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What do we
mean by "Power in the Blood?"
Just like the protection the Israelites
had during the Passover, when a person yields to Christ, it means
He is submitting to the reality that in order to avoid death
(the final death) he must allow the Shed Blood of
Jesus to be applied to the entrance of his being.
For the Israelites, the lamb's
blood was a protection against the power of death - a power they
could not resist. So through obedience, there was a protection
from the angel of death.
This is still true today for the
believer, only it is presented in the Church as a doctrinal issue
rather than a way to approach life.
The Lamb of God was slain and His Blood
shed for us - when we say "yes" to the invitation,
that Blood is applied to our lives, and we have eternal
life - not eternal existence, but eternal life.
What's more, we have it now. The
same Power that provided the rescue of eternal Life offers us
daily protection from the experience of spiritual death.
What are the components of spiritual
death?
fear
anger
insecurity
agitation
jealousy
pride
dishonesty
. . .
These are pools of quicksand that
cannot all be avoided by those who have no Blood applied to the
doorposts of their hearts.
But you do! So there is
no need to step into any of them. They are in your life because
of habit - not because they can't be resisted.
Prayer must bring revelation concerning
the Blood of Jesus. Few believers have even a teeny little thought
about the protection the Blood affords them.
That is why the old song says:
"Would you be free
from the burden of sin:
There's power in the Blood.
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