- [Narrator] We will cover what the scriptures say
that the blood of Jesus does for us.
And as we go on, I will provide powerful testimonies
that you should remember to fight the evil one.
Ephesians 1:7 tells us two things that we have
when we are in and Christ.
In Christ, we have redemption through his blood,
the forgiveness of sins
according to the riches of his grace.
Remember that when we are outside of Christ,
the blood does not work.
During the Passover festival in Egypt,
the blood did not protect those who were not in the houses.
Here we can see that in Christ
we have redemption and forgiveness of sins.
Redemption means bought back by a ransom price
that had to be paid.
Let us see another Bible verse that tells us
what we were delivered from.
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed
from the hand of the enemy, Psalm 107:2.
This, moreover, one of the most powerful scriptures
to teach us the value of witness.
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so.
As for our redemption, we were in the hands of the devil.
Did you know that?
I have no problem knowing that I was in the hand
and of the devil, but I am not in the hand of the devil now
because I have been saved from him.
In whom we have redemption through His blood,
the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches
of his grace.
The same scripture tells us that all my sins are forgiven.
Here, then, is your testimony
on the basis of Ephesians 1:7.
Through the blood of Jesus, all my sins are forgiven.
Next is 1 John 1:7.
But if we walk in the light as he is in the light,
we have fellowship with one another.
And the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
All these verbs are continuing present tenses
indicating a continuing procedure.
When we walk continuously in the light
we will have fellowship continuously
and the blood will cleanse us continuously.
The cleansing of the blood of Jesus
is not a single isolated experience.
It is ever-present.
When I fulfill the conditions,
when I walk in the light,
when I am in communion with my fellow believers,
my testimony is this, the blood of Jesus Christ,
the son of God, constantly cleanses me from all sin.
Being made righteous.
Romans 5:9 tells us that we are justified
by His, Jesus' blood.
The word justified is not understood
by many present-day believers.
Just and righteous are interchangeable terms
both in Hebrew and Greek
in the Old Testament, and in the New.
So to be justified means to be made righteous.
What is the meaning of to be made righteous?
This is a great definition.
To be justified is to be just as if I'd never sinned.
When you are made righteous
with the righteousness of Jesus Christ,
it is as though I have never sinned.
Here is our next testimony.
Through the blood of Jesus,
I am justified, made righteous
just as if I'd never sinned.
Being set apart.
Hebrews 13:12 tells us that through the blood of Jesus
we are sanctified that he, Jesus, might sanctify the people
with his own blood suffered outside the gate.
The word sanctify is similar in form
to the word justify.
To justify means to make just or righteous.
To sanctify means to make saintly or holy.
The individual who has made holy is set apart to God.
In other words, if I am separated from God,
I am not in the domain of the devil.
I am separated from the devil by the blood of Jesus.
God told Pharaoh in Egypt
that he would make a redemptive difference
between the people of Egypt and the people of Israel.
The plagues that came upon Egypt would not come upon Israel
even though they dwelt there
because there was a redemptive exception.
In our lives, this difference is the blood of Jesus.
It was never the will of God
for his judgments of the wicked to fall upon the righteous.
Here is our next testimony.
Through the blood of Jesus,
I am sanctified, made holy, set apart to God.
Bought with a price.
Now the body is not for sexual immorality,
but for the Lord and the Lord for the body, verse 13.
And then we read, "do you not know
that your bodies are members of Christ," verse 15.
Your body is for the Lord.
And the Lord is for your body.
If you do not misuse your body
by uncleanliness or immorality or gluttony, addictions,
or any of the terrible, horrible things
that destroy the tissues and cells,
when you set your body apart to the Lord then you can say,
"my body is for the Lord and the Lord is my body."
But you must be sure that your body is for the Lord
and we have to include that rowdy, small member, the tongue.
Now we come to the climax.
Do you not know that your bodies are temples
of the Holy Spirit who is in you,
whom you have received from God?
You are not your own.
You were bought at a price,
therefore honor God with your bodies.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20.
The Lord wants you for himself.
He has paid the price of his dear blood.
If you want to hold onto your own life, you can.
But remember, in that case that you have not been bought
you cannot have it both ways.
If you belong to God, you are not your own.
If you belong to yourself, you do not belong to God.
When Jesus died on the cross,
he paid the total price for complete redemption.
He has not redeemed a part of you, but all of you.
