Sermon Tone Analysis

You were going to continue our teaching on *"The Blood and the Glory."*

*I) *Turn to *Psalms 107:2*.

*A) *Here it says, *"But the redeemed of the Lord say so."*

But *what* are we *redeemed from?*

*1) **(Galatians 3:13-14)* says, *"Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: 14That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith."*

*(a) *Here it says *Christ* has *redeemed us from the curse of the law*, *but* *what is the curse* of the law.

*(b) *According to *(Deuteronomy 28)* *the cur*se of the law *is* *"POVERTY, SICKNESS, and DEATH."*

*2) **Not only are we redeemed from the curse*, *but we are also redeemed* *to receive* *the blessings of Abraham*.

*(a) **What are* the *blessings of Abraham?* *Prosperity, health, and justification.*

*(i) **All this came through* *the redemptive work of the Lord Jesus Christ.*

*B) *Look at *1st Peter 1:18-19*.

*1) *Our *redemption* *and* *salvation* *did not come by* *silver and gold*.

It did *not* come *by* *how much* we *put in the offerin*g place it *did not come by* *how good we are* and it *did not come by* all our *good works*.

*(a) **(Ephesians 2:8-9)* says, *"For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves it is the gift of God.

Not of works, lest any man should boast."*

*(b) **Salvation and justification comes through faith alone, *faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

*(i) **Now that we are saved*, *we do give* *and* now that we are saved, we *do good works*.

But salvation came entirely through the work of the Lord Jesus Christ.

*C) **Back in our opening verse* (*Psalms 107:2*), which says, *"Let the redeemed of the Lord say so."*

*1) **We are to say something*, *we are to say that we are redeemed*, *but redeemed from what*, *"THE CURSE."*

*And HOW?* *BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS.*

*2) **What are we to say?* *“I am redeemed from the curse by the blood of Jesus."*

*(a) **THIS IS PLEADING THE BLOOD OF JESUS.*

*II) **We need to go back and look at the old-timers in Pentecost* *to see how they had such success in* *claiming*, *pleading*, *and applying* *the blood of Jesus*.

*HOW DID THEY DO IT?*

*A) **Well*, there was a *prerequisite* *common to all of them*.

*1) **1st*, they have *strong faith in the blood*.

*2) **2nd*, *they believed* that *they had the right to use the power in the blood by faith.*

*3) *And *3rd*, *they recognize* *they needed to operate from a cleansed position.*

*(a) **Romans 3:24-25*.

*(i) *What I wanted you to see here is that *we have redemption*, *which means* *REDEEMED FROM POVERTY*, *SICKNESS*, *AND DEATH* *THROUGH FAITH IN HIS BLOOD*.

*(b) **Hebrews 11:28*.

*(i) **Here it says that Moses kept the Passover by faith,* *but it also says* that *he applied the blood by faith* *for* divine *protection*.

*(c) **1st Peter 1:2*.

*(i) *Let me read it to you *from the Amplified translation*, *"PETER, AN apostle* (*a special messenger*) *of Jesus Christ, [writing] to the elect exiles of the dispersion scattered (sowed) abroad in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 Who were chosen and foreknown by God the Father and consecrated (sanctified, made holy) by the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ (the Messiah) and to be sprinkled with [His] blood:"*

*(d) **They knew exactly what the phrase* *"Sprinkling of the blood"* *meant*.

*(i) **The blood of an animal could not just be slain and that's blood poured out.*

*There has to be a sprinkling of the blood or it was of none affect.*

*(ii) **In other words*, *the blood had to be applied to be effective,* *just as it had to be applied to the doorpost when Israel was still in Egypt.*

*(iii) *In *(Exodus 24:8)* *Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people* *and said*, *"Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord has made with you."*

*4) *Turn to *Revelation 12:11*.

*(a) *This is the *"HOW TO"* scripture.

*How to have victory*.

*(i) **Apply to blood by faith* *and sprinkle it anywhere there is evidence of pressure*, *tension* *or any kind of Satanic effort to overthrow the Will of God*.

*III) *Turn to *1st Peter 5:8-9.*

*A) **(James 4:7)* says basically the *same thing*, *"Resist the Devil and he will flee."*

*1) **When the Devil comes in* *and tries to attack*, *the Bible says we are to resist him*, *but how?*

*(a) *By *ignoring the problem?*

By *murmuring and crying* about it*?*

By *pretending it's not there?*

*NO*.

*2) **By holding the blood of Jesus against him in faith* *until you see the victory.*

*(a) **Don't give up*.

(*Galatians 6:9*) *says*, *"Let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faith not."*

*(i) **The more stubborn Satan is*, *the more earnest and persistent you must be.*

*(ii) **Paul said in* the book of the *Ephesians*, *"When you've done all to stand, stand therefore.*"

*(b) **Keep applying the blood* of Jesus *without giving up.*

*B) **Problems in our century* *are not more powerful than the blood of Jesus*.

*1) **In the area that you have authority*; *like in your life*, *in the lives of your children*; *for employers*, i*n the lives of their employees*; *for Pastors*, *in the lives of their flock*, *any stronghold of Satan can be destroyed by holding the blood of Jesus upon it.*

*2) **In 1994* *and in the years before* *that Patti and I would pray with the kids every night* *and* *we would plead the blood of Jesus over our family* *and* *everybody at the Church*.

*(a) **When the Northridge earthquake hit* *not one person in the Church was injured* *even though* m*y parents lived in the epicenter* they were *not injured* in the slightest.

*(b) **We lived* only a *couple miles away* in a big *mirror flew* across our bedroom and a *TV* in the same room *flew* off the tall dresser.

*Charissa* had a *glass fish tank* shatter in her room, but *no one was hurt* even in the slightest.

*(c) **No one in the Church was hurt* and *nothing happened to church building* *or its belongings*.

*3) **Parents* *use the blood of Jesus against the demon of drugs* *or whatever* *and* *hold the blood of Jesus against that demonic activity until he flees.*

*(a) **Rise up and say*, *"In the name of Jesus I hold the blood of Jesus against you demons of drugs or whatever.

Jesus defeated you and now in his name I hold his blood against you and you have to flee."*

*(b) **Applied the blood in faith*.

*C) **The old-timers did it* *to gain the victory* *and* *you can do it* *because it's the Word of God*.

W. O. L. C. C. Sunday, December 31, 2000.