HOW CAN BLOOD SAVE YOUR LIFE?

 BLOOD AND TRUE CHRISTIANS

Where does Christianity stand on the question of saving human life with blood?  Jesus was a man of integrity, which is why he is so highly regarded. He knew that the Creator said that taking in blood was wrong and that this law was binding. Hence, there is a good reason to believe that Jesus would uphold the law about blood even if he was under pressure to do otherwise.  Jesus "did no wrong, [and] no treachery was found on his lips."  (1 Peter 2:22, Kmx) He thus set a pattern of respect for life and blood.  (We will consider how Jesus' own blood is involved in this vital matter affecting your life.) 

Note:  To take in blood or consume it in anyway, is to disrespect God and to turn him against you, and believe me, you do not want to do that!  We must obey God no matter what. And if you think he cannot see you or hear you or read your heart or your mind, you are only fooling yourselves.  You cannot hide anything from God. 

Note what happened when, years after Jesus' death, a question arose about whether someone becoming a Christian had to keep all of Israel's laws.  This was discussed at a council of the Christian governing body, which included the apostles . Jesus' half brother James referred to the  writings containing the commands about blood  stated to Noah and the nation of Israel. Would such be binding on Christian's? -Acts 15:1-21. (Yes)

That council sent their decision to all congregations:  Christians need not keep the code given to Moses, but it is "necessary" for them to keep abstaining from things sacrificed to idols and from blood and from things strangled [meat that has not had the blood drained out of it] and from fornication." (Acts 15:22-29) The apostles were not presenting  a mere ritual or dietary ordinance. The decree set out fundamental ethical norms, which early Christians complied with. About a decade later they acknowledged that they should still "keep themselves from what is sacrificed to idols as well as from blood . .  . and from fornication." -Acts 21: 25. 

Note: Those  about idols and fornication are from the ten commandments, which we are suppose to abide by,  The blood is a statute or rule, if you will to also abide by, according to God's Words in the Bible.  To think otherwise is to be foolish and disrespectful toward God. 

Next time: HOW CAN BLOOD SAVE YOUR LIFE?/Conclusion of BLOOD AND TRUE CHRISTIANS 

From the Watchtower magazine