PHMBC-Power of The Blood

Exodus 24:7-8 puts the blood right in the middle of covenant. Moses takes one sacrifice, puts half the blood on the altar, and sprinkles the other half on the people. The blood on the altar handles God’s side, and the blood on the people handles humanity’s side. The same blood brings together what sin separated.

Sin separated humanity from God in the garden, but the blood made a way back. Exodus 12 had already shown Israel that when God saw the blood on the doorpost, judgment passed over the house. The blood did not say the people were perfect, had dotted every eye, crossed every t, or never messed up. The blood said, “This one belongs under God’s provision for deliverance.”

Redemption means somebody paid the price and bought somebody back. Christ’s blood redeems people who are still dealing with flesh, still making mistakes, and still walking through dirty work. Shame keeps trying to make saved people live like the old them still owns them, but the old them does not own them anymore. The blood says sin may show up, but sin does not have ownership.

The blood also cleanses what guilt has stained. Red blood washes a black heart and makes it white as snow. Guilt can follow somebody into a new neighborhood, a new relationship, and even into church, but the blood purges the conscience from dead works. God does not throw forgiven sin into the sea of forgetfulness so people can keep jumping in there and fishing it back up.

The blood gives access to God. Exodus 24 shows the order: blood first, then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and the elders go up into God’s presence. Hebrews carries that truth to Calvary, where Jesus’ blood gives boldness to enter the holiest place. The veil ripped from top to bottom because Christ made a way for somebody to call on God from the bed, from a broken place, or from a place they should not have been.

Jesus did not die merely to improve circumstances. Christ died to reconcile people to God, cleanse them, bring them near, and make them heirs to the throne. The blood is why somebody ratchet, off, wayward, and guilty can still stand up and say, “My God.” There is power, wondrous working power, in the blood of the Lamb.

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Key Takeaways

• 1. The blood brings separated people back. [42:04] Sin creates a separation that good behavior cannot fix. The blood joins the Godward side and the human side of covenant because God Himself provides the sacrifice. Redemption is not self-repair; it is being bought back by the One who refuses to leave His people lost. [42:04]
• 2. The blood breaks shame’s ownership claim. [01:09:12] Sin may remain a fight, but it no longer holds the deed to a redeemed life. The past can accuse, memories can sting, and flesh can still want what it wants, yet none of those things outrank Christ’s purchase. The old life can describe where somebody has been, but it cannot define who owns them now. [69:12]
• 3. The blood cleanses the guilty conscience. [01:18:36] Forgiveness reaches deeper than outward appearance because guilt can sit in a worship service while somebody looks clean. God does not merely pardon sin while leaving shame alive and well in the heart. The blood washes the stain so that obedience becomes a response of freedom rather than an attempt to earn acceptance. [78:36]
• 4. The blood gives bold access to God. [01:37:41] The order in Scripture matters: blood first, presence afterward. Christ tore down the barrier that once kept ordinary people at a distance from holiness. Prayer is possible not because somebody has finally gotten themselves together, but because Jesus has already opened the way.
  
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Youtube Chapters

• [00:00] - Welcome
• [33:26] - Praise Is What I Do
• [36:32] - There Is Power in the Blood
• [37:55] - The Blood Seals the Covenant
• [39:32] - Blood on the Altar and People
• [42:04] - The Blood Brings Back What Sin Separated
• [43:14] - Passover Blood and Redemption
• [68:38] - Redeemed and Set Free
• [74:43] - The Blood Has Power to Cleanse
• [78:36] - Guilt, Shame, and Forgiveness
• [93:38] - The Blood Gives Access to God
• [101:41] - Calvary and the Blood of Jesus
• [107:26] - Loving God, Self, and Neighbor

1. In Exodus 24, what does Moses do before he sprinkles the blood on the people, and what does he call that blood? [39:32]
2. What are the two places where the blood is put in Exodus 24, and what two sides of covenant do those places represent? [40:14]
3. In Exodus 12:13, what does God say He will see, and what will happen when He sees it? [52:18]
4. According to Hebrews 9:14, what does Christ’s blood cleanse, and what is the purpose of that cleansing?

1. Exodus 24 shows blood on the altar and blood on the people. How does that picture help explain that sin separated people from God and that God Himself made a way to bring them near? [42:04]
2. Passover judgment passed over a house because of the blood, not because the people inside had lived perfectly. How does that truth guard a believer from trying to earn God’s acceptance by “dotting every eye and crossing every t”? [52:18]
3. Hebrews 9:14 says Christ cleanses the conscience so believers can serve the living God. What is the difference between being forgiven on paper and having guilt and shame no longer control the heart? [01:18:36]
4. Hebrews 10:19 says believers can enter God’s presence with confidence through Jesus’ blood. What does bold access to God look like for a person who feels unworthy, has failed, or is in a broken place? [01:39:08]

1. Is there an old label, failure, relationship, or memory that still tries to tell you who you are? How can you answer that accusation with the truth that Christ redeemed you and your past does not own you anymore? [01:09:41]
2. Where has shame been keeping you quiet before God—maybe in prayer, worship, serving, or opening up to trusted believers? What would it look like to come to God honestly instead of hiding behind guilt? [01:20:15]
3. Is there a particular temptation or “same issue” that keeps showing back up in your life? What is one practical way you can remember that temptation may show up, but it does not have ownership over you? [01:21:16]
4. Have you been “fishing” forgiven sin back out of the past and beating yourself up over it again? What would it look like this week to receive God’s forgiveness without excusing sin or living under condemnation? [01:19:05]
5. Jesus’ blood gives access to God, even from the bed, a hard moment, or a place where life has gone sideways. When are you most likely to avoid praying, and what could help you turn that exact moment into a “Lord, here I am” moment? [01:39:11]
6. Redemption means Christ bought you back. How would your choices, your words, or your relationships look different if you started each day remembering, “I belong to God”? [59:02]
7. God’s cleansing is meant to lead to serving the living God. What is one area where freedom from guilt could help you love God, love yourself rightly, or love your neighbor more fully? [01:48:01]