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Pastor Jeff Schwarzentraub serves as president of Pastor Jeff Ministries, a national and global ministry designed to equip believers and challenge them to take
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The Power of Christ's Blood 0:00 Today I want to talk to you about the blood of Christ. I want to talk to you about the blood of Christ. It's a topic that oftentimes now in churches, people don't want to talk about anymore. We want to talk about a0:11 bloodless Christ. We like all the things that Jesus can do for us. We like his healing power, we like his deliverance power, we like his love, we like his compassion, but oftentimes we prefer a bloodless0:23 Christ. We don't like to talk about the fact of what Jesus did on our behalf in going to the cross. As a matter of fact, in general, we don't like talking about blood, period, do we? I mean, oftentimes you'll talk to a0:34 young kid and you'll ask him, What do you wanna do when you grow up? And they'll say something like this, I'd love to be a doctor, but I just don't like the sight of blood. So I don't think that's a good career choice0:43 for me. And many of us, even if we're not queasy at the sight of blood, we don't like seeing it because while we understand that blood is important to pump nutrients throughout our body, when we see it outside of our0:53 body, it kinda makes us feel uncomfortable. Back in January when I had my biking accident and my wife was called, the lady that called my wife, when she asked how I was doing,1:06 the lady said to my wife, there's a lot of blood, so just prepare yourself. I mean, even just the other day, I mean, things just happened. I I was packing an overnight bag and I was holding my toiletries while I was1:16 multitasking and talking on the phone and while I was holding my deodorant and different things that I was getting ready to put in my bag, I I kinda dropped the phone and I went to grab the stuff really quick.1:25 Unfortunately, I caught the end of the razor and I could just feel it go and I looked at my finger and I'm like, I don't see anything yet, but I know it's about ready to start pouring blood. And and sure enough, it did.1:37 And when that happens, what do we wanna do? We wanna bandage it, we don't wanna see it, we want it to heal, we want the blood to go away. Many times in the church, that's exactly how we talk about the blood of Christ. We1:46 realize that the gospel is essential, that Jesus had to shed his blood in order for our sin to be forgiven. But oftentimes in church, we don't want to talk about the blood. We don't want to be reminded of what was1:58 needed to cleanse us from our sin and from unrighteousness. So today we're gonna be looking at Hebrews chapter 9. There's no other chapter in the entire Bible that talks about blood more than this2:09 book, more than this chapter in your Bible. I'm just gonna encourage you to open up to Hebrews chapter 9. All of this is 1 section and while I had intended on going through part of it today and part of it next week and2:21 part of it the week after, I think it's better that we see it as a whole. And I think it's best that we understand what the blood of Jesus Christ does for us. And so we're gonna talk about 4 truths about the blood2:33 of Jesus. And so I invite you to open your Bible to Hebrews chapter 9 Hebrews chapter 9. We're gonna go through all 28 verses. So I'm gonna read some of this, this first section, and then we're gonna begin to unpack it,2:45 taking a look at the 4 truths of the blood of Christ. Notice what he says. He says, now even in the first even the first covenant had regulations of divine worship and the earthly sanctuary for there was a tabernacle2:57 prepared, the outer 1, in which there in which were the lampstand and the table and the sacred bread that is called the holy place. Behind the second veil, there was a tabernacle which is called the3:09 holy of holies, having a golden altar of incense and the arc of the covenant covered on all sides with gold in which was a golden jar holding the manna and Aaron's rod which budded3:24 of the glory overshadowing the mercy seat. But of these things, we cannot now speak in detail. Now, when these things have been so prepared, the priests are continually entering the outer tabernacle3:36 performing the divine worship, but into the second, only the high priest enters once a year, not without taking blood, which he offers for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance. The3:48 Holy Spirit is signifying this, that the way into the holy place tabernacle is still standing, which is a symbol for the present time, according to gifts and4:00 sacrifices are offered, which cannot the worst perfect inconch since they relate only to food and drink and various washings, regulations for the body imposed until a4:12 time of And here in that first section, we see the first point about the blood of Christ. Now you may not see the word blood, but because this whole section is about the blood, here's what you can understand about4:24 this. The blood of Christ transcends the best religious practice. The blood of4:29 