Ephesians 2:13: “But now in Christ Jesus you who sometimes were far off are made near by the
blood of Christ.”
There is nothing in the entire universe that reveals God's holy wrath against sin more than the blood of Christ. That the sinless, spotless Lamb of God had to offer Himself as our substitute shows us the horror of our sin. Yet it is this same blood that has become the meeting place between unholy sinners and the all- holy God (1 Peter 1:19). As sin reigned unto death, even so grace now reigns through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord (Romans 5: 21). This is good news! The law proclaimed that the wages of sin is death, but the gospel blood now proclaims that the wages have been paid. Under which proclamation do you live?
In spite of the fact that there are those who slight and scorn it, the Father is well satisfied with the blood. Believers, therefore, dare not minimize its importance. God is unchangeable especially when it comes to the importance of the blood for the simple reason that the honour of His Son is bound up in it. The blood of the gospel is God’s own blood (Acts 20:28). It was the blood of He who was and is the brightness of Yahweh’s glory and the express image of His person (Hebrews 1:3). It is impossible, therefore, that God can overlook any affront or indifference to the blood? It is, also, equally impossible that true believers can permanently tire of hearing of and talking about the blood.
In Exodus 12, God told Moses that every household should take a Lamb and keep it in the house. For four days the lamb lived with the family. I’m sure the children loved playing with that little creature and I’m sure there was many a time that the family noticed the little animal’s perfection and beauty. But perfect as the lamb was, that lamb could not deliver them until its blood was poured out and applied. Likewise, beautiful as the Lord’s life was, it alone could save no one. Christ Jesus, the Lamb, had to hang upon the cross and die for “Without the shedding of blood there is no remission” (Heb 9:22).
If, as a believer, you are still plagued with guilt, the Holy Spirit would have you to, behold the Lamb and see His shed blood. Look continually at the finished work and behold Christ crucified. His work for you has been successfully accomplished.
As believers, we, all of us, need to continually look by faith to Christ our Mercy Seat. His sacred, sinless blood was poured out for us. The Father recognizes and accepts the preciousness, power and effectiveness of that one great sacrifice of His beloved Son. It has removed our sin! Christ Jesus, therefore, is now the appointed meeting place with the Father. His blood brings us near. In Him and in Him alone, God the Holy One meets with us through the blood—-and only through the blood (Col 1:20).
There is salvation to the uttermost in Christ alone. Be assured that in the blood of the perfect Lamb there is a perfect payment that has perfectly satisfied the Father. In that same blood there is perfect grace and that perfectly satisfies us. It is in the blood of the cross that mercy and truth meet and because of it the believing sinner finds peace for the heart and conscience.
And that’s the Gospel Truth