Blood of Love

The cleansing blood that flowed from Jesus side was blood flowing forth from a heart of love.  Because of the deep, deep love of God for all mankind, He sent forth Jesus into the world to become a man and walk the earth as a man, to experience every temptation that a man faces and He passed the test every time.  Jesus went to the cross as a sinless man to take on Himself the sin of all mankind. The spotless Lamb of God became sin for me and you and died that we might live.  Jesus' love made a way for the object of His love to be redeemed from sin and be reconciled to Him.

It is love that caused Jesus to say "yes" to such a task. Jesus delighted to do the will of the Father in coming to earth as a man. Jesus endured the cross despising its shame for the joy set before Him.  You and I, and the life and liberty that we can walk in, are a portion of the joy that was set before Him.  What amazing love the blood of Jesus has showered upon us!  What an amazing love is ours to partake of and share!  For true love is not something we can keep to ourselves.  Love is something that compels us to share it with others.

Jesus' blood is the sinless blood of God. God is love.  His blood is the blood of love.

1 John 4:8-11 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. 10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

Psalm 40:7-8 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, 8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

Hebrews 10:4-10 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. 5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: 6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. 
7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. 8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; 9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. 10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Hebrew 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 

Hebrews 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.