Hebrews 13:20 (NET) Now may the God of peace who by the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus Christ
I’ve heard many stories of miracles that happened when people demonstrated faith in the power of the blood of Jesus by crying out “the blood of Jesus”. Indeed, our greatest tool for overcoming the devil is the blood of the lamb and the word of our testimony (see Revelation 12:11).
Today’s Bible verse reveals a mystery. God actually resurrected our Lord Jesus through the blood of the eternal covenant. We know that the greatest power ever exerted in creation was demonstrated in resurrecting Jesus and elevating Him to the throne in heaven (see Ephesians 1:19-20). Jesus’s resurrection was unique because He died with an ordinary human body but was resurrected with the glorified heavenly body.
According to scripture, the Life of every living creature is in its blood (Leviticus 17:11, Genesis 9:4). When you engage the blood of Jesus, you engage the eternal God’s life force.
How do we appropriate the power of the blood of Jesus?:
We do this by entering into the covenant of the blood through faith in Christ Jesus as our Lord and King. Today, Christ Jesus is our high priest in heaven, and He uses His blood to perform His priestly duties(see Hebrews 9:11-12). Scripture reveals that the way we engage the priesthood of Christ for us is through our confessions. According to Hebrews 3:1 and Hebrews 4:14, Jesus is the high priest of our Confession. You will observe from scripture that the things of the new covenant that would need the priesthood of Christ would always require our Confession. For example, In order for us to be saved, we needed to confess that Jesus is Lord (see Romans 10:9). To be forgiven of our sins and cleansed by His blood, we would need to confess our sins (see 1 John 1:9). In both cases above, the priesthood of Jesus for us was activated by our confessions.
We engage the power of Jesus’s blood by confessions of the things the blood has paid for. Remember, confessions of the mouth usually follow conviction in the heart. The overflow of your heart is your mouth (Matthew 12:34).
Go into today remembering to engage the unlimited power in the blood of Jesus through your confessions.
by the blood of Jesus, my sins are forgiven. By the blood of Jesus, I am cleansed from all unrighteousness. By the blood of Jesus, I am justified. By the blood of Jesus, I am delivered out of the hand and power of Satan.
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