CROSS OF CHRIST FAITH MINISTRY

Blood Bought

What does it mean to be blood bought?

Does Christians truly understand the Blood of Christ?

Most Christians do not understand the Blood of Christ. In the OldTestament, God's people sinned against him. They could not doanything in their own power to cleans them self, or make themselvesbetter. The first blood sacrifice was made by God. When Adam and Evehid in the garden because they where ashamed, God knew they had takenof the fruit of the tree of knowledge of Good and Evil. The fruititself was not sin, It was the disobedient of Adam and Eve. Once theypartook of the tree, they went against God's Word. God's Word standsfirm and Just always. Adam and Eve knew they were naked and knew thatthey had sinned against God so they hid themselves from God.

God then put his plan in motion to save human kinds soul. He wouldsend his son to become a sacrifice for all. The seed of the womanwould bruise the serpent's heel. The seed of woman (Jesus) wouldbruise (destroy the work of the devil) the serpent's heel. The Crossof Jesus Christ, The Blood that would be shed.

God then made clothes for Adam and Eve after the fall. The FirstSacrifice to cover the sin of mankind was done by God. Only God couldtake away the sin of the World. Also there must have been a sheddingof blood to cover the nakedness (sin) of Adam and Eve. The blood ofan animal would not suffice. God would have to become flesh and diefor our sins, by the shedding of his blood.

Also understand this. The sin nature is passed down from oneperson to the other, by the seed of man, not woman. When a child isborn, it is born in sin, because of the fall of man. That is why Godhad to bring Jesus into the world through the seed of woman, not man.Therefore when Jesus was conceived, He was born through the seed ofwoman, Therefore being born without a sin nature. Jesus was perfectwithout spot or blemish, without sin. This was the only sacrificethat would clean the world from sin, a perfect sacrifice. He becamethe Lamb.

In the old testament, God told everyone that they should give asin offering. Which would be a lamb, without spot or blemish. It hadto be without defect. Then when the Lamb was slain, the blood wouldbe applied to the altar in the temple. If the lamb was unhealthy orhad a blemish, God would not accept it. But if it was accepted byGod, The priest would apply the blood to cover the altar. Inside thealtar (The Ark of the Covenant) was the ten commandments that God hadgiven Moses. Two Cherubim was always looking down on the altar,looking at the broken commandments, looking at the sin of man. Oncethe blood was applied to the altar, God only could see the blood ofthe innocent lamb. He did not see the sin of man. But this was onlytemporary. The Sinner (the people) would have to repeat thissacrifice, it was only a covering and not a washing.

Every time someone would sin they would have to sacrifice a lamb.The sacrifice represents what God would do. (Jesus dieing on theCross) The sinner would then place their hand on the lambs head, insymbolizing that the sins be transferred to the innocent lamb. Thenit would be killed. Then stripped of its skin and hung up for all tosee. All the things in the sacrifice represented what Jesus did atthe Cross for us.

Then Jesus was born, of the seed of woman, not of man. He had nosin nature so therefore he did not sin. He was perfect. He was tobecome our sacrifice, in which he did. Jesus then was slain on theCross. His precious blood was shed. The altar (your soul) then wascovered and washed by the Blood of Jesus. (God). The sin was washedaway and your sin nature became dormant. The Veil in the templeripped from top to bottom, now we no longer need a priest to go toGod for us, we can come into the temple ourselves and bow down toworship him.

Jesus was the perfect sacrifice so we would not have to slain alamb, He was slain for us. Our sins are washed away only if webelieve what Jesus did at the Cross of our sins. But most Christianshave left their first love. (Jesus and the Cross of Christ; TheFinished Works of Christ; His Death, His Burial, His Resurrection)

Revelation 2:4-5 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee,because thou hast left thy firstlove . (The Cross of Christ, The shedding of His Blood) Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and dothe firstworks (Come back to the Cross of Christ and never leave it again) ;or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thycandlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

1 Cor. 1:7-10 But if we walk in the light, as he is inthe light, we have fellowship one with another, and the bloodof Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. Ifwe say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth isnot in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgiveus our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we saythat we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

Are you blood bought?

Have you left your first love?

Areyou washed in the blood of the Lamb?