I saw this article after my post on the blood of Jesus. I also read that of Titus Orngu just this morning. i think they both have done a good job, so no need to re-invent the wheel. I recommend both of them. Please take the time to read. They both share my sentiments.: +++++++++++++++++ Pleading the blood of Jesus…is it Biblical? What in the world is “pleading the blood”? What does it mean and why do some Christians do it? Answer: A couple of reasons. It is because of the tradition of men and their lack of Biblical understanding. Pleading the blood has taken on a meaning that goes far beyond biblical teaching. Pleading the blood is often practiced during deliverance sessions and some do it to ward off the devil or evil in their homes. When we do this we have reduced ourselves to magical formulas – just like when some of us “bind satan”. We don’t need to beg the blood of Christ into our houses. If we are truly Christians, then the blood of Christ has covered the sin in our lives. So going around and saying, “I plead the blood of Jesus,” has zero effect on satan. What has an effect on satan is our holiness, righteousness and salvation. “Pleading the blood” doesn’t mean anything if it is used in that way. The blood of Jesus has power and that power is unto SALVATION. It is the blood of Jesus that cleanses our conscience from sin and its influence upon us…”For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins” (Matt. 26:28). This is the Biblical power of the BLOOD. The way to effectively defeat satan and his demons is to RESIST them. Scripture teaches us in James 4:7 to “submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you”….this takes care of it saints. There are some Christians that use the practice (now a cliche) of pleading the blood over just about everything – unsaved family members, cars, houses, children, jobs, and things they want cleansed or delivered. Just about anything gets the blood pleaded over it. But this is an UNBIBLICAL practice and just wrong on so many levels. I must admit, tradition has crippled us! In a day were there is so much false doctrine we must contend for the faith as never before and be watchful else we will be deceived. We can no longer afford to take the preachers word for it or continue to follow traditional teachings such as this, but we must test all things with the Word of God. The idea of “pleading the blood” is not even a biblical concept. The blood of Christ has already been pled -if you will- on our behalf and it washed away our sins and made us a children of God. There’s nothing left to plead. Nowhere do we read of the apostles “pleading the blood”, but we do read throughout the NT that they overcame satan and trials with faith, confidence and absolute trust in the Lord. Where does this view come from? It is believed by some that pleading the blood simply means applying the blood to our life and circumstances just like the Israelites applied it to their door posts and were protected from the destroyer (Exodus 12). Some also believe that pleading the blood is simply taking hold of the authority and power available to us by the death and resurrection of Jesus. Some believe it is our priesthood right. Although we are priests, Jesus is our high priest, we cannot apply the blood over any or everything we want cleansed. The blood is applied only to those who have faith in the atonement of Christ. Jesus shed his blood for the human race, not our houses, jobs, pets and loved ones. It is an individual choice to receive salvation for the remission of sins – what the blood of Jesus was intended for – and We cannot throw it or plead it on anyone. It won’t help them. As believers we cannot resource Old Testament types and apply them to our faith. Jesus fulfilled them already. In the Old Testament motif’s, the blood was sprinkled in the holy of Holies for the people by the high priest once a year. But the objects were those set apart for the Lord, strict instructions were given by God himself on this matter. The high priest could not sprinkle the blood on anything his heart desired. This was done only on the objects God set apart in the temple. It was sprinkled on the ark and the mercy seat for their forgiveness. This is what they had to do at that time…Jesus had not come yet. We see no such practice by the apostles or instructions in the epistles to do any such sprinkling or pleading of Christ’s blood on anyone (even those demon possessed). In the Old Testament it was a physical act by the priest to put the blood on the altar, not moving it from one place to another. It is the same principle in the New Testament, one cannot move it on to those people or things for cleansing by speaking or pleading it. The blood represents the life of the person, we cannot plead His (Jesus’) life on others. Only the high priest handled the blood to go on the mercy seat for the forgiveness of sins, Jesus is the one who shed His blood, not us, so we cant put it on things and other people. We can’t physically touch it today nor can we apply it somewhere else spiritually, since we are not the high priest, Jesus is. The blood was to be on the altar before God. Exod.24:6 And Moses took half the blood and put it in basins and half the blood he sprinkled on the altar. Heb. 9:19-22:” For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, saying, “This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you.” Then likewise he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry. And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.” Since Jesus shed his blood, it continues to cleanse and purify today all those who have faith in Christ’s sacrifice because it is eternal. There is no magical power in application of the blood for the numerous uses it is applied for today. It was for the cleansing and forgiveness of sins only, not for protection from evil spirits, for houses, pets and against people who have done us wrong. To use it as such is to have a distorted view of its application today and an irreverent understanding of it being precious, incorruptible and holy. Now again..and I can’t stress it enough, certainly, there is power in the blood of Jesus Christ. It is by His blood that we are saved and our sins are forgiven. We who were far off are made nigh by the blood (Ephesians 2:13). Reminding ourselves of the shed blood of the Son when we are struggling with guilt is both permissible and effective.This is the biblical use of the blood of Jesus. Ephesians 1:7 states, ” In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace.” Scripture teaches that it is through the blood that our sins are forgiven, nothing more and nothing less. When we are overcome with guilt, we need to go back to the cleansing power of the blood. That is our only plea–as in a courtroom plea. In that sense, we can and should plead the blood. No where in scripture does it teach us to “plead the blood” for protection or for fighting the devil or to protect our houses from spirits and children from bullies. In that sense, pleading the blood has often taken on a meaning that goes far beyond biblical teaching. Yall know I’m telling the truth. It took me years to realize this and I even fought it until the truth won! It can’t be denied. We can try to justify it all we want and hold on to tradition, but scripture teaches us otherwise. This practice has become a magic charm that is used in a supernatural way. This is never taught in scripture and can have serious implications. It brings us back into bondage with supernatural enchantments and magic charms. This happened to the Christians of the Middle Ages where they were mixing superstitions and magic with their Christianity. Galatians 4:9 says, “But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?” The Bible tells us how to fight the Devil and we need to stay with biblical teaching. Let me point out two things. First, we are to submit to God and resist him. That is, we are to resist his temptations with the help of the Lord. James 4:7 states, “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” In this verse you will see that resistance is the opposite of submission. To resist is to refuse to submit, yield, or give in to. If we will resist, the Lord will help us and the devil will flee. According to 1Corinthians 10:13, “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” We must believe and practice this. Those who “plead the blood of Jesus” as a means to access the power of God, His protection, etc.. should really begin to re-examine this practice (and others like “binding satan”) in light of scripture and rightly divide the word of truth. Again, this practice has become a sort of magical charm, a magic phrase that people want to use in some instant manner; something that is not taught in Scripture and can/does have some serious consequences. We need to remember that beliefs have consequences – good or bad. And often times those consequences can be a death sentence for some. When we fall into the trap of using something as a magic solution or supernatural trinket.. it brings us into bondage. Again, this is an unbiblical practice. The Bible contains no record of its ever being used by any apostle, prophet, or any other believer. Paul and the other apostles preached in many demonic places without once reciting this mantra. It is a vain practice that opens the door to much error, fanaticism, spiritual bondage and needlessly giving attention to Satan and demons. Do not engage in it. what are your thoughts according to scripture. If you would like to leave a comment please do, but I ask that you provide scripture in context. Please do not share your experiences or opinions because the Word of God is the final authority. Be Blessed, PDCM – S. Kong
Posted on: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 09:13:06 +0000
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