1. Nothing BUT
the Blood
Romans 5:1-10
message eight

2. AN EXPERIENTIAL
EXEGESIS OF YOUR
BLOOD-WORK
1. It used to be believed
blood was a source of
disease, not defense

3. AN EXPERIENTIAL
EXEGESIS OF YOUR
BLOOD-WORK
1. It used to be believed
blood was a source of
disease, not defense
2. There is no other
doctrine debated,
doubted, disputed and
even denied as much as
the doctrine of the blood
of Jesus Christ

4. AN EXPERIENTIAL
EXEGESIS OF YOUR
BLOOD-WORK
3. Blood has to be
shed to provide
eternal salvation

5. Thesis
• The one unifying theme
of the Bible is the
scarlet thread of
redemption by the
Savior’s blood that
runs through it.

6. Definition
• Peace WITH God defines
my status before God as
his son; the peace OF
God refers to my
tranquility within as a
saint.

7. GLORYING IN
TRIBULATION
1. It is not stoicism
...a stoic achieves
happiness by
submission to destiny.
—zeno

8. GLORYING IN
TRIBULATION
1. It is not stoicism
2. It is not masochism
...a masochist obtains
pleasure by receiving
punishment.

9. GLORYING IN
TRIBULATION
1. It is not stoicism
2. It is not masochism
3. It is not an act, a show
or a performance
...a hypocrite professes
opinions he does not
hold to conceal reality.

10. Point 1
• The gospel was designed
by God to produce a spirit
that cannot help but rejoice,
and rejoicing is a deep
sense of security in God,
even when the
circumstances of your life
are crumbling.

11. Definition
• Hope is an inner
confidence developed by
faith in what God has
promised.
...faith is the
substance of things
hoped for.
—paul

12. Point 2
• If there has been no
change in your
character, there will
be no growth in
your hope.

13. Definition
• Atonement is restoration
to divine favor as we get
reconciled.
at-one-ment was a word
coined by Wycliffe for the
English Bible in 1382

14. Point 3
• You can stand in front of God
as if you were Christ because
Christ stood before God as if he
were you.

15. COME
FORWARD
FOR PRAYER