Christ transcends the best religious practices. Now we know that under the first covenant, it4:30 had regulations of divine worship and the blood of Christ under the first covenant, it had regulations of divine worship and the earthly sanctuary. And so he goes into great4:41 detail to talk about how this tabernacle was set up. Some of you who are students of God's word love understanding the tabernacle and all the pieces of furniture and how it was all laid out. And he goes4:53 into detail talking about these things and he says, we don't have time to talk about all these things right now. Every Jew in the first century would have known exactly how the tabernacle was set up. They would have been5:03 completely familiar because God went to great lengths to tell them, Here's how I am to be approached. And so what I did for today was I just gave us a little diagram that I'll5:15 just walk you through. I actually have a laser pointer today. I've never used a laser pointer, so we'll see how this we'll see how this works. But you'll see up on the screen, you'll see a picture of the tabernacle.5:26 There's several in your Bible you might be able to see. And you can see when you when you see that, look at that. It's pretty awesome. This is called the entrance gate or the gate of Thanksgiving. When we approach the5:37 throne of God, and by the way, there's a way that you can pray through the tabernacle. It's called the tabernacle prayer. There's a way I learned to pray a year ago and there are some days I pray this way. It usually5:47 takes me about an hour to walk through this whole process, but Psalm 100 and verse 4 says, you enter the gates with thanksgiving and enter his courts with praise. When people were to enter the throne of God, they were to5:56 enter thankfully. Do you know when we approach God, that's how he wants us to enter? That regardless of circumstance, regardless of what's going on in our life, regardless of whether there's things that are good or6:08 circumstances that are bad, we always have things to give God thanks for. And so a way we can approach God is thanking him for all of his goodness in our lives because the good that he's doing always outweighs the bad6:19 that's going on. He's a good God. And then the first thing you see there is the the brazen altar or the altar of burnt offerings. That's where all the sacrifices took place. That represents blood. That6:31 represents sacrifice. Without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sin. We'll see that in Hebrews 9 22 today. That in order to approach God, sacrifice had to be made in order to approach him. And6:43 there, every day, the priest would stand at the altar and they would offer animal upon animal, upon animal, upon animal, upon animal. If you were to study this, which I did this week, and you were to think about,6:55 how many animals do you think were offered a year? People. You got 2, 3, 4000000 people in Israel and everybody's offering animals almost daily. I mean, you know how many animals?7:06 I mean, studies show there are millions of animals that gave their lives yearly and we pray this way, we pray Thanksgiving and then we7:18 get to the brazen altar or the altar of burnt offerings, we begin to thank God for the shedding of blood. We begin to thank Jesus for being on the whipping post. We begin to thank Jesus for being on the cross. We begin7:30 to thank Jesus for wearing that crown of thorns. We begin to thank Jesus for his blood that was shed. Basin. This was this was ceremonial washings.7:42 This represents sanctification. This is where we go before the Lord and we ask him to cleanse us and to wash us and to renew our mind and to renew our heart and to renew our soul and to renew us in a7:54 way that God begins to set us apart and no matter where we are in our journey, that we can always grow more in the holiness of God, amen? That no matter where we are, we can ask God, hey God, show me the areas that8:05 you're trying to cleanse in my life and areas that you're trying to grow in me. And this area out here was called the outer courtyard. This was the area of forgiveness. And then you went into what was called8:17 the holy place. The holy place is where the priests enter and they would minister. And here you see the the menorah there or the what we would call the, the lampstand. The lampstand, you know,8:29 was the menorah that had 7 lights on it. It's what lit up that room. I think it's representative of the the 7 spirits of God. You can read in Isaiah chapter 11 and verse 2 about the 78:41 spirits of God, the the spirit of the Lord or the spirit of wisdom, the spirit of understanding, the spirit of counsel, the spirit of strength, the spirit of knowledge, the spirit of the fear of the Lord. When you begin8:52 to pray through all those different things on a daily basis and you begin to ask God, God, give me more strength, give me more courage, give me a greater fear of you, give me more freedom in who I am in Christ, and we9:03 begin to pray that the spirit of God would have his way with us. It's just a way we begin to approach God because of what we see in the tabernacle. And then you see this