What does it mean to Plead the Blood?
We often hear this line that we should “Plead the Blood”, but what does this really mean?
Firstly, the definition of “Plead” according to the court of law is to argue a case or cause. This term is not used to beg but to defend.
Secondly, the Blood of Jesus is the evidence we need to defend ourselves against every accusation thrown at us from the accuser who is Satan.
Revelation 12:10-11 says “Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah. For the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down. They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony”…
Each and every one of us is fighting a spiritual enemy who is Satan. He doesn’t miss an opportunity to bring you down before God but because of Jesus and the blood He has shed on the cross we have received mercy and pardon from our sins. It is the blood of Jesus which stands as evidence to prove our innocence.
Satan will come against you and remind you of your past, he will remind you of the sins you committed and he will make it seem like you can never be forgiven. He will torture you mentally and lead your life down the wrong path which will take you directly to hell. But the Blood of Jesus trumps all of that. The Blood says that your past is over, you are made new in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”)
The Blood says you are forgiven. When the opposition raises its voice against you believe with all your heart that the Blood of Jesus has cleaned out your record of wrongs and has given you a new life. (Ephesians 1:7-8 “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us.”)
The Blood protects, delivers and sanctifies you. It covers you so that you are presented holy before God.
Plead the Blood of Jesus as this is your defense weapon against the accuser.
BY BRITNEY JENINE