Years ago my Dad heard a preacher coin the term "BLOODLESS GOSPEL," in which he referred to a modernistic Gospel being preached in modern Fundamentalist and Evangelical circles which completely leaves out the blood of Jesus Christ.
There are many of these "bloodless Gospels" being preached in modern Christian circles, and they go something like this:
ASK Jesus into your heart
INVITE Christ into your life
ASK God to forgive you all your sins and give you eternal life
COMMIT your life to Christ
REPEAT the prayer of forgiveness
BEG God for forgiveness
All of these pseudo-gospels have one thing in common: THEY ALL TRY TO GET THE SINNER TO COME TO GOD OUTSIDE OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST!
You can ask, invite, commit, pray, and beg, God all you want, but unless you come to God a repentant sinner by faith alone in his finished sacrifice on the Cross, you'll never, and I repeat, NEVER get saved!
In the Bible, God's chosen method for salvation is by blood sacrifice. The whole Old Testament tells of animal sacrifices to God for the remission of man's sins.
In the New Testament we see THE LAMB OF GOD--Jesus Christ--coming to die for man's sins as the ultimate blood sacrifice. And, it is only through FAITH in his blood atonement that a sinner can become born again.
We find this simple truth not only through the entire Bible, but also clearly stated in Romans 3:25:
"Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God."
This verse tells us that for Christ Jesus to be our own personal "propitiation" (i.e. our sacrifice for our sins in our place) we must place our faith in his precious shed blood.
This is again seen in the following verses of Romans which speak of "justification:"
Rom 3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Rom 3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
Rom 5:9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
These verses in order tell us that JUSTIFICATION is by GRACE, by FAITH, and by BLOOD. In other words, it's by God's grace through our faith in His blood atonement on the cross of Calvary for our sins.
Are you saved? Are you trusting only in the shed blood of Jesus Christ alone for salvation? Or are you preaching a modernistic BLOODLESS GOSPEL, which instructs a sinner to DO SOMETHING, and ultimately trust in their own righteousness instead of God's?
If you preach any other way to heaven besides faith in the blood of Jesus Christ, you are guilty of preaching another gospel. (See what Paul says about people like that in Gal. 1:8,9).
This is why it's so important to preach salvation by FAITH IN HIS BLOOD.
For more info read my book "The importance of the Blood:"
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