By Dale J. Babinsky Via Bulletin Gold
In December 1799 George Washington passed from
this life. He had been out taking care of his property in
foul weather and had come down with what would
appear to be a cold (sore throat, congestion, etc.). In an
effort to save the former president, his doctors took to
opening veins and “bleeding” him, which was believed
at the time to be the way to get the illness out of his
system. What the doctors of the time failed to realize is
that life is in the blood.
Man cannot sustain his physical life without blood.
This was well known to the Israelites, or should have
been, since God forbade the eating of blood because
“life is in the blood. .” (Leviticus 17:11a NKJV).
Human medicine has come to realize the importance of
blood in sustaining life in the years following
Washington’s death. Now, much can be done with
transfusions to help stabilize patients who have sutured
a loss of blood.
In looking at man’s spiritual life, it can be seen that
our spiritual life is also in the blood. The Scriptures tell
us that we have all sinned (Romans 3:23), and that the
wages, the anticipated payment, of sin is spiritual death
(Romans 6:23). We know that this is not in reference to
physical death, for we must all be subject to that unless
the Lord returns first (Hebrews 9:27). In order to have
spiritual life, an eternity in heaven, we must have our
sins covered by the blood of Christ (1 John 1:7;
Revelation 1:5).
We make contact with the blood of Christ when we are
buried with Him in the act of baptism (Romans 6:3-4), In
obeying the command of Christ to be baptized (Mark
16:16), we can have our sins washed away (Acts 2:38;
22:16). It is in our obedience to the words of Scripture, that
the blood of Christ is applied to us and we are cleansed
from our sins. Thus, we are able to have spiritual life, Thus,
both our physical life and our spiritual life are in the blood!
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