Sermon
Is The Blood Necessary? Pt. 2
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Good evening. Welcome to Voice in the Wilderness. I'm Don
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Noble of Pure Heart Ministries, and I welcome you today
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with exceedingly abundantly and overflowing joy. Before I get started tonight,
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I do want to mention something very important that's going
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to be happening this week Thursday. This coming Thursday, May
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first is National Day of Prayer and I will be
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heading that event at West Banco Arena at eight am. Now,
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this is a little different from what I've done for
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the past oh my goodness, probably fifteen years. I haven't
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done a breakfast. We've done different venues, but this this
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is a breakfast at seven am, just for invited guests,
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so that would be clergy and city officials. Then at
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eight am, one hour late, it is open to the public.
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The public can come at seven forty five. It's open
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to the public, and we will have our actual National
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Day of Prayer program this year. I'm highlighting. Our speaker
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is Mike Asinger. He is a West Virginia State Senator
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from Wood County. He's a very godly man. I've heard
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him speak multiple times and pray, and I can tell
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you it will be worth your while to come hear
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him talk about prayer in the market place and the
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impact of prayer in his life. Because we are fortunate,
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very fortunate in West Virginia to have many of our legislatures,
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delegates and state senators who are born again. They are
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real Christians. So what a blessing to the citizens of
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West Virginia. So I encourage you to come on down.
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It'll be open to the public. It's seven forty five am.
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Our program will last about an hour, so eight to
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nine we'll have worship, we have other people praying, and
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then we'll have Mike speak. He'll be coming toward the
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end of the program. So please come and join us,
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Please unite with us. See it's important for the body
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of Christ to come together and pray for our nation,
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pray together, pray in agreement. And so I'm really encouraging
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you to come out this coming Thursday morning. If you
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can be there before eight a m. That would be great.
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We look forward to seeing you. Last week I started
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a message called is the Blood Necessary. I'm going to
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complete that tonight. So this is part two. I am
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not going to take time to talk about last week's program,
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but I will start tonight with number six and I
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did mention this last week about the blood providing supernatural protection.
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And we look to Exodus twelve thirteen and actually Exodus
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twelve twelve and thirteen, and it reads this. It says,
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for I will pass through the land of Egypt this
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night and will smite all the first born in the
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land of Egypt, both man and beast, and against all
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the gods of Egypt, I will execute judgment proving their helplessness.
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I am the Lord. The blood shall be for a
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token or signed to you upon the doorposts of the
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house where you are, that when I see the blood,
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I will pass over you, and no plague shall be
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upon you to destroy you when I smite the land
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of Egypt. So it's very clear based on those two
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scriptures that the blood in this text in Exodus was
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a foreshadow of the blood that would come on the
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cross with Jesus. And this blood in Egypt that was
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from the lambs. It was put on the lentils and
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the top of the door provided supernatural protection. When the
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Angel of Death came, it couldn't touch the houses that
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had the lamb's blood on the door. And God said,
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no plague will come upon you to destroy you when
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I smite the land of Egypt. So every firstborn beast
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and first born child in Egypt was killed. And yet
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all of the Hebrew people were protected because of the
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Lamb's blood. So that lamb's blood. Think about this, If
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the Lamb's blood was that powerful to protect them, can
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you just imagine what the power of Jesus' blood is
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like with regard to protection, supernatural protection. See, we don't
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think about that when you read scripture. You have to
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take time to put everything in context. So we see
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that the lamb's blood did something phenomenal, totally protected them
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from death. But the lamb's blood was a foreshadow of
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the blood that would be shed on the cross by Jesus.
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And of course, the blood of Jesus is stronger than
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the Lamb's blood. Wouldn't you agree? The blood of the
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blood of Jesus is stronger than death. So you and
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I can apply the blood of Jesus knowing the power
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that's in his blood. Okay, Number seven, and we're talking
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about is the blood necessary? Number seven? The blood gives
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us access to enter the most holy place. Now we
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go to Hebrews chapter ten, verse nineteen, and it says this. Therefore, brethren,
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since we have full freedom and confidence to enter into
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the Holy of Holies by the power and virtue in
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the Blood of Jesus. So it's the blood that gives
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us access to enter the most holy place. Right, we
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now have full freedom and confidence that we can come
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into the Holy of Holies. We can come into the
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Holy the most holy place, by the power and virtue
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that's in the blood of Jesus. Verse twenty says, by
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this fresh, new and living way which He initiated and
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dedicated and opened for us through the separating curtain, the
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veil of the Holy of Holies, that is through His flesh.
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And since we have such a great and wonderful and
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noble priest who rules over the House of God. I mean,
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this is this is so powerful. And I've been mentioning
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to you about reading the Book of Hebrews. Can't you
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let me let me tell you something about the Book
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of Hebrews. If you don't already know, you cannot read
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the Book of Hebrews, like in a week. It's just
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not gonna happen, because now you're talking meat, you know.
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Paul says that when we're young in the Lord first
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born again, you know, we're drinking milk. But he says that,
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you know, as time moves on, we have to mature
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so that we can eat the meat of the word.
