Blood, Name, and Spirit Midterm

Randall Q. Lawrence
Blood, Name, and Spirit-Spring 2012
Dr. Nick
3/5/2012

Midterm: The Blood

To be honest, I did not really have a clue (about the Blood of Jesus and what It means) growing up in a church that was not Pentecostal or Charismatic. In reading the Bible, I knew blood sacrifice was very important in the Old Testament; Jesus Christ’s (bloody) sacrifice was and is all important in the New Testament and in our lives.

I remember going to see “The Passion” with my Dad in the theater. We both cried our eyes out at the Sacrifice of Jesus (John 18-19, Matt. 26-27, Mark 14-15, Luke 22-23)—He became a bloody, painful mess, endured the unendurable for all of us (“cup & baptism”-Matt. 20:22-23, 26:39, “Lamb that was slain”--Rev. 5:6-14)! It was a graphic depiction of the physical suffering of Jesus Christ (see Isaiah 53—Suffering Servant “…by His Stripes we are healed…”-v. 5) that greatly impacted the two of us!

However, I did not really begin to understand the importance of the Blood of Jesus until Ebony & Ivory Multicultural (church with Faith Bible) and through many of your (Dr. Nick’s) sermons and your classes. I have really gained an appreciation for the Power in the Blood of Christ—demons/devil/hell is routed (Rev. 12:11), believers are protected and healed and delivered (Ephes. 1:7-12), lives and families are changed and made whole (Acts 26:18). There is victory, I mean VICTORY, V-I-C-T-O-R-Y!!!! (Rev. 19:11-16) in the Blood of Jesus.

I knew that the Name of Jesus was powerful (Philip. 2:9-11), but I really feel like I still even after over 2 years here that I barely understand the power in the Blood of Jesus. It (understanding and pleading the Blood of Jesus-Rev. 7:14, 1 Pet. 1:2) is kind of like an iceberg that has most of its mass under water and a small amount above the surface. This is the impression that I get from my time here, from your (Dr. Nick’s) book ‘The Blood’, from your sermons, from the ministry of war here and in the world, and from my journey with the Lord and Holy Spirit over the last 5+ years but especially the last 2+ years.

There is protection in the Blood. There is healing and deliverance in the Blood of Jesus Christ. There is Spirit-filled anointing in the Blood. There is power to pull down the strongholds of the enemy in the Blood. There is freedom and adventure in the Blood. There is sanctification in the Blood. There is holiness and righteousness through His Blood and Sacrifice. There is witness in the Blood. There is contact and connection with the Holy Spirit through the Blood. The Old Testament blood sacrifice was nothing but the prophetic type and shadow for the Blood Sacrifice of Jesus Christ in His New Covenant/New Testament. There is power and victory in the Blood of Jesus!