Are You Washed In the Blood?

 

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Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing pow’r?  

Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?  

Are you fully trusting in His grace this hour?  

Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?  

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Are you walking daily by the Savior’s side?  

Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?  

Do you rest each moment in the Crucified?  

Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?  

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When the Bridegroom cometh will your robes be white 

Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?  

Will your soul be ready for His presence bright,  

And be washed in the blood of the Lamb?  

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Lay aside the garments that are stained with sin,  

And be washed in the blood of the Lamb;  

There’s a fountain flowing for the soul unclean,  

O be washed in the blood of the Lamb.   

Refrain:

Are you washed in the blood,

In the soul cleansing blood of the Lamb?

Are your garments spotless,

Are they white as snow?

Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

 Author: Elisha Albright Hoffman (1839-1929)   

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 1 John 1:7 If we walk in the light as he is in the light we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus his son cleanses us from all sin.

 The theme of the blood of Christ is a common thread throughout many of the greatest hymns and gospel songs of the church.   It must seem like a very bizarre concept to those who are unfamiliar with the idea of being washed in blood -- in order to become clean. Christians understand this rather gory metaphor in symbolic terms, relating to animal sacrifices that were part of the Mosaic Law of the Old Testament. In Leviticus, God speaks to Moses, stating,  “For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life” (Leviticus 17:11).  Not to get into it too deeply, I'll just say that the animal represented the sins of the people, and the shedding of its blood indicated the removal of those sins. The death of the animal was to substitute for the punishment of the sinners -- "the wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23).  This concept carried over into the New Testament in the sense of Jesus Christ being the sacrificial lamb who took upon himself the punishment for the sins of all the world. Therefore, those who are "washed" in the blood of Christ are cleansed from their sin.  

This theme is deeply entrenched throughout the entire Bible --    from the Exodus:  

Exodus 12:5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats... 6 And shall kill it in the evening. 7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.... 13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.    

...to the gospels:  Matthew 26:26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. 27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; 28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.    

...to Revelation: Revelation 7:13 Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, 'Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?' 14 I said to him, 'Sir, you know.' And he said to me, 'These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.'"