THE SEVEN PLACES JESUS BLED FOR ME!

Today we are sharing on “THE SEVEN PLACES JESUS BLED FOR ME!” Scriptures show

that Jesus shed His precious blood to redeem man:

Colossians 1:14 says, “In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins.”

1 Corinthians 6:20 says, “For ye are bought with a price….”

1 Peter 1:18-19 says, “Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.”

Revelations 5:9 says, “And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou (Jesus) wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God (the Father) by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation.”

When Jesus shed His blood, He offered the only sacrifice required to provide for all our needs in time and in all eternity.

Many think that Jesus shed His blood for us at the cross of Calvary only. But that is not true. Actually, Jesus shed His precious blood for us not once but seven times. Jesus shed His precious blood for us:

1.  At the circumcision. The first place Jesus bled for me was when He was circumcised.  Circumcision is the removal of all or part of the foreskin from the genitals.

Luke 2:21 says, “And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, His name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before He was conceived in the womb.”

One of the ceremonies that Jewish families went through soon after a baby’s birth is the Circumcision of the baby. Every boy was circumcised and named on the eighth day after birth (Lev. 12:3; Lk. 1:59-60). Circumcision symbolized the Jews’ separation from Gentiles and their unique relationship with God.

Going back to the book of beginnings, Genesis 17:1-12 says, “And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. 2 And I will make My covenant between Me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly…10 This is My covenant, which ye shall keep, between Me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt Me and you.12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man-child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.”

Notice that the site of circumcision is the organ for reproduction. That implies that the blessings upon you as a result of the seeds you have sown will catch up with your posterity. The Jews are still reaping from the seed Abraham sowed in Genesis 22.

Today what Jesus requires of us is to circumcise our hearts. “Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff-necked” (Deut. 10:16).

2. At the Garden of Gethsemane. The second place Jesus bled for me was at the Garden of Gethsemane before His betrayal. 

At the Garden of Gethsemane Jesus sweated heavy drops that were like blood (Lk. 22:44, NASB). Bloody sweat is a rare medical condition. It is thought to result from the haemorrhage of small blood vessels into the sweat glands. It occurs only in extreme emotional stress. Certainly Jesus was seriously emotionally stressed because of our sins. Because of the fall of Adam (Gen. 3:17-19) God cursed the ground and said that man shall eat bread by the sweat of his face.

But after the prayer of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane during which He shed those drops of blood, we no longer eat bread by the sweat of our face. Rather we eat bread by the grace [unmerited favour] of God. It is no longer by labour, but by favour. As the blood of Jesus touched the ground at the Garden of Gethsemane, every curse pronounced on the ground was immediately cancelled. The blood of Jesus replaced the sweat man was supposed to sweat and brought us into the season of sweatless victory. Hallelujah.

That was why Jesus said, “….I am come that you might have life, and that you might have it more abundantly” (Jn. 10:10).

3. At the humiliation. The 3^rd place Jesus bled for me was during the humiliation. In Lamentations 3:30 the Bible says, “He giveth His cheek to him that smiteth Him: He is filled full with reproach.” Jesus gave His cheeks to those who pulled out His beards. As they pulled out His beards, blood was on His face.

Jesus said, “I gave My back to the smiters, and My cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not My face from shame and spitting” (Isa. 50:6).

This blood made a way for us to have the boldness to go to the very throne of God where we can now see Him face to face.

“Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 By a new and living way, which He hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, His flesh” (Heb. 10:19-20).

4. At the whipping post. The 4^th place Jesus bled for me was when those wicked Roman soldiers flogged Him after tying Him to a whipping post (Isa. 52:14; 53:4-5; Matt. 8:17; 1 Pet. 2:24).

When He was flogged 39 stripes, I believe that for each stripe, when Jesus shouted a shout of pain, He was saying, “Cancer you are defeated, stroke you are defeated, epilepsy, asthma, malaria, migraine, arthritis etc., you are defeated.”

The Roman soldiers did not whip Him in the chest but at the back. Why? The chest represented the future, the things ahead. The back represented the past. Therefore, the greatest pain you have to endure in this race is in your past already.

From the beginning, God’s plan for man is that he should be healthy, and not suffer any type of sickness (Ex. 23:25-26). If you obey the Lord, He will take sickness and disease away from you. You will not be sick! You will enjoy divine health! But if refuse to obey God’s instructions curses will come upon you (Deut. 28:15). 

This verse doesn’t mean that if the children of Israel disobeyed God, God will send curses upon them; this verse is simply stating that if the children of Israel disobeyed God, the curses would be able to come upon them and overtake them because disobedience takes God’s people out of His Presence. And when you are out of His Presence, you are out from under His protection! Disobedience breaks God’s hedge of protection around His people (Eccl. 10:8).

However, when man fell from that grace of divine health, God provided divine healing by sending His only begotten Son to come and pay the price for sin (Deut. 7:15; Isa. 53:4-5; 1 Pet. 2:24; Ps. 107:20; Isa. 55:11; Jam. 5:14-16).

