PHMBC- The Blood Still Works ( Exodus 24:8)

Devotional

Day 1: Blood on the Doorposts: Sealing Covenant Identity

Moses sprinkled blood on the people, marking them as God’s own. This wasn’t religious theater—it was a visceral declaration of belonging. Blood carried life, commitment, and the weight of a promise that couldn’t be broken casually. Just as Israel’s identity shifted from slaves to covenant people, Christ’s blood redefines who we are. Covenants demand more than words; they demand the surrender of what is most vital. The blood still speaks over every lie about our worth. [30:41]

“Behold the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.”
(Exodus 24:8, ESV)

Reflection: Where have you treated your relationship with God as a casual agreement rather than a blood-sealed covenant? How might embracing this truth shift how you face shame or doubt?

Day 2: The Cost of Covenant: Blood as the Price of Promise

Covenants aren’t negotiated over handshakes—they’re forged in sacrifice. Blood proves the seriousness of God’s commitment and ours. Israel’s “we will obey” meant nothing until blood made it binding. Jesus’ death wasn’t plan B; it was the only way to fulfill what animal blood could only point toward. Cheap grace ignores the cost, but covenant blood demands we count the cost of following Christ. [35:40]

“For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls.”
(Leviticus 17:11, ESV)

Reflection: What areas of your life still operate on “casual agreement” terms with God? Where does His blood call you to deeper surrender?

Day 3: From Pharaoh’s Property to God’s Priests: Blood Changes Names

Egypt labeled Israel “slave,” but covenant blood renamed them “chosen.” The enemy still tries to tattoo our past mistakes onto our skin, but Christ’s blood rewrites our story. First Peter 2:9 isn’t motivational fluff—it’s a legal declaration. When shame whispers, “You’re still that person,” the blood roars, “You’re Mine.” Identity isn’t earned; it’s received by grace through crimson-stained mercy. [46:15]

“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession.”
(1 Peter 2:9, ESV)

Reflection: What labels from your past still haunt you? How would living as “God’s possession” change how you walk into tomorrow?

Day 4: Access Through the Veil: Blood Opens the Way to Presence

After the blood, Moses and the elders saw God. The cross didn’t just forgive sins—it tore the veil. We don’t need a priest to beg entry; Christ’s blood grants us boldness to approach the throne. Yet many still live like outsiders, forgetting the access they’ve been given. The blood isn’t a relic—it’s an ongoing invitation to dwell where fear can’t follow. [59:48]

“Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus…”
(Hebrews 10:19, ESV)

Reflection: Do you approach God like a hesitant stranger or a confident child? What keeps you from claiming your blood-bought access?

Day 5: The Blood Still Works: From Exodus to Eternity

Moses’ blood pointed forward. Calvary’s blood echoes backward and forward—covering past failures and future battles. The enemy knows the blood’s power; why do we forget? When sickness, sin, or shame rise up, the blood still declares, “Paid in full.” This isn’t magic—it’s the eternal receipt of a debt canceled. The song isn’t metaphor; it’s testimony. [01:25:00]

“They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony.”
(Revelation 12:11, ESV)

Reflection: What situation needs you to declare “the blood still works” today? How will you walk differently knowing Christ’s victory is your present reality?

Sermon Summary

Exodus 24:8 brings the blood right into the middle of God making a people for himself. Moses takes the blood and sprinkles it on the people, and that blood says this relationship ain’t casual. The covenant had been spoken, the people had answered, “All that the Lord has said, we will do,” but the blood sealed it. God was not just getting Israel out of Egypt to let them wander free doing whatever they wanted. God brought them out because he wanted relationship, ownership, obedience, and nearness.

The blood reminds God’s people that covenant is costly. Blood is life, and when Moses sprinkled the people, the covenant got personal. The blood held Israel accountable to what they said with their own mouths. The text presses against that desire for blessings without obedience, promises without responsibility, resurrection without crucifixion, crown without cross. Salvation cannot be bought by human hands, but salvation still cost God everything. Jesus did not redeem with silver, gold, or good intentions. Christ redeemed with precious blood.

The blood also changes identity. Israel had been Pharaoh’s slaves, but God marked them as his people. Egypt had a name for them, but covenant gave them a new name. The enemy fights identity because if God’s people forget whose they are, they start living beneath what God called them to be. The blood says the past does not get the final word. In Christ, the old life is not the headline anymore. The blood says chosen generation, royal priesthood, holy nation, peculiar people.

The blood opens the door into God’s presence. Exodus 24 moves from blood to covenant to access to presence, and Moses and the elders go up and see the God of Israel. Genesis shows sin breaking fellowship, Exodus shows God establishing covenant, the tabernacle shows God dwelling among his people, and Jesus fulfills it all by coming to dwell among humanity. Hebrews says Christ did not enter with the blood of goats and calves, but with his own blood, obtaining eternal redemption.

Calvary is where Exodus 24 finds fulfillment. Moses stood between God and Israel, but Jesus became the mediator between God and humanity. Moses used animal blood, but Jesus offered his own. The crown of thorns, the nails, the spear, the blood and water, the grave, and early Sunday morning all declare the same thing: the blood still works. The blood keeps, covers, marks, and speaks. God looks at that blood and knows who belongs to him.

