09 Mar The Blood Covenant Part 10

Blood Covenant Healing Overview

In this powerful continuation of the Blood Covenant series, the pastor explores the transformative power of Jesus Christ’s blood compared to Old Testament animal sacrifices. Unlike the blood of bulls and goats that merely covered sin, Christ’s blood completely removes sin and God’s wrath. The message emphasizes that humanity’s core problem is ‘bad blood’ – manifesting through violence, sickness, and moral corruption inherited from Adam’s fall. However, Jesus provided His pure, holy blood as the ultimate solution. Drawing from Ezekiel 16:6, the pastor illustrates how God sees people ‘struggling in their blood’ and declares ‘live!’ The sermon outlines three progressive stages of divine health: miraculous healing, divine health (freedom from sickness), and divine life (ministering healing to others). Using examples like John G. Lake’s extraordinary healing ministry, the message challenges believers to mature in their revelation of Christ’s blood covenant, walking in divine health and bringing life to others who are trapped in spiritual and physical corruption.

Blood Covenant Healing Outline

• 0:00 – Old Testament vs New Testament Blood: Comparing animal blood that covered sin versus Christ’s blood that removes sin completely
• 3:30 – Jesus Takes All Wrath and Penalty: Christ voluntarily bore all of God’s wrath for past, present, and future sins
• 7:00 – Humanity’s Bad Blood Problem: How corrupted blood manifests in violence, sickness, arrogance, and moral decay
• 12:00 – Three Levels of Divine Health: Miraculous healing, divine health, and divine life demonstrated through John G. Lake’s ministry
• 18:00 – Ezekiel 16 – Struggling in Your Blood: God’s declaration of life to those trapped in corrupt blood and spiritual death
• 22:00 – Quality vs Quantity of Eternal Life: Understanding eternal life as quality of life, not just duration
• 26:00 – Bringing Life to Others: Our calling to declare life over people we encounter who are struggling spiritually
• 30:00 – Walking in Righteousness and Healing: First Peter 2:24 connecting forgiveness and healing through Christ’s sacrifice

Scripture References

Ezekiel 16:1-6, Hebrews 11:6, 1 Peter 2:24, 1 Peter 3:15, Romans 5:17

Key Takeaways

• Christ’s blood completely removes sin and God’s wrath, unlike Old Testament sacrifices that only covered sin temporarily.
• Humanity’s fundamental problem is ‘bad blood’ inherited from Adam, manifesting in sickness, violence, and moral corruption.
• Believers can progress through three levels: receiving miraculous healing, walking in divine health, and ministering divine life to others.
• When we encounter people ‘struggling in their blood,’ we should declare life over them as God did with Israel.
• Eternal life is about quality of life now, not just quantity of years or going to heaven someday.
• Forgiveness and healing are connected in the same verse (1 Peter 2:24), showing God’s complete provision through Christ’s blood.
• We must mature in revelation of the blood covenant to walk in divine health and minister life to others effectively.

Blood Covenant Healing Notes

This tenth installment in the Blood Covenant series presents a profound exploration of the transformative power found in Christ’s sacrifice. The pastor begins by establishing the fundamental distinction between Old and New Testament covenants, emphasizing that while animal blood in the Old Testament merely provided temporary covering for sin, the blood of Jesus Christ accomplishes complete removal of sin and divine wrath. This distinction forms the theological foundation for understanding our current covenant privileges.The message identifies humanity’s core issue as ‘bad blood’ – a spiritual and physical corruption inherited from Adam’s fall. This manifests in various forms: violence, arrogance, theft, deception, and most significantly, sickness and disease. The pastor explains that this corruption wasn’t chosen by individuals but represents the universal human condition requiring divine intervention.A significant portion focuses on the three progressive levels of divine health, illustrated through the extraordinary ministry of John G. Lake. The first level involves receiving miraculous healing when sickness occurs. The second level, divine health, represents a mature state where believers simply don’t get sick anymore due to their revelation of Christ’s blood. The third level, divine life, involves ministering healing and life to others, as demonstrated when Lake handled bubonic plague germs that died upon contact with his hand.The Ezekiel 16 passage provides a powerful metaphor for God’s redemptive heart. Just as God found Israel ‘struggling in blood’ and declared life over them, believers today are called to see people in their spiritual corruption and declare life rather than condemnation. This represents a shift from merely receiving God’s benefits to actively dispensing them to others.The sermon emphasizes that eternal life encompasses both quality and quantity, challenging believers to experience God’s abundant life now rather than merely anticipating heaven. The pastor connects forgiveness and healing in First Peter 2:24, arguing that just as believers confidently accept forgiveness, they should equally embrace divine healing as part of their covenant inheritance.Practical application involves learning to minister to hurting people around us – drug addicts, alcoholics, those caught in various forms of bondage – not with condemnation but with life-giving words and actions. The pastor shares Smith Wigglesworth’s account of his presence causing conviction and conversion in a train car full of religious professionals, illustrating how divine life should flow through mature believers.The message concludes with a challenge for believers to seek greater revelation of the blood covenant, understanding that without this revelation, even God’s Word becomes difficult to apply effectively. This revelation enables believers to stand confidently in an age of manufactured diseases and widespread deception, offering genuine hope grounded in Christ’s accomplished work rather than worldly solutions.

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