The blood of Jesus is the most powerful force in the whole universe. "Without the shedding of blood there is NO remission of sin".
No other religion in the world except Christianity can take away the Sin of Adam and give mankind FORGIVENESS and a NEW LIFE. It is the only religion where God comes to man and gives Himself sacrificially. All other religions instruct men to try to reach God by their own merit. There is power in the blood of the lamb and it is available for you and for me. You can be free in every part of your life and in everything that concerns you because of the blood of Jesus.
A while ago I wrote a post titled "The Divine Exchange". I would now like to continue that discussion with the" Seven Places where Jesus Shed His blood " by Larry Huch. I pray that it will bless you as we mediate on the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ this Easter.
1. Jesus shed His blood in the Garden of Gesthemane to redeem my will
Matthew 26:19 1Peter 1:18-19
2. Jesus was whipped to break the curse of sickness and disease from my life.
Isaiah 53:5 I Peter 2:24
3. Jesus' crown of thorns was placed on Jesus' brow, to break the curse of poverty and release me into God's abundance.
Genesis 3:17, 18 2 Corinthians 8,9
4. Jesus' hands were pierced by the nails, to restore total dominion to the works of my hands.
Genesis 1:26-28 Deut. 28:12-13
5. Jesus' feet were nailed to the cross, to restore total dominion in my walk.
Joshua 1:3 Deut 11:24
6 The spear was thrust through Jesus' side, showing that he died from a broken heart, to heal my broken heart. This also illustrates his giving birth to His bride from His side as did the first Adam with Eve.
Luke 4:18 Psalm 147:3 AMP
7. Jesus bled on the inside when he was bruised to break every iniquity, to expel the inner drive of sin from my life.
Isaiah 53:5 2 Corinthians 5:17
God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. When I think of this and all that Jesus did to redeem us from the curse of Adam, I sometime feel that I am living far under the awareness of His provision that He purchased for me at great cost. It cost Him His life, it will certainly will cost me mine.( my rights!!) His life is far better than anything that this world could give me. Jesus has overcome this world and all its weaknesses of sin, sickness, and disease. His life in me is resurrection power available to Him as He so chooses to glorify Himself.
If you are a believer, I believe the Lord wants us to know that "Greater is He in us than he who is in the world" 1 John 4:4 Jesus is more than wonderful. He is the lover of our soul.
Friday, April 6, 2012
Saturday, March 17, 2012
The Crown of Glory, His Victory
Last evening, I was in a time of prayer and praise with some dear brethren, when the Lord called my attention to a particular brother who looked like he was really suffering from a migraine head ache. Migraines are miserable things to deal with, as those who suffer will attest. He had his head cupped in his hands and bent over in his lap. Fortunately we both were seated in the back of the room. As prayer continued, I made my way over to him. My spirit was grieved to see him hurting so badly. I felt like the Lord told me to go over and lay my hands on his head and take authority in the Name of Jesus over the migraine and release His peace of mind to my brother. Another brother and sister prayed also with us, as the Lord led them, for the blood of Jesus to bring healing and deliverance
While the singing continued and the Word of encouragement was spoken for the whole body, my brother rested in the Lord. Slowly, he began to reach out for the Lord. His hands fell from his head in a posture of receiving healing. Within a short time, my brother stood to his feet, with hands raised, praising the Lord in a loud voice. What a beautiful victory the Lord brought to him and a rich blessing to the Lord.
During that time I received a word for my brother, but it encouraged me too. "Jesus wore the Crown of Thorns to consume the consequences of Adam's sin, which was sin, sickness and disease. To experience a migraine or any head pain is to acknowledge the suffering of the Crown of Thorns, Christ wore for us. But, the truth doesn't stop there. It is one thing to share in His suffering and another to experience His victory. Today, our Lord wears a Crown of Glory, seated at His Father's right hand and extends His healing and deliverance to those who suffer such pain.
1John 5:4 says, "For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world, and this is the victory that has overcome the world--OUR FAITH--. Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God." Jesus has overcome the world and all its consequences of sin. 1John 4:17 also says, " As He is, so are we in this world," Is Jesus healthy? So are we in this world. Is Jesus victorious over sin? So are we in this world. Is Jesus victorious over diseases? So are we in this world.
I am not saying that you and I will never get sick, have a migraine or some disease Jesus said that we would have trials and tribulations, BUT, He had overcome them all, (Psalms 34:15-19) Jesus paid the price to overcome the consequences of Adam's sin and by our faith in His finished work at Calvary, we can believe and say, " AS HE IS, SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD" and let His truth manifest itself. It may not come right away, but if God said it, it will happen, it will come to pass. We have so much to be thankful for. Jesus paid it all. IT IS FINISHED!!
Our bridegroom is coming for His bride very soon. His love for us is amazing. He never takes His eyes off His own. When we hurt, Jesus hurts and He feels our pain. However, He doesn't leave us there. He leads us to His cross for us to remember that, "by His stripes we are healed" We are healed spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically. He exchanged His CROWN OF THORNS for His CROWN OF GLORY that He is wearing today for us. May the Name of the Lord be praised forever and ever.
