The Blood Covenant #27
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Discover how the blood covenant transforms giving, praise, and daily life into divine exchanges that release the power of God’s kingdom over every area of your life.
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Blood Covenant Overview
In this powerful installment of the ongoing Blood Covenant series, the pastor of NTC Ministries opens with a foundational truth: God has always been a God of covenant, and from the moment Adam sinned, God moved to restore relationship through a blood covenant. Drawing on Romans 8:32 and Luke 12:32, the message establishes that covenant is a total exchange — everything we have becomes His, and everything He has becomes ours. The sermon explores how this principle applies to finances, time, talents, and even praise, showing that when we give our corrupted resources to God’s kingdom, His authority transforms them. A central theme is the power of praise as an environmental exchange: praise does not change God, but it changes us and creates an atmosphere where His presence manifests. The pastor illustrates this through the story of Jehoshaphat in 2 Chronicles 20, Paul and Silas in prison, and Leah naming her son Judah. Galatians 6:7-10 and 1 Corinthians 15 anchor the teaching on sowing to the Spirit and putting on incorruption. The message closes with a passionate call to stop laboring for personal recognition and instead give everything to the Lord, trusting that the kingdom of heaven rewards faithfulness.
Blood Covenant Outline
- 0:00 – Introduction to the Blood Covenant Series: The pastor recaps the series, explaining how God cut a covenant with Adam after the fall and how covenant means the strength of one party becomes available to the other.
- 6:30 – Everything You Have Is His, Everything He Has Is Yours: Using Romans 8:32 and Luke 12:32, the pastor shows that under blood covenant, God freely gives us all things, and we are called to give Him all that we are.
- 15:00 – The Kingdom Exchange: Giving Into God’s Kingdom: The pastor contrasts the corruption of earthly systems with the multiplying power of God’s kingdom, illustrating how giving into the kingdom brings divine increase rather than diminishment.
- 24:00 – Praise as God’s Prescription for Changing Our Environment: The sermon shifts to praise, explaining that God ordained praise not for His ego but for our benefit — to create an environment where His presence, power, and provision can manifest.
- 34:00 – Jehoshaphat and the Sacrifice of Praise Under Threat: A detailed walk through 2 Chronicles 20 shows how Jehoshaphat responded to overwhelming enemy armies with fasting, prayer, and corporate praise, and how God fought the battle for him.
- 45:00 – Paul and Silas: Praise That Shakes Prisons: The pastor recounts how Paul and Silas praised God in chains, causing an earthquake, open doors, and the salvation of an entire household — a vivid picture of covenant praise at work.
- 53:00 – Corruption Versus Incorruption: The Call to Sow to the Spirit: From Galatians 6:7-10 and 1 Corinthians 15, the pastor unpacks the law of sowing and reaping, urging believers not to grow weary in well-doing, knowing the kingdom harvest is certain.
- 1:01:00 – Steadfast, Immovable, Always Abounding: The sermon closes with 1 Corinthians 15:58 and a personal testimony of how doing everything for the Lord — not for recognition — has produced over a thousand churches in 57 nations.
Scripture References
Romans 8:32, Luke 12:32, Romans 12:1, Hebrews 13:14-16, Hebrews 13:8, Galatians 6:7-10, 1 Corinthians 15:50-58, Psalms 8:2, Malachi 3:6, 2 Chronicles 20:3-6, 2 Chronicles 20:12, 2 Chronicles 20:14-19, 2 Chronicles 20:20-21, Psalm 30:11-12, Ephesians 3:20-21, 1 Corinthians 15:22
Key Takeaways
- A blood covenant means God’s strength, resources, and authority become yours the moment you surrender your weakness and life to Him.
- Giving into God’s kingdom is not a loss but a divine exchange — what is corrupted is transformed by the authority of heaven.
- Praise does not change God, who is the same yesterday, today, and forever, but it changes your environment by inviting the manifest presence of His kingdom.
- When facing overwhelming odds, the response of faith is not a plan of escape but a sacrifice of praise that positions God to fight the battle for you.
- Sowing to the Spirit through obedience, generosity, and worship guarantees a harvest of everlasting life, though it requires patience and steadfastness.
- This corruptible body and life will one day put on incorruption — a promise sealed by the blood covenant established through Jesus Christ.
- Laboring for the Lord rather than for personal recognition is what releases kingdom multiplication, as the glory belongs entirely to God.
Blood Covenant Notes
Covenant as Total Surrender and Exchange
The foundational premise of this sermon is that blood covenant is not merely a religious agreement but a total exchange of identity and resources. When God cut covenant with Adam after the fall, He was declaring that Adam’s weakness would be met by divine strength. The pastor uses the example of missionary David Livingstone, who cut over fifty covenants with African tribes, to show that covenant was understood across cultures as an unbreakable bond. For believers today, this means that every insufficiency we bring to God — financial, physical, emotional — is met by His unlimited sufficiency, because He is bound by His own blood.
Why God Ordained Praise for Our Benefit
A striking argument in this message is that God does not need praise. He is sovereign, self-existent, and unchanging, as declared in Malachi 3:6 and Hebrews 13:8. Praise was instituted for humanity’s benefit, not God’s ego. When believers praise God, they enter an environment of His presence — much like a fish needs water or a tree needs soil. The pastor describes praise as the mechanism by which the atmosphere of the kingdom of heaven invades the corruption of the present world, bringing health, provision, direction, and peace into the lives of those who engage in it wholeheartedly.
