His Blood - ON YOU or IN YOU…?

Let’s read Matthew 27:22-26(NKJV); Hebrews 9:13, 14(NIV); John 6:53(NIV) in tandem

Pilate said to them, “What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” They all said to him, “Let Him be crucified!” Then the governor said, “Why, what evil has He done?” But they cried out all the more, saying, “Let Him be crucified!” When Pilate saw that he could not prevail at all, but rather that a tumult was rising, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this just Person. You see to it.” And all the people answered and said, “His blood be on us and on our children.” Then he released Barabbas to them; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified”

The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. 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, so that we may serve the living God!

Jesus said, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.

“Blood” that runs in your body and mine in simple terms is a sustainer of life and a cleanser. It is this very blood that is currently sustaining the functionality of your eyes, hence enabling you to read this page. Dysfunctional blood or the absence of blood leads to certain death. “..the life of any creature is in its blood...” (Leviticus 17:11).

The blood that is splashed on a murderer after brutally puncturing his victim bears witness to the crime committed. This is why the Lord said to Cain after he murdered his brother Abel – “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.  Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand…” (Genesis 4:10, 11).The people who were directly responsible for Jesus’ legal murder (crucifixion) said - “His blood is on us and on our children”. Pilate washed his hands in front of the multitude and professed to be free from the unjust and unlawful decree (to have Jesus scourged & deliver Him to be crucified) that proceeded from his mouth. Although he did this symbolically, his sin remained within him, his heart remained unwashed and his conscience remained uncleansed. Because, ONLY the ever-cleansing, life-giving BLOOD OF JESUS alone can “..cleanse us from all unrighteousness..” (read 1 John 1:6-10).

Although you and I are not directly involved in killing Jesus, we constantly crucify Him and subject Him to public disgrace (read Hebrews 6:6) through our unrighteousness, sin and transgression which originate from our wicked and deceitful heart that has no cure (Jeremiah 17:9) other than the BLOOD OF JESUS which circulates through our spiritual being keeping us Holy and acceptable in the sight of God.

Do a personal, spiritual check now – is His Blood ON you or IN you….??