A MEDICAL DOCTOR AND THEOLOGIAN, M.R DEHAAN SAID, THE BIBLE IS A BOOK OF BLOOD, WHOLLY DINSTICT FROM ALL OTHER BOOKS FOR JUST ONE REASON, NAMEY THAT IT CONTAINS BLOOD CIRCULATING THROUGH EVERY PAGE AND IN EVERY VERSE. FRO, GENESIS TO REVELATION WE SEE THE STREAM OF BLOOD. DR DEEHAN WAS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT,

THE PASSAGE OF TODAY SPEAKS OF BLOOD. VERSES 1-11 FOCUS ON THE OLD TESTAMENT SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM. THEY SPEAK OF A TIME WHEN MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF BLOOD WERE SHED TO COVER THE SINS OF PEOPLE.

YET SIN WAS ONLY COVERED OVER YEAR AFTER YEAR. ALL THOSE MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF ANIMAL BLOOD NEVER SAVED A SINGLE SOUL. V.9 WHAT THE BLOOD OF BULLS, GOATS AND LAMBS COULD NOT DO, THE BLOOD OF JESUS  ACCOMPLISHED, THESE VERSES GIVES US SOME INSIGHT INTO WHAT THE BLOOD OF JESUS DOES FOR ALL THOSE WHO TRUST HIM BY FAITH. LET ME SHARWE WITH YOU SOME INSIGHTS THAT ARE REVEALED IN THESE VERSES .
LETS EXAMINE "THE POWER IN THE BLOOD OF JESUS"




I. THE PURCHASE IN THE BLOOD OF JESUS
A.  A PRECIOUS PURCHASE (I PT. 1:18-19)
B. A PERSONAL PURCHASE (PHIL. 2:5-11)
C. A PERMANENT PURCHASE ( HEB. 9: 25-28; HEB. 10:10-14)

II. THE POWER OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS
A. POWER TO CLEANSE( REV, 1:5; I JOHN 1:7)
B. POWER TO CHANGE (II COR. 5:17; EPH. 2:10)
C. A PERMANENT PURCHASE (HEB. 9:25-28; HEB. 10:10-14)

III. THE PROMISE OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS
A. THE PROMISE OF FREEDOM (JOHN. 3:3 & 7; I PET. 1:23)
B. THE PROMISE OF A FUTURE( ROM. 8:`17; I PET. 1:3-4;JOHN 14: 1-3)

CONCLUSION:
HAVE YOU BEEN TO JESUS FOR THE CLEANSING POWER? ARE YOU WASHED IN THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB? ARE YOU FAMILY TRUSTING IN HIS GRACE THIS HOUR? ARE YOU WASHED IN THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB? THAT MY FRIENDS AND BRETHREN, IS A QUESTION THAT EACH OF US MUST ANSWER FOR OURSELVES