Many of us in the Church today have little sins that we do not think much about, we confess them and ask for forgiveness and move on, it does not impact our life like those big sins we happen to have every now and then. Well, just look at the picture on this post and see the price that was paid for those little sins just as much as for any of them. This is what paid for those little sins so that you do not have to face a Just God and receive your Just punishment for those little sins, or any sin! This was the price that was paid, even those little sins are important, but that is another post one day.
Some feel that they are not worthy. Some feel they have no worth, no value to anyone. Every person already has a value set on them, by none less than God Himself. Your worth to God is show in the picture on this post. He values you to this great degree. Let your mind and heart never forget how much value you have in God’s sight!
The focus of this post is on what the Blood has purchased for us as part of this new covenant. This new covenant that is sealed with the Blood of God.
It was only the blood of Jesus that could forge this new covenant.
1Co 6:19-20 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
Heb 9:12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
Heb 10:4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
Heb 10:16-17 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
Heb 10:19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
1Co 11:23-26 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
What is in this covenant though? We claim to have this covenant through faith in Jesus and His finished work, but what does it include?
I am still learning of all that the Blood of Jesus has purchased for us and the revealed power of that blood. I often ask God to show me about the Blood, because I know there is even more than what I detail here, but brothers and sisters, if what I mention here was all of it, that would be enough that we should live our lives for God, if only as a thank your for all that He has already done and given unto us!
Here are four core benefits this great sacrifice has already purchased us:
1: Salvation
We undergo the Born Again experience where God removes our old dead spirit and then creates in us a new spirit and then places inside our spirit the indwelling of His Holy Spirit to lead and guide us.
Joh 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Rom 5:8-12 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
Gal 3:13-14 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Eph 1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace
Mat 26:26-28 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Heb 10:16-7 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
1Jn 1:6-9 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1Pe 1:2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
2Co 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Heb 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
And many more like passages. Salvation for us was purchased through is body and blood. That sacrifice has justified us to God and removed our sins, not just covered them, they are gone. We are in right standing with God as though we never sinned.
2: Deliverance from the powers of darkness
There is deliverance in the blood atonement! You have been delivered from the power or authority of darkness and it has no power over you unless you give it power.
Col 1:12-13 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
We clearly see in this passage that we have already been delivered from the power and authority of darkness. You are no longer under the Satan’s domain, the enemy has no power over you in this covenant.
Mat 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Jesus has taken all power and authority. Thus there is no power of Satan that can directly hurt you unless you give him power. Notice I say “directly”, he still works indirectly through others to persecute us as he did Paul and all other believers.
Those outside the covenant though, the enemy can take over at his will:
2Ti 2:25-26 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
The enemy has power and authority over non-believes and he can take them at his will (unless we are praying for them). But once you are are born again, he no longer has any power over you.
If that were not enough, we have:
Eph 2:4-6 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
We are made to sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, thus above all the powers of darkness. The only power the enemy has over us is that power we give them. One way is to open doors with our mouth. People say things like, “Cancer runs in my family, so I will probably get it” or even things simple like “oh, watch out for devil, he will rip you to shreds” or “It does not fail, I always seem to get the flu”, or “I never seem to have anything” or “well, if I did not have bad luck I would have no luck at all” or …. Want to know what you truly believe, watch the words that come out of your mouth they tell the condition of your heart, Mat 12:34, Mat 15:18, and Luk 6:45.
Let us not forget:
*Mar 16:17-18 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
If we, after being born again (them that believe) have power to cast the devils out, then it would seem we have authority, by the new birth, over the power of the enemy.
* Some will argue the validity of Mar 16:17-18 as it appears in some scripts from the past and not in others, but the content of the passage has been proven by experience time and time again, so the validity of the verse stands.
There is also:
Rev 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
I am still trying to learn the fullness of this passage and of it’s use of the Blood. As I said, I do not know all there is about the Blood, but I see the Blood in this passage possibly being used as defense or perhaps as a weapon against the enemy, but I still need more study and prayer on this verse. I mention it here as a note as the passage refers to overcoming and having power over the darkness. This may only apply to those that are here during the Tribulation.
