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How The Blood of Christ Is Applied In Salvation?

The blood of the paschal lamb protected the house in which the Israelites stayed (Exo. 12:7). The paschal lamb was the type of Christ and His offering for salvation, "…For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us" (I Cor. 5:7). The church of Christ was purchased with His blood, "Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood" (Acts 20:28). We should never take lightly that great blood bought institution, but rather, we should always remember that it cost the blood of our Lord and it is His blood that cleanseth us, "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin" (I John 1:7).

Blood has always been used in the remission of sins, "And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission" (Heb. 9:22). The blood of animals, under the Old Law, had to be offered over and over but was never sufficient for a continuous cleansing, "For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins" (Heb. 10:4), but in Christ, "In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace" (Eph. 1:7).

Christ's blood was shed once and was for all mankind; for all those before His death, as well as all those who were to be born on earth after His death, as the prophet foretold, "...half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea..." (Zech. 14:8). His blood flowed back to Eden, and flows on to the end of time. Thus the blood of Christ was shed at the cross for the redemption of men of all ages, both before and after, and so by Jesus Christ, all have the hope of eternal inheritance through obedience to His Word. He shed His blood for us, He has done His part, now, we must do our part by coming in contact with His blood. Paul tells us how this is done, "Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 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" (Rom. 6:3‑4).

When we are immersed in water we are baptized into His death where the saving blood is applied, we are then IN Christ (Gal. 3:27), where all spiritual blessings are (Eph. 1:3). By our faith in Christ, we are buried in baptism. Our faith is NOT in baptism; nor in the waters of baptism, but our faith is in God, who, since He raised up Jesus, will also raise us up to walk in newness of life if we OBEY Him (Matt. 7:21; Heb. 5:9). All who are baptized INTO Christ are then added by the Lord to His church (Acts 2:47).