THE BLOOD OF JESUS ------------------- THE BIBLE SAYS IN REVELATION 12:11, THEY OVERCAME HIM BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB AND BY THE WORD OF THEIR TESTIMONY THE BLOOD OF JESUS IS ANOTHER POWERFUL WEAPON IN THE ARMAMENTARIUM OF THE BELIEVER. FOR WITH IT JESUS DESTROYED THE WHOLE SATANIC HOST ON THE CROSS. AS THE APOSTLE PAUL WRITES TO THE COLOSSIANS, AND HAVING DISARMED THE POWERS AND AUTHORITIES HE MADE A PUBLIC SPECTACLE OF THEM, TRIUMPHING OVER THEM BY THE CROSS. ( COLOSSIANS 2:15). THE BLOOD OF JESUS IS THE AGENT OF CLEANSING, SANCTIFICATION, PROTECTION, HEALING AND DELIVERANCE ALL COMBINED. THE CLEANSING OF THE BELIEVER IS AN ONGOING PROCESS EVERYDAY OF OUR LIVES. AS WE READ IN 1 JOHN 1:9. IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS, HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST AND WILL FORGIVE US OUR SINS AND PURIFY US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. CLEANSING CONTINUES LIFELONG TILL WE STEP INTO ETERNITY WITH THE LORD. THE LUST OF THE FLESH, THE LUST OF THE EYES AND THE PRIDE OF LIFE SOILS THE BELIEVERS SPIRIT AND SOUL. BUT THE LORD IS FAITHFUL AND AS WE CONFESS OUR SINS TO THE FATHER DAILY, HE CLEANSES US WITH THE BLOOD OF HIS SON. AFTER AN EVIL SPIRITUAL ATTACK ON THE BELIEVER, WHEN DELIVERENCE IS EFFECTED, CLEANSING AND SANCTIFICATION ARE ACHIEVED BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB. THIS WAS NEW TO US IN THE BEGINNING. MY WIFE USED TO WATCH SATANIC FORCES BEING BOUND BY THE ANGELS OF GOD AND CAST INTO THE PIT. THE NEXT STEP INVARIABLY WAS THE SANTIFICATION BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS WHICH THE ANGELS USED ON THE PERSON OR PLACE INVOLVED. SHE SAW THE ANGELS DOUSING THE PERSON OR PLACE INVOLVED BY COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF A LIQUID. INITIALLY WE DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS LIQUID WAS BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT ONE DAY REVEALED THAT IT WAS THE BLOOD OF JESUS. (TO BE CONTINUED)
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