table of showbread, right, where9:15 they they had the the fresh bread every single day. That that's representative of a fresh word from the Lord, A fresh daily word from the scriptures. Can I just tell you this? Spend time in the9:27 word every single day. Right? I hear I've heard people say this to me before as a pastor. I've already read the Bible. I've already read it. I don't even know why I need to go to church. I don't need to hear it. I don't9:38 need Friends, this book is living and active. It's sharper than any 2 edged sword. This written word reveals the living word and God in a moment can give you9:50 a fresh word. Right? That's what we're talking about when we talk about the table of bread. We talk about the showbread. Do you get a fresh word from the Lord? Because sometimes we come to church and we get a fresh word10:01 and we think that's good enough for the whole week. Or for some of you that come 2 times a month, that's good enough for the next 2 weeks. Right? Daily, God wants us to come and get a fresh word from him. That God's10:12 always wanting to meet with us and give us something from his presence. Represents our10:24 worship before the Lord. Perhaps singing, perhaps praying, perhaps if you have a prayer language, praying in the spirit as you pray before the Lord. It's giving God your heart and your soul and all your worship. If the10:36 only time you worship is on a Sunday morning, I'm just telling you, you're not worshiping enough. God wants Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs and there's something about worship where there's power in your worship.10:48 There's something about worship that changes your circumstances when you worship. I mean, you think about in the book of acts, after they had been beaten, after they had been, you know, yelled at and all these different10:59 things and chained and locked. And about midnight, what do they begin to do? They begin to have a worship service. They begin to worship the Lord and the chains fall off and the prison doors open. Worship changes11:10 everything. And as you spend time with the Lord daily, there should be a time of worship in your life. Some of you that are good at instruments, maybe you play the piano, maybe you play the guitar, maybe you can only11:21 play the kazoo. I don't know. Worship is your heart before the Lord. Not my my thing. God gets that. He gave you your voice.11:33 Just give it back to him. There's something about singing that's different than just speaking.11:48 And then you get into what's called the And then you get into what's called the most holy place or the the holy of holies. And in here, you had the ark of the covenant. And in there was only12:00 1 time a year that the high priest could enter and he would bring in blood. And when he would enter that place, he would offer blood for himself to cover his own sin and for the sin12:12 of the nation. And here's the problem. God set up that as a way to approach him. But there's a problem with the way to approach that.12:24 And that there was no presence of God. Only the high priest and only once a year could the high priest experience the presence of God. God's people could not experience his presence. I12:35 mean, God's love invites us, but God's holiness and righteous prohibits us. But you can't get any closer because if you do, you'll die. Only the high priest once a12:47 year can do that. There's no presence. There's no cleansing either. There's no perfection. All of the sacrifices that took place could not make you right with God. Did you know that? It just covered your sin12:59 for a period of time until the promised Messiah came. It was kind of like this 1 year guarantee and that's all you get. And then all it did was cover, it didn't cleanse. So any guilt and13:11 shame you felt, you got to keep that and it just covered it. And it's only a 1 year guarantee. The high priest had to go on next year and the year after that. You know what a 1 year warranty is like, don't you? I mean,13:22 just recently my iPhone cracked again and I went online to see if I had AppleCare. I had just missed it by a few days. Do you think that they cared? Didn't matter. I missed the warranty.13:34 Gotta buy a new phone if I want a new phone. So I'm just living with a crack on my phone. Right? 1 year guarantee. No presence. No cleansing. No perfection. And here's another problem with13:46 that. I mean, the priest has got to go in every single day and once a year. There's no end in sight. This is never going to end. It's never going to end where your13:57 sins aren't going to be cleansed, and it's never going to end where you don't experience the presence of God. It's just gonna go on and on and on. And the only thing you can do is make sure you're covered. That's it. And14:09 the covering is only for sins that you didn't mean to do. If you deliberately transgress God, according to the Old Testament, you died. That was it. These were just for sins that you didn't mean to do or that you14:21 weren't aware of. This is how holy God is. And that's what God was establishing through the old covenant. It never promised to forgive all your sins. It never promised