and offerings for sin. But no sacrifice or offering could truly satisfy God or reconcile His relationship with man because they could not produce complete atonement for sin. Therefore, these sacrifices and offerings were only symbolic of Christ who was to come. Today's we do have Jesus and He not only it vital to give us life, He also cleanses us with His blood. The second we confess that we are a sinner and ask Jesus to save us we are cleansed by His blood, not the dirty, toxin filled blood that we have, but the fresh new blood of Christ.

In a sense we are getting a blood transfusion and every bit of bad blood that was in us has been washed away and is now out of our bodies. And guess what? It's eternal! That means every sin that we committed, no matter how big, is gone and erased from God's view and every sin that we will encounter in the future as well. We will never lose our salvation and never have to ask Jesus to save us again, because we are saved. Now, there are times when we will have to say forgive me of my sins, but He is always there with us and will take care of us as long as we repent.

Have a wonderful and blessed day/night and Merry Christmas.
God Bless You,
Christina

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