The Blood of Jesus is Enough

[john1]

16 hours ago, Your closest friendnt said:

We have to keep in mind the Jewish coulture who was a kind coulture to the poor. 

The Jews never obeyed God by being kind to the poor, that's why they were exiled.

[john1]

14 hours ago, Yowm said:

still he is not justified IN GOD'S SIGHT by those deeds.

Jeremiah chapter 22 verse 16

He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and so all went well. Is that not what it means to know me?" declares the LORD.

[john1]

11 hours ago, John_Leung said:

Yes, that helps to demonstrate faith, but not for salvation,

Matthew chapter 25 verses 31-46

When the Son of Man comes" in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. he will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. Then the King will say to those on his right, Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me. then the righteous will answer him, Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and got visit you? The King will reply, I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me. Then he will say to those on his left, Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.They also will answer, Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you? He will reply, I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me. Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.

 

[Fidei Defensor]

3 hours ago, JTC said:

I really can't tell what you folks are believing and doing. Here's the problem. A person says he accepts Jesus so he's told it's done, he's going to heaven and he has nothing to worry about. This is what was being taught 40 yrs ago when I was saved. Most people believed they didn't even have to try and stop sins because they're already forgiven. Many years later I heard of one married man who continued to cheat on his wife because he didn't believe those sins would effect him in any way. I always knew this idea was wrong because I read the Bible early on. Now I study it and I still see this same principle all over the Bible. I know I would have sinned less if other Christians agreed with me but I usually stood alone and I often doubted myself. I don't doubt this conclusion anymore. We don't get saved based on giving up sins, if that were the case no one would be saved. But if a person really is saved he should want to give up his sins. It's hard, it's a fight, you have to fight the influence of the world, the devil, and your own desires. It's sad when we have to fight other people who are supposed to be saved. All the apostles told the people to stop sinning. Paul warned in 1 Cor ch 3 of dastardly consequences if you don't stop. Jesus made it sound like you can even lose your salvation by continuing to live a life of sin. It's unfortunate that the Bible doesn't make it blatantly clear as to what will happen to a saved person who continues to live a life of sins. The Bible takes the position this won't happen and that a warning is sufficient for a saved person.     

“The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
    “when I will make a new covenant
with the people of Israel
    and with the people of Judah.
32 It will not be like the covenant
    I made with their ancestors
when I took them by the hand
    to lead them out of Egypt,
because they broke my covenant,
    though I was a husband to[a] them,[b]”
declares the Lord.
33 “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel
    after that time,” declares the Lord.
“I will put my law in their minds
    and write it on their hearts.
I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.
34 No longer will they teach their neighbor,
    or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,
    from the least of them to the greatest,”
declares the Lord.
“For I will forgive their wickedness
    and will remember their sins no more.” (Jeremiah 31:31-34) 

“But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.

7 For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. 8 But God found fault with the people and said:

“The days are coming, declares the Lord,
    when I will make a new covenant
with the people of Israel
    and with the people of Judah.
9 It will not be like the covenant
    I made with their ancestors
when I took them by the hand
    to lead them out of Egypt,
because they did not remain faithful to my covenant,
    and I turned away from them,
declares the Lord.
10 This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel
    after that time, declares the Lord.
I will put my laws in their minds
    and write them on their hearts.
I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.
11 No longer will they teach their neighbor,
    or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,
    from the least of them to the greatest.
12 For I will forgive their wickedness
    and will remember their sins no more.”[c]

13 By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.” (Hebrews 8:5-13)

“19 And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.

20 In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.” (Luke 22:19-20) 

”now Jesus, our High Priest, has been given a ministry that is far superior to the old priesthood, for he is the one who mediates for us a far better covenant with God, based on better promises.” (Hebrews 8:6) 

“to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.” (Hebrews 12:24) 
 

“Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.” (Hebrews 9:15) 

“18 The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless 19 (for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.” (Hebrews 7:18) 

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23 Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office; 24 but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. 25 Therefore he is able to savecompletely[c] those who come to Godthrough him, because he always lives to intercede for them.” (Hebrews 7:23-25)

”27 Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself. 28 For the law appoints as high priests men in all their weakness; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.” (Hebrews 7:27-28) 

“11 But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here,[a]he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands, that is to say, is not a part of this creation. 12 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, thus obtaining[b] eternal redemption. 13 The blood of goats and bullsand the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. 14 How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death,[c]so that we may serve the living God!

15 For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are calledmay receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.

16 In the case of a will,[d] it is necessary to prove the death of the one who made it,17 because a will is in force only when somebody has died; it never takes effect while the one who made it is living. 18 This is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood. 19 When Moses had proclaimed every command of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves, together with water, scarlet wool and branches of hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people. 20 He said, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.”[e] 21 In the same way, he sprinkled with the blood both the tabernacle and everything used in its ceremonies. 22 In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood,and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

23 It was necessary, then, for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence. 25 Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Placeevery year with blood that is not his own.26 Otherwise Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But he has appeared once for all at the culmination of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. 27 Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, 28 so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time,not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.” (Hebrews 9:11-28) 

[Wayne222]

20 hours ago, Fidei Defensor said:

The simple fact is that Jesus’ blood is enough to cleanse us, save us, and insure our eternal life. Christ’s sacrifice on the cross and His blood makes propitiation for our sins (1 Peter 3:18, 1 John 2:2). No act of holy living, scruple keeping, or good deeds is sufficient to save you (Colossians 2:23, Galatians 5:4). Only Christ and Him Crucified can make atonement for you and justify you before the entire Godhead (Trinity). 