that you would be in the presence of God. It14:32 never promised that there was an end. It was always looking forward to a messiah that would come, which means this. God established this. It's good. It's holy. It's righteous, but it doesn't provide what14:44 our14:44 hearts long for the most, which is the presence of God and the14:45 cleansing of our conscience. So, which is the presence of God and the cleansing of our conscience. Nobody could be cleansed in the old testament that way. They were always looking for it. There's no end. You ever hiked a14:56 14 er before? Couple of you. I don't necessarily recommend it. I'm just telling you, I'm just wondering who did. I remember the first time I hiked a fourteener. I was talking to friends. We first moved out here. I had15:08 been here no longer than a week and they're like, let's hike a fourteener. I said, what's that? They said I'm like, you gotta climb stuff? I'm like, no, just walk it. I'm like, I can do that.15:20 No. So we set this time to go and and hike, and we left at about 5 in the morning. They told me we would summit in about 3 hours and be back down to have lunch. That did not15:31 happen. We weren't even through the tree line yet and I was asking how much further. Right? And there's these false summits And it looks like, okay, there's the top. I know when I get there, it's15:43 over. And you get to the top and you look up and it never ends. It's never over. Perhaps you've run a race before and and you think the finish line's near only to find you turn the corner and there's way more to run.16:00 Sight. Why do you think all the prophets and all the writers of God's word were wanting the Messiah to come? Because they wanted God's presence and they wanted to be cleansed and16:12 under the religious practices that God set up they couldn't have either of those. But don't get any closer because I'm holy. And there's no way for us to be in relationship.16:24 This is why in Leviticus chapter 10 verses 1 through 3, we hear about Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu, who offered strange fire before the Lord. They they decided they would approach God in their own way, that they would16:36 enter the holy of holies their own way and God struck him dead right there. And Aaron was upset by it, but he wasn't about ready to say anything because he knew God was holy and righteous, so he's kept his mouth shut.16:48 Or what about in first Chronicles 13 when they decide to move the ark back into Jerusalem and bring it back and they're like, why carry it on poles? It'd be so much better if we put it on wheels. And they decided to cart16:59 it back and do it their way and not treat God's holiness right. And as the cart was ready to tip, a guy named Uzza reached out to make sure it didn't fall. And he touched the Ark of the Covenant. What happened? Bam. He17:09 died on the spot. Because the holiness of God is so strong. And you say, well, that's Old Testament stuff when God was really mean. He's changed. Oh, yeah? How about Acts chapter 5, when Ananias and17:21 Sapphira lied before the Lord about the offering they were giving, right when the church was getting started and boom, goes down Ananias and hours later, there goes his wife because they lied to the holy spirit.17:33 God's God has not changed. God is holy. He's righteous. He's good. And no religion in the world can bring you closer to God. Only God can bring you closer to God. That's why when you hear people talk about17:45 their religion or their religious practices or what they do where they think they can be right with a holy God, 100 percent of the time, they're 100 percent wrong. There's no17:57 religion in the world that man has created that gets you closer to God. Only God can get you closer to God.18:09 Draw. The blood of Christ transcends the best religious practices in the world. And for some of us, even even as believers in Christ, who believe the blood of Christ is what forgives us from all18:21 of our sins. You know, when it comes to that chart that we had up earlier, some of us like to hang out by the brazen altar and thank God for the forgiveness, and some of us like to get in there and serve.18:29 But some of us like to get in there and serve. But some of us like to get in there and serve. But some of us like to get in there and serve. But some of us aren't willing to press into intimacy. And But some18:30 of us aren't willing to press into intimacy. Jesus Christ died, and when he died, that veil between the holy place and the most holy place, the holy of holies, that was18:42 rent. That was torn. It was showing that the presence of God now has availability to all people and what your heart is looking for this morning, whether you know it or not, is God's presence18:54 in your life. You're not looking for, what do I gotta do? You're not looking for, what is He gonna say? You are looking for God and His presence in your life, in all19:06 your circumstances, to be rightly related to you, amen? The old covenant couldn't do that. If it could, we would still have the old covenant. It was there to show us there was God and19:18 he's holy and there's a way, but it's coming