The Blood Series

7. It Grants Victory 2:

Knowledge is power but inaccurate knowledge is our destruction. I cannot emphasize the requirement of sound Biblical doctrine, one that is revealed by the Spirit of God. Man unfortunately can err and it would be foolish for anyone to trust every teaching or doctrine without taking it to the Lord in prayer.

           Last time we looked at how we are lead to believe that we have power over satan. As I said having the authority to cast out demons and unclean spirits does not mean that we have power over satan. I would love to teach on this, but today is not the day. The Blood of Christ would not have any power if Christ did not die on the cross. It was the death of Christ that gave the Blood its power. Now that we have come this far into the topic, we must now begin to relate the previous points together. We saw that the value of the Blood came from the sinless life of Christ, the cleansing power came by the Law of Substitution, Life giving power came by the very Breath of God (Word of God) and now we will see how Victory is by the Blood.

            When Jesus was instituting the Lord’s Supper, He said, “For this is My blood of the new covenant…” what does it mean? We will first look at what a Covenant means. In Law: it is a written agreement or promise usually under seal between two or more parties especially for the performance of some action. In today’s vocabulary the word covenant is not used and so most do not know what it stands for. However, we do have something quite similar…a Testament. In Law a Testament, is the term used to provide legal instructions in which you say who should receive your property, possessions, etc., after you die and so you have a combined term known a ‘Will and Testament’. The Covenant mentioned in scripture is an everlasting one. If you combine the meaning of Testament and the meaning of a Covenant things begin to appear clearer.

                               The Old Testament is the will of God given as a promise under seal between God and Abraham. The seal was the sign of circumcision from man’s side Gen 17: 7-12 and what God did is outlined in Gen 15: 8-17. In like manner the New Testament is the will of God given as a promise under seal between God and man through Jesus. The seal is the Holy Spirit 2 Cor 1:22, Eph 1:13 and 4:30. I am not going into the detail of how a covenant works but rather I would like to explain how the Blood for Christ got the power to grant us victory by the death of Christ. The the key passage required to prove the point I am emphasizing is:

                            “For where there is a testament, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. For a testament is in force after men are dead, since it has no power at all while the testator lives.” Hebrews 9:16-17

Jesus during the Last Supper declared the New Testament to His disciples saying that His Body is given for them and that His Blood will be shed for them (LK 22:19-20).  The Apostle Paul received more detail account when Jesus revealed the Holy Communion to him. 

                          “For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread… And when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, this cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.” 1Cor 11: 23-25

The New Testament is in the Blood of Christ! God explains His take on the First Covenant in Heb 8:8-12. The writer of Hebrews starts the verse saying that God  finding fault in this Covenant makes the proclamation. Paul expands on this fault in Rom 7: 8-11. The Law rather than bringing Life brought Death because man was not able to fulfill its requirement. The New Testament frees man from the requirements of the Law because Jesus fulfilled it. Therefore, the New Covenant brings Life! Hallelujah, Blessed be His Name. As we studied that Life is in the Blood that is why Jesus declares to Paul in 1 Cor 11:25 that the New Testament is in His Blood. The Life giving Covenant runs through the Blood of Christ, which speaks better things. I hope your able to catch the meaning. 

            The day Jesus died this Testament became active, thereby granting the Life giving Blood to redeem, cleanse everyone who come to the Feet of Christ and invites Him to be their Lord and Saviour. Thus the Blood received its power to do all these things and grant us victory over sin and the requirements of the Law. The final victory will come when death is destroyed as outlined in Rev 20: 14 and 1 Corinthians 15:26 (death is the last enemy, not satan). Hope you can see the glory of God in the power of the Blood of Christ and how by it we become empowered to overcome satan, by what Christ has achieved and is doing currently on our behalf in Heaven. Amen