SANCTIFICATION BY THE BLOOD: THE ATONING BLOOD OF CHRIST
- Eld. Roberto Washington
- 2 days ago
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Hebrews 10:1–10 makes it clear:
The law was “a shadow of good things to come”
Repeated sacrifices could never make people perfect
Animal blood could only cover sin temporarily
God took no pleasure in burnt offerings
Christ’s coming fulfilled what the sacrifices could never accomplish
Then comes the life-changing truth:
“We are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.”(Hebrews 10:10)
Sanctification means “to set apart for holy purpose. ”Through Christ’s single, perfect sacrifice, God did what thousands of years of offerings could not:
He made us holy, clean, and accepted in His sight.
THE BLOOD: GOD’S PERFECT CLEANSING AGENT
There is no detergent powerful enough to erase sin.
No bleach, no ammonia, no chemical, no earthly agent can wash away the stain of sin and guilt.
Only the blood of Jesus can cleanse the soul.
1 John 1:7 declares:“…the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.”
Not some sins.
Not just past sins.
Not sins we consider small.
All sin.
And yet, cleansing is not automatic. Verse 9 says: “If we confess our sins…”Then God forgives and cleanses.
Confession + Faith → Cleansing through the Blood.
ATONEMENT: THE DIVINE EXCHANGE
Atonement means reconciliation with God through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ.
Romans 5 teaches:
“Christ died for us while we were yet sinners”
“We are justified by His blood”
“We are reconciled to God by His death”
“We have received the atonement”
The blood does more than forgive—it restores relationship.
We were enemies; the blood made us sons and daughters.
REDEMPTION: FREED BY THE BLOOD
Colossians 1:14 tells us:
“In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins.”
Redemption means:
Being saved from sin, error, and evil
A debt being paid by someone else
We owed sin.
We owed death.
We owed the penalty of our rebellion.
Jesus paid it in full—with His own blood.
1 Peter 1:18–19 reminds us that we were not redeemed with silver or gold, “But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.”
“3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:.” — Romans 6:3-5 (KJV)
JUSTIFICATION: DECLARED RIGHTEOUS BY BLOOD
Justification is God legally declaring us righteous.
We don’t earn it.
We don’t buy it.
We don’t work for it.
Romans 5:9 says: “Much more then, being now justified by his blood…”
The blood changes our spiritual status from guilty to righteous.
SANCTIFICATION: SET APART THROUGH THE BLOOD
Sanctification is both a state and a process.
State: The moment we believe, the blood sanctifies us—sets us apart as God’s own.
Process: We grow into holiness through the Spirit and obedience.
Philippians 2:12–13 reminds us to work out our salvation—but not by ourselves: “For it is God which worketh in you…”
What God begins through the blood, He continues through the Spirit.
BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST: WATER & SPIRIT
Romans 6 teaches that baptism identifies us with Christ’s:
Death
Burial
Resurrection
But water alone is not the full baptism. Jesus said in John 3:5, “born of water and of the Spirit.”
It takes both:
Repentance
Faith
Spirit-infilling
for the believer to walk in newness of life.
Some may be baptized in water but have not yet received the Holy Ghost. The Scripture is clear: receiving the Spirit requires repentance and faith. Water baptism cleanses the conscience. Spirit baptism transforms the life.
RECONCILIATION: A NEW RELATIONSHIP THROUGH BLOOD
2 Corinthians 5 declares:
In Christ we are new creatures
We are reconciled to God
God doesn’t count our sins against us
We are ambassadors of reconciliation
Reconciliation restores friendship, fellowship, and intimacy with God—all through the blood of Jesus.
THE BLOOD DEMANDS A NEW LIFE
The blood not only saves us—it changes us.
Romans 6:We died with Christ → we must not continue in sin We were raised with Christ → we walk in newness of life We are freed from sin → sin no longer rules us
The blood purchased us. Now we live for the One who died and rose again.
CONCLUSION: NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD
No work of the law can save.
No ritual can cleanse.
No religious effort can sanctify.
No earthly product can remove sin.
Only the blood of Jesus.
It cleanses, sanctifies, justifies, redeems, restores, and reconciles. It transforms sinners into saints And broken lives into new creations.
We are saved by grace,
through faith,
in Christ,
by His blood—once for all.
Do you desire prayer?
Do you desire salvation?
If you want to know Christ—and be known by Him—today is the day.
“Now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.” - 2 Corinthians 6:2
I can help you with a prayer, Scripture guidance, or steps to salvation—just let me know how you’d like to continue.
“3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. - John 3:3-5
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