THE WORD & THE BLOOD
Memorise: And they overcame him by the
blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their
lives unto the death.
Revelation 12:11
Read: Hebrew 12:22-25, Bible in one
year: Isaiah 58:60, Acts 11:19-12:5
There are two irresistible weapons
available to the children of God in spiritual warfare. These are then Word [of
God] and the Blood [of Jesus Christ]. The Word is so powerful that the entire
universe was made by abnormality in your life under control, just as He did in
Genesis 1. Death is the greatest problem that confronts mankind. The Bible in 1st
Corinthians 15:56a reveals that the power of death lies in sin:
“The
sting of death is sin;”
But praise God, the Blood of Jesus took
care of sin once and for all. Revelation 1:5b says that:
“Unto
him that loved us, and washed us from our sin in his own blood,”
Once the matter of sin is dealt with by
the sinless Blood of Jesus Christ, the evil sting of death is rendered
powerless.
As such, when a child of God is armed
with the Word and with the Blood, victory if fully decided. The question then
is: why are some children of God still living defeated lives? The problem is,
for these two weapons of spiritual warfare to be effective for any child of
God, certain conditions must be fulfilled. One of such conditions is that they
must be ready to honour God’s Word, no matter the cost. At times, when some
children of God are caught in heinous sins that should not even be heard of
among moralists, they chorus, “it is the
devil’s work.” Its as if John 10:10 has been erased from the Bibles. Because
such Christians do not honour God’s Word by keeping it, the Word can’t work for
them. When a so-called child of God continues to kiss women other than his wife
and blatantly disregard God’s Word in 1st Thessalonians 5:22 that
says,
“Abstain
from all appearance of evil.”
The Word will not be effective for him
in fighting against the likes of Delilah. Or is it the Blood of Jesus Christ,
who some nail to the cross times without number as they rise and fall, that
would avail for them? Notice that the Bible in the concluding part of
Revelation 12:11 says that:
“….and
they loved not their lives unto the death.”
For the Blood of Jesus to work for you,
you are expected to resist sin to the point of, if necessary, shedding your own
blood (Hebrews 12:4). I pray that the Word and the Blood will work for you at
all times in Jesus’ Name.
Action Point
Determine to put the Word of God into
proper application in your daily life, and plead the Blood of Jesus Christ
against all negative situations of life for a pleasant turn around.
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