Jehoshaphat’s Strategy: Praise Before the Battle
The account of King Jehoshaphat in 2 Chronicles 20 serves as the sermon’s most extended illustration. Facing multiple armies far superior in size, Jehoshaphat responded with fasting, corporate prayer, and a bold declaration of God’s power. The remarkable detail is that he sent singers ahead of the army, praising the beauty of God’s holiness before a single sword was drawn. The enemies destroyed one another, and Judah collected the spoil for three days. The pastor presents this as a timeless pattern: praise positions believers to receive God’s intervention in situations that are humanly impossible.
Sowing and Reaping Across Two Kingdoms
Galatians 6:7-10 anchors a key teaching on the two systems of harvest available to human beings. Whatever is sown into the flesh and the corrupt systems of this world produces corruption. Whatever is sown into the Spirit — time in the Word, acts of generosity, faithful service, heartfelt praise — produces everlasting life and kingdom increase. The pastor warns against discouragement when results are not immediate, comparing the process to a kernel of corn buried in the ground. The seed appears dead, but life is being prepared. Believers are urged not to grow weary, trusting that the due-season harvest is guaranteed.
Personal Testimony of Kingdom Faithfulness
The pastor shares candidly that there were many occasions when leaving the ministry would have been the easier and more justifiable choice. Choosing instead to obey what God called him to do — not for recognition, not to impress people, but solely for the Lord — has resulted in over a thousand churches, schools, clinics, and feeding programs across fifty-seven nations. This testimony is offered not as self-promotion but as evidence that the blood covenant principle works: give your corrupted, limited offering to God’s kingdom, and He multiplies it for His glory in ways that exceed anything you could ask or imagine, as declared in Ephesians 3:20-21.
Incorruption as the Final Covenant Promise
The sermon reaches its doctrinal climax in 1 Corinthians 15, where Paul declares that this corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortal must put on immortality. Death — the ultimate expression of corruption and separation from God — will be swallowed up in victory through Jesus Christ. The pastor draws a direct line from Adam’s departure from God’s presence in Eden to the believer’s return to that presence through the new covenant. To leave the environment of God’s presence is to begin dying. To return through praise, surrender, and obedience is to begin living the eternal, incorruptible life that God always intended for humanity.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a blood covenant and why does it matter for Christians?
A blood covenant is an unbreakable agreement sealed by blood, in which both parties share everything they have. For Christians, the blood covenant matters because Jesus shed His own blood to establish it, meaning God’s strength, provision, and authority are legally available to every believer. Romans 8:32 declares that because God did not withhold His own Son, He will freely give us all things.
Why does God want us to praise Him?
God does not need praise because He is self-sufficient and unchanging, as Malachi 3:6 and Hebrews 13:8 confirm. Praise is ordained for humanity’s benefit, not God’s ego. When believers praise God, they create an environment of His manifest presence, which brings transformation, healing, and breakthrough into their circumstances, as seen in the stories of Jehoshaphat and Paul and Silas.
What does it mean to sow to the Spirit versus sowing to the flesh?
Galatians 6:7-10 teaches that whatever a person sows, they will also reap. Sowing to the flesh means investing your life in the corrupt systems of this world for selfish gain, which produces only corruption. Sowing to the Spirit means surrendering your time, finances, talents, and worship to God’s kingdom, which produces everlasting life and kingdom increase.
How did Jehoshaphat overcome his enemies through praise?
In 2 Chronicles 20, King Jehoshaphat faced multiple armies that were far larger than his own. Rather than devising a military strategy, he called the nation to fast and pray, declared his dependence on God, and sent singers ahead of the army to praise God’s holiness. God caused the enemy armies to destroy each other, and Judah did not have to fight at all, collecting spoil for three days.
What does 1 Corinthians 15 teach about corruption and incorruption?
First Corinthians 15:50-58 teaches that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, and that at the last trumpet the dead will be raised incorruptible and the living will be transformed. This corruptible nature must put on incorruption and this mortal must put on immortality. Death itself will be swallowed up in victory through Jesus Christ, fulfilling the ultimate promise of the blood covenant.
Can praise really change my circumstances?
Praise does not change God, who is immutable, but it changes the believer’s environment by inviting the manifest presence of God. Psalm 30:11-12 describes God turning mourning into joyful dancing. The account of Paul and Silas in Acts 16 shows that praise in the middle of imprisonment led to an earthquake, open doors, broken chains, and the salvation of an entire household.
What is the significance of Leah naming her son Judah?
Leah had spent years having children in order to gain her husband Jacob’s affection, attaching her worth and hope to human approval. When she named her fourth son Judah, meaning praise and lifting hands to God, she shifted her focus from gaining the world to glorifying God. This turning point represents the transformation that comes when a believer stops striving for earthly validation and begins praising God for who He is.
Why does giving financially to God’s kingdom produce increase?
Giving to God’s kingdom is a covenant exchange: what is given passes from the corrupted authority of this world into the authority of heaven, where God’s power multiplies it. Luke 6:38 promises that what is given will be returned pressed down, shaken together, and running over. The pastor explains that corruption can only diminish, but the kingdom of God only increases, which is why generosity connected to God’s purposes always produces supernatural return.
