The Wednesday Word
The Multi-Purpose Blood by D.G. Miles McKee In Western culture we often say that if a matter is one thing, then it is not another. In Eastern culture they don’t have that same concept. Instead, they tend to look at things from a ‘Both/And’ ‘concept. Take for example the blood of Christ, it has many functions not just one. Consider this, Romans 5:9: “Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him .” We are Justified by His blood. “Justified” means we stand before God as if we had never sinned.” Justification means we are acquitted! But this is not the only function and benefit of the blood. Ephesians 1:7: “in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.” We have redemption through His blood. The blood of Jesus Christ not only justifies us, it redeems us. It buys us back. We also have the forgiveness of our sins through the Blood of Jesus (see Ephesians 1:7). It’s not a mat