Breakthrough through the blood of Jesus

Imagine being empowered by the blood of Jesus. You are redeemed and have access to everything that He has provided for you: fellowship, protection from your enemies as well as healing in your body or peace on earth!

Through the power of Jesus' blood, you have access to everything that is necessary for living a life filled with victory. You can find relief from pain and suffering as well as protection against spiritual attacks through redeeming yourself in His name!

Opening : As Christians, we know about the blood, sing hymns about the blood, and remember it during Communion. But how many of us truly know how deep its power runs, and all that it has provided for us? Even more important—how many of us use it and apply it in our lives every day?

“Of all the glorious things that the blood means, this is one of the most glorious: His blood is the sign, the measure, yes, the impartation of His love.” —Andrew Murray

A. God Established Consequences for Sin

While your past cannot truly separate you from the love of God, revisiting your past

apart from the blood of Jesus can cause you to feel separated.

a) The One who creates makes the rules

Jn 1:1-3 “All things were made through Him …. and in Him was life.”The one who designs/creates something establishes how it will work/function.

If you don’t know the purpose something designed for you will abuse it.

God created the physical world and also the laws that govern how it operates.

You can’t make or break the laws only work with them or against them.

God also created laws that govern His relationship with people.

b) God established the Consequences of Sin

Gen.2:15-17 “The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.””

God gave man freedom, responsibility, boundaries and consequences.

God gave man free will to choose how he will govern his life and relationships.

God also established the consequences of sin “You shall die”.

This is a spiritual law “the law of sin and death”.

You are free to choose what you will do but not the consequences.

e.g. if you jump of tall building – no power over consequences – law of gravity.

Definition of Sin: Sin is violating the laws of God(1 Jn3:4 “Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.”

Sin is choosing to live independent of our creator and live for selfish advantage.

The blood of Jesus wipes out your sin nature and the record of your sin.

c) The consequences of Sin

Consequences of breaking God’s laws are as inevitable as night follows day.You cannot avoid the consequences.You may try to deny, blame, redefine sin, ignore, explain reality experience.

(i) Separation from God – loss of connection, spiritual emptiness Rom.6:23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

(ii) Judgement from God – experience a penalty ct Mt.25:41 ““Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.” Mk.9:44 “This is where the maggots never die and the fire never goes out.”

(iii) Reaping consequences in personal life, family, relationships Gal.6:8.

(iv) Legal authority is established for evil spirits to access your life.

Eph.2:2/Lk.4:5-6.

None of us are exempt from this spiritual problem of sin.

Rom.3:23 “For all have sinned…”

Rom. 5:12 “Death has spread to all men..”

We must find a remedy for sin and its consequences – What?We must return from cursing to blessing and favour of God – How?

2. Redemption Through the Blood of Jesus

Jesus paid the ultimate price to save us from our sins. He shed his blood on a cross, which was enough for heaven's gatekeepers so that all those who believe can enter their holy realm free of charge!

“We have redemption through His blood.” –Ephesians 1:7

Eph.1:7 “In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace.”We need to discover what the Blood of Jesus has accomplished for us – and also how we are to apply it to our lives to walk in the grace and favour of God.

God Also Established the Remedy for Sin

a) What can I do to resolve the problem of sin?

Religion     = man’s efforts to try to improve his life and gain access to God.

= favour with God is thought to be determined by my works.

Serving, good works, charitable acts, prayers, attempts to improve self.What must I do to be good enough? How much is enough?What must I do to redeem myself? Ps.49:7 1 Gal.2:16.

b. Fellowship With God Through the Blood of Jesus

“Having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus.” –Hebrews 10:19 (NKJV)

When you think of fellowship, you likely think of time spent over coffee at a Bible study, or time spent enjoying the company of friends. Fellowship is closeness—a friendship. That’s what we have with God, but it was bought with a price.