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Key Takeaways

1. Covenant always costs blood The blood in Exodus 24 shows that relationship with God is never a light thing. Israel said yes with their mouths, but the blood made that yes weighty, personal, and accountable. The cross reveals the deepest cost, because salvation was free to sinners but never cheap to God. [35:40]
2. The blood changes identity The blood moved Israel from Pharaoh’s property to God’s people. The same truth stands in Christ: the past may describe what happened, but it cannot own the one marked by Jesus. Shame tries to name a person by the worst moment, but the blood speaks a better name. [43:33]
3. God’s Word must answer accusation The enemy works hard to make God’s people forget who they are. First Peter 2:9 becomes a weapon for the mind: chosen generation, royal priesthood, holy nation, peculiar people. When Satan talks loud, the blood-marked believer does not need a new feeling, but the true report of God. [50:28]
4. The blood grants real access Exodus 24 moves from blood to covenant to presence, and that order matters. The blood does not merely clean up guilt from a distance, it brings God’s people near. Jesus’ own blood removes the barrier, opens the way, and gives bold access to a holy God. [59:48]
5. The blood still works today The blood is not church language to repeat without understanding. The blood is the finished redemptive work of Jesus, the reason shame cannot finish the story and sin cannot keep the final word. God’s people have reason to cry out, because eternity was bought by the blood that never loses power.

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Youtube Chapters

[00:00] - Welcome
[16:52] - Praise and Worship
[29:26] - Exodus 24:8 Scripture Reading
[30:41] - The Blood Still Works
[32:22] - Covenant Sealed by Blood
[35:40] - Covenant Is Costly
[43:33] - The Blood Changes Identity
[50:28] - Chosen Generation and Royal Priesthood
[59:10] - The Blood Opens Access
[63:25] - God Wants His People Near
[76:19] - Exodus Fulfilled at Calvary
[79:00] - The Cross and the Curse
[83:37] - Early Sunday Morning Power
[85:00] - The Blood Is Still Keeping
[92:10] - Prayer and Invitation

Bible Study Guide

Bible Reading

Exodus 24:8
“And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, ‘Behold the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.’” [29:35]

1 Peter 2:9
“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.” [50:28]

Hebrews 9:12
“he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.” [01:04:25]

Leviticus 17:11
“For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life.” [37:49]

1 Peter 1:18-19
“knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.” [42:17]

Observation questions

In Exodus 24:8, what does Moses do with the blood, and what does he call that blood?
What had the people already said in Exodus 24 before the blood was sprinkled, and how did the blood change the weight of their words? [34:22]
According to Leviticus 17:11 and the message of Exodus 24, what connection is made between blood and life? [37:49]
In the movement of Exodus 24, what comes after the blood and covenant, and who is then brought near to see God? [59:48]

Interpretation questions

If the people had already agreed to obey the Lord, why was the blood still necessary to seal the covenant? What does that show about how seriously God takes relationship with his people? [35:40]
Israel was brought out of Egypt, but not simply to be free on their own terms. What does this say about the purpose of God’s deliverance in a person’s life? [33:26]
If the blood changed Israel from Pharaoh’s slaves into God’s people, how should that shape the way a believer understands identity after failure, shame, or a painful past? [46:08]
Hebrews 9:12 says Christ entered by his own blood and secured eternal redemption. Why does that make Jesus greater than the old covenant sacrifices, and what kind of access does that give to God now? [01:16:42]

Application questions

Covenant is not casual. Where has obedience to God been treated too lightly or too conveniently in this season of life? What would it look like to take his Word more personally this week? [36:13]
The blood says the past does not get the final word. What label, memory, or voice has been trying to name life lately, and what would it look like to answer it with what God says instead? [50:49]
First Peter 2:9 gives believers words like chosen, royal, holy, and his own possession. Which one of those truths is hardest to believe personally right now, and why?
When accusation gets loud, God’s people need truth more than a new feeling. What is one lie that has been repeated in the mind, and what Scripture needs to be spoken back to it? [58:17]
The blood opens the door into God’s presence. Is there any place where prayer has been approached like God is still far away or hard to reach? What would change if access to him was truly believed? [01:14:07]
Salvation was free to sinners, but it was never cheap to God. How might remembering the cost of Christ’s blood change everyday choices, habits, or relationships this week? [42:17]
The blood still works, not as a church phrase, but as the finished redemptive work of Jesus. Where is there a need to trust that truth right now—in guilt, fear, temptation, grief, or exhaustion? [01:25:00]

Sermon Clips

34s

“It's it's the cross is where Exodus 24 finds his fulfillment. Exodus gives us the picture. Calvary gives us the fulfillment. Moses stood between God and Israel. Jesus became the mediator between God and humanity. Listen. Moses used the blood of an animal. Jesus offered his own blood. Moses sealed the old covenant. Jesus established the new one. Wait. Wait a minute.”

52s

“That that that's why when the enemy reminds you of your past, don't don't he always talk about it? Always. He always you you can remind him of his of the blood. When when you tells you you're disqualified, I plead the blood. When shame tells you you're finished, I plead the blood. When your past try to define you, I plead the blood not because the blood is magic, because the blood represents the finished redemptive worth of Jesus. I can plead the blood because he paid it all.”

63s

“In Genesis, sin breaks fellowship. In Exodus, God establishes covenant. In the tabernacle, God dwells among his people. And in Jesus Christ, God comes to dwell among chapter one verse 14 confuse confirms that the word was made and dwelt among. Jesus becomes the ultimate fulfillment of God's desire to dwell with his people. Hebrew takes Exodus 24 covenant language and brings it directly to Christ. Look here. And Hebrew nine tells us that Christ entered not with the blood of goats or calves, but with his own blood obtaining eternal redemption. He didn't come with nobody else blood. He said his own blood for eternal redemption.”

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