Benefits of the blood. Pt.1
WHAT DID IT REPRESENT, AND WHY SHOULD THE BLOOD OF THE SACRIFICE BE SPRINKLED?
Represented life itself.
Benefits of the blood: ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF HEBREWS 9:14, WHAT DOES THE BLOOD CLEANSE US FROM?
IT CLEANSES OUR CONSCIENCE OF DEAD WORKS
Hebrews 9:14 Just think how much more the blood of Christ will purify our hearts from deeds that lead to death so that we can worship the living God. For by the power of the eternal Spirit, Christ offered himself to God as a perfect sacrifice for our sins.
ARE PEOPLE SAVED WHO, AT THE MOMENT OF RECEIVING JESUS CHRIST AS LORD AND SAVIOR, FEEL NOTHING?
YES, BECAUSE SALVATION DOES NOT DEPEND ON FEELINGS, BUT ON THE FAITHFUL PROMISES OF JESUS CHRIST.
WHAT ARE THE TWO ORDINANCES THAT JESUS CHRIST ESTABLISHED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT?
THE LORD'S SUPPER AND WATER BAPTISM.
Baptism: WHAT DOES ROMANS 6:1-11 TEACH ABOUT THE “OLD MAN”?
BAPTISM WEAKENS THE OLD MAN SO THAT THE NEW MAN CAN GROW AND DOMINATE.
Rom 6:6 Our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin.
Rom 6:7 For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BLOOD OF THE OLD COVENANT AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST?
The blood of the old covenant only covered sins. While the blood of Christ completely cleanses all sin.
Benefits of the blood: WHAT DOES THE GREEK WORD KOINONIA MEAN?
COMMUNION
WHAT IS THE PERFECT WORK THAT JESUS DID FOR MAN FOR OUR SALVATION?
HE OFFERED HIS LIFE AS A UNIQUE AND ETERNAL SACRIFICE FOR THE SIN OF ALL HUMANITY (JN.1:29; 1 JN. 2:1-2).
Jhn 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look! There is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
1Jn 1:1 The one who existed from the beginning is the one we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is Jesus Christ, the Word of life.
1Jn 1:2 This one who is life from God was shown to us, and we have seen him. And now we testify and announce to you that he is the one who is eternal life. He was with the Father, and then he was shown to us.
WHAT DOES THE GREEK WORD APHESIS MEAN AND WHAT DOES IT TEACH ABOUT BAPTISM?
IT MEANS TO FREE OR SET FREE; IT TEACHES THAT BAPTISM BREAKS THE BONDS OF SIN.
Baptism: WHAT DOES THE EXAMPLE OF FABRICS BEING DYED BY BEING DIPPED IN A DYE SYMBOLIZE?
IT SYMBOLIZES THAT THE BELIEVER IS “DYED WITH THE COLOR OF CHRIST, ” ADOPTING HIS NATURE AND CHARACTER.
MENTION 3 BENEFITS OF BLOOD?
Any of the 15 benefits. Purifies, Redeems, removes sin, cleans us of all sin, cleans our conscience, permanence in the son, communion, brings us closer to God, entrance to the Holy of Holies, sanctifies us, brings us peace, makes us suitable, signal of a new covenant, gives us life, takes away negative ancestral inheritance.
Benefits of the blood: ACCORDING TO (1 PETER 1:18), WHAT DOES THE BLOOD OF CHRIST TAKE FROM US?
IT REMOVES OUR NEGATIVE ANCESTRAL INHERITANCES.
1Peter 1:18 For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And the ransom he paid was not mere gold or silver.
WHY DOES THE SECURITY OF SALVATION NOT DEPEND ON WHAT WE ARE?
FOR WE ARE ALL SINNERS AND DESERVE CONDEMNATION; IF IT DEPENDED ON WHAT WE ARE, NO ONE WOULD BE SAVED (ROM. 3:23; 5:18).
