The Blood

THE BLOOD

HELLO EVERYBODY:  Before we begin, let us pray.

Gracious Father, in the name of your Son Jesus, please help us learn more about you. Hear our prayers and protect us too.  Thank you Lord, Jesus. Amen.

I’m going to talk to you about BLOOD.  I know that may seem like a strange thing to talk about but the word BLOOD is in the Bible 447 times.  That must mean something.  What do you think of when I say Blood?  I think red.  Others may think life or death, or something gory and scary.

I asked my Sunday School kids about Blood.  This is what they said:

1. All living things have it.
2. There are three kinds of Blood – A, B, & O.
3. Vampires drink it.

Well, I believe #1 and #2 are absolutely correct.

The Bible says in Leviticus 17:11 that the life is in the BLOOD.  That means things live because they have blood.  The second scripture I’d like us to look at is Hebrews 9:22 “Without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sins.”  Remission is a big word and it means a payment.  That means that BLOOD the BLOOD of Jesus has taken away our sins.  God used the Blood of Jesus as payment for ALL the sins of the world.

John 3:16 says “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” (NLT)

Now you could look at the BLOOD of Jesus like the eraser on a giant chalkboard.  If you write on a chalkboard, you use an eraser to wipe everything away.  This is what the BLOOD of Jesus does with our sins.  When we ask God to forgive us of the things we have done wrong, they are all wiped away because of the BLOOD of Jesus.

Revelation 1:5 “…Unto him (Jesus) that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood.”

There is a story in the Bible where the Israelites were saved because they put BLOOD on the door posts and top of the door frame of their homes.

So because of the BLOOD of Jesus, we are saved.  This BLOOD is good BLOOD, it is the BLOOD of the Son of God who went to the cross and died there.  Then three days later he rose from the dead and went to heaven to prepare a place for you and me when it our time to die.

Do you believe in Jesus?  You can ask Jesus to come into your heart and give you faith to believe in him.  Then you will live with him in heaven one day.

So let us say this echo prayer (that means you say what I say).

Dear God, in the name of Jesus, I believe in you, come into my heart, forgive my sins; I want to live with you in heaven one day.  Thank you Lord. Amen