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WEEKLY SERMON
MARCH 23, 2025
The Blood Covenant Pt 1
Introduction – the blood covenant opens up a DOOR to the mercy and grace of God for without the DOOR that was opened in the OT and now it remains open forever with the Blood that was shed at Calvary! The blood is what keeps us clean because of what God did for us in Christ! Focus on the Lamb and let the Blood flow from the top of our head to the sole of our feet!
Focus Scripture - Ex 2:24-25 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.
God remembered his covenant! That was about 400 years earlier and yet God does not forget what HE says! God made a covenant with Abraham and he will not forget that covenant. God will not forget that covenant that he made with you either! God made a covenant with Jesus Christ and that includes you! God respects you because of the deal that HE made you! God always remembers His Word and will confirm his word with signs following! So, it is on us to speak the Word and the enemy will run!
Gen 22:1-8 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
The terms of an ancient covenant said that you give your best and I will give you my best. God gave Jesus Christ which was his best because Abraham gave his best – Isaac! God did not require that Abraham sacrifice his Son but God did sacrifice his Son for us! Yet this was not just for Abraham that Jesus died but for the whole world!
Doorposts in Egypt (Passover) When the Jewish people went through that first Passover, they had to apply the blood to the doorposts so the angel of death would not pass over that blood. The devil cannot cross that blood! We have a covenant of blood that allows us to put the blood on the doorposts of our heart! Put the document on your doorposts so you can walk in the power of God! Understand it is about HIM and what Jesus did for us!
Holy to the Lord 2 Chr 35:4-7 4 And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.5 And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites.6 So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.7 And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance.
The Passover was to make sure that they knew that the blood of the Lamb. The Blood of the Lamb was to remind them what God has done for them. The feasts were to remind them of the work of the Lord. The word feast was moed to rehearse what God’s plan was for the world which was contained in the feasts. The Passover represented the sacrifice and was part of the blood covenant! The ultimate blood covenant which is in Christ Jesus and given to all men to make men holy!
I will keep the Passover Num 9:11-15 11 The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.12 They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.13 But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the Lord in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.14 And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the Lord; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.15 And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.
Can you say that you have kept the covenant which is evidenced in the Passover. They would constantly keep the Passover to remind them of what Jesus would do! IT was kept hundreds of years after they left Egypt until the temple was destroyed. They want to still keep it because they want to obey but the animal sacrifices cannot be done without the temple!
Make Ready for God will Deliver You Ex 12:21-24 21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the Passover .22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.23 For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons forever.
It is important that we prepare our hearts and one way they did it was through the blood of the Lamb. The Passover was through the blood of the Lamb which they did eat and put the blood on the doorposts in ancient Egypt. Now it is on the door of the heart. The blood is what is used to cover the heart for the blood covers us on the inside! The Blood makes us right before God and saves us from the death that Satan brings. God brings life but Satan brings death!
Original Sin – sin came on Adam and Eve when they did not obey the Lord and ate of the forbidden fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God creates good and not evil but there was already a devil and that perverted the tree. The woman ate what looked good to her. She listened to the deceitful snake! The man and woman were deceived but not the snake for the snake was the deceiver! IN Christ we are no longer deceived! SIN separated us from God but it was paid for by the blood of the Lamb!
Sin paid for by blood - Gen 4:1-4 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord.4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
How did Abel know that the blood had to be shed for him to give an offering? Adam told him the story of how God killed an animal to make skins to cover the sin of breaking the commandment when Adam and Eve were in the Garden. Many theologians think that it may have been a Lamb that was slain then. Perhaps, Abel also slew a lamb, for the blood of the Lamb was slain throughout the OT as the sacrifice for sin! Cain killed Abel because of his sacrifice not being accepted! Fruit was not accepted but an animal sacrifice was accepted by God!
I will clothe You - Gen 3:21 21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
They sinned but God did not send them out naked instead he clothed them. God did not let them go out in fig leaves but let them go out in animal skins. He taught them how to make an animal sacrifice for their sin and covered them with animal skins. God wanted them to be clothed. They lost the covering they had with God with the glory they were created with when they were created! God wants us to be clothed by His work and not by what we do!
No One Does Good Ps 14:2-3 2 The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
We need to remember that we cannot go to God in our work for there is no one that is good enough. There is no one that is good in the flesh in the sight of God. The only way that we can be good enough in the sight of God is through the work of Jesus Christ! Do you realize that you are only good enough because today God does not see our sin instead, He sees your substitute. God realizes that you cannot be good in yourself for without the blood of the Lamb of God you cannot be good in the sight of God!
Offering of animals – The offering of animal sacrifices was until Christ shed his blood on the cross! So, the animal sacrifices were a foreshadowing of the gospel of Christ that is mentioned in the NT. The blood of the lamb that was shed demonstrated what Christ would do on Calvary! We come to church and give our financial offerings with money. Some of us do not even do that! They were told in ancient Israel they had to give certain offerings to be right with God! IT makes me SAD to think about there had to be animals sacrificed but there were many animals sacrificed for sin!
