There Is Power In The Blood...the Wayfarer 9/12/16

There Is Power In The Blood

Philippians 4:13

King James Version (KJV)

¹³ I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

This precious verse used in opening is a reminder of wherein any strength is to be found by a Christian, or any claiming to be a Christian people.

There is a power that exists within that exceeds and overcomes all stumbling blocks, all trials, all failures, all setbacks as perceived by man when that power is tapped into and allowed to surface from within and show through the trappings of the physical and spiritual weakness that is the nature of that being.

1 John 4:4

King James Version (KJV)

⁴ Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

That power to overcome is not derived from self.  It exists only though FAITH, that faith again not in self but in HIM and in the power given HIM passed to us by HIM, not any other human being, or the recognized conference of power by means of position, diploma, degree, affiliation or association.

That power exists in the TRUTH of what has been done on our behalf by no one less than the Son of God, Who holds all power, and without Whom all other power becomes powerless.

There is but one WAY to attain that power, power of LIFE, but one WAY to overcome the powerlessness of the creature who thought to take power for himself, and continues to fail to recognize the reality of that true power available, by refusing the simple concept that allows that power to exist…redemption given for repentance… that repentance given to the holder of that power, Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior of man, NOT Man himself.

There Is Power In The Blood

Would you be free from your burden of sin?
There's power in the blood, power in the blood
Would you o'er evil the victory win?
There's wonderful power in the blood

Would you be whiter, much whiter than snow?
There's power in the blood, power in the blood
Sin stains are lost in its life-giving flow
There's wonderful power in the blood

There is power, power, wonder-working power
In the blood of the Lamb
There is power, power, wonder-working power
In the precious blood of the Lamb

Would you do service for Jesus, your King?
There's power in the blood, power in the blood
Would you live daily His praises to sing?
There's wonderful power in the blood

There is power, power, wonder-working power
In the blood of the Lamb
There is power, power, wonder-working power
In the precious blood of the Lamb

Power, power, wonder-working power
In the blood of the Lamb
There is power, power, wonder-working power
In the precious blood of the Lamb

Lord, how we need Your power
Every day and every hour
Lord, how we need Your power
Every day and every hour

Lord, how we need Your power
Every day and every hour
Lord, how we need Your

Power, power, wonder-working power
In the blood of the Lamb
There is power, power, wonder-working power
In the precious blood of the Lamb

In the precious blood of the Lamb
In the precious blood of the Lamb

Songwriters: . DP, TODD A. SMITH, ALLAN HALL, NICOL JUNE RENEE SMITH

The song used as title is one quite familiar to me, one often heard around the homes of both parents and grandparents, heard in the assemblies of the majority of churches attended from youth to the present.

The content of the song held, and holds importance to the very reason of those assemblies, importance to the people gathered there who recognized and those who still recognize where power is derived from to live this life, and to seize the prize that awaits its end as well.

That recognition extends to the realization that that power is GIVEN, not taken, accepted, not to be rejected, an entitlement, yet an entitlement only for those who meet the requirements of that simple message preached by Christ Jesus from the Jordan to the cross and beyond.

Ephesians 2:8-10

King James Version (KJV)

⁸ For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

⁹ Not of works, lest any man should boast.

¹⁰ For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them

It is that grace alone that confers that power on and to us, and that acceptance of grace through faith that allows us to continue in that power despite all attempts to stymie and deny it.

Isaiah 54:17

King James Version (KJV)

¹⁷ No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.

This promise given through Isaiah came to fruition though Christ Jesus, who overcame not only the world, but death itself to provide the absolute power of LIFE eternal to those willing to accept His simple message, and the single commandment given us by HIM.

It is needy that recognition return to wherein that power exists, wherein the ability to overcome exists, and that that power, that perfect grace given remains sufficient in this age and time when so many find only the powerlessness of the contrivances of man, and the despair of that powerlessness.

Ephesians 6:10-24 KJV

¹⁰ Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

¹¹ Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

¹² For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

¹³ Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

¹⁴ Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

¹⁵ And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

¹⁶ Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

¹⁷ And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

¹⁸ Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

¹⁹ And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,

²⁰ For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

²¹ But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things:

²² Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts.

²³ Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

²⁴ Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.

There is power in the blood! That power has been delivered to each willing to accept it through the grace given us by God.

2 Timothy 1:12 King James Version (KJV)

¹² For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.

Amen and Amen

the Wayfarer