“On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn- both men and animals- and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD. The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.” –Exodus 12:12-13

For this post I want to touch upon one of the most fundamental yet essential truths of the Christian life, the significance of the Blood of Christ. The book that really helped open my eyes to this important truth in God’s Word, and many others, is “The Normal Christian Life”, which I highly recommend reading with a mentor. First, some essential truths:

God is the Creator of the universe. He has made all things to display His glory and to give Him glory. He is Almighty God. He has all power, there is nothing too hard for Him. He can move mountains and calm the roughest storms. He is the Everlasting God. He has been in existence since before time began and always will be. He is Love. He is the Giver of good gifts and loves to bless His creation. He imparts His life and goodness to His creation. Then we have man. Man is God’s creation who has rebelled against his Holy and Loving King, making him an enemy of God and under His wrath. His efforts to be independent of God have cause a great divide between him and God. Thankfully there is a way back to God: Jesus Christ His Son. To extremely simplify the sacrifice of Christ, in order to get to the main point, Jesus who was sinless took our sins upon the Cross and places His righteousness (right standing with God) upon us when we accept His sacrifice by faith. So what significance do all these truths have to do with the Blood and what comfort and encouragement can we receive from it?

“For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him (Christ), and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.” -Colossians 1:19

The Blood of Christ has given us peace with God. The God I described earlier; the Holy and Loving King, Almighty God, Everlasting God, Giver of good gifts, is now for you, not against you. He is on your side and is always pursues and fights for your heart. He will graciously give you all that you need. No matter what sins you have committed, the sins you are currently committing, or the sins you will commit in the future, He forgives you and declares you righteous. Recall the verse I wrote out in the beginning of this post. All of man is subject to the judgment and wrath of God because of its rebellion. But when God sees the Blood on man, His wrath passes over. God is satisfied by the Blood. It is enough for Him. There is no accusation, from Satan or from man, that can be thrown against you that has not already been forgiven by the Blood. There is no need for guilt or shame. God knows what you have done and who you are. Yet God sees the Blood, not your own actions. God sees Christ, not your wretchedness. There is but one condition to this truth: faith.

You must have faith that the Blood is enough for God. It cannot be in your own actions or in yourself. Though you may be “good” for a day you cannot come anywhere near the Holy God. If you look to yourself or your own actions that is where guilt and shame dwell and will completely consume you and make you dull to the presence of God and the knowledge of who He truly is and His love. Satan and man can make many just accusations against you in that dark place. But not against the Blood. The Blood is your only access to God, the only means of reconciliation with Him. Place your faith in the Blood and you will come to truly know who God is and His love that is made known in this passage:

“What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all-how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died- more than that, who was raised to life- is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? ..No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present, nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” -Romans 8:31-39