The Blood that Ran…
Part 4-Walking out of captivity and surrendering to God
Text: John 8:33-37
Today we are going to find out the final 2 times that Jesus died for our sins. Just to remind you once again the first 5 are
1. Circumcision – for the making of a new Blood covenant
2. Garden – Sweating blood because it took work to get anything accomplished after the fall and it took work for Jesus to take back what the enemy had stolen.
3. Beard – They plucked His beard to represent that man now could look to God face to face and did no longer have to go through an earthly advocate. (i.e. priest)
4. Back – Beaten so brutally that His bones and organs were showing, to show that He was taking the burden of sin that Adam had put on our backs on His own.
5. Crown – Wore a crown of thorns to represent that man lost his crown of life of Jesus came to redeem that crown, and give us full authority once again over the earth.
Which brings us to this morning in which we find Jesus bleeds the last two times.
6. Nails – They nailed Him to a cross by His hands and feet to represent that man lost the ability to walk with God and if by the act of confession and raising of hands in surrender to God then man could once again walk into the presence of God.
7. Side – Man was created in the image of God, woman was created from man out of the rib of Adam. Jesus bleed from His side to represent that He did not only die for man for woman as well.
Once again this morning I want to start this message backwards I want to first give us the representation of the 7th time Jesus bleed for you and I.
The 7th and final time he bleed was after His death…
John 19:32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
John 19:33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
John 19:34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
This represents just as God put Adam to sleep and pulled from him a rib bone to create woman. God put Jesus to sleep and from His side cause blood to run for the remission of sins for the sake of women.
For this purpose man can never claim that women are not an important part of God’s work.
All were cleansed by His blood but this is to represent that Christ’s work was complete and full at His death.
Intro:
We all can most likely think what it might be like to be held captive. We realize that being held in captivity is no pretty seen or no easy burden.
It is most likely not what you and I would like for our children or ourselves.
As everyone probably already knows that when you give into captivity you must first surrender you stand. This is signified by the global sign of raising ones hands for surrender.
Adam in his fall surrender all he had over to Satan. He in essence brought us all into captivity by throwing up his spiritual hands and saying I give up I can’t take it any longer you win Satan.
Makes us think back on the time that the Jews were held captive in Egypt. Held as slaves and forced to work. Or the time they were held captive by Hitler and force to die.
We all probably heard stories about how the young man went into the army ready to fight for his country. How he fought valiantly only to be caught and held as a prisoner of war.
a. How he endured such horrible and unspeakable things.
b. He was forced to eat food that wasn’t fit for an animal.
c. Forced to live in filth and mire.
d. Beaten, tortured and left UN-nursed.
e. Barely time for you the wounds to scab over and brought into another session of torture.
f. Used for experiments or just afflicted for personal enjoyment.
g. Doesn’t make you feel that good on the inside does it?
h. Turns your stomache to think of some of things that must have went on doesn’t it?
i. I recall my wife’s uncle Homer, He was held captive in a camp in WWII I believe.
j. I have never witnessed this but I have heard by my father – in – law and other in the family that he was deprived of food and water. Probably other necessities of life, no doubt he was beaten and all that but he made it out. Once out his whole life was different, I was told that he hated to see anyone complain about the food they got or to waste the food they got. This came from his experience, he had learned the value of being free and the value of having food readily available.
k. I have heard stories of others being incarcerated and how they were taken and had their finger nails pulled out or stabbed just to see how much pain and agony the body could actually take before it died.
l. These stories are horrific but true.
Now what I have mentioned so far for the most part is Physical bondage but today I want to take about spiritual bondage.
I. Bound by the enemy
Being in spiritual bondage is not something we want.
However it is something that we choose.
We choose the life we live it is not any bodies fault but our own.
In the book of John we read in the 8th chapter and the 34th verse that Jesus himself said that “Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.”
He was letting us in on the fact that if you sin you first of choose to sin and if you do you are it’s servant or you are in captivity of it.
The old saying
“Sin takes you further than you want to go”
“Keeps you longer than you want to stay”
“And cost you more than you want to pay”
The captivity of sin causes many things.
As in the instance of my wife’s uncle he was changed once he got out of the war.
Being in captivity changes things for you.
I want to read a scripture here now Turn with me to
Mat 27:35 (KJV) And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
Mark 15:25 (KJV) And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
Luke 23:33 (KJV) And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.
John 19:23 (KJV) Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
John 20:27 (KJV) Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
Jesus was crucified for our sins. He was taken and hanged on a cross and bleed for our sins.
Most of us know that the roman method of crucifixion was to nail ones hands and feet to the cross.
So I want to bring the representation of this to our attention today.
Now this morning we are talking about walking in captivity.
The 6th time Jesus bleed for you and I was when he laid out on that cross and stretched out his arms and made the statement:
I Jesus Christ take full responsibility for what these have done they are not to be held accountably for their sin any longer. I by the sign of submission in raising my arms give them the ability to be forgiven of there trespasses. I surrender my life for theirs.
The old saying is still clear today.
“Jesus how much do you love me?” asked the little boy, “Jesus answered this much and stretched out his arms and died.”
This is a representation of our surrender to Jesus Christ. The crown of life was given away and taken back. We don’t have to live in the captivity of sin anymore. It is easier to say yes to Jesus and no to the world than some realize.
Church there are people in our world dying in there sins they are living and captivity and screaming for someone to show them the way out. They need someone like you and I to share with them that Jesus is the only way out of sin and shame with His blood we are made whole.
We talked about the hands now lets talk about the feet.
The Bible tells us of how Adam and God walked together how they enjoyed each other’s company. They shared in each others day but when man sinned he changed all that.
You will noticed that God was coming down to walk with man on that inauspicious day when man fell.
In the fall of Adam, He not only lead mankind into captivity to Satan but He also took away our right to walk with God. But when Jesus died on the cross and His feet were nailed blood poured from the wound He took back the right for us to walk in communion with God.
The old song my wife sings sometimes says the veil was rent in an instant revealing that Holy place. Now I can go to the Holy of Holies
Man can once again walk with God after our surrender to Him with uplifted hands.
