The Blood That Opened Heaven's Door
- Henley Samuel
- Apr 22
- 5 min read
April 22, 2026
There is a moment in the life of a believer that is unlike any other. It is the moment you come to the Lord's table. It is not a ritual to rush through. It is not a religious ceremony to perform out of habit. It is a profound encounter with the living God, an encounter made possible by a price that no human being could ever pay.
The Communion
1 Corinthians 11, where the apostle Paul describes the night Jesus was betrayed. On that night, Jesus took bread, broke it, and said,
"This is My body, which is broken for you. Do this in remembrance of Me." Then He took the cup and said, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me." 1 Corinthians 11:24, 25
Every time we receive communion, we are proclaiming His death until He comes.
But there is a solemn warning woven into this same passage. Paul writes that whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body and blood of the Lord. Because of this, many are weak and sick, and some have even fallen asleep. The connection between how we receive the Lord's Supper and the condition of our health and life is not incidental. It is deliberate.
Examine Yourself, and Be Made Whole
"But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup." 1 Corinthians 11:28
What does it mean to examine yourself? It does not mean searching yourself for your own righteousness, your own purity, or your own perfection. You are not examining yourself to find reasons why you are worthy. You are examining yourself to remember what Jesus has already done for you.
When you come to the table and declare, "The Lord has done everything for me," something changes. The weakness that has held you down has no more claim. The sickness that has been lingering no longer has an address in your body. Dead things come back to life. The one who does not examine himself in this way is the one who continues in weakness and sickness. But the one who knows that Christ took every sin, every curse, and every sickness upon Himself at Calvary, that person receives healing.
He who believed and confessed that the Lord has become sin for us, that He has become a curse for us, so that we might be free.
This is not speculation. This is the finished work of the cross. He who knew no sin became sin. Every kind of sin and curse came upon Him so that not one illness, not one weakness, not one thing of death has any rightful place in your life.
The New and Living Way
"Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh." Hebrews 10:19–20
Under the old covenant, the high priest could only enter the most holy place once a year. Only once. And only after elaborate preparations. But the moment Jesus died on the cross, the veil in the temple was torn from top to bottom. A new and living way was opened. Not once a year. Not for a select few. But for every believer, every day, every hour.
The blood shed at Calvary did not come from an animal. It did not come from a lamb, a goat, or a dove. Those sacrifices could never truly take away sin. But when a God who knew no sin became sin, when the Almighty who spoke creation into existence shed His blood, that blood became the key that unlocks heaven's door. Because of that blood, you have boldness. You have courage. You can enter the holy of holies not because of your holiness, but because of His.
We come not by our own righteousness, not by our own works, but through what He did on the cross.
Come With a True Heart
When you drink of that cup, when you take that bread, you are not just going through a religious motion. You are entering into the reality of all that Christ accomplished. A true heart. Full assurance of faith. These are not conditions of perfection. They are conditions of trust.
Come to His table and receive. Come with your weaknesses, your failures, your questions, and your fears, and let the blood of the everlasting covenant do its work in you. Because He who promised is faithful.
Conclusion
The Lord's Supper is not a symbol to be received carelessly. It is a gateway to everything Jesus purchased at Calvary. When you examine yourself rightly, not in self-condemnation but in the recognition of what Christ has done, you unlock healing, wholeness, and the bold right of access into God's presence. Every time you come to His table with a true heart and full assurance, you are declaring that the veil has been torn, the way has been opened, and death has no dominion over you. Come boldly. He is waiting.
Reflect on This
When you come to the Lord's table, are you examining yourself in light of what Christ has already done for you, or are you looking at your own failures and disqualifying yourself from receiving fully?
How does understanding that Christ became sin and a curse on your behalf change the way you view sickness, weakness, and struggle in your own life?
Prayer
Heavenly Father, I thank You that Your Son took every sin, every curse, and every sickness upon Himself at Calvary. I come to Your table with a true heart and in full assurance of faith. I declare that the blood of Jesus has opened a new and living way for me. I am not coming in my own righteousness, but in Yours. I receive healing in my body, wholeness in my spirit, and boldness in my access to Your presence. Nothing of weakness, sickness, or death has a rightful place in me because the Lord has done everything for me. In Jesus' name, Amen.
Key Takeaways
Receiving communion unworthily is connected to weakness and sickness, but when we examine ourselves rightly, healing and life follow.
Self-examination at the Lord's table means recognizing what Christ has already done, not searching for your own worthiness.
The blood of Christ opened a new and living way into God's presence, available to every believer every day, not just once a year.
We approach God's table boldly, not because of our holiness, but because of Christ's finished work on the cross.
The moment we declare that the Lord has done everything for us, dead things come alive and weakness has no more claim.
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