Pleading The Blood of Jesus
08-11-2024

Revelation 12:11 NASB And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death.


Exodus 12:1-13 NIV The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, 2 "This month is to be for you the first month, the first month of your year. 3 Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb for his family, one for each household. 4 If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbor, having taken into account the number of people there are. You are to determine the amount of lamb needed in accordance with what each person will eat. 5 The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats. 6 Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the people of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight. 7 Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. 8 That same night they are to eat the meat roasted over the fire, along with bitter herbs, and bread made without yeast. 9 Do not eat the meat raw or cooked in water, but roast it over the fire—head, legs and inner parts. 10 Do not leave any of it till morning; if some is left till morning, you must burn it. 11 This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the LORD's Passover. 12 "On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn—both men and animals—and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD. 13 The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.


Understanding the Context

1. A professor’s criticism of young Billy Graham (“The Blood and The Book”)


2. The ancient culture of blood sacrifice (Adam and Eve; Cain and Abel)


3. Modern “deconstruction” - really nothing more than “I have a better idea.”


4. Both Old and New Testaments revolve around the theme of “The Shedding of the Blood of The Lamb.”


5. The purpose and place of “ritual” (symbolic/testimonial)


6. Three non-negotiable for vicious Christian living:

A. Cleansing and Covering - The Blood of Jesus

B. Consecration - Our place at The Altar


C. Cooperation - Walking in obedience


I. At least six things happen when the Blood of Jesus is applied.

Key idea: Recognition, not ritual.

A. There is protection from evil. (12:13; 23, 27)


B. We have a means of deliverance. (14:13)


C. A new hope is promised. (13:8-9)


D. The power of hell is defeated. (12:29-30)


E. The unbeliever receives testimony of God’s power and goodness. (12:31-32)


F. The next generation embraces the power of God. (12:24-28)



Christian Life Lessons

1. God intends for each child of God to experience victory.


2. Victory is only available through spiritual means of grace.

Revelation 12:11


Zechariah 4:8


3. We cannot achieve victory by “carnal” weapons.

David could not fight in Saul’s armor.


2 Corinthians 10:4


Aggressive carnality
Passive carnality


4. “The Gaze of The Soul” - we become what captures our vision, our hearing, and our heart.


The Song of the King