 Blood of Jesus
The Blood
When a person repents, he is washed by the Blood of Jesus. This is true when
a sinner repents and receives Jesus as Lord and Savior. It is also true when a
believer repents of sin.
1 John 1:7-9 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have
fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us
from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth
is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our
sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
This is just a part of the power of the Blood of the Lamb.
The Blood of Jesus Cleanses Us of Sin
The Blood cleanses. The Word tells us that our sins are blotted out by the
Blood. "If we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us our
sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1 :9. It is
blessed to know that all our past sins are gone-blotted out forever; but He goes
further than that; He removes those evil desires, cravings and characteristics
produced by habitually yielding to the urgings of the selfish nature; but when
we fully consecrate all we are and have to Him and have our wills firmly set to
obey Him in all things, He causes us to govern our lives by the law of love-that
is He puts within us a heart of flesh and the mind that was in Christ Jesus. So
many people struggle and strive and fight against lack of love, unbelief, doubt,
etc., but they do not get victory. A sister told me that the Lord once opened
her eyes to the impatience in her life, and she fought and struggled against it,
and she said: "Do you think I improved a bit? No, indeed. But there came a
day when I saw that the Blood was to destroy that thing in me, and I trusted the
Blood to do it, and very soon I had the victory." (Nuzum)
The Blood of Jesus Redeems Us From Sin
He says we are redeemed, not with corruptible things, such as silver and
gold, but with the precious blood of Jesus. (Nuzum)
The Blood of Jesus Redeems Us From Sickness
We read in the Old Testament that, if we, His children, keep His laws, He
will put none of the diseases upon us, which were brought upon the Egyptians, so
we see that sickness is the result of the broken law, and this Blood redeems us
from sin, and also from sickness, for He bore the curse of the broken law. We
must trust the blood of Jesus to deliver us from pain and sickness and disease,
for that Blood has bought us away from disease. My prayers seem so poor and
worthless, so weak and insignificant. It is blessed to know then that Jesus
Christ is seated at the right hand of God making intercession for us. And the
Bible says that the Holy Ghost also makes intercession; and also that the Blood
cries, or speaks for us. (Nuzum)
The Blood of Jesus Brings Us Near
Then God says that we are made nigh by the Blood. How often we feel there is
a distance between us and God and we long to get a little nearer. God says the
Blood has brought us nigh. We read that in heaven the robes of the saints are
washed white in the blood of the Lamb. Those that are cleansed must be washed
from the appetites and desires of the flesh. Jesus said that we are to
"drink His blood." So we drink His blood to make us clean and to give
us life; and we take it to make us nigh. We may not feel nigh, but God says the
Blood makes us nigh and we must believe it. How blessed it is to get nigh to God
in these awful days! Then the Word says the Blood gives us access to His face,
and through this access we see His marvelous love and His wonderful willingness
to give us what He has promised. (Nuzum)
The Blood of Jesus Makes Us Bold
And the Word says we may come with boldness. In my missionary work I go into
many houses, and every time I go I ask God to give me favor with the people and
access to their hearts. Without the help of God, I should many times have great
timidity in going; but there are other times when I do not feel that way because
I have been invited. When we come blood-covered to God we can come with
boldness. He also says, "with confidence." It is the blood of the
everlasting covenant. Why should we not have confidence? God entered into
covenant to redeem us through Jesus' precious blood; and when Jesus said on the
cross, "It is finished," there was not one iota left out. (Nuzum)
The Blood of Jesus Gives Us Access
Then, there is a text that tells us this Blood gives us access to the very
Holy of Holies (Heb. 10 :19) where we are shut away from all evil spirits and
shut in with God, where we worship and praise and adore Him. It is only the
Blood that can shut out the clamor of voices and shut us in with Him. (Nuzum)
The Blood of Jesus Witnesses
The Blood witnesses that Jesus Christ has redeemed us from the power of sin,
and that we belong to Him, purchased by His blood; that the devil has no claim
upon or jurisdiction over us. It is a witness that we are His and that He is
ours. That is why we cry continually for the Blood to be upon us. When Satan
tries to put any of his work on us we may say, "I have a right to be free
from this, for Jesus bought me away from you. You have no claim on me."
This is the witness that we belong to Jesus Christ, spirit, soul, and body, for
time and for eternity. And God ever works for this precious Blood. When the
blood was on the door of the Israelites in Egypt, no evil dared to come through
that door. We are safe because of protection of the Blood. (Nuzum)
The Blood…
- Protects
Redeems
Reconciles
Prepares us for good works
Cries out
And finally
The Blood of Jesus Overcomes The Enemy
In Revelation 12:11 we are told that, "They overcame him by the blood
of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony." Sin, temptation, sickness,
disease, everything that comes from Satan is included in that. The Blood
overcame him. When anything is overcome, it has no more power. This book says
they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony.
Not merely by your word or their word, but by your testimony to what God has
done coupled with your faith in the Blood is the overcoming accomplished. No
matter in what way the enemy comes, whether in discouragement, temptation,
sickness, or any other way, he is overcome by the blood of the Lamb and by the
word of our testimony. If ever there was a time when God's children needed to
know the power and use of the blood of Jesus, it is now. (Nuzum)
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