2010-10-19T09:55:25-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/blood/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/the-very-different-children-of-the-very-same-father-6202 2010-10-19T09:55:25-05:00 our divisions are giving lost people just another reason to ignore our Jesus. They look at us and say, "Hey, when you guys can get together, come and talk to me." It's time we started to act like what we really are: children of the same Father, born into the same family, sharing the same spiritual DNA, rescued at the same old rugged cross, spending eternity together in the same heaven. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/so-dirty-so-clean-6159 2010-08-19T10:21:49-05:00 Today, Jesus is coming to you where you are to offer His high-powered cleaning to you. Wouldn't it be awesome to go to sleep tonight clean; knowing that you've been forgiven by God for every wrong thing you've ever thought, said or done? http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews%209:11-14&version=NIV 2009-10-05T16:42:20-05:00 The writer of Hebrews writes that the high priests used to sprinkle the blood of animals on us when we were unclean, but now we have Jesus' blood to consecrate us. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2026:27-28&version=NIV 2009-09-27T19:27:41-05:00 The practice of communion has its beginning in the Last Supper, when Jesus pointed to a cup of wine as a symbol of the blood he would soon shed on his disciples' behalf. http://hutchcraft.com/a-life-that-matters/radio-program/the-only-way-to-get-well-8282 2009-09-18T13:50:49-05:00 There’s a highly successful doctor in New York City who gives a month every year to helping out in some impoverished corners of the world. Recently, he went to Costa Rica. He was operating on a six-year-old boy who ended up losing blood fast. His only hope was donated blood and he had a rare type that only 2% of the human race has. Well the doctor excused himself for a few minutes and he returned with the blood that made the difference. He just happened to be one of those 2% with the boy’s blood type. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20John%205:7-9&version=NIV 2009-09-04T10:34:16-05:00 John writes that the water, spirit and blood are in agreement and all three testify to that fact. And while we might accept man's testimony about Jesus, God's is so much greater. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Heb.9.11-Heb.9.28&version=NIV 2009-07-14T11:38:23-05:00 Blood and sacrifice are important themes in the Bible, and in this passage we see how Jesus' own death and resurrection fit into the scheme of sacrifice and forgiveness. It explains how Jesus' ministry parallels the Old Testament system of priests, sacrifices, and atonement. http://biblica.com/niv/appendix/concordance_resultsingle.php?rowid=81 2008-01-18T15:49:54-05:00 A Jewish celebration. It reminds the people how God saved them from slavery in Egypt. Part of the meal includes the Passover lamb. At the first Passover a lamb was killed and its blood was placed on the people's door frames. http://biblica.com/niv/appendix/concordance_resultsingle.php?rowid=17 2008-01-18T14:02:16-05:00 In the Bible, represents the life of something. It was the blood of a sacrifice that made it effective. Leviticus 17:11; Romans 5:9-11; Hebrews 9:11-28; Revelation 5:9-10.