2016.11.06_Drink the Precious Blood of Jesus

Why Believe Jesus?

There are so many gods in heaven and on the earth, but the one in whom we believe and trust is the only true God, triune, existing in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ revealed the Father’s word through His works, and the Holy Spirit makes the works of Jesus Christ reveal in our souls. Christians are those in whose soul God’s will and the righteousness of Jesus Christ are at work.

God loved the world so much that He gave His one and only Son to the world. That means He gave His flesh and blood. Most people think that what they really need is money or a house. However, what we need most is Jesus. Souls can never live without Jesus. That is why God sent Jesus as gift, and as Jesus died on the cross, shedding His blood, He gave us His flesh and blood as spiritual food and drink.

God sent Jesus to give us life and we believe Him. This is our faith. What does Jesus’ name mean? Jesus’ name means that ‘God saves His people from sin’ (Matthew 1:21). Those who do not know God usually think the curses and misfortune they are faced with are their fate. However, God has already revealed that sin is the reason mankind perishes, and He sent Jesus to save us from sin.

Being a Christian means accepting God’s grace of saving mankind from sin. But most people in the world do not want to think about their sins, they would rather seek after prosperity. That is why they seek the religions of the world. The Devil does not oppose religions, which are different from the Christian church, but rather supports them, so that many people can easily gather. However, what benefit is prosperity for those who are dead?

Drink the Blood of the Lord and You Will Be Saved, and Eat the Flesh of the Lord and You Will Gain Eternal Life.

God created all things by His word. When God said, ‘Let there be light’, light appeared, when He said, ‘Let the water be separated’, the water became separated, and when He said, ‘Let there be an expanse’, the expanse appeared. Thus, God’s word is the word that is fulfilled as it is. Hebrews 11:3 explains, ‘Faith is to understand that all things were made at God’s command.’ The word that He will surely fulfill, that He makes prosper, and that He governs, this is the word that God has given to us.

In as much as the Word became flesh in order for Him to come to the world, we came to know and understand that not only is God’s word true, it is The Truth. That is because all God’s words are revealed through the deeds and attributes of Jesus Christ. Man needs food in order to sustain life. That is why mankind concern themselves with the needs of the flesh, that it, what they will eat and drink. Why did God create mankind with such a weakness? Just as trees and plants can sustain their life by absorbing water and nutrients from the earth and men by eating and drinking food and water daily , it is general revelation that our soul is sustained when we eat and drink God’s word. Since the Word became flesh and came into the world, we can now continually be nourished since He is our food and drink.

Jesus did not come to be served but to be a ransom for all (Matthew 20:28). Hence the Bible refers to Him as the ‘Lamb of God’. When the people of Israel came out of Egypt, God commanded them to kill a one-year old lamb, take its blood, and apply it on the sides and tops of the doorposts of their houses where they ate the lamb including the entrails. And God promised them that He would pass over the houses where the blood of the lamb was applied on the doorposts when He killed all first-born sons of Egypt. Just as God had promised, those who applied the blood of the lamb on sides and tops of the door posts and ate the meat of the Passover lamb were all saved. This is the very figure of Jesus Christ, who is the true figure of the lamb. That is why John the Baptist cried out, saying, “Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” when he saw Jesus.

Jesus Christ is The Lamb. By His blood we have life and by His flesh He sustains us until we realize the eternal life with by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. He is the bread of life. And so in order to gain salvation (from sin) we need the blood of Jesus and in order to persevere until the end we need to remain in Him (eat His flesh). He is sufficient for our salvation and for our sanctification.

Eat the Flesh of Jesus by Keeping the New Commandment

The first commandment that God gave man was ‘You are free to eat from any tree in the garden but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil!’ When Adam broke this commandment, the spirit of man died. The Word became flesh to come for the man who was on his way to hell.. Jesus came to the world to die in the place of man in order to save man from sin. And then Jesus gave us the new commandment who became free from sin by His blood. The new commandment is “Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love on another” (John 13:34)

How did Jesus love us? His love was not hypocrisy. He truly loved our souls. We are now part of Jesus. We are the new creatures in Jesus. Therefore, just as Jesus gave His body to us, we must love other souls as if we tear and share our flesh. Adam’s souls died since he did not keep the first commandment. What then would happen if we do not keep the new commandment that the Son of God has given to us? Those who just care about their own souls will weep sorrowfully gnashing their teeth on the last day. In order to experience that happy day when we stand before the Lord, we must be the true disciples of the Lord who keep the new commandment.

The new commandment is the flesh of Jesus. Those who gain life through Jesus’ blood must then gain eternal life by eating His flesh. Most Christians think that they would be blessed and prosper if they just remain apparently godly in their lives. However, that is just meeting their own standards, not beneficial for their souls. We have to keep the words of eternal life. We must eat the flesh of the Lord. Holy communion on the Lord’s day is about spreading the message of the righteousness of Jesus Christ who tore His flesh and shed His blood. If we just eat bread and drink wine without knowing this, it is sinning against the blood and the body of the Lord (1Corinthians 11:26-29). For us not to sin against the body of the Lord, we must keep the new commandment.

Let us love others’ souls. Let us preach Jesus opening our mouths. Let us keep the new commandment. As we are saved from sin by drinking His blood, let us eat His flesh. Let us live worthily as those who received the blood of the Lord. Do not abandon the eternal life, but stay in your position of duty so that you would be prepared to come into the kingdom of the Lord.