THE BLOOD TRANSFUSION FOR THE SIN VIRUS
What is the value of the human soul? The value of the soul brought Jesus Christ, the crowned Prince of heaven, to leave the splendor of glory for a stinking manger in Bethlehem filled with the stench of livestock, to be born as the Son of Mary. The Seed of Mary punished the prince, the powers, and the principalities of darkness permanently. The Lion of the Tribe of Judah crushed the roaring lion. You can't win against a lion when your head is in its mouth. Jesus lost His life at Calvary, but He didn't lose the fight. Jesus, from outside of history, entered into history and would have bankrupted heaven for you, the value of your soul. He came to seek and save which was lost For the value of your soul, Jesus Christ did not come here with a pretty face and a pretty message, but with a salvation message.
The value of your soul drove Jesus to Gethsemane, with the enemies of the cross lurking in the shadows. Jesus kneeled beneath the olive tree in the shadows of Gethsemane, and His foot was on the doorsill of the house of death. The drops of sweat and blood flooded down His sacred brow, and the chariots of sin were placed upon His shoulders.
Jesus was having severe anxiety and panic attacks, and He had not slept for days, knowing the cup of His Father's wrath had to be filled. His stress was so intense that He began to sweat blood. This is a rare condition known as hematidrosis, which occurs when capillaries that feed into the sweat glands brutally explode due to extreme stress and anguish (Luke 22:44). Jesus slammed His face to the ground and prayed, "Father, let this cup pass from Me Not as I will but Your will " Be grateful that God doesn't answer every prayer because if the Father had answered this prayer, 100 percent of humanity would be going to hell.
With hundreds of flaming torches that could be seen through the olive trees, five hundred hardened-battle-ready Roman soldiers and one traitor, Judas, the devil's advocate, came from the Antonia fortress and invaded the garden to arrest one Jewish Rabbi praying with twelve sleeping disciples. The apostles were sleeping in Jesus' most crucial hour of His ministry. Are we sleeping now? Is the church sleeping and slumbering now in the most crucial hour in the Age of Grace?
Back to the severity in Gethsemane, the Roman soldiers said, "We seek Jesus of Nazareth " So humble and so meek, Jesus replied, "I am He " Standing next to the portrait of Absolute Power, the armed guards and shielded soldiers fell to the ground, trembling in catastrophic, catatonic fear, powerless and pitiful. Why? Because no one takes Jesus' life, He lays down His life. Immediately, an apostolic slugfest broke out, and the tribe of twelve began to fight to prevent the Son of God from being apprehended and arrested.
Peter took a sword and slashed the ear off of Malchus, a Jew, the servant of Caiaphas. Why? According to the Law of Moses, if you were a Jew with a physical defect, you could not serve in the temple. Peter ended his entire career. Then, Jesus miraculously healed his ear and restored his career. The message is that people are never won over to Christ by violence but by the demonstration of love.
The value of your soul drove the Lamb to Pilate's politically correct whipping post and stripped naked. They tied the Creator's hands together, which healed the sick, healed the blind, and atomized the spots of leprosy, then brutally beat Him to a bloody, pulsating pulp and leaving a scourging portrait of pain on His back. The relentless whipping tore into His flesh and tissue from His buttocks up to His shoulders, exposing muscles and even His spine. "I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting" (Isaiah 50:6, NIV).