And they overcame him
by the BLOOD of the LAMB+,
What CHILD+ is This ?
2021 ADVENT MEDITATION #15
And she brought forth a MAN CHILD+,
WHO+ was to rule all nations with a ROD OF IRON:
and her CHILD+ was caught up unto GOD, and to HIS throne.
Revelation 12:5
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10 And I heard a loud voice saying in Heaven, Now is come salvation, and power, and the Kingdom of our GOD, and the Authority of HIS CHRIST: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our GOD day and night.
And they overcame him
by the BLOOD of the LAMB+,
and by the word of their testimony;
and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Revelation 12:11
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In His+ FIRST ADVENT, we have been given the AUTHORITY through our LORD JESUS CHRIST to conquer satan, the accuser of the brethren.
What is left for the satan to accuse us ?
The satan accuses us when we agree with him because we betray CHRIST JESUS, our first love.
In other words, in matters large or small, we deny JESUS .
We deny HIM+ every time we revert back to our old, Adamic nature.
That is the “old” man who was SUPPOSED to have died in the sanctified waters of our Baptism. We were buried with CHRIST and were raised a NEW CREATURE in CHRIST in Baptism, Scripture states.
But the accuser of the brethren is sly and cunning. That one lures and tempts us back to serve our old Adamic nature . . .
and then he TURNS and accuses us
of being a traitor to CHRIST JESUS !
So, how do we OVER-COME the accuser ?
We overcome him through JESUS CHRIST ruling our lives.
From top to bottom, and with no “hidden” SELF-indulgences, we choose to let The LORD JESUS CHRIST rule us .
We submit our SELF to His+ Control.
Our attitudes, our values, our words, our thoughts, and YES, EVEN OUR EMOTIONS are to be submitted unto CHRIST JESUS.
Daily. Hourly. Constantly. . . with the help of the ONE Who is called along side to help us, the PARACLETE, The HOLY SPIRIT.
Thus, the “over-coming” needs to take place in our own lives first.
If we neglect to fight the inner battles of SELF-indulgence, SELF-centeredness, and SELF-rule, then we will be ineffectual during spiritual warfare.
Worse, the demons will trounce us badly and in front of everybody, too, when we tread on his territory, trying to free others of demonic control. . . if we are not totally yielded to the CONTROL of The HOLY SPIRIT.
In short, our WORST enemy is SELF.
The Self-indulgence inside of us will ALWAYS side with satan and the world. SELF will adhere to and believe the pack of lies with which the tormenting spirits trouble us in the inner man.
Scripture teaches us that we overcome by The BLOOD of The LAMB+.
The LORD JESUS has already won the Victory for us , on His+ Cross and by His+ Stripes. This was given to us in His+ FIRST ADVENT.
HE+ removed the AUTHORITY of satan from our life. It is null and void . . . unless we agree with satan, the world, and our own fleshly nature.
We affirm Truth about The BLOOD of The LAMB+ when we profess that we are washed and are covered by The BLOOD of JESUS CHRIST.
We apply the BLOOD of The LAMB+ when we steadfastly choose to WALK in His+ Truth, especially His+ Truth concerning our own Adamic, fallen, fleshly nature.
And, we are covered by the BLOOD of The LAMB+ when we submit our tongues, our thoughts, our deeds, and YES, OUR EMOTIONS to The LORD JESUS CHRIST.
If all this authority over the satan is given to overcome our Adamic nature during His+ FIRST ADVENT, what shall be given to us to overcome --- to conquer --- during His+ SECOND ADVENT ?
HE+ already told us in Revelation 2:26-28 ~
We will rule the nations with HIM+
with His+ ROD OF IRON !
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LET US PRAY
LORD CHRIST, Thank YOU+ for Your+ FIRST ADVENT. Thank YOU+ for giving me power to stand against my strong SELF-serving nature.
I ask for Your+ HOLY SPIRIT to search my heart anew. Show me my SELF-indulgences, my stubborn SELF-rule and I will turn it all over to YOU+.
I do not want the fruits of my SELF-will. I have served SELF long, yes, long enough. And I know satan was in that serving.
Cleanse me so the satan can find no toe-hold in me for his lies and ways.
Prepare me to STAND WITH YOU+ during Your+ Second Coming to planet earth, not as a LAMB+ this time, but as The LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH ! Your+ glorious, earth-shaking SECOND ADVENT ! Amen and amen.
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