It has been scientifically proven that there are 39 ways through which sicknesses come into the world. In other to make provision for ALL types of sicknesses, Jesus received 39 stripes, each stripe representing all the assorted kinds of diseases that can ever afflict man.

Many were amazed when they saw Him - beaten and bloodied, so disfigured one would scarcely know He was a person.

The Scripture has this to say: “As many were astonied at Thee; His visage was so marred more than the sons of men” (Isa. 52:14).

Jesus was flogged and disfigured beyond recognition. In His suffering, the Messiah was so bruised, beaten, marred, disfigured, mutilated, injured, spat upon, torn apart, that His outward appearance was awful to behold. His body was broken that ours might be put together. Jesus became so disfigured and destitute of His natural beauty and handsomeness that men were stricken with amazement, disgusted and heart-sick at what they saw.

Beloved, sickness disfigures and mutilates you. So, Jesus rather took it upon Himself for us and became our Substitute.

As it is written, “...and by His STRIPES, we are healed” (Isa. 53:5). “...and by whose STRIPES, we were healed” (1 Pet. 2:24). 

5. At the crowning with thorns. The 5^th place Jesus bled for me was when those wicked Roman soldiers cruelly drove the crown of thorns into His head. What is the significance of the crown of thorns of thorns? The crown of thorns symbolizes the curse of poverty. He took this curse for us, that we through His poverty might become rich. The ground was cursed when Adam and Eve disobey God – they moved out of the blessings of God. Jesus went to the cross to reconnect us to the blessing - the blessing of total prosperity.

In John 19:2 says, “And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on His head, and they put on Him a purple robe, 3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews! And they smote Him with their hands.”

In Genesis 3:18 God said, “Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field…” God said cursed is the ground because you messed up. The soldiers desired to use the thorns, a product of the curse, to produce a crown. Because of the blood of Jesus, every curse in your life is changed to a crown.

6. At the nailing on the rugged cross. The 6^th time Jesus bled for me was as the Roman soldiers drove those wicked nails into His hands and feet and nailed them to the cross. Colossians 2:14-15 says, “Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to His cross; 15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, He made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.”

As Jesus was nailed to the cross, every petition the devil ever wrote against you was also nailed to that same cross.

They nailed Him to the cross with 9-inch nails. They drove these nails through the palms of His hands and feet. Hands and feet are the symbols of economic strength. They are the symbols for work. The devil planned to keep Jesus out of work. But the devil made a grievous mistake in that wherever Jesus walked after that experience, there was a bloody footprint. Therefore, wherever you walk as a child of God, you are bound to record success in your life, in your business, your marriage etc. Whatever you touch is bound to come with profit, all because of the blood.

What is the significance of Jesus on the tree [cross] with the nails on His hands and feet? The significance is the blood dropping. Why? The blood was dropping so that “the blessing” might come upon the Gentiles (Gal. 3:13-14). So, the only way anyone can have access to “the blessing” is through the blood of Jesus Christ.

7. At the piercing by the side. The 7^th place Jesus bled for me was when that Roman soldier pierced His side with a spear, a mixture of water and blood came flowing out from Emmanuel’s veins. For this kind of mixture to come out, it means that the person has been dead for at least 30 minutes. Now Jesus was already dead. What else did the Roman soldiers want from Him? They wanted to break His legs. The two thieves on the cross already had their legs broken. Pilate and the Jews wanted His legs broken but God blocked it. There are some things the devil had planned to happen to you but God blocked them (Isa 54:15, 17). God did not want Jesus’ legs broken because He knew that Jesus had more work to do. Jesus is working all things everywhere right now for your own good.

The Roman soldier pierced Him at the side because he was not at the level of Jesus anymore. He was already lifted up; and He said that whenever He is lifted up, He will draw men unto Himself. Listen friend, the people that are attacking you right now are doing so because they are not at your level. God has promoted you already in spite of their attacks because many are the afflictions of the righteous but God delivereth him from them all. If you are walking closely with God, there will be pain, but you don’t have to       worry because that pain will surely turn to gain. Weeping may endure for a night but joy comes in the morning (Ps. 30:5).

This 7^th time was the last time Jesus bled or will ever bleed for us. It is done! Seven is the number of God. Whatever you are going through right now, it is the last time it will ever happen in your life again. Affliction shall not arise a second time. You are going right away from crucifixion to resurrection because 7 is the number of completion. It is the conclusion of the matter! It is done!

As you hear the voice of God today through my voice, I advise you to activate your faith concerning that your situation by sowing a quality seed for every place Jesus shed His precious blood for you and I. This is necessary because faith without works is dead (Jam. 2:20, 26). Your expected miracle/harvest is locked up in that seed in your hands. The choice is yours!

Watch out for the next edition of Good News from the Pulpit!

Your friend: I. I. MADUBUNYI (Senior Pastor).                              23.04.2017