His All-Sufficient Blood

The following devotional is from my book, “His All-Sufficient Blood: Living in the Daily Reality of What Jesus Conclusively Accomplished and Obtained.”

For he life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life.

Leviticus 17:11

God’s holy, righteous, and good law states: “But if there is harm, then you shall pay life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe” (Ex. 21:23-25). Often, we think or say, “That’s not fair!” Within us, there’s an innate, God-given sense of justice. We state things like, “He’ll pay for that,” either literally or figuratively. When we’re wronged, we want justice.

Last time, we saw that the blood refers to one’s life. Today, we see the same: “For the life of the flesh is in the blood.” Ultimately, this verse points to Jesus and His life. The author of Hebrews stated that as follows: “For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near” (Heb. 10:1). The sacrificial system is a shadow of Jesus’ sacrifice.

In our modern, humanistic society, the concept of blood sacrifices seems preposterous and cruel. The issue, however, isn’t based on whether or not we consider it absurd, but if it’s based on truth and reality? Most of us have lost the notion of a holy God who created us to live in accordance with His will. We don’t realize He’s “of purer eyes than to see evil and cannot look at wrong” (Hab. 1:13).

While we’ve removed God from our culture, it doesn’t diminish the reality that there’s a holy God to whom we are accountable, including for every thought, emotion, motive, word, and deed. We can try to “suppress the truth” (Rom. 1:18), but that doesn’t mean it disappears. We can refuse to acknowledge God (Rom. 1:28), but that doesn’t erase Him as the supreme sovereign in this universe.

We have willfully sinned against God and greatly offended Him, loving darkness rather than light. As such, there’s a just price to pay, which He will require from us. Nevertheless, in His great love and mercy, He has given us a way of escape. He has provided a substitute—one who will “make atonement for your souls” by giving His sinless life on our behalf.

Paul wrote that the message of His bloody sacrifice is a stumbling block to religious and moral people. They think they’re good enough to merit heaven, having no need for a divine redeemer. The human mind considers the cross foolishness. To those, however, who realize their need for such an atonement, it is “the power of God and the wisdom of God” (1 Cor. 1:21-24).

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The following devotional is from my book, “His All-Sufficient Blood: Living in the Daily Reality of What Jesus Conclusively Accomplished and Obtained.”

But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.

Genesis 9:4

As our Creator, God has made us in such a way as pleased Him. One of the major components of our physical existence is our blood, circulating through our body. Right at the beginning, in Genesis, God described its significance, as mentioned in today’s verse. A few books later, we read: “For the life of every creature is its blood: its blood is its life” (Lev. 17:14).

Today’s verse indicates that our blood is much more than red fluid; it’s our very life. That highlights the essence of these devotionals. When Jesus died and shed His blood, He poured out His righteous life for us, which included everything He has accomplished and obtained as the Son of Man, our last Adam.

Thus, when we consider His All-Sufficient Blood, we consider His life from the moment of His birth till He cried, “It is finished” (John 19:30). As contained in His blood, the totality of His life was freely given and poured out for us. That includes His immaculate righteousness and everything He’s entitled to.

When John the Baptist was reluctant to baptize Jesus, He said: “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness” (Matt. 3:15). He also said: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them” (Matt. 5:17). Jesus is the only one who could say: “I always do the things that are pleasing to him” (John 8:29).

He fulfilled all God’s righteous requirements. All His thoughts, emotions, motives, words, and deeds had a divine stamp: impeccably right. Paul wrote that the consummation of His life was in His death. We read: “And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross” (Phil. 2:8).

When He cried, “It is finished,” He had fulfilled all righteous living and poured out His life as a free gift, “to be received by faith” (Rom. 3:25). Indeed, “Who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen” (Gal. 1:4-5).

As we start our journey into the all-sufficiency of His blood, let’s realize that His blood contains His spotless, flawless, unblemished, righteous life, freely given to us as our eternal possession. That includes the Father’s infinite love, favor, and every blessing and promise.

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Introduction

“What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus; What can make me whole again? Nothing but the blood of Jesus.” Later on, we sing: “This is all my hope and peace, Nothing but the blood of Jesus; This is all my righteousness, Nothing but the blood of Jesus” (from Nothing but the Blood by Robert Lowry). This hymn is simple with its lyrics, but incredibly profound in its truth.

Throughout the Bible, we see the importance of the shedding of blood. We read: “Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins” (Heb. 9:22).

The Old Testament sacrificial system has one main message: the death of an animal and the shedding of its blood are vital for our forgiveness and acceptance with God. It’s the sole basis of our salvation—our regeneration, justification, sanctification, and glorification.

The sacrificial system, though, was only “a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities” (Heb. 10:1). No blood of an animal could atone for sin. Rather, it pointed to “the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29). Jesus’ blood is all-sufficient to forever remove our sins—all of them.  

Why is the blood so central in the message of the Bible? It contains the life of a person, which also means that it signifies the giving of one’s life for someone else. That is the message of the gospel. Jesus gave His life—shed His blood—in order for us to have eternal life.

How does that affect you today? As the hymn so clearly states, your forgiveness and wholeness are due to the shedding of His blood. While the full benefits of His sacrifice will only be realized in glory, you can already experience God’s full forgiveness and the process of becoming whole.  

His All-Sufficient Blood contains forty devotionals about His blood and its infinite worth. We may well end this introduction with heaven’s song: “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation, and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth” (Rev. 5:9-10).

Indeed, as the hymn ends: “Glory! Glory! This I sing—Nothing but the blood of Jesus, All my praise for this I bring—Nothing but the blood of Jesus.” His blood is all-sufficient for your eternal bliss, both now and throughout endless ages.

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