Sacrifice of Jesus on Calvary. However, it is through the Teaching of the New Testament that we grasp the wonderful benefits purchased for us by the Shed Blood of our Lord. The wages of sin was and is death. Consequently, when man fell, he was poisoned totally and completely, spirit, soul and body. This meant that his life flow of Blood was contaminated, now containing death instead of Life. To assuage this, or to nullify its binding result of death, a Perfect Life had to be offered up. However,