Conquests that honour Christ

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Christ was victorious in the most unusual ways.  First and foremost, He died to give life to the lost. He was punished as innocent to free the guilty.  He became human to give humans access to divine attributes.  These three prominent features of the mission are sacrificial. The concept of blood covers them.  These days the blood of Christ gets thrown not only into the redemption and remission of sin operations but at every desire the believer wants fulfilled. The fact that we have eternal life does not mean that we are invincible.  We actually suffer, run into disappointment, experience bereavement and loss, make mistakes, exercise poor judgment, and act without love, faith or hope.  The list of supposed blood-wrought solutions is long, and all the conquests believers claim do not honour the Anointed.

Pleading the blood of Christ just became a fix-all


The blood of Christ is irrelevant to an exam for which we did not study.  The death and resurrection of Christ are not functional for adjusting our financial situation.  The blood of Christ does not avail to dedicate a baby, buy a house or sell a car. What’s next? Is someone seriously going to plead Christ’s blood for their government for their political campaigns?

Christian victory is real


Make no mistake!  The agents of victory are many, but all are subsequent to the redemption by blood.  Let me list a few to remind us and affirm that blood does not replace any of them.

Agents of victory

  • Supreme power.  “Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.” (Exodus 15:1, KJVA)
  • Force of arms.  “And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.” (Numbers 13:30, KJVA)
  • God’s favour.  “By this I know that You are pleased with me, Because my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.” (Psalms 41:11, NASB)

Divine armour for life’s warfare

  1. BELT OF TRUTH
  2. BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
  3. GOSPEL SHOES OF PEACE
  4. SHIELD OF FAITH
  5. HELMET OF SALVATION
  6. SWORD OF THE SPIRIT
  7. PRAYER AND PETITION
  8. BEING ON THE ALERT
  9. PERSEVERANCE AND PETITION (Ephesians 6:14-18, NASB)

End the blood abuse

Blood is known to be an agent of atonement and reconciliation, and in the levitical system it is clear that the blood of animals did not remove the chasm between Yahweh and the people.  If blood, all by itself, does not accomplish atonement as the genesis of all benediction then the dedication of the apostles and their early disciples is all badly misplaced. None of them applied Christ’s blood to anything beside remission, redemption and cleansing. Forgive me, but capitalism and commerce are not targets of eternal love. Since we overcome by Lamb’s blood and by our own testimony (Revelation 12:11) it stands to reason that the testimony arises from our use of the other agents of victory made available because of the Lamb’s blood.