Before Adam fell in the Garden of Eden, he had enjoyed friendship and fellowship with God. After Adam’s Fall, sin separated us from this precious fellowship and could only be restored through the blood of Jesus. When you receive Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you declare that you want to receive His fellowship and friendship, and the door is opened for you to enjoy it!

Because of the power of the blood of Jesus, you can come boldly into the presence of God. The blood of Jesus builds a mighty wall between sin and believers who have been made the righteousness of God through Jesus (2 Corinthians 5:21).

Another word for fellowship is communion. One way we recognize that the blood provided for fellowship with God is through the taking of Communion. Jesus said, “Do this in remembrance of me” (1 Corinthians 11:23-26). That’s why Communion is much deeper than a religious observance—it’s a recognition of (and fellowship with) what God did for us through the blood of Jesus. You are a friend of God (John 15:15)!

c. b) God has established a law a basis for dealing with sin

The process of addressing the issue of sin is called redemption.Redemption =3083= a ransom

= price paid to liberate a captive or prisoner, someone in power of another.

= to regain possession by paying the full recovery price.

= to buy back, ransom – e.g. redeem mortgage e.g. Somali pirates.

Atonement =2643= exchange that restores divine favour

= to resolve a difference, to exchange money for something of equivalent value.

= the condition of being “at one” – reconciled.

c.c) God requires the shedding of blood

Lev.17:11 “For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life.”

There are two aspects to this

(i) Blood must be shed

(ii) Blood must be applied.Exod.12:22-23 “Strike the lintel and the two door posts with the blood”.

God set up a temporary process where the blood of animals was shed.

Looking at past painful situations through the blood of Jesus results in praise.

• Your memory of the past through the blood of Jesus enables you to help those with a

similar past.

d) Only the Blood of Jesus can Redeem Us

Blood of a child is determined and contributed to by the male chromosomes not female.Mother’s blood never mingles with the blood of her child.Lk1:35 Mary was impregnated with male chromosome – came from God.

Blood of Jesus was never contaminated by Adam’s sin/blood.

Blood of Jesus was pure.

1 Pet.1:17-18 Redeemed – with the precious blood of Christ.Eph.1:7           In Him we have redemption through His blood.Rom.3:23-25 God has set forth as a mercy seat through faith in His blood.Rev.5:9           …and have redeemed us to God by your blood …Col.2:14-15     Paid the full price – obtained redemption for all.

Removed the sin list.

Disarmed spiritual powers = took away their weapon.

Gal. 3:13-14    Redeemed us from the curse of the law – blessing and favour.We must choose God’s way to deal with sin – applying Blood of Christ.

You are so precious in the eyes of God. The blood that was shed for you is not just a story on earth, but it has meaning and power right now!

The most important thing we can do each day is decide to follow Jesus. He died for us so that whoever believes in Him will have eternal life and not die but live forever with God!

3.Healing Through the Blood of Jesus

“By His stripes we are healed.” Isaiah 53:3

a. When you take Communion, do you think of healing? Most Christians take the emblem of the blood and say, “Thank God, we are delivered from sin,” and that is true. Praise God for it!

Never give up on your faith. Even when it feels like all hope is lost, God never abandons you or stops loving you completely - he just needs someone with pure hearts like yours who are willing to accept his love into theirs so that they can share its light far across this darkness which has consumed much of our world today (1 Thessalonians 5:19).

b. But according to Isaiah 53:4-5 “Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.”

Jesus’ sacrifice covered every area of man’s existence. He bore spiritual torment for our sins, mental distress for our worry, care, sorrow and fear, as well as physical pain for our sickness and disease. The stripes He bore and the blood He shed were for our healing. By His stripes we are healed.

Yield your imagination and thoughts to what God has said so you become aware of

things you cannot see.

Took : Healing is a process that can only be understood through the lens of scripture. It's not something you do but instead it enters your life when Christ died for our sins and was raised on Easter Day thus giving newness to those who believe in Him (1 Peter 3:18).

Healing Through the Blood of Jesus. It's time for you to make a change in your life and turn away from sin, come follow me as I lead the way!