through his son, Jesus Christ. The blood of Christ transcends the best religious practices. Notice this, The blood of Christ also cleanses our conscience from all19:30 First 11 says, but when Christ appeared as a high priest we've been talking about him as this high priest who's ministering on our behalf and When Christ appeared as our high priest of the good things to come, he entered19:42 through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say not of this creation, and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, he entered the holy place19:53 once for all having obtained eternal redemption. For the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled sanctified for the cleansing of the flesh, how20:05 much more will the blood of Christ who through the eternal spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?20:17 Friends, I'm here to tell you the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses you from all your sin. If the blood of goats and bulls or calves or the ashes of a heifer did it, Jesus would not have needed to come.20:29 When Jesus came, he didn't go into the earthly tabernacle and offer blood on his behalf and for all the people, he took his blood that he shed all the way into the heavenly tabernacle20:41 and gave it to his father, which created an all access pass for anyone who has turned from their sins and believed in Christ. Anyone who's repented and trusted in the blood of Christ now has an all20:53 access pass to the presence of God. Have you ever had an all access pass to anything? I remember my first time I ever had an all access pass. I was in about eighth grade. I got to go to a Billy Joel concert.21:05 My grandfather and Billy Joel's dad were best friends growing up in Germany. So I remember I had all access pass to Billy Joel concert. When I went to the concert, I was backstage before the concert. I met Billy and all21:15 of his band. I walked out on the stage and stood over his piano where he was gonna be playing and nobody said a word to me. And I could go in and out of any room I wanted. And you know what? It had nothing to do with me.21:27 People were not looking at me. People were not asking my name. I had a badge that said I could do that. All access pass with God, it is not who you are21:39 or what you've done. It's what Christ has done for you. And when you've turned from your sins and turned to Christ, you are covered in the blood. And that blood gives you all access anytime,21:50 anywhere to the very presence of God. Now, I want you to hear this. Amen? I want you to hear this because oftentimes, like, if we're in a bad spot, we know that God22:02 forgave us and will come. But then afterwards, as a believer, when we still find ourselves in a situation where we've sinned, oftentimes the enemy lies to us and he'll tell us this, I wouldn't go to22:14 God now. You probably need to pray a little more this week. If you just read your bible a little longer this week, maybe if you say you're sorry like a hundred and 50 times or pray this prayer a certain way, then over22:26 time as you start feeling a little better and God releases his anger, then maybe you can come back. Access the22:38 throne of God than when you sinned. To come running to the father, through the son, and experience a cleansing of your conscience.22:50 Is not just transactional in the way that God won't hold your sin against you and you're justified, which is true. But he's also willing to forgive you and cleanse you from all unrighteousness, which means23:01 this. You do not need to carry around your guilt and shame ever again. Like you're forgiven, forgiven. You're completely forgiven. And that voice that goes in your head internally telling23:13 you, Yeah, but you should have known better about that 1. Yeah, but look at you, you did that. And, yeah, look at you, you're still not perfect that way. Those things can be gone too.23:25 And if you understand that the blood of Jesus perfectly cleanses you and that you can experience his presence and that he sees you as perfect, not because you are in your behavior, but you're perfect because the23:37 blood of Jesus makes you perfect, you'll live differently. It means this. For those of you who are Christians, if you were going to heaven today, if today was the day you were gonna die, Jesus Christ would23:49 present you with exceedingly great joy before the father. Perfect. That's how he sees you. And if you really believe that's how God sees you, then you'll live24:00 differently. See, behavior is how I see myself. The mirror of my life is how I see myself. The blood of Jesus is how God sees me.24:27 Who gave his life for me. The blood of jesus gives us an all access pass to the only God of the entire universe. It's through That's why I'm just said he is the way,24:39 the truth, and the life,24:40 and that no 1 comes to the father except through him.24:40 He was trying to draw. It's and that no 1 comes to the father except through him. He was a draw. It's only through the blood of Jesus that we have salvation. It's only through the blood of Jesus we have God's presence.24:50 It's only through the blood of Jesus that