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21400 Building 21400 Int. Blvd. S. Bottom Floor SeaTac, WA. 98198 Phone: 206-870-SALT (7258) Email: jesus@jcsl company.com Website: jcslcompa- ny.org 2014 November Volume 9 Issue 11 Jesus Christ Salt & Light Light Unto My Path . . A Message from Pastor Jerry “The Blood of Jesus” We have been speaking about the Blood of Jesus during Sunday services the last couple of weeks in the hopes that our understanding would deepen and grow. No matter how profound our understanding is of our Saviors Blood, it doesn’t come close to the value it holds for our Heavenly Father. For Him, the val- ue of that precious Blood is greater than all the sin that has ever been committed or ever will (Romans 5:20 / John 1:29)! That redemption and newness of life is available for all who put their faith in Him and all that was accomplished on the Cross! I appreciated a beautiful expression of this from Ana Mendez Ferrell who wrote “The Love God is found and manifests in the Blood of Jesus”: “God is Love. That love was contained in the Father’s blood that entered into Mary’s womb at His Son’s conception. Jesus was born carrying the mark of the love that surpasses all understanding. This love gives all without reservation. This is the Father’s nature, giving of Himself and giving with- out measure. God’s love is the door to everything that he is and to everything He possesses. God created man due to love. He needed a being like Himself into whom He could pour His essence of love. This is how we were created; to be the most beloved thing that He had. Love is fullness. Where love is there is peace, joy and complete satisfaction. There is no desire, achievement or goal that contains all that love provides to the spirit and soul of man. Even the body re- ceives benefits, filling it with a health and vitality that only love brings to life. Love is not a feeling. Man cannot create it because it is of divine origin. Love is a person. It is Jesus incarnate. He wants to live through us and fill the earth with love. He is the Teacher and the Provider of perfect love. That is why He said: “By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” John 13:35 His blood contains this wonderful love, and as we drink it, we become more filled with it. We begin to understand Him and desire Him more than anything else in the world. Love lives and beats through the blood of Jesus. It helps us to love where it is difficult to do so. It leads us to hate all separation because that is what Jesus did: He loved those who had trespassed against Him, closing the breach between God and man and reconciling us again with the Father. The Scripture says that the blood of Jesus speaks. It cries out to God for having been shed. But it is the love contained within that blood that gathers us up and brings us to Jesus. His love groans for us because He cannot tolerate being separated from the object of His love, placing His very life on the line. “And to Jesus, the Mediator (Go –between-Agent) of a new Covenant, and to the sprinkled blood which speaks (of mercy,) a better and nobler and more gracious message than the blood of Abel (which cried out of vengeance).” Hebrews 12:24 (Amplified) Continued on the Back
