16 Mar The Blood Covenant #11

Covenant Head Christ Overview

In this powerful eleventh installment of the Blood Covenant series, Pastor explores the profound concept of Christ as our covenant head. Unlike earthly leadership that imposes will, Jesus demonstrates true headship through provision, protection, sustenance, and support. The sermon reveals how God initiated our covenant relationship – we didn’t choose Him, but He chose us, offering everything He is and has in exchange for our surrendered lives. Through the blood covenant, believers receive a spiritual blood transfusion, transforming from a ‘human’ species (meaning ‘death doomed’) into a new creation with eternal life. This covenant relationship provides access to God’s power, healing, and prosperity, redeeming us from the curse. The message emphasizes that without genuine heart circumcision and born-again experience, people may have religious forms but lack God’s power. Christ’s role as covenant head means He takes full responsibility for our spiritual growth and provision, while we respond through faithful obedience and truth-speaking in love.

Covenant Head Christ Outline

• 0:00 – Communion and Covenant Application: Opening invitation to participate in communion as practical application of blood covenant teaching
• 3:00 – Understanding the Covenant Head: Explaining Christ as the initiating party who chose us and established the covenant relationship
• 8:00 – The Power of Blood Covenant: Contrasting churches with and without blood covenant revelation and their access to God’s power
• 15:00 – Corrupted Blood and Divine Solution: Examining how sin corrupted human blood and Christ’s blood provides eternal life solution
• 22:00 – Biblical Meaning of Headship: Defining covenant headship as responsibility to provide, protect, sustain, and support
• 28:00 – Christ as Head of the Church: Exploring Ephesians passages about Christ’s headship over all things to the church
• 35:00 – Abiding in the Vine: Teaching on John 15 and the necessity of remaining connected to Christ for fruitful living

Scripture References

1 Corinthians 11:3, Ephesians 1:22-23, Ephesians 4:15, John 15:5-6, Philippians 1:6, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Hebrews 10

Key Takeaways

• Christ as covenant head means He takes full responsibility for providing, protecting, sustaining, and supporting believers in their spiritual journey.
• The blood covenant transforms believers from ‘human’ (death-doomed) beings into a new species with eternal life through spiritual blood transfusion.
• Churches and individuals without blood covenant revelation lack access to God’s supernatural power despite having religious forms.
• True salvation requires heart circumcision and being born again, not just religious rituals or baptism as infants.
• Believers must continue abiding in Christ like branches in a vine to bear spiritual fruit and avoid spiritual death.
• Speaking truth in love, not anger or malice, is essential for growing up into Christ as our covenant head.
• Living for Jesus rather than ourselves develops a heart for seeing others come into the kingdom of God.

Covenant Head Christ Notes

The concept of covenant headship revolutionizes our understanding of leadership and relationship with Christ. Pastor emphasizes that Christ didn’t impose His will upon us but rather initiated a covenant relationship where He chose us before we could choose Him. This divine initiative demonstrates the heart of true headship – taking responsibility rather than demanding submission. The blood covenant creates a complete exchange where everything Christ is, has, and can do becomes ours, while everything we are becomes His. This transformation is so complete that Scripture declares anyone in Christ becomes a new creation, with old things passing away and all things becoming new. The sermon draws a stark contrast between religious organizations that acknowledge Christ intellectually versus those with genuine blood covenant revelation. Churches without understanding of Jesus’ blood lack supernatural power, maintaining only forms of godliness while denying its transformative strength. When crises arise, even those who neglect the blood covenant often cry out for God’s intervention, revealing their inner recognition of divine power. The corruption of human blood through Adam’s fall created the fundamental problem requiring Christ’s solution. Before sin entered, Adam possessed eternal life, created in God’s image and likeness. However, his choice to believe Satan’s lie over God’s truth resulted in immediate spiritual death and corrupted blood. The gradual shortening of human lifespan throughout biblical history reflects this progressive corruption, with ‘human’ itself meaning ‘death-doomed’ in Latin. Christ’s blood provides the antidote to this corruption, offering spiritual blood transfusion that restores eternal life. True biblical headship, as demonstrated by Christ, means accepting responsibility to provide, protect, sustain, and support those under our care. This applies to Christ’s relationship with believers and serves as a model for human relationships. Many men misunderstand headship as dominance or control, but Scripture presents it as servant leadership that sacrificially cares for others’ wellbeing. Christ’s headship over the church demonstrates this principle perfectly – He gave His life to provide salvation, continuously protects believers, sustains them through trials, and supports their spiritual growth. The mystery of the church remains hidden from those outside covenant relationship, though revelation comes to those who enter genuine relationship with Christ. Religious activity without heart circumcision produces form without power, leaving people spiritually empty despite external religious observance.

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