1. It remits sins (Matt. 26:28).
2. It gives life to those who consume it (John 6:53).
3. It causes us to dwell in Christ and He in us (John 6:56).
4. It is the means by which Jesus purchased the church (Acts 20:28).
5. It is the means by which Jesus becomes our atonement through faith (Rom. 3:25).
6. It justifies us and saves us from wrath (Rom. 5:9).
7. It redeems us (Eph. 1:7; 1 Pet. 1:18-19; Rev. 5:9).
8. It brings those who were far away from God near to Him (Eph. 2:13).
9. It grants us the forgiveness of sins (Col. 1:14).
10. It brings peace and reconciliation to God (Col. 1:20).
11. It has obtained eternal redemption for us (Heb. 9:12).
12. It cleanses our conscience from dead works to serve the living God (Heb. 9:14).
13. It is the means by which we enter the most holy place with boldness (Heb. 10:19).
14. It speaks a better word than the blood of Abel (Heb. 12:24, NIV).
15. It sanctifies us (Heb. 13:12).
16. It makes us complete for every good work (Heb. 13:20-21, NKJV).
17. It cleanses us from all sin (1 John 1:7).
18. It bears witness in the earth along with the Spirit and the water (1 John 5:8, KJV).
19. It is the means by which Jesus washes us (Rev. 1:5; 7:14).
20. It is the means by which we overcome the accuser of the brethren (Rev. 12:11).
Summary: Thank God for the “precious” blood of Christ . . . the “sprinkled” blood of Christ . . . the blood of “the new covenant” . . . the blood of “the eternal covenant” (1 Pet. 1:19; Heb. 12:24; Luke 22:20; Heb. 13:20).
“The life is in the blood” (Lev. 17:11).
See also 50 Things the Holy Spirit Does
Wow, there’s none like our King Jesus. Thank for posting 20 things the blood of Jesus does. I have been encouraged. Thanks.
The powerful blood of Jesus Christ! Thanks, Frank, for compiling the remedies in one place…reminds me how grateful I am to Him…
What a good post to wake up to!! Jesus paid it all!
The band delirious? once penned…
Jesus’ blood never fails me
Hey, brother Frank…I’m preaching and conducting Communion at an Alliance church this coming Sunday…I’ve copied the 20 Things and plan to have the elders read it before distributing The Cup…powerful compilation…thanks for giving it to us…like we used to sing:
Precious, precious blood of Jesus
Shed on Calvary.
Shed for rebels, shed for sinners,
Shed for me.
Great Post! Nothing but the blood of Jesus!!!
This says it all…..Nothin’ but the Blood of Jesus.
What’s up with Blood?
I have been a Christian for a while now and I have been thinking a lot about “the blood”. I read the “20 Things the Blood of Jesus Does” and they are powerful statements. To be granted forgiveness, and peace, and justification etc. because of the blood is amazing. But then I take a step back and ask myself, “Why?” Why does blood accomplish this? Why does Plasma, Red blood cells containing Hemoglobin, White Blood Cells and Platelets, although perfect, accomplish the 20 things?
Is blood used ubiquitously in the New Testament because most of the New Testament is coming from Jewish writers who have grown up with the religious understanding of killing animals as sacrifices to appease an angry God? Does not your cultural/religious background mold and shape the lenses in which you view and write the world?
Not to be crude, but does God have a fetish for blood? I know the blood of Jesus “saves us from Wrath” but why? Does this theology espouse a Vampire God who was angry and wrathful but once satiated with perfect blood can now rest and be at peace with humankind? Do we really know what we are saying when we celebrate “the blood”? Maybe we are talking metaphors here?
If blood is a metaphor, is it the best metaphor to use with our contemporary non-animal sacrificing mindsets? Is blood too archaic, a vestige metaphor that has spoken powerfully to a previously sacrificial generation but might be considered odd, strange, disgusting and incomprehensible that God really enjoys a perfect blood cocktail to calm Himself down so he doesn’t pour out his wrath and send all humanity to a torturous eternal hell?
I just have a feeling that all of this emphasis on blood will no longer speak so powerfully to future generations. For those who grew up in the church, all this talk about blood is beautiful but for many unbelievers whom I have talked to and who are ignorant of what Christianity is about have been put off and aghast at such blood talk. Did the Apostle Paul write about the death of Jesus in a way that his readers could understand? What would a newly contextualized version of what happened to Jesus Christ look like? I think we should wrestle with this more for the sake of the future of the church. I could be wrong and am open to feedback.
The key to it is in the text at the end, “the life is in the blood.” Also an understanding of covenants.
This really does say it all – without the Blood of Jesus, we are under the old covenant and cannot go directly to the Father without an earthly sacrifice. Christ became our sacrifice. Praise God!
Here is another classic hymn:
What can wash away my sin?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
What can make me whole again?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Oh! precious is the flow
That makes me white as snow;
No other fount I know,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
For my pardon, this I see,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
For my cleansing this my plea,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Wonderful! Amen!!!
How precious is the blood of Jesus
One drop can make a sinner clean
Worth more than all of this world’s riches
For they could never, ever redeem
Only the blood could pay the price
Only the poured out life of Christ
Only such costly sacrifice
Could ever atone for you and for me.
How precious is the blood of Jesus!
Thanks Frank for the edifying post!
Wish you would have written this a couple of weeks ago! It sure would have been a great resource for a post I wrote on the Blood. Still, I added it as a related article here: http://jonathanstone.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/blood/
I grew up in a black church, singing in the choir. The boy standing next to me, as we both listened to his daddy preach, went on to be considered ‘the godfather of contemporary gospel music” – Andrae Crouch.
He wrote a song called The Blood, very famous in gospel circles.
“The blood that Jesus shed for me
Way back on Calvary
The blood that gives me strength
From day to day
It will never lose its power.
It soothes my doubts
And it calms my fears
And that same blood dried all my tears
The blood that gives me strength
From day to day
It will never lose its power.
For it reaches to the highest mountains
And it flows to the lowest valleys
That blood that gives me strength
Will never lose its power.”
Alexandra
How about this one? It gives us the right to the tree of life (Rev 22:14). In John 19:34, two things flowed out of Christ’s pierced side- blood and water. The blood is for redemption, to deal with sins for the purchasing of the church. The water is for imparting life, to deal with death for the producing of the church. Thus Christ’s death was for more than redemption. It was to release His divine life for our regeneration. The blood is so crucial because it maintains our experience of Christ in God’s organic salvation. First God must cleanse the vessel before He fills it. Thanks for this reminder!