3 Jan 2012
Hebrews 9:12
Hebrews 9:12: “Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
That was the price of redemption: the death of Jesus. We can only be saved by His blood. People today dislike this; they say that the crucifixion of Jesus was “divine child abuse” and there was simply no justification for it. Quite to the contrary: there is no justification apart from it! In order for us to be saved someone had to die – someone who was blameless in every way. A guilty person could only die for his own sins. In order for us to go free, an innocent man had to die.
Jesus did that – He lived a perfect life and then took on Himself the punishment that we deserved. He died in our place, and in doing so He purchased our forgiveness with His own blood. We are indeed “washed in the blood of the Lamb”, and apart from this there is no salvation. This is why Jesus is the only way to God: there is no other sacrifice for sins.
Jesus is the only way to God, pure and simple.