NEW COVENANT BLESSINGS

Mark 14:22-24 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them and said, “Take, eat, this is My Body.” Then He took the cup, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, and they all drank from it. And He said to them, This is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many. 

Earlier this week we talked about how obvious God’s love is for us. But perhaps you have never had that moment of realising His love is so very personal and it’s for you wherever you are and regardless of your past, no matter what you’ve done wrong. It’s for you whether you’re agnostic, atheist or of a different faith. God’s love is for us all through Jesus. For God so loved the world…

When Jesus went to the cross for each one of us He had a goal in mind and He laid down His own life, shed His own blood, went through torture, indescribable pain, and even Hell itself just to make it possible for all our sins to be wiped away and for our sicknesses and diseases to be healed.

For many years I thought Jesus only went to the Cross so our sins could be forgiven, so we could go to Heaven when we die, but it was so much more than that. Jesus was bringing in the New Covenant God was making through Him with mankind so we could have relationship with Him. He was redeeming us from the curse of the law, making us righteous in God’s eyes, giving us our freedom from Satan and his power and all that would bind us. 

In that New Covenant is included the blessing of provision of health, wholeness and healing because 1 Peter 2:24 says that by His wounds we are healed. Matthew 8:17 says “He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses.” 

When we take communion and as we eat the bread we are remembering and believing Jesus took our diseases in His own broken body when He was flogged. When we take the wine we are believing He also took all our sin away when He shed His blood at the Cross. The New Covenant also includes our protection and our provision. When we take communion we are receiving all the New Covenant blessings Jesus paid for at the same time at Calvary.

Lord thank You for the New Covenant in the blood of Jesus. Help us to receive fresh revelation of it,  to know and understand all You have given freely to each one of us. We declare Jesus is our Lord and Saviour. Amen.