Seasons Gen 8:20-22 20 And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.21 And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and theLord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
One of the ways we know that the curse is still here is because there are 4 seasons Every place has a seedtime when you plant and a harvest when you reap. When it is cold or hot. Summer and winter and a day and night. Those seasons are going to continue until the day that Jesus returns and then things will change perhaps back until the way it was in the Garden of Eden! So, the different seasons show we are still waiting for the return of Christ.
Atonement Lev 12:4-8 4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.5 But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.6 And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest: 7 Who shall offer it before the Lord, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born a male or a female.8 And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.
We all need atonement for we all are natural born sinners. We were all born with a sin nature. We sin because we are born with a sin nature and cannot help it! Sin is part of who we are so we need to be redeemed from sin. The Blood that is shed from the lamb is what cleanses us from sin! Sin under the law was purged from the blood that was shed. This was done to prepare the world for the arrival of Jesus on the scene. Blood cleanses!
David and Jonathan1 Sam 18:1-5 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.5 And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
David and Jonathan were more than friends for they were blood brothers! They cut a covenant with each other! Jonathan was the prince and David was anointed to be the next king of Israel by Samuel the prophet! They cut a covenant together and years later David honored this covenant for a blood covenant never can be broken, since a blood covenant is eternal especially when it is a covenant made with God! They made a blood covenant and it was made between with David and Jonathan. Jonathan gave David his robe, his sword, bow and his outer clothing! Jonathan stripped himself of his royal garments knowing that David would be king! This is an act saying David I am giving you my position! This was done out of love for David!
Relationship with God – Men had a relationship with God! They had a relationship with God because of the covenant they were given by God! Abraham. Noah, Adam, Moses and King David all had covenants with God! They were all some of the greatest saints in the OT. You have a relationship with God today. The Blood of the Lamb shows us the power of the blood! Abraham could say that he met the Great I AM to start the covenant
Inheritance from Abraham Gen 15:8-17 8 And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
God told Abraham what he would inherit from the covenant. You can inherit things from God and from the covenant of God! The sacrifice was 5 animals. A deep sleep fell upon Abraham while the smoking furnace and burning lamp passed between the pieces. The covenant could be enacted by either hands being cut or passing between pieces. 2 symbols of light passed between the pieces. 2 symbols of light passed between the pieces which means that God the Father and God the Son passed between the pieces. This covenant was made between the Father and the Son. Jesus took the place of man in the covenant!
And I will continue the blessing through my Son- Gen 24:4-9 4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. 5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.7 The Lord God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
The blessing was chosen to be given to the Son of Isaac. Abraham knew that the blessing had to go through Isaac and not Ishmael. He knew that it should not go through those who followed Idolatry so he knew that the wife had to be a good woman who would be obedient! So, obedience was important. Would they honor the covenant? That is why you had to have a wife with the right attitude! This was part of not only the legacy of Abraham but also of Isaac and to fulfill the covenant that was given to him. Abraham wanted to keep his word to God! God wanted Abraham to keep his word and impressed this on him. This is his last great task before he died!
My Great Covenant Promise Gen 17:1-11 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
Again, it is said that I will make you a father of many nations! I will honor my word to you! I will walk and talk with you! Jesus went to talk with Abraham and tell him in person! This covenant was not to Abraham only but also to the seed. The seed was ultimately Jesus for he took part in the covenant when he made the covenant with God the Father! Honor the Word and remember the Word that is spoken over you! Abraham is the father of faith to many nations! Is the covenant established in your life or do you believe that the covenant will not always work in your life, or not work all the time!
Conclusion- The Blood must have power in your life for the covenant to have power in your life! Without the Blood being shed for you, you have no relationship with God. There is no redemption or salvation without the Blood. There is no healing without the covenant! The covenant is the beginning of our relationship and the reason we have a relationship with God! So plead the blood over your life and focus on the blood that overcomes in all things and at all times!
Application – The old timers would plead the blood of Jesus in our life! We need to stand up in the blood covenant. The blood is what they knew about in the OT for the blood was constantly being put in their mind with the offerings they would give. Animals were sacrificed for sin, trespass, burnt, guilt were all by offering animals but a grain offering was not with blood! They did not bring offerings with money like we do today!
Prayer for healing- (pray in faith believing) Expect a miracle and see yourself as being healed. Find a Scripture for your healing and speak that forth. Heavenly Father I pray for healing. I thank you for manifesting healing in my body today! You took all my sickness, disease, pain, sorrow for you paid for it on the cross of Calvary. I speak healing into my body and command ______________ to leave my body! No weapon can defeat me! I call myself healed because of the blood of Jesus Christ. Devil take your hands off of me for I am the child of the living God! Now thank the Lord for healing you!
Prayer for Salvation- I pray that all of you will come to know Jesus. Pray with me: Heavenly Father I recognize my need for you for without Jesus, I cannot make it in this life. I need you! I know I am a sinner and I need your SON. I recognize that Jesus died for my sin when Jesus died for me on Calvary. I believe that he rose again so that I can go to heaven and live with you there. Thank you for paying for my sin and bringing me into your forever family. So, Jesus come into my heart and live in me today! I am now a Christian!
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