Rom 3:23 For all have sinned; all fall short of God's glorious standard.
Rom 5:18 Yes, Adam's one sin brought condemnation upon everyone, but Christ's one act of righteousness makes all people right in God's sight and gives them life.
ACCORDING TO THE STUDY, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A PERSON RECEIVES CHRIST, WHEN THEY ARE BAPTIZED, AND WHEN THE FINAL RESURRECTION OCCURS?
UPON RECEIVING CHRIST, THE SPIRIT IS BORN AGAIN; IN BAPTISM, THE SOUL IS BORN AGAIN; AND IN THE RESURRECTION, THE BODY IS TRANSFORMED
Baptism: WHAT DOES THE GREEK WORD THANATOS, USED FOR “DEATH” MEAN IN ROMANS 6?
IT MEANS SEPARATION OF SOUL AND BODY; IT SYMBOLIZES DEATH TO SIN.
Rom 6:4 For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the DEAD by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives.
WHAT DID THE LAW GIVEN BY MOSES ESTABLISH, ACCORDING TO (LEV.14:25)?
That all sin had to be purified with blood, through a sacrifice.
Lev 14:25 Then the priest will slaughter the lamb for the guilt offering and put some of its blood on the tip of the person's right ear, on the thumb of the right hand, and on the big toe of the right foot.
WHAT DOES THE SEAL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT REPRESENT IN SALVATION?
IT IS THE GUARANTEE OF ETERNAL SALVATION; WHOEVER HAS THE HOLY SPIRIT BELONGS TO CHRIST (EPH. 1:13-14; ROM. 8:9).
Eph 1:13 And now you also have heard the truth, the Good News that God saves you. And when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago.
Eph 1:14 The Spirit is God's guarantee that he will give us everything he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. This is just one more reason for us to praise our glorious God.
Rom 8:9 But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them are not Christians at all.)
IN 1 CORINTHIANS 10:2, WHAT DOES THE CROSSING OF THE RED SEA REPRESENT IN RELATION TO BAPTISM?
IT REPRESENTS FREEDOM FROM SLAVERY, AS ISRAEL WAS FREE FROM EGYPT.
1Co 10:2 (AMP) FOR I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, that our forefathers were all under and protected by the cloud [in which God's Presence went before them], and every one of them passed safely through the [Red] Sea,(1)
ACCORDING TO ACTS 2:38, WHAT TWO THINGS ARE LINKED TO THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS?
REPENTANCE AND BAPTISM.
Act 2:38 Peter replied, "Each of you must turn from your sins and turn to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
WHAT DOES THE GREEK WORD KATHARIZO MEAN?
MAKE CLEAN, CLEANSE FROM THE CONTAMINATION OF SIN AND DECLARE CLEAN OR PURE
WHY DOES THE ASSURANCE OF SALVATION NOT DEPEND ON WHAT WE FEEL?
BECAUSE HUMAN FEELINGS ARE CHANGEABLE AND DECEPTIVE (JER.17:9), SALVATION IS A SPIRITUAL TRUTH, NOT AN EMOTIONAL ONE.
Jer 17:9 "The human heart is most deceitful and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?
WHAT DOES THE GREEK WORD BAPTIZO MEAN?
IT MEANS TO IMMERSE, SOAK, PURIFY BY IMMERSION, OR DYE THOROUGHLY.
WHAT DOES BEING BURIED WITH CHRIST REPRESENT ACCORDING TO ROMANS 6:2-4 AND COLOSSIANS 2:20?
DIE TO SIN WITH CHRIST AND RISE TO A NEW LIFE.
Rom 6:2 Of course not! Since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it?
Rom 6:3 Or have you forgotten that when we became Christians and were baptized to become one with Christ Jesus, we died with him?
Rom 6:4 For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives.
Col 2:20 You have died with Christ, and he has set you free from the evil powers of this world. So why do you keep on following rules of the world, such as,