Overall though, It is clear, the enemy does not have any power over you, unless you give it to them. You have been delivered from his power and authority by the sacrifice of Jesus. The enemy’s only weapon is deceit, he can only trick you into giving him power over you as he did with Adam and Eve. So be on the alert and remove those things from your life and heart that empower the enemy.
3: Healing
There are many different witnesses of healing complete in the covenant. First we are free from the curse of the Law which God would put on those that were disobedient and did not follow the Law. In that curse, God would smite them with all kinds of horrible things such as poverty, sickness and disease. God has set us free from such curse, so that even though we do not keep the Law, He does not send these terrible things upon us:
Gal 3:13-14 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
So we know God does not put sickness on us as punishment nor to teach us a lesson, it is the thief that comes to steal, kill and destroy (John 10:10).
The Sacrifice of:
Isa 53:4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
Isa 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
There is a lot wrapped up in these two verses. First in verse 4, the translation does not represent the actual meaning. In many translations the “griefs” and “Sorrows” are better translated “Sickness” or “Diseases” and “pains”. But another is found in:
Mat 8:16-17 When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
He took sickness and disease upon Himself just as He did our sins.
We also have the ending of verse 53:5 that says “with His stripes we are healed”. Some try to translate that out to mean just spiritual healing and not related to the physical body, but when studied more, you will find it means all planes, that is mind, flesh and spirit, it is to make whole again, to put back together us and God. renewed and restored.
If all that were not enough, in verse 53 it says the “Chastisement of our peace was upon Him”. He paid the price for our Peace, but there is more to that word than some know. The Hebrew word for “Peace” actually means safety, welfare, health, prosperity, contentment, completeness,wholeness, nothing missing, nothing broken. Again, He is making everything whole and complete again.
Healing is not just found in the new covenant, but even under the prior covenant God had health and prosperity under the blessing of Deuteronomy 28 and God says He will taken away sickness from them in Exodus 23:25 and Deuteronomy 7:15. Healing is not new, God is a “Good” God and takes care of those that are His and this covenant is built with healing in it, sealed by the blood of God.
See also: Mark 16:17-18, James 5:14-16, Mark 11:22-24, Matthew 21:21-22, Mat 17:20, Luke 17:6, Rom 12:3, John 15:7, 1 John 5:14-15, Psalms 103:1-5, Psalms 107:20, 1 Peter 2:24, John 14:12-14, John 16:23-24
4: Blessing
This is about blessing for us, right now, here, not some day in the future after we are in heaven. Some blast prosperity messages from ministers, but they need to look to the Word and not to the other ministers, the Bible is full of passages of blessing on the people of God. When you read and study the Bible you find that God desires to pour out blessing upon HIs people. Prosperity, just like healing is there in the covenant, but we have to reach out and take it and not go around denying the blessing on our lives thus hindering the work of God for us.
Here is a very clear scripture that shows the sacrifice of Jesus brought blessing on EVERYONE that believes in Him:
Gal 3:13-14 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Yes, you have seen this passage a few times in this posting, that is due to the power of this passage. We have been redeemed from the curse of the Law, so God is not putting poverty upon us since that was included in the curse. It is, once again, the the enemy which comes to steal, kill and destroy.
This passage goes further than just the fact we have been redeemed from the curse of the Law, it says “that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus”. Yep, EVERY believer has the blessings of Abraham upon their lives just he same as his physical descendants.
If that is not enough to make you say you are blessed, there is also:
Eph 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
There are so many passages when we read through the Bible that clearly show God’s desire to bless His people. And we are His people and should expect to be blessed. Again, God is a “Good” God and wants the best for us.
Conclusion:
This post points out that Salvation, Deliverance, Healing, Blessing are all brought to us through the Blood Sacrifice of Jesus upon the cross. Look at the picture attached to this post and realize the fullness of the price that was paid for us.
1Co 6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
Rom 12:1-2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.