you'll ever be saved eternally. It's the blood. It's the blood. It's the blood.24:55 It's the blood. It's the blood. It's the blood. It's the blood.24:55 It's the blood25:13 June the twelfth, 19 87 from West Berlin, where he was speaking about communism. And he said these words to Mikhail Gorbachev. Mr. Gorbachev,25:25 tear down this wall. Us. When Jesus Christ25:37 died on the cross, that wall was torn down. To ask where is God? God is located in the heavens, but God bids you25:49 to come. And through the blood, you are welcome to come because God's blood is what makes you whole. Sanctifies you. Christ's blood is what sets you apart. So what's a practical26:01 application? Practical application is there are many people who come to church week in and week out who cognitively know, Yeah, God forgave my sins. I've heard that since I was a little kid in Sunday.26:12 But still live with the idea in your mind. And the thoughts that circle around are, I'm no good. I'm unlovable. I'll never get this right. I'm still a screw up. I'm26:24 still gonna mess up. I'm no good. I'm glad Jesus died for me, but I know he doesn't like me. All those thoughts are from the evil 1 because he doesn't want you to have time with God. He doesn't want you to be in God's26:36 presence. If you viewed yourself the way God sees you, sees you, if you viewed yourself the way God delivered you, if you see yourself as free and holy and delivered and righteous and good, you26:48 will approach the throne differently. You'll approach it with thanksgiving.27:23 After day. Jesus Christ offered himself without blemish to God to cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God. You say, well, what's dead works? Dead works is any religious thing you do thinking27:34 you're going to be made right with God because of something you do. Well, 1 day I'm going to be a pastor and that'll count. I'm telling you it counts for nothing.27:46 In terms of being made right with God. Only what Jesus Christ did on the cross can make a man, woman, boy, or girl right with God. Blood. It's only the blood. It's only27:58 the blood. Without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sin. Without the shedding of blood, you can't be in the holiness of God. So every man made religion in the world tells you there are certain things you28:09 can do so that God will be pleased. The only way God, as a holy God, can be pleased was through the shedding of his son's blood.28:22 To do who'll clean your and your and your and your and your and your and your and your and your and your28:55 it's for given. You are cleansed. You are righteous. You are holy. Am I being redundant enough for you today? We need to hear this as a chore. You know, for many of29:06 us, we wake up every day and take a shower. I know I like to take a shower in the morning every day before I start. It's just good to feel fresh before we start the day. Right? But sometimes on the weekends, if I know29:17 I'm gonna work out, I don't get up and take a shower. I just get up. Or I don't shave. I just go work out. But it's interesting when I come back home from a workout after not showering that morning, my29:29 family usually has something to say about things. Like maybe you should go take a shower now. Right? Because you got to continually be clean and continually be cleansed. But29:40 Jesus Christ once for all cleansed us.29:52 Cross 2000 years ago, I hadn't sinned any sins yet.30:11 Today, I'm confessing saying, God, that's wrong. I'm out of relationship with you. That's not how a believer would act. Thank you for your forgiveness. I love that you've already forgiven that. Thank you, Laura. I want30:20 to stay in fellowship with you. But I know at the cross, it was done. It was complete. Like, what if I forget to confess my sins? Well, guess what? I'm still forgiven because the cross of30:32 Jesus Christ forgave it all. Amen? He appeared as a high priest. He entered the holy place. He obtained30:43 eternal redemption. How much more is his blood powerful than the blood of animals?30:57 Access pass to God. And let me tell you number 3, the blood of Jesus Christ secures an eternal inheritance. Notice verse31:08 15. He says, for this reason, he is the mediator of a new covenant. We've been talking about the new covenant. The new covenant was inaugurated when Jesus Christ died on the cross. On the night he was betrayed, he took31:20 bread and he took wine. And when he gave the wine after supper, he said, this cup is the new covenant in my which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of31:32 sins. New covenant. So that since the death has taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promise31:44 of the internal inheritance. I mean, throughout the old testament, they weren't forgiven because they sacrificed animals. They were covered, but they were forgiven because they believed God's provision that he was going31:55 to bring a messiah. When Jesus Christ died on the cross, that's what they were looking forward to, even though they didn't know his name was going to be Jesus.32:30 Who made it. For a covenant is valid only when men are dead, for it is never enforced