We celebrate the Blood of Jesus because the Blood is not just evidence that a sacrifice occurred, but it is the seal and substance of a better covenant. Jesus declared, “This cup is the New Testament in my blood” (Luke 22:20). Calvary, therefore, was covenantal before it was emotional. Under the old covenant, blood testified that death had occurred in the place of the guilty; but the blood of bulls and goats could never perfect the conscience nor permanently remove sin. Christ entered as both High Priest and Sacrifice, and Hebrews 9:12 declares, “by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.” This means our redemption rests upon something infinitely stronger than our ability to maintain a religious performance: it rests upon the covenant established through the Blood of the Son of God. His Blood satisfied divine justice, secured forgiveness, opened access to the Father, and established an eternal covenantal testimony concerning everyone who is in Christ. We are not repeatedly attempting to persuade God to forgive what Christ has already carried into His finished work. The Blood has established the terms of our reconciliation. Therefore, when the accuser speaks from the record of our failure, the Blood speaks from the covenant of Christ, and the covenant has the final word. But there is an even deeper apostolic revelation: the Blood did not simply cancel the debt; it transferred us into covenant ownership, covenant identity, and covenant inheritance. Redemption means a price was paid to recover what belonged to God, and therefore Paul declares, “ye are not your own…ye are bought with a price” (1 Corinthians 6:19–20). We have been brought out of Adam’s fallen order and placed in Christ, where His righteousness becomes our standing, His Spirit becomes the seal of our inheritance, His Father becomes our Father, and His access becomes our access. This is why forgiveness cannot be reduced to God simply erasing bad behavior; forgiveness is part of a greater covenantal restoration in which God removes the barrier of sin so that communion can be restored between God and His people. The Blood brings us near (Ephesians 2:13), purges the conscience from dead works so that we may serve the living God (Hebrews 9:14), and gives us boldness to enter the holiest (Hebrews 10:19). The Blood does not simply change what God remembers about our sin, but it changes where we stand before Him. We stand inside a covenant we did not author, secured by a Blood we did not shed, possessing an inheritance we could never earn. So, when we declare, “I am redeemed,” we are declaring more than I have been rescued. We are declaring, I have been purchased, brought near, brought under covenant, restored to fellowship, given access, made an heir, and marked as belonging to God. The Blood still speaks today, and its covenantal testimony is stronger than accusation, deeper than failure, older than our warfare, and eternally established in the finished work of Jesus Christ.

At some point in our walk with God we have to make some very important decisions. One of those being I must declare that my conscience will no longer testify against the blood of Jesus. “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus.” — Romans 8:1. The difference between us saying this and the heathen saying it we don’t visit the altar we live there! It is time to disallow your consciousness from presenting evidence from a case that Heaven has already closed. Satan is called the accuser, and accusation survives by continually presenting old evidence as though no judgment has been rendered. But Calvary rendered judgment! The blood answered the accusation. Therefore, I refuse to keep prosecuting myself where God has declared me forgiven. I will not build an internal courtroom where memory becomes prosecutor, shame becomes witness, and condemnation becomes judge. The blood has spoken. The case is closed. Repentance is powerful when the Spirit is calling us to turn from sin, but repeatedly repenting for what has already been confessed, forsaken, and forgiven can become a dead work. Hebrews 6:1 speaks of “repentance from dead works.” It makes no sense when repeatedly returning to the same grave incomplete assignments and fruitless works. To continue this cycle is not humility, it is unbelief in the sufficiency of Christ finished work. I will repent when God convicts me, but I will not repent because the accuser condemns me. Conviction leads me toward God; condemnation keeps chaining me to who I used to be. Therefore, my memory will not become a factory for my former identity to replicate processes. A memory can remain without retaining authority. I may remember what happened, but what happened no longer possesses the right to reproduce itself in me. The purged conscience does not necessarily suffer amnesia; it experiences emancipation. I can remember Egypt without craving Egypt. I can remember the failure without rebuilding an identity around the failure. My history may explain where I have been, but only Christ determines who I am. Be encouraged you are free indeed!

As we are still in the celebration of Sukkot or as we know it to be The Feast of Tabernacles, I want to remind you to praise the Lord today!! The command “Praise ye the LORD” is far more than an invitation to sing, this is a summons for every dimension of our being to become an altar of worship. Before praise ever reaches the lips, it is conceived within the thoughts. Every thought that agrees with the mind of Christ becomes a hidden hallelujah in the courts of heaven. When we reject fear, cast down vain imaginations, and enthrone the promises of God above the accusations of the enemy, our renewed mind magnifies the Lord. Praise is the government of the soul choosing heaven’s perspective over earth’s reality. Even in silence, a mind fixed upon His goodness declares His majesty. The believer who meditates upon His Word Day and Night is already praising Him, for every righteous thought is incense ascending before His throne. So, our praise is not just what escapes our mouths; it is what governs our consciousness. A sanctified imagination, a disciplined mind, and a heart captivated by His glory proclaim continuously, “Praise ye the LORD.” The hands of the redeemed were not fashioned for labor only but were anointed for worship and commissioned for warfare. David declared, “Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight” (Psalm 144:1, KJV). Therefore, every hand lifted in surrender becomes a weapon against darkness, and every hand extended in mercy reveals the nature of the Father. The same hands that clap in celebration can break the atmosphere of oppression, for Scripture declares, “O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.” The fingers that turn the pages of Scripture, comfort the broken, anoint the sick, write words of truth, build His Kingdom, and resist the works of darkness are continually offering praise, Amen! Praise therefore is not passive admiration; it is active participation in the government of God. Even our love becomes praise when it reflects the sacrificial heart of Christ. Every act of forgiveness silences the accuser. Every expression of compassion magnifies His character. Every choice to love the unlovable declares that the Cross still possesses transforming power. When our lives become living epistles of divine love, heaven hears a perpetual anthem rising from the earth.