Gen 4:10 And He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries out to Me from the ground.

2. Every child of
God is really a
blood brother!
Heb 2:11...
He is not
ashamed to
call them
brothers!
The
foundation
of our
Salvation
is ...
The body
& the
blood of
Jesus!

3. Life is in ...
The Blood!
Lev. 17:11 'For the
life of the flesh is in
the blood, and I
have given it to you
upon
the altar to make
atonement for
your souls; for it is
the blood that
makes atonement
for the soul.'

4. Life is in the blood!
▪ Gen 9:4 “But you shall not eat flesh with its
life, that is, its blood.” (Cf. Lev. 17:11)
▪ Deut 12:23 “Only be sure that you do not eat
the blood, for the blood is the life; you may not
eat the life with the meat.”
▪ Act 15:20 “but that we write to them to
abstain from things polluted by idols, from
sexual immorality, from things strangled, and
from blood.” (Cf. Act 15:29)

5. Blood Brothers!
Gen. 4:9-11 Then the LORD said to Cain,
"Where is Abel your brother?" He said,
"I do not know. Am I my brother's
keeper?" And He said, "What have you
done? The voice of your brother's blood
cries out to Me from the ground. "So now
you are cursed from the earth, which has
opened its mouth to receive your
brother's blood from your hand.

6. How many of you ever became
“blood brothers/sisters” when you
were kids?
▪ Blood brothers = a man or boy who has
sworn to treat another as his brother, often in
a ceremony in which their blood is mingled; a
brother by birth with one or two of the same
parents (Oxford Univ. Dict.)
▪ Did you know the 1st President of the United
States died as a result of blood lose? He died
from pneumonia & blood- letting!

7. I. The Purpose of Blood!
▪ In our physical body blood circulates
oxygen and carbon dioxide through our
arteries and veins. Blood is the “fluid of life”
▪ One of the most amazing things about
blood is that it is able to both bring you what
you need and remove waste at the same
time!
▪ We have 5 quarts in our bodies, that
travels through every cell in 23 seconds!

8. What this would look like!
▪ Imagine that the same truck that
brought our groceries was also the
garbage truck and that they were all
carried together at the same time, but
some how the waste didn’t
contaminate the food!
▪ It is also through our blood that the
body is able to kill and fight off germs
and infections!

9. Moving from the physical to the
spiritual!
▪ Our physical life is sustained by our own
blood, but spiritual life by the blood of another!
▸Rev 1:5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful
witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the
ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who
loved us and washed us from our sins in His
own blood,
▸1 Pet 1:19 but with the precious blood of
Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and
without spot.

10. II. The Power of Blood!
▪ Power = the ability to do something or
act in a particular way; the capacity to
influence other people or the course of
events; the right or authority given to a
person; physical strength or force (Oxford)
▪ Power is found in the Bible a lot of times!
▸KJV = 267
▸NKJV = 237
▸RSV = 241

11. Over 100 times in the New
Testament alone!
▪ There are a total of 8 words in the Greek New
Testament translated “power!”
▸They carry 4 basic meanings = rule, strength,
authority and force!
▪ Out of the 8 words & 100+ verses 75% of them
come from the word “doo-nam-is”
▸It is from this word we get “dynamite” (Rom.
1:16)
▸Next most common “ex-oo-see-ah” often
translated “authority” (Mt. 28:18)

12. The Purpose and the Power!
▪ The Purpose of blood is to give life/
sustain life!
▪ The Power of blood is to change life!
▸Dynamite brings about the “result” of
change!
▸Authority brings about the “right” to
change!

13. III. The Pardon of Blood!
▪ How many of us here understand what a
pardon is? I am sure we have all read or seen
where someone is “pardoned” from a crime or
sentence!
▪ Pardon = the action of forgiving or being
forgiven for an error or offence; a remission of
the legal consequences of an offence or
conviction (Oxford)
▪ Purpose of blood = Sustain! Power of blood
= Change! Pardon of blood = Bring!

14. It is only by the blood of Christ that
we can be pardoned from sin!
▪ Rom 3:23 “for all have sinned and fall short of
the glory of God” (cf. 3:10-12)
▪ Rom 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death, but
the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our
Lord.”
▪ This is “why” Christ came!(1 Pet.1:18-20)
▸Heb 9:12 Not with the blood of goats and
calves, but with His own blood He entered the
Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained
eternal redemption.(Cf 2 Cor. 5:21)

15. Conclusion:
▪ Have you become “blood brothers” with
Christ? Have you accessed the blood of
Jesus through the waters of baptism? Are
you in Christ tonight?
▪ This is the best covenant you will ever
make and all it requires a life of commitment!
Trusting Jesus each day!
▪ 1Jn 1:7 But if we walk in the light as He is
in the light, we have fellowship with one
another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His
Son cleanses us from all sin.

16. Rev. 1:5 and from Jesus Christ, the
faithful witness, the firstborn from the
dead, and the ruler over the kings of the
earth. To Him who loved us and washed
us from our sins in His own blood,