GOOD FRIDAY!
Empowered through the blood of Jesus Christ!
Read Isaiah 53--This is such a beautiful prophetic passage all about Jesus. It shows just how much Jesus loved us. This is a perfect description of Christ’s life and his death on the Cross. To think it was written over 700 years before Jesus was born.
” But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed.” (Isaiah 53:5)
God Completely Saved Us:
*God has completely saved me, and yet, has not violated His Holiness. Jesus did this by becoming a substitute for me and willingly accepting on himself the punishment for my sins. (See Ephesians 2:8-9).
Ironically, it is easier for the prodigal son to receive the Fathers love and complete forgiveness than it is for the self-righteous (“obedient”) son.
*Freedom is found in Christ alone. (Titus 2:14)
“Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God”. (Romans 5:9)
*The blood of Jesus is the sin cleansing detergent that gives believers their justification.
*Justification is the act of being judged Guiltless and no longer abiding in sin.
*When God declares someone has been justified He removes that person from the need to be judged for their sin.
*They have been removed from the wrath of God because God the Father now sees in that believer a reflection of His Son, Jesus the Christ.
* When God looks at the believer He sees Jesus!
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. (Ephesians 2:13)
*The blood of Jesus it’s the only true Unity in Christ.
Leviticus 17:11 for the life of the body is in its blood. I have given you the blood on the altar to purify you, making you right with the LORD. It is the blood, given in exchange for a life, that makes purification possible.
2 Corinthians 10:4 We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments.
Why does the blood Have power to Empower?
1) The blood of Jesus is Perfect
2) The blood of Jesus is Pure
3) The blood of Jesus is perpetual
4) The blood of Jesus is Powerful
5) The blood of Jesus is Permanent
6) The blood of Jesus is Precious
6 ways the blood of Jesus releases power into your life.
1) The blood of Jesus has the power to free us from every stronghold of the enemy.
2) The blood of Jesus had the power to protect us from the onslaught of Satan.
3) The blood of Jesus has the power to give us absolute VICTORY.
4) The blood of Jesus has the power to give us a complete breakthrough.
5) The blood of Jesus has the power to release all of the benefits and promises in our lives for enjoyment.
6) The blood of Jesus has the power to make us WINNERS on the face of the earth.
Revelation 12:11And they have defeated him by the blood of the Lamb and by their testimony.
* Basis of our power and authority over all the enemy: “the blood of the lamb”
* The word of our testimony. Practical application of our belief in “the blood of the lamb”. God promised his people that when he saw the blood he would deliver. God will keep his part of the covenant (deal). Our responsibility is to “sprinkle the blood.” (share/feed/expose the blood)
* All aspects of the self-life must be reckoned (unto death) if Satan is to be defeated. The redeemed saint who is cleansed from sin must become a selfless saint in order to become a victorious warrior.
The blood of Jesus purchased salvation that will endure for eternity! The acceptance of His blood brings the promise of eternal friendship and dwelling with God – both now- and in the world to come.
However, salvation through the blood of Jesus has an even greater purpose than just the assurance of the believer’s eternal destiny.
The work of the blood of Jesus, when coupled with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, removes the corrupt influences of sin and drives believers forth to “serve the living God.”
In Jesus, REDEMPTION ALWAYS REQUIRES ACTION TOWARD ACCOMPLISHING THE WORK AND PLAN OF GOD. Redemption is NEVER stationary!
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. (Hebrews 10:19-23)
We are cleansed from sin (the unconverted nature) by the blood of Jesus; when a believer commits individual sins those are confessed to Jesus who intercedes on behalf of all believers.
*Not only did Christ die to save me, but He brought me closer to God. That is the best gift that I could have ever received and could never receive from any person. (Ephesians 2:1-10).
1 John 5:18 We know that God’s children do not make a practice of sinning, for God’s Son holds them securely, and the evil one cannot touch them.
*No one can pluck you out of God’s hand. No one. Not now, not later, not when we are even trying to wiggle out on our own.
*It is not what comes into my life that makes or breaks me, but how I handle what comes into my life.
Jesus Christ, son of God carried his cross without complaining, despite the fact that He is the King of kings, because He loves us and He wanted to save us from our sins.
*In this life we carry our own cross too, it is just a matter of handling it, accepting it and Believing that Jesus our savior “Will Control Everything” for us.
* Jesus WILL help us ease the suffering, frustration, disappointment and heartaches that we may face as we walk thru this life.
Thank you Lord Jesus Christ for walking with me as I carry my cross. I love you Jesus!
Thank You Jesus, for caring and dying for a sinner like me and letting me See and Know and Trust I am Your Masterpiece. Amen