• Original Power Point
By
Richard Thetford
www.thetfordcountry.com
Edited with additions of scriptures/etc
Jack Wheeler – Clovis Ca.
jack@powerpointstojesus.com
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What Happened to
Your Hands?
The Necessity of the Cross
“Greater love has no one than this, than
lay down
one's
life for his friends.”
John 15:13
ThetoDeath
of the
Cross
The Blood of the Cross
• Hands without blemish
Love
the Cross
– GodThe
sent
Hisofonly
Son, a Son without
blemish
to fulfill
prophecy
The Preaching
of the
Cross and
redeem man from sin
• John 3:16; Romans 5:8; John 18:36
– Jesus was sent by God to save man
• Matthew 9:35-36; 18:11-14
Jesus
the Way, the Truth, the Life
OUT OF
BONDAGE:
Old Law
Sin
Obedience
to the
TRUTH
3
Our emphasis should not be on the
manger of Jesus, but the cross of Jesus
Then Jesus cried out and said, “He who believes in Me,
believes not in Me alone but in Him who sent Me.”
John 12:44
What Happened to
Your Hands?
“Greater love has no one than this, than
to lay down one's life for his friends.”
• Hands full of love
– Forgiveness taught
– Compassion shown
– Hungry fed
– Raised the dead
What Happened to
Your Hands?
“Greater love has no one than this, than
to lay down one's life for his friends.”
• Hands scarred for man
– Hated and Envied
– Died because of Love
– Arose from grave
– Appeared again
What Jesus Has Done for You
Jesus became poor that we might become rich.
Jesus was born that we might be born again.
Jesus became a servant that we might become a son.
Jesus homeless that we might have a home in Heaven.
Jesus was made weary that we might find rest.
Jesus stripped of His robe that we might be clothed.
Jesus died that we might live!
Jesus will come again that we might be with Jesus in
eternity!
The
Blood of Jesus
What does the shed blood
of Jesus mean for us today?
Jesus’
Blood Remitted Our Sins
• No difference in men, all have sinned, and are
in need of Jesus’ shed blood
Romans 3:21-26
“But now the righteousness of God apart from
the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law
and the Prophets, even the righteousness of
God, through faith in Jesus, to all and on all
who believe. For there is no difference; for all
have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
being justified freely by His grace through the
redemption that is in Jesus …”
Romans 3:21-26, cont.
…whom God set forth as a propitiation by
Jesus’ blood, through faith, to demonstrate
Jesus’ righteousness, because in Jesus’
forbearance God had passed over the sins that
were previously committed, to demonstrate at
the present time His righteousness, that He
might be just and the justifier of the one who has
faith in Jesus.”
Jesus’
Blood Remitted Our Sins
• Remission – freedom, pardon:
deliverance, forgiveness, liberty
(Strong’s)
Jesus’
Blood Remitted Our Sins
• Jesus’ blood is precious (1 Peter 1:18-19)
1 Peter 1:18-19
“Knowing that you were not redeemed with
corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your
aimless conduct received by tradition from your
fathers, but with the precious blood of Jesus,
as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.”
Jesus’
Blood Remitted Our Sins
• Jesus’ blood washes us from our sins
(Revelation 1:4-5)
Revelation 1:4-5
“John, to the seven churches which are in
Asia: Grace to you and peace from Jesus who
is and who was and who is to come, and from
the seven Spirits who are before His throne,
and from Jesus, the faithful witness, the
firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the
kings of the earth. To Jesus who loved us and
washed us from our sins in His own
blood.”
Jesus’
Blood Purchased the Church
• Paul wrote that Jesus’ sacrifice was made to
purchase the church
(Acts 20:28; Eph. 5:25)
Acts 20:28
“"Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all
the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made
you overseers, to shepherd the church of God
which Jesus purchased with His own blood.”
Ephesians 5:25
“Husbands, love your wives, just as Jesus
also loved the church and gave Himself for her.”
Jesus’
Blood Purchased the Church
• It is no coincidence that when one becomes a
Christian, being washed in the blood of the
lamb, he is added to the church at the same
time.
(Revelation 1:5; Acts 2:47)
Revelation 1:5
“And from Jesus, the faithful witness, the
firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the
kings of the earth. To Jesus who loved us and
washed us from our sins in His own
blood.”
Acts 2:47
“Praising God and having favor with all the
people. And that Jesus added to the church
daily those who were being saved.”
Why is the Church so important ?
Eph 5:23 and Col 1:18
Ephesians 5:23
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as
Christ is the head of the church: and he is the
savior of the body.
Colossians 1:18
And he is the head of the body, the church:
Jesus’
Blood Purchased the Church
• If the church is of so much value to Jesus, it
should be important to us as well!
Jesus’
Blood Can Be Counted Unholy
• Even after what Jesus has done for us, some
count his blood a common or “unholy” thing
(Hebrews 10:29)
Hebrews 10:29 (KJV)
“Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye,
shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden
under foot the Jesus, and hath counted the
blood of the covenant, wherewith Jesus was
sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done
despite unto the Spirit of grace?”
Jesus’
Blood Can Be Counted Unholy
• Who are these people?
• They are the ones who sin “willfully” (vs 26)
Hebrews 10:26
“For if we sin willfully after we have received
the knowledge of the truth, there no longer
remains a sacrifice for sins.”
Forsaking assembly (Heb 10:25)
Filthy language (Eph. 5:4)
Lascivious actions (Gal. 5:19-21)
Vain worship (Matt. 15:9)
Drinking, drugs (1 Pet. 4:3-4)
Any kind of willful disobedience of God.
Jesus’
Blood Can Be Counted Unholy
• When we leave the commands and precepts
of God, we are guilty of counting Jesus’ blood
as unholy or common
(1 Cor. 15:58)
1 Corinthians 15:58
“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be
steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the
work of the Jesus, knowing that your labor is
not in vain in the Jesus.”
Rather than being willfully disobedient,
Christians should be diligent in response to
the precious sacrifice of Jesus.
Conclusion
So long as men and women are still
in sin, there will be a need for the
precious blood of Jesus.
Have you come into contact with the
cleansing effects of Jesus’ blood?