The Cleansing Power of the Blood of Jesus
It’s snowing where I live today. I love snow. There is something so peaceful and purifying about snow. I know that if you have to drive in it, sometimes that is not so peaceful. But what we are going to talk about today is the way snow affects us if we are inside watching it and enjoying it as a beautiful scene.
To me, snow represents a cleansing of the earth on which it falls, a purifying of the atmosphere. If we look up the word cleanse in the 1828 Webster’s Dictionary, here is the definition we find.
To purify; to make clean; to remove filth, or foul matter of any kind….to free from a foul or infectious disease; to heal….to free from ceremonial pollution, and consecrate to a holy use….to purify from guilt….to remove.
In 1 John 1:7 we read: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. In verse 5 we read that God is light and in 1 John 4:8 and 16 we read that God is love.
In John 1:4 we read: In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
When we look at these verses, we see that God is Light and God is Love, so if we walk in (live our lives) in God, then we are walking (living our lives) in Love and in Light because God is Light and God is Love. He doesn’t have love. He doesn’t have light. He is Love. He is Light. If we walk in Him, we have fellowship with one another (those who are His children, who are born again) and the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from all sin. God’s Love is our life, and His Life in us is the Light of men. That is a continuous process.
I am not a medical person but I am told that doctors can tell a lot about you by checking your blood. They can tell about disease, which interrupts that life flow in your blood, introduces a foreign element in your blood that they now can identify with their modern technology. Your blood circulates through your body every 23 seconds. Your heart beats and circulates blood through your body, carrying old trash out and bringing in oxygen and nutrients that you need.
Even so, the blood of Jesus circulates throughout our spirit man, carrying shame, guilt, confusion, sickness and disease, poverty, lack, doubt and unbelief, and fear away and brings victory, confidence, health, wealth, righteousness, faith, prosperity. When we understand the cleansing power of the blood of Jesus 24-7, when we understand that we can walk free of what this world and the devil tries to put on us, we will live a different life. It’s a life that is free from fear and doubt. It’s a life full of trust, confidence, faith in our God and His ability to do what He says He will do. The Bible is full of God’s Word of power for us. Every Word is backed by the blood of Jesus. God takes seriously His covenant with us. Covenant means that every word that is spoken and written in this book called the Bible is God’s absolute promise to us. Promise is sometimes considered a weak word. There actually is no word in the English language that portrays God’s absolute backing of every word He has spoken. If He has spoken it, it is forever true for whosoever will accept and receive the truth of it. That is what determines what works in your life. Who do you believe and whose word do you receive?. Do you receive the word of man and trash up the blood flow of Jesus, or do you accept the Word of God and allow the cleansing power of the flow of His Word to purify you?
Snow represents cleansing and purifying on this earth. The blood of Jesus doesn’t represent cleansing; IT IS cleansing. The blood of Jesus was shed for each one of us to receive its benefits. Oh, the benefits are complete, with nothing lacking of what we need to live in this world victoriously.
Today, as we think about snow and we think about the blood of Jesus, let’s remember that the blood of Jesus opened up for us a life of purity in the Kingdom of God, a life of continual love and light in God, a life of victory. As we focus on the cleansing power of the blood of Jesus in our lives, we will see our lives demonstrate the fullness of the power, the ability, the strength of God. There is continual cleansing and a life flow of Almighty God in the blood of Jesus.
To me, snow represents a cleansing of the earth on which it falls, a purifying of the atmosphere. If we look up the word cleanse in the 1828 Webster’s Dictionary, here is the definition we find.
To purify; to make clean; to remove filth, or foul matter of any kind….to free from a foul or infectious disease; to heal….to free from ceremonial pollution, and consecrate to a holy use….to purify from guilt….to remove.
In 1 John 1:7 we read: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. In verse 5 we read that God is light and in 1 John 4:8 and 16 we read that God is love.
In John 1:4 we read: In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
When we look at these verses, we see that God is Light and God is Love, so if we walk in (live our lives) in God, then we are walking (living our lives) in Love and in Light because God is Light and God is Love. He doesn’t have love. He doesn’t have light. He is Love. He is Light. If we walk in Him, we have fellowship with one another (those who are His children, who are born again) and the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from all sin. God’s Love is our life, and His Life in us is the Light of men. That is a continuous process.
I am not a medical person but I am told that doctors can tell a lot about you by checking your blood. They can tell about disease, which interrupts that life flow in your blood, introduces a foreign element in your blood that they now can identify with their modern technology. Your blood circulates through your body every 23 seconds. Your heart beats and circulates blood through your body, carrying old trash out and bringing in oxygen and nutrients that you need.
Even so, the blood of Jesus circulates throughout our spirit man, carrying shame, guilt, confusion, sickness and disease, poverty, lack, doubt and unbelief, and fear away and brings victory, confidence, health, wealth, righteousness, faith, prosperity. When we understand the cleansing power of the blood of Jesus 24-7, when we understand that we can walk free of what this world and the devil tries to put on us, we will live a different life. It’s a life that is free from fear and doubt. It’s a life full of trust, confidence, faith in our God and His ability to do what He says He will do. The Bible is full of God’s Word of power for us. Every Word is backed by the blood of Jesus. God takes seriously His covenant with us. Covenant means that every word that is spoken and written in this book called the Bible is God’s absolute promise to us. Promise is sometimes considered a weak word. There actually is no word in the English language that portrays God’s absolute backing of every word He has spoken. If He has spoken it, it is forever true for whosoever will accept and receive the truth of it. That is what determines what works in your life. Who do you believe and whose word do you receive?. Do you receive the word of man and trash up the blood flow of Jesus, or do you accept the Word of God and allow the cleansing power of the flow of His Word to purify you?
Snow represents cleansing and purifying on this earth. The blood of Jesus doesn’t represent cleansing; IT IS cleansing. The blood of Jesus was shed for each one of us to receive its benefits. Oh, the benefits are complete, with nothing lacking of what we need to live in this world victoriously.
Today, as we think about snow and we think about the blood of Jesus, let’s remember that the blood of Jesus opened up for us a life of purity in the Kingdom of God, a life of continual love and light in God, a life of victory. As we focus on the cleansing power of the blood of Jesus in our lives, we will see our lives demonstrate the fullness of the power, the ability, the strength of God. There is continual cleansing and a life flow of Almighty God in the blood of Jesus.
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 7:46 AM
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