“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin” (1 John 1:7)
TEXT — 1 John 1:5-10
Message
As John Wesley was returning home from one of his evangelistic outings, he was confronted by a common robber who snatched his Bible case from him and was hurriedly fleeing from him. However, Wesley told him there was something else he had not taken. In amazement, the robber stopped, expecting more from the evangelist. And Wesley told him, ‘If you regret this action of yours later in life, remember the blood of Jesus Christ the Son of God cleanseth us from all sin.’
Years later, after Wesley had ministered to some people, the man walked up to Wesley and asked him if he recognised him. Wesley replied, ‘No.’ And the man went to report to Wesley that after he stole his bag, the word he left with him never ceased to haunt his conscience until he surrendered his life to the Lord.
Dearly beloved, there is power in God’s word and in the blood of God’s Lamb to cleanse and set free the worst of sinners whose souls have been estranged from God. God’s perfect solution to humanity’s problem of sin is the blood of Jesus that was shed once and for all at Calvary. “When I see the blood, I will pass over you… And behold, the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.”
Regardless of the life’s challenges you are going through, if you put your confidence in the blood of the Lord Jesus, the efficacious blood will save you from sin, purge you of your selfish cravings, heal you of the pain and pang of diseases and deliver you from Satan.
Even so, not only does the blood cleanse and make whiter than snow, it also enables unworthy recipients of it to overcome the wicked one even Satan. Furthermore, it speaks better things for the believer than the blood of Abel because its foundational source is God’s inalienable anchor of mercy and grace. Never fail to take full advantage of the blood of Jesus.
Thought for the day
The blood of Jesus is powerful enough to cleanse the vilest sinner and crush the vicious Satan.
Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.
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