THEME: 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
22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the
living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable
company of angels,
23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which
are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the
spirits of just men made perfect,
24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the
blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped
not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not
we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from
heaven:
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: ISAIAH 58:60 and ACTS 11:19-12:5
MESSAGE
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.
AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE
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