The Hidden Power of the Blood of Jesus by Mahesh Chavda

Author:Mahesh Chavda
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Religious Aspects, Redemption, Spirituality, Christian Life, Christianity, General, Religion, Blood, Jesus Christ - Person and Offices, Theology, Soteriology, Christian Theology, Blood - Religious Aspects - Christianity
ISBN: 9780768422221
Publisher: Destiny Image Publishers
Published: 2004-02-29T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Pleading the Blood

Some of the most popular programs on television these days are the criminal justice series. Stories about law and order, crime and punishment, and the judicial process naturally appeal to many people because of their high drama and emotion. A crime is committed, evidence is gathered, suspects are investigated, and finally, one of those suspects is arrested and formally charged with the crime. At the arraignment, a judge asks the accused, “How do you plea?” If the accused answers, “Not guilty,” the judge then sets a trial date. The prosecution begins building its case against the accused, trying to prove his or her guilt. At the same time, the defense attorney works hard to prepare a defense that will counter the prosecution’s case and at the very least create reasonable doubt as to the guilt of the accused.

How do you plea? Are you guilty or not guilty? These are questions we should all ask ourselves because we have an adversary who is always accusing us, and we need to know how to answer him. Like an aggressive prosecuting attorney, satan is relentless in his accusations. He never lets up, and unless we know where our defense lies, we have no hope of defeating him.

We cannot stand on our good deeds or our good intentions, nor on the fact that we go to church, pray, read our Bibles, and give our tithe. No amount of our “goodness” is sufficient to overcome the devil’s accusations or the reality of our own sinfulness. Isaiah 64:6 says, “But we are all like an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; we all fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.”

Our defense—our plea—lies only in the blood of Jesus. His blood alone can take away our sins. His blood alone can answer the enemy’s charges. Remember that we overcome our accuser “by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of [our] testimony” (Revelation 12:11). When we learn to plead the blood of Jesus, we will be able to silence all of satan’s accusations against us and build a hedge of protection around ourselves, our families, our churches, and our circumstances.

Imagine the scene: you are standing before the bench in the courtroom of the Lord God Almighty, the great Judge over all the earth. On one side of you stands your adversary, the devil, flinging accusation after accusation about all your sins, mistakes, and failures. On the other side, as close to you as a brother, stands your Advocate and Counselor, the Lord Jesus Christ, the best defense attorney you could ever have.

The more the devil accuses you, the worse you feel. He talks about the times you lied, cheated, or stole, and the times you used harsh and hateful words toward your spouse or your children. He brings up all the times you let God down. He calls you worthless, no-good, and unworthy of anything other than the harshest sentence. As

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