Oswald Chambers said this, “The gospel of the grace of God awakens an intense longing in human souls and an equally intense resentment, because the truth that it reveals is not palatable or easy to swallow. There is a certain pride in people that causes them to give and give, but to come and accept a gift is another thing. I will give my life to martyrdom; I will dedicate my life to service— I will do anything. But do not humiliate me to the level of the most hell-deserving sinner and tell me that all I have to do is accept the gift of salvation through Jesus Christ." (Utmost For His Highest, November 28th). Many brothers and sisters in Christ would never admit the resentment, but their intensity on Holy living and regeneration (not a bad thing) becomes slowly as important as the blood of Christ; and they wear themselves out trying to be good, and lose sight of God in them (Colossians 1:27, 1 John 4:15) and that “it is finished.” (John 19:30). 

I know this is probably 101 for most, but I think a reminder is warranted. So often we can get caught up in our Ecclesiastics and scholarship that we forget it’s simple, Jesus alone saves and faith in Him counts us justified. All works are filthy rags, only Christ’ work on the cross and His blood shed makes us Holy, Saved, set apart, reborn, and lets us enter the holiest place (Hebrews 10:19). 

Let us always fix our eyes on Jesus (Hebrews 12:2) and realize we overcome by the Blood of the Lamb (Revelation 12:11). 

I agree with this. We are justified by the blood of Jesus. Yet are called to be holy too. Both are gifts. Walking in holiness does not save us. Trusting in Jesus does. Once we are justified we are born again. And called to be holy in this new life. All things are new.

[B3L13v3R]

8 hours ago, Global Mission said:

There is a fountain filled with blood

Drawn from Emmanuel's veins;

And sinners, plunged beneath that flood,

Lose all their guilty stains:

Lose all their guilty stains,

Lose all their guilty stains;

And sinners, plunged beneath that flood,

Lose all their guilty stains...

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from Hymn

"There is a Fountain Filled with Blood."

 - one of my favorite hymns.

 

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Great song by William Cowper!
After several failed suicide attempts, William Cowper came to realize that Jesus Christ and His shed blood can erase the stain of any sin!
Upon this realization, he later penned: "There is a fountain filled with blood"

"After recovering, Cowper came to realize how God can erase the stain of any sin."
http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/t/f/o/tfountfb.htm


Zechariah 13:1  In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.

[Fidei Defensor]

48 minutes ago, Wayne222 said:

I agree with this. We are justified by the blood of Jesus. Yet are called to be holy too. Both are gifts. Walking in holiness does not save us. Trusting in Jesus does. Once we are justified we are born again. And called to be holy in this new life. All things are new.

The holiness is ours through Jesus, “For God's will was for us to be made holy by the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all time.” (Hebrews 10:10), and “We who have been made holy by Jesus, now have the same Father he has. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call us his brothers.” (Hebrews 2:11 TLB), and “God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” (2 Corinthians 5:21). We live Holy Through Him who is Holy because He is in us and we are in Him, “anyone who confesses Jesus as Son of God, God lives in them and they live in God.” So the holiness is not ours, it manifests through us because Christ is in us (Colossians 1:27) and is Holy for us; Christ showing himself to others through us: “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20). 

Edited August 26, 2018 by Fidei Defensor

[Fidei Defensor]

Another hymn I love: 

“1 What can wash away my sin? 
Nothing but the blood of Jesus. 
What can make me whole again? 
Nothing but the blood of Jesus. 

Refrain:
O precious is the flow 
that makes me white as snow; 
no other fount I know; 
nothing but the blood of Jesus. 

2 For my pardon this I see: 
nothing but the blood of Jesus. 
For my cleansing this my plea: 
nothing but the blood of Jesus. [Refrain]

3 Nothing can for sin atone: 
nothing but the blood of Jesus. 
Naught of good that I have done: 
nothing but the blood of Jesus. [Refrain]

4 This is all my hope and peace: 
nothing but the blood of Jesus. 
This is all my righteousness: 
nothing but the blood of Jesus. [Refrain]”

-United Methodist Hymnal, 1989

[Wayne222]

We are made holy by the sacrifice of christ. That's it on a nutshell. We must walk on holiness because of this.

[Fidei Defensor]

16 minutes ago, Wayne222 said:

We are made holy by the sacrifice of christ. That's it on a nutshell. We must walk on holiness because of this.

Indeed, but it is walking out holiness through Him and in Hon and it is His holiness not ours: “For God's will was for us to be made holy by the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all time.” (Hebrews 10:10), and “We who have been made holy by Jesus, now have the same Father he has. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call us his brothers.” (Hebrews 2:11TLB), and “God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” (2 Corinthians 5:21). We live Holy Through Him who is Holy because He is in us and we are in Him, “anyone who confesses Jesus as Son of God, God lives in them and they live in God.” So the holiness is not ours, it manifests through us because Christ is in us (Colossians 1:27) and is Holy for us; Christ showing himself to others through us: “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20).  

Edited August 26, 2018 by Fidei Defensor