SUFFICIENT IV. Healing Through the Blood

 

      I.         SUFFICIENT 

 

1.     Jesus Fulfilled all Requirements

Lev 16:14

He shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy seat on the east side; and before the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.

 

a.     Garden of Gethsemane

Luke 22:44

And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

 

b.     Beaten with Rods

Matthew 26:67

Then they spat in His face and beat Him; and others struck Him with the palms of their hands

 

Micah 5:1

Now gather yourself in troops, O daughter of troops; He has laid siege against us; They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.

 

c.     Scourging

Matthew 27:26

Then he released Barabbas to them; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered Himto be crucified.

 

d.     Beard Plucked

Isaiah 50:6

I gave My back to those who struck Me, And My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard; I did not hide My face from shame and spitting.

 

e.     Crown of Thorns

Matthew 27:28

And they stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him. When they had twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand. And they bowed the knee before Him and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” 

 

f.      Crucifixion 

Matthew 27:35

Then they crucified Him, and divided His garments, casting lots, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet: “They divided My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots.”

 

g.     The Spear

John 19:34

But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.

 

Blood Activates Covenant

 

Exodus 24:6-7

And Moses took half the blood and put it in basins, and half the blood he sprinkled on the altar. ⁷ Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read in the hearing of the people. And they said, “All that the Lord has said we will do, and be obedient.”

 

Heb 9:18

Therefore not even the first covenant was dedicated without blood.

 

2.     Blood is Currency

In the spirit realm, blood is a means of exchange or a currency.  

 

This is why the blood that was shed by our Lord Jesus on the Cross of Calvary is the most expensive price ever paid or that will ever be paid.

 

3.     The Blood Speaks for You

Heb 12:24

To Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.

    II.         HEALING

 

1.     Sin, Sickness and Satan all roots of the same tree

Psalm 103:1-3

Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! ² Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: ³ Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases

 

Isaiah 53:5

But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.

 

1 Peter 2:24

Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.

 

Mark 6:56

Wherever He entered, into villages, cities, or the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged Him that they might just touch the hem of His garment. And as many as touched Him were made well.

 

“The word saved in Rom 10:9-10 is the same word translated “made whole”  Sozo  Other translations of Sozo are Mark 5:23 (healed); Mark 16:16 (saved); Luke 8:36 (healed); Acts 2:21 (saved); Acts 14:9 (healed); Eph 2:8 (saved); James 5:15 (save); Mark 5:34 (Made whole); 

Sin and sickness are from the same tree and both are enemies to God:

 

2.     The Blood Heals

a.     It healed under the Old Covenant

Exodus 12:7,13,22-23

And they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses where they eat it, ¹³ Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt, ²² And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. And none of you shall go out of the door of his house until morning. ²³ For the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you.

 

Psalm 105:36-37

He also destroyed all the firstborn in their land, The first of all their strength. He also brought them out with silver and gold, And there was none feeble among His tribes

 

b.     Communion is a Testament

1 Cor 11:29-31

For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body. ³⁰ For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep. ³¹ For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged.

Discerning -diakrino – waver, doubt 

 

c.     Natural Blood Heals

Lev 17:11

For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.’

 

·      Carries oxygen and nutrients to every cell

·      Removes carbon dioxide and waste from cells,

·      Regulates bodies pH balance

·      Regulates body temperature

·      Contains messages (ex. Doctors determining what’s wrong from your blood)

·      Blood is 8% of your body weight

·      Adults have 5.8 quarts of blood

·      Circulatory system circulates 2000+ gallons of blood per day

·      RBC’S make up 45% of your total blood volume. They carry oxygen and carbon dioxide from lungs to cells and from cells to lungs

·      WBC’S and Platelets 1% of blood. They protect against viruses, bacteria and toxins

  III.         APPLYING THE BLOOD 

 

1.     Pleading the Blood

 

PLEADING THE BLOOD IS A LEGAL TERM

Rom 8:33

Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.

 

The term “pleading the blood” might sound like begging, but it isn’t begging at all. “Pleading the blood” is actually a legal term. Think of it like a lawyer pleading his case before the judge. He presents evidence and facts to support his case.