While the singing continued and the Word of encouragement was spoken for the whole body, my brother rested in the Lord. Slowly, he began to reach out for the Lord. His hands fell from his head in a posture of receiving healing. Within a short time, my brother stood to his feet, with hands raised, praising the Lord in a loud voice. What a beautiful victory the Lord brought to him and a rich blessing to the Lord.
During that time I received a word for my brother, but it encouraged me too. "Jesus wore the Crown of Thorns to consume the consequences of Adam's sin, which was sin, sickness and disease. To experience a migraine or any head pain is to acknowledge the suffering of the Crown of Thorns, Christ wore for us. But, the truth doesn't stop there. It is one thing to share in His suffering and another to experience His victory. Today, our Lord wears a Crown of Glory, seated at His Father's right hand and extends His healing and deliverance to those who suffer such pain.
1John 5:4 says, "For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world, and this is the victory that has overcome the world--OUR FAITH--. Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God." Jesus has overcome the world and all its consequences of sin. 1John 4:17 also says, " As He is, so are we in this world," Is Jesus healthy? So are we in this world. Is Jesus victorious over sin? So are we in this world. Is Jesus victorious over diseases? So are we in this world.
I am not saying that you and I will never get sick, have a migraine or some disease Jesus said that we would have trials and tribulations, BUT, He had overcome them all, (Psalms 34:15-19) Jesus paid the price to overcome the consequences of Adam's sin and by our faith in His finished work at Calvary, we can believe and say, " AS HE IS, SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD" and let His truth manifest itself. It may not come right away, but if God said it, it will happen, it will come to pass. We have so much to be thankful for. Jesus paid it all. IT IS FINISHED!!
Our bridegroom is coming for His bride very soon. His love for us is amazing. He never takes His eyes off His own. When we hurt, Jesus hurts and He feels our pain. However, He doesn't leave us there. He leads us to His cross for us to remember that, "by His stripes we are healed" We are healed spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically. He exchanged His CROWN OF THORNS for His CROWN OF GLORY that He is wearing today for us. May the Name of the Lord be praised forever and ever.
Friday, March 16, 2012
Highway to Holiness
This past Sunday a dear brother challenged me to think about "The Way of Holiness" in Isaiah 35, and what did I think it meant. I do have a few thoughts,but do not confess to have a complete interpretation. I would love to hear from you also on this topic.
In Isaiah 35, I believe this scripture is an encouragement for Israel when one day they shall return to Zion with singing and an everlasting joy shall be upon there heads. They shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.......It is prophetic to the Nation anticipating the day their Messiah will come and set all things straight. The Highway of Holiness spoken here, I believe is the Messiah, because Isaiah also says, " and the unclean shall not pass over it. It shall belong to those who walk on the way; even if they are fools, they shall not go astray."
I believe the Highway to Holiness is THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, HIMSELF, the long awaited Messiah of Israel.. He said in John 14:6, "I am the WAY, the TRUTH and the LIFE, No one comes to the Father but by ME." .There is only ONE HOLY GOD and He is our God. His Name is Holy, (Father, Son and Holy Spirit). He is totally separate and above all other gods. In Matthews 7:13, Jesus is again talking to the disciples explaining the Narrow Way, "Enter by the narrow gate, for the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction,and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the WAY is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few" .
I use to think that the Highway to Holiness was hard work. I had to perform and be good. It was all about my behavior. Didn't He say that the WAY was hard and few find it? Christianity was getting very hard and quite boring, until the LIGHT BULB went on.
For me, it was all about FAITH in the Word of God. Did I believe that I had entered the narrow gate by identifying with the death, burial and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, as my own? (Romans 6). Was it faith through grace, that Jesus had secured me on the narrow road to holiness? Would I be transformed as I grew to see Jesus from glory to glory? Yes! There was such a peace to know that it was NOT by any works that I had done to get there or to even stay there.
It is all about God's glory. We owe Him our lives. To be hidden in Christ in God is the only way I know to walk the way of holiness. OUR WONDERFUL JESUS walked that road before us, the road to Calvary. He turns to us and says, "If anyone would come to me, let him deny himself, pick up his cross, and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and loses his own soul.." Now, when I close my eyes, I see Jesus carrying each one of us in His heart on the WAY OF HOLINESS bringing us HOME to His Father.
In Isaiah 35, I believe this scripture is an encouragement for Israel when one day they shall return to Zion with singing and an everlasting joy shall be upon there heads. They shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.......It is prophetic to the Nation anticipating the day their Messiah will come and set all things straight. The Highway of Holiness spoken here, I believe is the Messiah, because Isaiah also says, " and the unclean shall not pass over it. It shall belong to those who walk on the way; even if they are fools, they shall not go astray."
