ACCESS BY THE BLOOD

 “So when they had gathered, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release for you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ? For he knew that it was out of envy that they had delivered him up… And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit. And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split”. Mt. 27:17-51

How can the blood of Jesus be shared and yet souls are heading to hell under our watch? If Jesus went through all this suffering, death and resurrection for us, then it must not be in vain. Heaven and Hell are real, and that is why Jesus went to all this length to give us the choice. Jesus died deliberately, and His death has implications. The minute Jesus gave up the ghost something happened instantly which was the first implication. 

- The veil of the temple was torn from top to bottom (Matthew 27:51). In other words, we now have access (Hebrews 10:19). This is the greatest benefit: we now have access to Him. What gave us that access is not a title, nor qualification, nor age but the BLOOD. We are busy celebrating what Jesus' death and resurrection has done for us and we are more concerned about accessing the things than accessing Jesus Himself. Scriptures say that it is those who know their God that will be strong and do exploits. So many people have a God but do not know God. When we do not know Him we cannot do exploits. 

The first and foremost implication of Jesus death and resurrection is that the access that was lost at Eden was restored. Every other thing is hinged on that. There is no more barricade between us. We have a lot of people in the church, and members of the body of Christ who are born again but have never had that personal interaction with the Lord one on one. 

WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO GOD IS OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.

The problem with the Church in the wilderness was that Moses could talk with God but they were not interested in accessing God directly.  By our attitude today we are still saying the same thing, by saying let them (Pastor, Prophet...) hear God while we listen. So we have a lot of believers who do not have a personal relationship with God even though they have access but they have never taken advantage of it. 

We must know that the first thing is access and that every other thing is secondary to it. This is because we can be so close but still so far (Ephesians 2:13-18). If we have been made near unto Him then we should take advantage of it and be close to Him. We are to come confidently, and not as slaves or aliens but as children. Because of the BLOOD of Jesus, God is now our father. The big question is: are we experiencing His presence; are we taking advantage of it? Because all the gaps we are experiencing is because of this. 

The veil has been torn apart so let us not set up another one. Our greatest asset is our access to Him let us not compromise it for whatever reason.

THE CONNECTION

Hebrews 4:1-16

There is an environment we will create that will choke unbelief. Unbelief was a product of not labouring to enter into His rest. We are to come boldly unto the throne of grace to find grace and to obtain mercy. If there is any time we are to have that personal relationship with God, it is now. Stop running from God but rather run to God. If we remain in God’s presence we will naturally overcome sin, we will naturally overcome those things we struggle with. With this in our life, the work of God in our life will happen in quick successions. Our relevance to God, to humanity, to ourselves, is tied to this. As long as we run from it we will keep struggling. This is the reason why the Israelites did not enter because they ignored it. If we ignore it, we too will not enter. We cannot answer this call for each other but PERSONALLY. If the throne of grace is where you pass by or someone goes to for you, then you will be useless in these times. 

1 Corinthians 15, 1 Peter 2:21, Hebrews 12:1-2, Romans 8:29, Obadiah verse 21

 Jesus died, was buried and he resurrected. Jesus was not killed but He laid down His life. If there is no death, there is no burial, and if there is no burial there is no resurrection. Jesus came to show us an example. He is our pattern man and model. He came as the Saviour. Jesus died to give us access; we must die to give our generation access.  This is death to self and our personal ambition and desires. 

Until Jesus died the resurrection power could not find expression, and until we die the resurrection power will not find expression through us. When we answer the call to the throne of grace then whatever needs to die in us will die for that power to find expression.

 We have to die to self, die to our pursuit etc. This will only happen when we go through that process of death, burial, and resurrection. 

We have denied the world of the resurrection power of God because we have refused to die. God is looking for dead men that His resurrection power can flow through. It is time for us to lay down our lives.