THE IMPLICATION AND APPLICATION OF THE BLOOD

For whosoever shall CALL upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. – Rom 10:13

When John the Baptist introduced Jesus to his disciples, he called Him “the Lamb of God, who takes away THE SIN OF THE WORLD,” (Jn 1:29). And the other John writes in his first letter that “the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour OF THE WORLD,” (1Jn 4:14).

Indeed, previously, he had affirmed that Jesus was the propitiation “for the sins of the whole world,” (1Jn 2:2).

When Jesus died on the Cross, He took on Him the sin of all mankind: past, present and future. God, in His omniscient wisdom and infinite love, had made a provision for the eventual transgression of Adam (and thus, of all his descendants) by the slaying of the Lamb “from the foundation of the world” (1Pe 1:19-20; Rev 13:8).

The Cross is God’s answer to Man’s Sin, not Hell Fire. “For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved,” (Jn 3:17).

Unfortunately, this does not automatically mean EVERYBODY will go to Heaven. God will not force anyone to accept His gesture of love; it has to be accepted.

At the first Passover night, though the Israelites were all assured of exemption from death, they still had to apply the blood of the slain lamb. All of God’s promises to them would have been invalid if they had not taken that token step of faith in applying the blood on their doorpost.

It’s those who CALL on the name of the Lord that will be saved (Rom 10:13), and it’s those who BELIEVE that will not perish (Jn 3:16). This is why Paul enjoins us to take this Good news of reconciliation to the whole world (2Cor 5:18-21); telling them that God is not out to ‘get’ them, but that He has gone ALL OUT to save them – if they would only ‘apply the blood’ by accepting Jesus.

AMEN.

More Blessings await you today; you’ll not miss them in Jesus’ Name.

GREG ELKAN