1. Book of Hebrews speaks plainly in this regard The Blood Of The New Covenant “Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness” (Heb 9:22). We only have two choices: a. Accept as fact the complete, unconditional forgiveness that God purchased through the crushing of his Son, or… b. Create some system of our own to feel better about our sins.

2. The Blood Of The New Covenant Hebrews 9:25 – 26 “Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. Otherwise Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But he has appeared once for all at the culmination of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself.”

3. The Blood Of The New Covenant Hebrews 7:27 “Unlike the other high priests, [Christ] does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself.”

4. The Blood Of The New Covenant 1. The writer of Hebrews pleads with his fellow Jews to abandon the dead works of the temple. He begs them to hang on to “Jesus plus nothing”! Hebrews 9:28 NASB “Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him”

5. The Blood Of The New Covenant 2. Hebrews contrasts the constant standing and ongoing religious performances of Old priests with our seated High Priest, who will never again offer another sacrifice for sins: Hebrews 10:11-12 “Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when this priest [Jesus] had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God”

6. The Blood Of The New Covenant When it comes to forgiveness, most of these passages talk about it using the past tense: Colossians 2:13 – 14 “When you were dead in your sins, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross”

7. The Blood Of The New Covenant When it comes to forgiveness, most of these passages talk about it using the past tense: Hebrews 10:17 – 18 “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.” And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary.

8. The Blood Of The New Covenant OUR RIGHTSTANDING WITH GOD IS GROUNDED IN AN OBJECTIVE, SOLID REALITY- THE BLOOD OF JESUS THE GIFT MAY BE FREE (grace through faith) BUT WAS NOT CHEAP!

9. The Blood Of The New Covenant Believers living afraid of God’s wrath and anger? ….. the Blood! Believers trying to earn God’s favor and blessing? ….. the Blood! People living with guilt and shame? ….. The Blood! This is what it means to ‘Plead the Blood’