April 9th, 2026
Last weekend, we celebrated the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. It’s a time we focus on resurrection life, but that life is something we should be walking in every day! Jesus tasted death so we could live, and that’s not just for Easter Sunday.
There are people who live in spiritual death, completely unaware of the life we have access to in Jesus. His blood was shed for our salvation, and so much more.
In the Old Testament, God strictly prohibited people from eating meat with blood in it, including animals they sacrificed. Deuteronomy 12:23 says,
“Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.”
This is very interesting because Jesus was the spotless lamb sacrificed for us, and we are specifically told to partake of the body and blood of Jesus. I believe it’s for the exact same reason they were told not to consume the blood of animals.
“The blood is the life.”
Jesus said in John 6:53-56,
“So, Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.”
During the last supper, Jesus took the cup and said,
“Drink all of it, for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.” (Matthew 26:27)
Naturally speaking, an animal’s blood contains all bacteria, viruses, and parasites an animal carries. The symbolism of drinking Jesus’ blood may have been foreign to them, but they understood that blood carried life. When we partake of His blood, we partake of His life. Jesus’ blood was pure, completely uncontaminated by sin. Hebrews 9:13-14 says,
“For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.”
Jesus was the spotless lamb, sacrificed for our forgiveness, and His blood carries nothing but life! The message of the cross, the Gospel of Jesus Christ, is a call to come to Him and receive life. John 1:1-4 says of Jesus,
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.”
The life in Jesus is still the light of all mankind. We don’t need to look up the Greek word for life to try to figure out what it means. Every human being was created to recognize the life He carries. You know if you’re not living! Life apart from Him is difficult, dry, and joyless. Life apart from Him is a journey with an unknown destination, a wandering in darkness. His life is our only light!
John 6:63 says,
“It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.”
Many accept Jesus with a simple prayer, but then go on attempting to live their own lives, sustaining themselves. However, when we come to Jesus, He must become our daily bread. We have to partake of His life continually. His Word is Spirit and life, and as it says above, our flesh is no help at all. There is no life apart from Him!
This should be a relief. We don’t have to strive. We simply have to learn to partake of the One who tasted death for us. We get to rest in the power of His sacrifice and abide in the reality of His presence.
Jesus sealed the promise of our eternity with His own blood when He died on the cross. However, we have to choose to walk in that life every day. He will fill every dry place in your heart, as you surrender to Him. His life will resurrect what you thought couldn’t live again. There is healing, joy, peace, strength, and grace in just one taste of His life, but we have to choose to come!
In John 5:39-40, Jesus rebuked the religious people of His day saying,
“You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about Me, yet you refuse to come to Me that you may have life.”
They refused to come. They were experts on the scriptures, but most of them missed the One that carried life itself. The only thing that can keep us from receiving all that Jesus has for us is our own refusal. He poured out His own blood, withholding nothing. He will never turn you away if you will just come!
He is the only way, the only truth, and the only life (John 14:6). You can’t search the Word in purity and truth and not find Him, because He is the Word of God made flesh. Today, we encourage you to receive and partake of the only One who carries life. His Word is Spirit and life. His flesh is true food, and His blood is true drink. That symbolism carries the truth that He is our all-in-all. He is the only sustenance we need for life, freedom, hope, and healing. All we have to do is come to Him. Whatever you have need of today, there is life in Him, and it is simpler than you’ve ever believed. Just come!
There are people who live in spiritual death, completely unaware of the life we have access to in Jesus. His blood was shed for our salvation, and so much more.
In the Old Testament, God strictly prohibited people from eating meat with blood in it, including animals they sacrificed. Deuteronomy 12:23 says,
“Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.”
This is very interesting because Jesus was the spotless lamb sacrificed for us, and we are specifically told to partake of the body and blood of Jesus. I believe it’s for the exact same reason they were told not to consume the blood of animals.
“The blood is the life.”
Jesus said in John 6:53-56,
“So, Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.”
During the last supper, Jesus took the cup and said,
“Drink all of it, for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.” (Matthew 26:27)
Naturally speaking, an animal’s blood contains all bacteria, viruses, and parasites an animal carries. The symbolism of drinking Jesus’ blood may have been foreign to them, but they understood that blood carried life. When we partake of His blood, we partake of His life. Jesus’ blood was pure, completely uncontaminated by sin. Hebrews 9:13-14 says,
“For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.”
Jesus was the spotless lamb, sacrificed for our forgiveness, and His blood carries nothing but life! The message of the cross, the Gospel of Jesus Christ, is a call to come to Him and receive life. John 1:1-4 says of Jesus,
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.”
The life in Jesus is still the light of all mankind. We don’t need to look up the Greek word for life to try to figure out what it means. Every human being was created to recognize the life He carries. You know if you’re not living! Life apart from Him is difficult, dry, and joyless. Life apart from Him is a journey with an unknown destination, a wandering in darkness. His life is our only light!
John 6:63 says,
“It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.”
Many accept Jesus with a simple prayer, but then go on attempting to live their own lives, sustaining themselves. However, when we come to Jesus, He must become our daily bread. We have to partake of His life continually. His Word is Spirit and life, and as it says above, our flesh is no help at all. There is no life apart from Him!
This should be a relief. We don’t have to strive. We simply have to learn to partake of the One who tasted death for us. We get to rest in the power of His sacrifice and abide in the reality of His presence.
Jesus sealed the promise of our eternity with His own blood when He died on the cross. However, we have to choose to walk in that life every day. He will fill every dry place in your heart, as you surrender to Him. His life will resurrect what you thought couldn’t live again. There is healing, joy, peace, strength, and grace in just one taste of His life, but we have to choose to come!
In John 5:39-40, Jesus rebuked the religious people of His day saying,
“You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about Me, yet you refuse to come to Me that you may have life.”
They refused to come. They were experts on the scriptures, but most of them missed the One that carried life itself. The only thing that can keep us from receiving all that Jesus has for us is our own refusal. He poured out His own blood, withholding nothing. He will never turn you away if you will just come!
He is the only way, the only truth, and the only life (John 14:6). You can’t search the Word in purity and truth and not find Him, because He is the Word of God made flesh. Today, we encourage you to receive and partake of the only One who carries life. His Word is Spirit and life. His flesh is true food, and His blood is true drink. That symbolism carries the truth that He is our all-in-all. He is the only sustenance we need for life, freedom, hope, and healing. All we have to do is come to Him. Whatever you have need of today, there is life in Him, and it is simpler than you’ve ever believed. Just come!
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