If you have received salvation through his blood,
then your spirit, soul, and body belong to God
because Jesus paid the price of his blood to possess you.
This is our next testimony.
My body is a temple of the Holy Spirit,
redeemed, cleansed, sanctified by the blood of Jesus.
Therefore Satan has no place in me,
no power over me through the blood of Jesus.
Now we can take up all these writings
and unite them into a powerful testimony
if you make this confession in good faith.
I would be very surprised if the enemy could bear it.
Here, than in our testimony
by which we apply the blood to our lives,
the references proceed each confession.
Ephesians 1:7, through the blood of Jesus,
I am redeemed out of the hand of the devil.
Ephesians 1:7, through the blood of Jesus,
all my sins are forgiven.
1 John 1:7, the blood of Jesus Christ, God's Son,
cleanses me continually from all sin.
Romans 5:9, through the blood of Jesus,
I am justified, made righteous just as if I'd never sinned.
Hebrews 13:12, through the blood of Jesus.
I am sanctified, made holy, set apart to God.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20.
My body is a temple of the Holy Spirit,
redeemed, cleansed, sanctified by the blood of Jesus.
Therefore Satan has no place in me,
no power over me through the blood of Jesus.
If you truly believe these words,
the next thing you need to do is praise the Lord for them.
Here's a word of praise you could use.
Thank you God for the precious blood of Jesus.
Thank you for the redemptive blood of Christ.
Thank you for the justifying, sanctifying,
precious blood of the Lamb of God.
Blessed be the name of the Lord.
I praise you, Jesus, for you paid the price
of my redemption.
You shed your precious blood on the cross.
You are the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
And now Lord, I have taken the blood
from the basin and transferred it to my own personal needs
by the hyssop of my testimony, amen.
Let me focus your attention to one more passage
of scripture that is relevant to this type of prayer.
Speaking about Jesus, the word says this.
This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ.
He did not come by water only, but by water and blood.
It is the Spirit who testifies
because the Spirit is the truth.
For there are three that testify: the Spirit,
the water, and the blood, and the three are in agreement.
1 John 5:6&8.
This speaks about three witnesses.
Two witnesses were all that were actually required
for legal transactions in John's day.
A third witness provide strong confirmation.
The three witnesses are the water,
the blood, and the Holy Spirit.
Jesus came by water and blood.
The water here is the cleansing of the Word.
Jesus told his followers,
"You are already clean because of the word
which I have spoken to you," John 15:3.
After the shedding of his blood,
his further purpose became the sanctifying
and cleansing of his bride.
Ephesians 5:25-27 says, "husbands love your wives
just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up
for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing
with water, through the word and to present her to himself
as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle
or any other blemish, but holy and blameless."
This means that Christ redeemed the church by his blood
that he might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing
of water by the word.
He makes his bride acceptable for himself in this way.
The one who bears witness is the Holy Spirit.
The Spirit bears witness because the Spirit is truth.
Thus, the truth, the water of the word,
and the blood shed on the cross, are in agreement.
When we come to this place of divine agreement
among these three witnesses in our lives,
we have overcame Satan.
The testimony I have taught you is true.
It uses the Word to testify to the blood.
Only when the Spirit testifies
that the real effect is coming.
In other words, there is nothing in the Christian life
that is just a set of rules.
Salvation is not a technique.
Healing is not a technique.
Deliverance from evil spirits is not a technique.
Anybody who tries to reduce any of these things
to a set of rules, misses the point.
The purpose of it all is this.
When we use the water of the Word, when we use the blood
in our testimony, and when the Spirit bears witness,
then heaven's floor drops out and heaven comes to earth.
This is the place where we must come
if we want the results of prayer that you and I need.
Look again at the testimony.
This time without the explanations and the prayer
of command with which it closes.
Let the Holy Spirit bear witness.
Through the blood of Jesus,
I am redeemed from the hand of the devil.
Through the blood of Jesus,
all my sins are forgiven.
The blood of Jesus Christ, God's Son,
cleanses me continually from all sin.
Through the blood of Jesus,
I am justified, made righteous
just as if I'd never sinned.
Through the blood of Jesus,
I am sanctified, made holy, set apart to God.
My blood is a temple for the Holy Spirit,
redeemed, cleansed, sanctified by the blood of Jesus.
Therefore Satan has no place in me,
no power over me through the blood of Jesus.
I renounce him, loose myself from him,
and command him to leave me in the Name of Jesus, amen.
We hope that you were blessed by this message.