Victory by the Blood of the Lamb
Revelation 12:11
“They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb.”…
The precious blood of Jesus is not meant for us merely to admire and exhibit. We must not be content to talk about it, and extol it, and do nothing with it; but we are to use it in the great crusade against unholiness and unrighteousness, till it is said of us,
“They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb.”
This precious blood is to be used for overcoming, and consequently for holy warfare. We dishonor it if we do not use it to that end. Some, I fear, use the precious blood of Christ only as a quietus to their consciences. They say to themselves,
“He made atonement for sin, therefore let me take my rest.”
This is doing a grievous wrong to the great sacrifice.… We are to use the glorious mystery of atoning blood as our chief means of overcoming sin and Satan: its power is for holiness.… By the atoning blood we withstand corruption within and temptation without. This is the weapon which nothing can resist.
Charles H. Spurgeon, Sermons of Rev. C.H. Spurgeon.
