God Devotions » confessed http://goddevotions.com Daily Bible Study Lessons for Christians Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:51:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Talking About the Blood of Jesus Cleansing Sins-Nonsense to Unbelievers http://goddevotions.com/2009/08/talking-about-blood-jesus-cleansin/ http://goddevotions.com/2009/08/talking-about-blood-jesus-cleansin/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:50:31 +0000 admin http://goddevotions.com/?p=257 Unless there is a thorough explanation of why Jesus poured out his blood for our sins, unbelievers will be confused about the whole statement that the blood of Jesus washes away our sins. This type of “Christian jargon” can only be understood by fellow believers who understand why we are saved from eternal punishment because [...] Related posts:
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]]> Unless there is a thorough explanation of why Jesus poured out his blood for our sins, unbelievers will be confused about the whole statement that the blood of Jesus washes away our sins. This type of “Christian jargon” can only be understood by fellow believers who understand why we are saved from eternal punishment because of the blood that was shed by Christ.

Matthew 26:28
For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

When we are witnessing to unbelievers, I think it is very important that they understand that we are guilty of breaking God’s laws… laws which are summed up in the Ten Commandments. Don’t steal, lie, commit murder, covet your neighbors spouse, take the Lord’s name in vain. We are sentenced to eternal punishment in hell unless Jesus is the Lord of our life because we have ALL broken God’s laws. It is very much like being guilty of committing an earthly crime and receiving the death sentence from an earthly judge.

Imagine if you were sentenced to death and someone walked in the court room and said: “Your honor, I’ll take the punishment for the wrongs they have done, let them go free.”

When Jesus was being beaten and crucified to death, he was taking the punishment for our sins upon himself so that we would not have to be cast into eternal flames as payment for the sins we have committed. Thus he paid the price for our freedom.

This explanation of being guilty of a crime and having someone else pay the price for us will make a lot more sense to an unbeliever than if we tell them that the blood of Jesus cleanses them from all unrighteousness. If they don’t understand why he poured out his blood unto death, the statement will be nonsense to the unbeliever.

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Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured.

I have a really close friend who prays for me a lot.  Have you ever set [...] No related posts.]]> Collisions 4:12

Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured.

I have a really close friend who prays for me a lot.  Have you ever set aside an hour to pray? The most amazing things happen when we purpose to spend quality time with God through prayer. Something that I have noticed  is that I begin to pray for many people, whenever I do this. I reach a point during this special time where faces of friends begin to appear as I am praying for them. This usually happens after I’ve confessed my sins and then prayed for all of my needs. The bible is very clear about this subject, we are supposed to pray for one another.

Consider spending some extra time in prayer today lifting up your friend’s needs to the Lord.

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