Question #1: Was Christ's blood only shed for the "elect"?
BLOOD
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Q.1. Was Christ's blood only shed for the "elect"?
Answer:
1 John 2: 2: “And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours
on1y only, but also for the sins of the whole world.”
Q. 2. Are we saved by the blood before and with out obeying
Christ?
A.
Heb. 5: 9: “And being made perfect, he be came the author of eternal
salvation unto all them that obey him.”
Q.3.
Do we need faith in order to be cleansed by the blood?
A. Mark 16: 16: “He that
believeth not shall be condemned.”
Q.4.
Do we need to repent in order
to be cleansed by the blood?
A. Luke 13: 5: “I tell you, Nay:
but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.”
Q. 5.
Do we need to confess Christ in order to be saved through
the blood?
A. Rom. 10: 9: “If thou shalt
confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe ill thine heart that
God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved”
Q.6. Can we have our hearts sprinkled
from an evil conscience and cleansed by the
blood without having our bodies washed with the waters
of baptism?
A. Heb. 10: 22: “Let us draw near
with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having Our hearts sprinkled from
an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.”
Q. 7.Is b lood cleansing unconditional?
A. 1 John 1: 7: “But if we walk in
the light
as he is in the light, we have fellowship ont with
another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son clean seth us from all
sin.”
Q. 8. How
can one contact the blood of Christ?
First Answer:
Not in
disobedience.
This
is rebellion.
Not
in denominationalism.
This
is division.
Not
in innovations.
This is digression.
Not
in ”faith only.”
This is perversion.
Not
in repentance only.
This is insufficient.
Not
in baptism only.
This is hypocrisy.
Not
in morals only.
This is human glory.
Not
before hearing.
This would save the
untaught.
Not
before believing.
This would save
infidels.
Not
before repenting.
This would save the
unreformed.
Not before confession.
This would save the unacknowledging,
creedless man..
Not
before baptism.
This would save the uncrucified,
unburied, unresurrected man.
Second Answer:
YOU CONTACT THE BLOOD
In obedience, where we are made whole.
Romans
6:8.
In
the body (church), where we are reconciled. Eph. 2: 16.
In the truth, where
we are made free.
In. 8:32.
In
faith and works, which combine to save. James 2:24.
In
repentance, preceded by faith to induce it
and follow by obedience to
to
prove it. Acts
In baptism, preceded by
crucifixion of sin, followed by a life of righteousness.
Romans 6:4.
In morals, coupled with obedience
to positive divine law, which honors
Christ's
authority. Matt. 28:18-20.
In life,
by walking in the light as he is in the light. I John. 1:7.
Q.9. What will
the blood of Jesus NOT do?
Answer:
SEVEN THINGS THE BLOOD WILL NOT DO
1. The blood will not
make you a mem ber of any denomination.
You should be a member of none of
them. I Cor. 1:10.
2. The blood will not
give you a denominational creed or name.
You should bear none of them. Acts
3. The blood will not
obligate you to a denominational program.
You should not be yoked to any of them. Gal.
5: 1.
4. The blood will not
cleanse you before you hear, believe, repent, confess Christ and are baptized
for the re mission of sins. These are heaven's conditions; you must meet them
all.
Mark 16:16; Acts
5. The blood will not
save you out of the Lord's
church.
You must be added to it. Acts.
6. The blood will not save you out of Christ.
You
must be ”in Christ” to be a new creature. 2 Cor. 5:17.
7. The blood will not
save you in your sins. You must forsake them. Acts.
Question: What
will the blood of Christ do?
SEVEN THINGS THE BLOOD WILL DO
1. The blood will wash
away your past sins, in loving forgetfulness. Rom.
2. The blood will
purge and cleanse your present, by adequate circulation. 1 John 1:7.
3. The blood will
redeem your soul, by precious purchase price. 1 Pet. 1: 18. 19.
4. The blood will
sanctify your life by heavenly dedication. Eph. 5:26.
5. The blood will feed
your spirit, by gospel abundance. 2 Cor. 4:15.
6. The blood will
protect you from contamination, by its cleansing power,
Rev. 1:5.
7. The blood will lead
you finally home to heaven, by the blood stained trail Heb. 10:20.
[Thought questions suggested by Williams and Dykes.
Ready Answers to Religious Errors, 1946]