while the 1 who made it lives. Much like life insurance If you have life32:42 insurance right now, you could say, I got 5000000 dollars of life insurance. I got 500000 dollars of life insurance. On paper, you have it all. But until you die, that doesn't go into your dead. And they can prove32:54 that you're dead. Nobody's going to just dispense It requires a death. A will requires a death. Matchbox cars to your kids, or if you're33:06 gonna leave a million dollars to your kids, whatever you put in the will, that goes to them, but not until your day. It's when it required. Life.33:21 He gave his life. 1 of the it's only through his death that the new covenant has come into existence.33:39 Therefore, even the first covenant was not inaugurated without blood. For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses Moses to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of the calves and of the goats and33:48 water and scarlet wool and hyssop and sprinkled both the book and all the people saying, this is the blood of the covenant which God commanded you. You can read about that in Exodus 2434:00 8. So when the old covenant was established, Moses took blood and sprinkled it on the beneficiaries, sprinkled it on those who needed it. And in the same way, verse 21, he sprinkled both34:12 the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry with the blood. And according to the law, 1 may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood. And without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sin. Now,34:22 this is almost everything. There part in Leviticus chapter 5 verse 11 for those who couldn't afford the animals. Like34:34 what if you were poor and you couldn't afford the 2 turtledoves or you couldn't afford the 2 pigeons? Does that mean your sin couldn't be covered? No. God made a provision. Leviticus 5 11 said they could bring 1 tenth of34:44 an efa of flour and give a flour offering. God was saying, I'll still cover your sins. But for the most part,35:38 Jesus. You remember even in the Old Testament when God was taking Israel from35:50 a lot of them do. An unblemished lamb slaughtered it. And then what did they have to do with the blood?36:21 Application of the blood, then when the angel of death came through the town, the angel of death would pass over those that were covered in the blood. It's foreshadowing to exactly what Jesus36:33 did on the cross, that 1 day he would be put on a beam and his blood would be shed.36:58 This is all the life you ever get. This is the shortest amount of time you'll ever have, even if you live to be 120 years. Opening act. This is just the37:10 stage being set, got a set eternity in your hearts. You will live somewhere. You'll live apart from Christ in an eternal hell, or you will live with Christ with favor and grace forever and ever, based on37:21 what you do with his blood. It's the blood of Jesus. Have you applied the blood in your life? It's the death was necessary for the37:33 sin to be completely forgiven and only37:46 and you may look for and you probably don't look forward to the day where your grandparents or parents pass away, but maybe you look forward to what's promised in the event that they do. Hey, 1 day, if my37:58 parents were to pass away, they're granting me this. I'm gonna have this. Guaranteed an eternity with God forever and ever, which means this.38:10 No matter what you think you have coming to you in this life, it ain't any better than what's coming with Jesus. You have an eternal inheritance.38:27 Why do you think the devil lies to you all the time and tells you, you can't have that, you can't have that. But 1 day when you die, then you'll have this. Why do you think he lies to you like that? Because he does not38:37 want you to experience the fullness of Christ on this. You say, well, how do I know about this? It's that was sprinkled and blood. This38:49 book is God's will. Well, how do I know if it's God's will for me too? Because if it says it in this book, it's God's will.39:17 A joy. And so it says if God is for you, who can be against you? You know what God's covenant will says about me? God is for me. The God of the universe39:29 is for me. He's got my back.39:49 Read God's word and believe what his word says when it comes to freedom or deliverance or healing or gifts or anything because he would rather have us pray like this. Lord, if it's your will and I have no idea if it's39:59 your will because I've never really read your word, so I don't even know what's promised to me. He loves that. The enemy loves that. He hates it when God's people take God at his word and say, Lord, this is what40:11 you say, and it's your will, and I'm totally trusting.40:44 Just mean that, oh, 1 day in the by and by, when you get old and die, you'll go to heaven and that'll all be good. An eternal inheritance has already been secured by the Lord Jesus Christ, and all the promises of God40:55 that come with that eternal inheritance are yours today. You can have it. I mean, it it when people go I mean, reading the will may be 1 of the most boring things that you ever do. 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