Topic: THE NEW COVENANT IN THE BLOOD OF JESUS
THEME SCRIPTURE:
1 Corinthians 11:25 (NKJV)
In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
MESSAGE:
Apostle Paul, by revelation, gives a vivid account of the Words Jesus spoke when He instituted the Lord’s Supper. On the same night in which Jesus was betrayed, He took the cup after supper, and spoke one of the most powerful Words ever – Words which indicated the new covenant was going to replace the old by His shed blood.
Remember, the instructions holy people give when they’re about to leave the earth must be taken seriously! When Jesus took the cup, He said, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” Jesus instructs the Church to do what He has instituted; we’re to do it in the same manner, by taking a cup of wine (non-alcoholic, of course), give thanks, bless the cup by calling it “The cup of the new covenant in the blood of Jesus” and drink it, as often as we do so, in remembrance of Him.
The old covenant was ratified by the blood of animals; the new convent is ratified by the blood of Jesus. ‘Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you”’ (John 6:53).
What kind of life is Jesus talking about? The God-life! The super-life! The life that is not susceptible to sickness and disease. Eternal life! The Greek word is Zoe. Leviticus 17:11 says, “…the life of the flesh is in the blood.” This means, until we drink the blood of Jesus, the eternal life we received into our spirits at new birth will only work in our spirits. For us to benefit from eternal life here and now in our physical bodies, we must drink the blood of Jesus!
Will you wait till we get to heaven before you start enjoying eternal life in your physical body?