 

When Jesus shed His blood on the cross, He accomplished more than Redemption and remission of sins. The blood of Jesus reversed every part of the curse. That includes sickness, disease, poverty, lack, depression, strife, addiction or any type of bondage to sin. It’s done. Finished. Over. History. Those things have no legal right to be in your life any longer.

But here’s something he doesn’t want you to know—he has no legal right to any part of your life.

 

2.     Imagination

 

3.     Identifying with the Blood (Communion)

 

 

The Laws of Persuasion

 

John 4:5-26

So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. ⁶ Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

⁷ A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.” ⁸ For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. ⁹ Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.

¹⁰ Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” ¹¹ The woman said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water? ¹² Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?”

¹³ Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, ¹⁴ but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.” ¹⁵ The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw.” ¹⁶ Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.” ¹⁷ The woman answered and said, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You have well said, ‘I have no husband,’ ¹⁸ for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; in that you spoke truly.”

¹⁹ The woman said to Him, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. ²⁰ Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.” ²¹ Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father. ²² You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews. ²³ But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. ²⁴ God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

²⁵ The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When He comes, He will tell us all things.” ²⁶ Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am He.”

 

We are called to reach the lost

1.     At the least give an answer

1 Peter 3:15

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear

 

2.     Teach and Disciple

Mathew 28:19-20

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰ teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

3.     Every Creature Must Hear

Mark 16:15

And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature

 

a.      by our life- 

matt. 5:13

“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.

 

b.      by witnessing- 

Matt. 28:18; Mark 16:15

 

Two Sides To Salvation

1.      Divine side

2.      Human Side

 

Divine Side

Only the holy spirit can really save a man

Rom. 3:11-‘ none that seek after God’

Ps. 58:3- ‘wicked estranged from the womb’

I Co. 2:14- ‘natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God they are foolishness unto him

2 Co. 4:4- ‘Satan hath blinded the minds’

Jn. 6:44- ‘no man can come except the father draw him’

 

But God works with us to such a degree that w/o us many things will not be done

 

Human Side

Dr. John Gerstner

‘We can save no one, but unless we proclaim to them the gospel, God will save no one’

 

5 Laws Of Persuasion

Over the years people have learned that this is how the heart and mind reach conclusions and take action

 

1.      Attention

2.      Interest

3.      Desire

4.      Conviction

5.      The close

 

Selling a Pen

 

Attention- are you a student, secretary, teacher, manager, salesman, ‘do you write often?’

Interest- I have something that is sure to improve your performance

Desire- special design actually relaxes the muscles to enable you to write better

Conviction- have you ever started a paper neat and near the end it go real sloppy cause your hand got tired

Close- this pen is your answer- try it and see how and it works

 

Look At How Jesus Used It

1.      Attention 

John. 4:7-

A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

 

He begins where she was and got her attention; get the conversation going and get then related; no evidence you are about to witness.  Be friendly, human, and real

 

2.      Interest

Jn. 4:10

Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”

 

Get them interested in what you have to say; most effective way is to use what Christ did for you or can do for them

 

3.      Desire 

Jn. 4:14

but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”

 

You must cause desire; be enthusiastic not bored; you must be convinced yourself

 

4.      Conviction 

Jn. 4:16-18

Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.” ¹⁷ The woman answered and said, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You have well said, ‘I have no husband,’ ¹⁸ for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; in that you spoke truly.”

 

You really need this, you must have this; if you turn this down something is wrong with you

 

Expect an Intended Diversion

John 4:19,20

The woman said to Him, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. ²⁰ Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.”

 

He didn’t’ ignore it; he used part of it to bring her back

 

5.      Close

John 4:25-36

The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When He comes, He will tell us all things.” ²⁶ Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am He.”

 

Bring them to a decision; confront them with the decision now; we must learn these and use them to critique our next presentation of the gospel

 

QUESTIONS TO ASK

 

·      Did I fail to get their attention or hold their interest; if so why and what can I do to change this?

·      How much desire was created for knowing Christ?

·      Were they convicted concerning sins or need of forgiveness

·      Did I confront the person clearly with his need to make a decision for Christ?