I believe the Highway to Holiness is THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, HIMSELF, the long awaited Messiah of Israel.. He said in John 14:6, "I am the WAY, the TRUTH and the LIFE, No one comes to the Father but by ME." .There is only ONE HOLY GOD and He is our God. His Name is Holy, (Father, Son and Holy Spirit). He is totally separate and above all other gods. In Matthews 7:13, Jesus is again talking to the disciples explaining the Narrow Way, "Enter by the narrow gate, for the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction,and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the WAY is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few" .
I use to think that the Highway to Holiness was hard work. I had to perform and be good. It was all about my behavior. Didn't He say that the WAY was hard and few find it? Christianity was getting very hard and quite boring, until the LIGHT BULB went on.
For me, it was all about FAITH in the Word of God. Did I believe that I had entered the narrow gate by identifying with the death, burial and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, as my own? (Romans 6). Was it faith through grace, that Jesus had secured me on the narrow road to holiness? Would I be transformed as I grew to see Jesus from glory to glory? Yes! There was such a peace to know that it was NOT by any works that I had done to get there or to even stay there.
It is all about God's glory. We owe Him our lives. To be hidden in Christ in God is the only way I know to walk the way of holiness. OUR WONDERFUL JESUS walked that road before us, the road to Calvary. He turns to us and says, "If anyone would come to me, let him deny himself, pick up his cross, and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and loses his own soul.." Now, when I close my eyes, I see Jesus carrying each one of us in His heart on the WAY OF HOLINESS bringing us HOME to His Father.
Monday, March 12, 2012
Christ our Jubilee
The year of Jubilee caught my attention this week and I would like to share with you some of my thoughts. I realize that there is so much more than what I understand, but what I do know has richly blessed me.
The primary reason for the Year of Jubilee was to prevent oppression in Israel. (Lev. 25:14.17) All hired workers were to be set free. This was unconditional liberty. All bond slaves were released even if the Jubilee Year came before the completion of their six years of service. This also included bond slaves who had earlier declined to go free in the seventh year of their employment. All were set at liberty.
Besides all the bond slaves and slaves to be set free, all the land was returned to its original owners. (Lev. 25:13, 223-28). This law preserved the identity of the tribes and their allotted inheritance of the land. (Num.36:4,7)
From what I have learned, this particular celebration has never taken place in modern Israel. The ancient rabbis generally believed that the Jubilee was no longer in effect after the exile of the northern ten tribes (722 B.C) because the biblical command was to be observed for "all the inhabitants thereof" (Lev. 25:10). They believed that the Jubilee Year applied only when all the Jewish people were in the land, and each tribe in its own territory. They are still waiting for this event to occur ever since they have returned to the land in 1948.
As the Jews look forward to their year of Jubilee, we as believers already celebrate and rejoice in Christ our Jubilee. In the Old Testament (Isaiah 61) and in the New Testament (Luke 4) the Lord says " The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound, to proclaim the year of the LORD'S favor (Jubilee)..............." It is beautiful. What Adam lost to Satan, Jesus bought back and restored to God. We are free from all condemnation and the power of sin. Satan no longer has any control over our lives. We have been redeemed, purchased by the blood of Jesus, never again to be under the law of sin and death. The law of life in Jesus Christ has set us free. Jesus is our Jubilee.
"The Feasts of the LORD" by Kevin Howard and Marvin Rosenthal for further study.
The primary reason for the Year of Jubilee was to prevent oppression in Israel. (Lev. 25:14.17) All hired workers were to be set free. This was unconditional liberty. All bond slaves were released even if the Jubilee Year came before the completion of their six years of service. This also included bond slaves who had earlier declined to go free in the seventh year of their employment. All were set at liberty.
Besides all the bond slaves and slaves to be set free, all the land was returned to its original owners. (Lev. 25:13, 223-28). This law preserved the identity of the tribes and their allotted inheritance of the land. (Num.36:4,7)
From what I have learned, this particular celebration has never taken place in modern Israel. The ancient rabbis generally believed that the Jubilee was no longer in effect after the exile of the northern ten tribes (722 B.C) because the biblical command was to be observed for "all the inhabitants thereof" (Lev. 25:10). They believed that the Jubilee Year applied only when all the Jewish people were in the land, and each tribe in its own territory. They are still waiting for this event to occur ever since they have returned to the land in 1948.
As the Jews look forward to their year of Jubilee, we as believers already celebrate and rejoice in Christ our Jubilee. In the Old Testament (Isaiah 61) and in the New Testament (Luke 4) the Lord says " The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound, to proclaim the year of the LORD'S favor (Jubilee)..............." It is beautiful. What Adam lost to Satan, Jesus bought back and restored to God. We are free from all condemnation and the power of sin. Satan no longer has any control over our lives. We have been redeemed, purchased by the blood of Jesus, never again to be under the law of sin and death. The law of life in Jesus Christ has set us free. Jesus is our Jubilee.
"The Feasts of the LORD" by Kevin Howard and Marvin Rosenthal for further study.
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