Some people think that the blood of Jesus contained within it the saving power of God. They believe that it cleanses us from sin. If this is true, how much do you use to cleanse you of a lie? How much do you use to cleanse you of murder? How do you apply it? Do you pour it over your head? Do you drink it? Do you inject it? What do we do in this day and age when we cannot find the physical blood of Christ? Is it a mystical thing? These questions should help us to see that it was the shedding of His blood that was the work of atonement expiating sin. The blood was special because it belonged to the God-man Christ Jesus, but it isn’t some property of the blood that we must consume to cleanse us of our sin. It is the effect of Christ’s work through the shedding of His blood that is of import. If we deny the efficacy of His work and the adequacy of His representation, we deny the gospel. Claiming that the blood, apart from Him is salvific because of its properties as God’s blood, imparts a carnal attribute of mortality to the immutably immortal nature of God. Only by the hypostasis of the two natures do we have a salvific euaggelion (εὐαγγέλιον) or gospel. To deny the hypostatic union, is to affirm the heresy of Nestorianism.
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