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Hebrews is all meat. There is no milk in this
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book of the Bible. So this is a book that
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you're I mean, you don't you swallow milk. You chew meat.
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So you're gonna have to chew and chew and chew
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and meditate on Hebrews to get it. Fully, you can't
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do that in a week. You couldn't do it in
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two weeks, three weeks. Because some of these scriptures, just
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like one scripture can knock you. I mean, it can
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just blow your mind and the revelation you can get
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from it. So I'm telling you, if you really want
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to understand the cross, or you want to understand the
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power of Jesus Blood, or if you want to understand
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what this you know, comparison from what was foreshadowed in
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the Old Testament and then is being executed in the
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New Testament, read the Book of Hebrews. Need I say
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more so? Number seven is the blood gives us access
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to enter the most holy place. Okay, so I read
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you ten nineteen. I'm going to read you four sixteen.
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Let us then fearlessly. Now this is because of what
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has happened, because the veil has been torn, we can
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enter the holy holies. Let us then fear fearlessly, fearlessly
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and confidently and boldly draw near to the throne of grace,
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the throne of God's unmerited favor to us sinners, that
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we may receive mercy for our failures and find grace
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to help in good time for every need, appropriate help
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and well timed help coming just when we need it.
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Isn't that powerful? You know? This should encourage you, like
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really encourage you, this particular scripture. And of course I'm
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reading out of the Amplified Classic, and then I'm going
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to be reading out of the New Living Translation as well,
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so I have a mixture here. But I'm telling you
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this is powerful stuff, all right. Verse excuse me, number eight.
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The blood is the blood necessary. The blood gives us
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authority over all sickness and disease. And we realize that
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the devil operates illegally. So I'm going to be reading
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Isaiah fifty three, verses one through five in the NLT
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because I think it has it will have more impact
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for you because it's a little easier to understand. So
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it starts out Isaiah fifty three, who has believed our message,
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to whom as the Lord revealed his powerful arm, my
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servant grew up in the Lord's presence like a tender
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green shoot, like a root in dry ground. There was
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nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance, nothing to attract
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us to him. He was despised and rejected, a man
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of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs
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on him, and we looked the other way. He was despised,
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and we did not care. Yet it was our weaknesses
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he carried. It was our sorrows that weighed him. And
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just to help you here it in verse for their
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sorrows in the Hebrew means sicknesses, So it was his.
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It was our sicknesses that weighed him down. And we
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thought his troubles were a punishment from God. We thought
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it was punishment for his own sins. But he was
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pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was
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beaten so we could be made whole. He was whipped
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so we could be healed. You can see in these
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verses one through five, that the blood is authority, gives
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us authority over all sickness and disease. So he was
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acquainted with our deepest griefs, sicknesses, diseases, and he carried
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all of that for us. And he was pierced for
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our rebellion against him and crushed just just merely for
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our sins. This is powerful. So the devil operates illegally.
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And when you understand Isaiah fifty three, then you begin
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to understand the authority that has been given to us
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and what Jesus death on the Cross provided for you
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and I. Amen. Number nine, the blood rescued you and
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I from the power of fear and death. And let's see,
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I want to talk about the fact that that blood,
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it rescued us. It rescued us from eternal hell. So
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the power of death doesn't have any power over us
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any longer. We don't have to fear anything because we've
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been rescued from the power of fear and death. Number ten,
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the blood has redeemed you and I from the curse.
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Now that's Galatians three thirteen. And let me turn there
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real quick. Galatians three thirteen. Christ purchased our freedom, redeeming
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us from the curse doom of the law and its
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condemnation by himself becoming a curse for us. For it
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is written in the scriptures cursed is everyone who hangs
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on a tree or is crucified. So we've been redeemed
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from the curse through Jesus' blood. And then we look
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at first Peter Verse Peter, chapter one, and verses eighteen
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through nineteen, and it says, you must know recognize that
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you were redeemed, ransomed from the useless, fruitless way of
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living inherited by tradition from your forefathers, not with corruptible
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things such as silver and gold, but you were purchased
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with the precious blood of Jesus Christ, the Messiah, like
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that of a sacrificial lamb, without blemish or spot. And
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that is you know, I've always loved this scripture and
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First Peter, because it's just you know, jesus blood is
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not corruptible, there's nothing corrupt. It's pure, it's holy. And
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that's why that blood was able to redeem us from death,
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hell and the grave and fear. And you and I
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were purchased, we were bought with that precious blood like
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that of a sacrificial sacrificial lamb. The curse, which came
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on the earth through sin and the work of the devil,
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is the source of every bad thing on earth. Curses
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produce nothing but sickness, poverty, defeat, and destruction. Nobody, nobody
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wants to live under the curse, and thank God, as
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a believer, you don't have to. You've been delivered from it.
