Rom. 1:3-4-Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.
Acts 20:28- Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.
We now completed two entries that have looked at the meanings behind what Paul says in Rom.1:3-4. Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary and His ancestry traces back to that of King David. Yet Paul also declares Him to “be the Son of God”. You have the flesh, the human nature of Jesus through the seed of David and born of Mary and yet you have as well, Deity; the “Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness”.
As you can see, I have added another verse to our discussion. I feel that it ties in nicely with the thought that I would like for us to think about today. Going back to my previous entry we discovered that when the female egg is fertilized, a complete cell structure is formed, totaling 46 chromosomes: 23 from the mother and 23 from the father. What I did not mention is that the father is the one who determines the baby’s blood. We know that God, the Father implanted His seed, His life, His 23 chromosomes and genetic code into the other half of Mary’s cell through the power of the Holy Spirit, thus determining Jesus blood.
That is what makes the blood of Jesus capable of providing atonement for all of mankind. If I were to be crucified, my blood would be nothing more than human blood. It would have nothing within it that could provide help or salvation even for me, let alone others. Yet the blood of Jesus is divine. It is the blood of God. One drop of His blood that spilt on Calvary is capable of providing salvation and the removal of sins of every last person that has been or will ever be born. .
Heb 9:12-13- He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption.
The redemption of man was purchased with the sacrifice and the blood of Jesus. We have been bought with a price. Not a price of temporal things such as silver and gold, but the most treasured and valuable commodity in the universe. The blood of our blessed redeemer.
One last thought concerning the topic before us. Notice that Acts 20:28 informs us that the “church of God has been purchased with His own blood”. I would say that it was purchased with the blood of Jesus through the suffering of the cross as well as that of His Father who determined His blood through the seed implanted into the womb of Mary.
What can wash away my sins? What can make me whole again? Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
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