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You've been redeemed with the precious that word's important, the
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precious blood of Christ. And because of the blood, the
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curse has no power over you. You've been loosed from the
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devil's hold. You've been freed from any and all curses
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in every area of life. The Bible says in Psalm
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one O seven, verse two, let the redeemed of the
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Lord say so whom he has redeemed from the hand
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of the enemy. So, hey, you and I are the
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redeemed of the Lord, and we say so. So when
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any part of the curse tries to attach itself to you,
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open your mouth and declare, I am redeemed. So this
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thing about generational curses, put that away. There's all kind
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of people out there trying to break generational curses off
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off of Christians. What that generational curse was broken. Jesus
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took the curse. He became the curse. He became the curse.
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All those curses. You don't have to go through this
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big litany of prayers to break generational curses. He became
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the curse period. And because of his blood that those
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curses pre born again pre Jesus in your life, those
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curses have no power over you. They did have power
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over you until you got born again, but because of
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Jesus' blood, the curse has no power over you. You've
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you've been set free. You've been freed from all the
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curses in every area of your life. So when any
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curse tries to attach itself to you, just say hello,
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I am redeemed. Amen Number eleven. The blood speaks mercy,
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and I just read to you Hebrews four sixteen. I
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don't need to read that again, but that's where it
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talks about. You know, we can, we can come boldly
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to the throne of grace to obtain mercy. And this
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blood of Jesus, it speaks for you. It speaks to
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you and against your enemy, the devil. And just as
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Abel's blood cried out from the ground when he was
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murdered by his brother. Jesus blood cried out when it
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ran from his body, down the cross and into the
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ground on that day he was crucified. But there's a
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big difference between Jesus' blood dripping down on earth and
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Able's blood crying out from the ground. But instead of
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calling for vengeance as Abel's blood did, Jesus' blood spoke
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and still speaks better things. It speaks mercy. Ooh, that
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is powerful. It cries out for your forgiveness and redemption.
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And because the voice of Jesus's blood is powerful and
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full of authority and speaking on your behalf, today you
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can come boldly to the throne of Grace to obtain
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mercy and find great to help and every time a need.
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I mean, this is so good. The blood number twelve.
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The blood has provided you with an everlasting covenant. The
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curse which came on the earth through sin. Right, sin
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brought the curse and the work of the devil is
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the source of every bad thing on earth. Think about it.
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I mean, there's lots of bad things on the earth
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today and it's all a result of the curse that
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came on the earth through sin and the Devil's you know,
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work is manipulations. The curse produces nothing but sickness, poverty, defeat,
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and destruction. So you can you can act, actually look
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at whole societies. You can even look at nations and
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you can see where these people are living under the curse.
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There's horrible poverty, lots of destruction, sickness, poverty. Yeah, so
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nobody wants to live under the curse. But we have
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been provided with an everlasting covenant, and you can experience
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true spiritual security because you have a relationship with God
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that has no end to it. Your covenant with him
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will remain in force and never be interrupted through all
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of eternity because Jesus ratified it with his own blood,
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and because he did, you can't mess it up. When
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you fail. The blood provides mercy for your failure. It
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cleanses you and keeps the covenant intact. This should bring
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you a lot of comfort. You know, it's wonderful to
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know that regardless of your mistakes, your failures, God's never
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let me just emphasize the word never going to give
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up on you. He started this work of faith in you,
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and He's going to finish it. Let me just read
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Philippians once uh, Philippians one six, and it says this,
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And I am convinced, Paul says, and sure of this
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very thing, that He who began a good work in you,
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will continue until the day of Jesus Christ, right up
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to the time of his return, developing that good work
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and perfecting and bringing it to full completion in you.
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So Paul was totally convinced that what God started in
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each of us, He's going to finish that work, that
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good work in us up until the time he comes back.
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And he is. He's actually actively doing something for you
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and I. He's developing that good work, he's perfecting it,
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and he's bringing it to full completion in you and I.
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That should encourage you greatly, greatly. And He's going to
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finish it. And He's going to do it through the
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blood of the Everlasting Covenant Hebrews thirteen twenty and twenty one.
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He will make you perfect in every day good work,
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to do His will, working in you that which is
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well pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom
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be glory forever and ever. So we have these are
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promises that you can hang on to amen. And lastly,
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the blood provides the riches of his grace, and this
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is Ephesians two, verse seven says He did this that
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he might clearly demonstrate through the ages to come, through
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the ages to come, the immeasurable, limitless, surpassing riches of
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his free grace, his unmerited favor in his kindness and
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goodness of heart toward us in Christ Jesus. So grace
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is the power to change and overcome sin. That's what
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it does. That's what it's all about. Mercy is God's
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power to forgive sins. And guess what. Jesus is rich
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in grace, and he gives grace to you and I abundantly.
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The riches, this richness of his grace is because of
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his blood. Yes, because of his blood. The power of
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grace is absolutely amazing. It saves but also changes everything
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about us that needs changed, all because of the blood
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Ephesians one seven, in whom we have redemption through his blood,
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the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace.
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You see all because God is rich in grace and
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he gives it to you and I liberally. I am
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way out of time. I hope you enjoyed this teaching.
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This is Don Noble. You can go to ww dot
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Prayer is very important and I appreciate all your prayers. Well,
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this is John Noble. I look forward to being with
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you again next week. Shaloam, shaloam, Peace be unto you