The Voice of the Blood

When we look at the lives of Cain and Abel, we see that Cain killed his brother Abel. After this event, God spoke to Cain, He said:

Genesis 4:10
"The Lord said, 'What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground.'"

From this Scripture, we can see that blood has a voice and the ability to speak. If the blood of a man could cry out to Elohim, the Creator of the universe, then how much more powerful is the blood of Jesus Christ, which was shed for the remission of our sins?

The blood of Jesus was shed for our benefit, our deliverance, and our salvation. We see that through the shedding of Abel's blood, Cain came under a curse because of his actions. This reveals that blood carries spiritual significance. If the blood of a human being could speak and bring judgment, then the blood of a divine being, Jesus Christ can also speak, it has the power to bring freedom, redemption, restoration, and deliverance.

When we come into the economy of the Trinity, we must understand that Jesus was given for our redemption, and it is the Holy Spirit who makes that redemption a reality in our lives. Through the blood that Jesus shed on the cross, we have access to forgiveness, freedom, and reconciliation with God. So we must come to God in faith, believing that by the blood of Jesus we are redeemed and set free.

The blood of Jesus speaks even in silence. When it speaks, every other voice becomes mere noise because the blood speaks with authority. It speaks to rectify, to conclude, to deliver, and to restore. The blood of Jesus is one of the believer's greatest weapons in spiritual warfare. When you come before God by the blood, you do not need to defend yourself; the blood speaks on your behalf.

The blood was necessary to break the curse that came upon mankind through sin in Genesis 2. We see throughout Scripture that God is intentional about the significance of blood. While the shedding of innocent blood brought judgment, the shedding of the blood of Jesus brought redemption to humanity.

So when you face familiar spirits, confront them by the blood of Jesus. When you encounter negative patterns and cycles that seem impossible to break, confront them by the blood. When illegal agreements, evil covenants, or accusations are speaking against your life, your destiny, your career, your marriage, or your family, plead the blood of Jesus over these situation.

Declare in faith that the blood of Jesus is speaking for you. Trust in the Lord's redeeming power, for by His blood He has come to set the captives free and bring prisoners out of the pit where there is no water. The blood of Jesus speaks mercy instead of judgment, it speaks freedom instead of bondage, victory instead of defeat, and life instead of death.

The blood of Jesus is still speaking, and when it speaks, every other voice is silenced.

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“It Is by Faith You Came, and by Faith You Will Continue.”

The Holy Spirit is the One who stirred your heart to repentance, and He is the One who will help you remain in it. You cannot continue and complete what you started in the Spirit by works of the flesh.

You came to Jesus by faith, and it is your faith in the Lord, that keeps you steady in your walk with God. Faith in God keeps you steady as you continue to trust and expect Him.

You must remain conscious of the Holy Spirit in you, allowing Him to direct you in what you must do and what you must not do, how to live with the people around you, and how to remain in the truth.

Galatians 3:3–5

“Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh? Have you experienced so much in vain—if it really was in vain? So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard?”

Your Faith

Your faith is essential in your walk with Christ. It is through faith that you come under the blessings of Abraham.

God knew that, in time to come, faith would be the means through which the Gentiles would come to Him. That is why He announced to Abraham, before that time came, that all the nations of the earth would be blessed through him.

How could this happen? This shows that there was going to be a means through which the Lord would make this blessing reach the nations of the earth, and that means was faith in Him.

Build your faith through exercise. When you exercise your faith, it is strengthened. Even if what you desire does not come when you expect it, build your faith.

Scripture says that no good thing will the Lord withhold from those who walk uprightly.

The Lord wants you to build your faith, and faith cannot be built until you exercise it.

It is by faith that you were redeemed by the Spirit of the Lord, and it is through faith in Him that we are made children of God.

So the place of faith in Christ must be emphasized since it is by faith we came and it is by faith we are kept steady and this faith doesn't grow until it is exercised on a regular basis.

So in everything you decide to do in this new month. 

I want you to trust God to bring it to you while taking steps towards seeing it come to be, God wants you to know that you can trust him with your family, your finance, your career and your assignment. 

And I believe that as you decide to do this,  He will cause you to come into the reality of faith that is at work in you in Jesus name.

Amen!

What have you based the foundation of your faith on?

Galatians 1, Apostle Paul asked this question: What is the foundation of your faith based on?

Paul's letter to these believers had stemmed from the controversy the church had concerning sticking to Jewish traditions by the Gentiles and making this judgment a proof of their belief in Jesus. And so, to Paul, who encountered Jesus in his journey to Damascus, it wasn't just a controversy of obeying Jewish traditions; it was a question of the reality of our relationship with Jesus, going beyond works to embracing grace through total faith in Christ and His saving power.

Christ has saved you. Do you believe it? Or maybe sometimes you just feel that once there are no religious theatrics, your liberty might not be fully enacted, the idea of a drama whenever something victorious wants to happen. But what if, just like Paul, we would recline after the encounter and not just seek the stage and spotlight, but just a journey with the One who truly matters?

A journey of reclining, which births a desire to know the One who has revealed Himself to us.

The reality of God's sovereignty is in the fact that, theologically speaking, God doesn't need man to accomplish His greatness. But man is needed in God's agenda because God wills it so.

But how can we align with this agenda when we ourselves have not chosen to seek the One who has shown us His way?

These were the apostle's exact words:

Galatians 1 (ESV)

15 But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace,

16 was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone;

17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.

Maybe we don't really need the ring lights on when we profess our faith to the One whose revelation brought us restoration and deliverance. All we need at this very moment is a faith checker.

With it, we are able to know Him, see Him, hear Him, and abide in His will.

Jesus should first be recorded in our hearts before we choose to record the journey.

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Justification is for all

This word sounds more African, no matter how I look at it, because we use it so often: “God is not partial.” God does not have favourites. We are all His children.

The Apostle Paul said in Galatians 2:16–17 Why he was trying to address the Galatian church on Justification he said:

“Know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.”»

Paul goes further to address the question of whether seeking justification through Christ somehow promotes sin. His answer is clear: “Absolutely not!”

This message is for everyone, not for a specific group of people. It is your faith in Jesus Christ that justifies you, not your ability to fulfil the law.

You must first believe in Christ Jesus and in the work He accomplished through His death and resurrection. To say that we are justified by God is not to say that God gave the law to some people and Christ to others. But that he sent His Son for the redemption of the world—both Jew and Greek, both white and Black.

So our justification is through faith in His Son. Jesus said, “No one comes to the Father except through Me.” Therefore, we must first come in faith, believing that He is able to cleanse us and by him we are declared righteous.

He has called us sons and daughters of God. He did not create one group to be sons while another remains slaves. Scripture says that to those who believe in Him, He has given the right  to become children of God.

By the works of the law, no one is justified.

Yet today, we still have people who believe that certain kinds of people should not be seen in the church that it is not permited by God the crippled, the lame, the blind, or the deaf.

But where should they go?

Did Christ not die for them too?

The segregation that exists within the church atmosphere must come to an end.We desire to see miracles but do not want those that ate in need of the miracle to come to the church?

For all,

We must become accountable for our neighbours by the way we live our lives, people should be able to see Jesus and desire to know Him.

Faith is all you need to begin this journey with Christ.

So today, if you are just coming across this post, I want you to know something: the trauma you have experienced does not mean that God is partial. The death of a loved one, the disappointment, the setback, and the things you do not understand are not evidence that God does not love you.

God desires that you come to Him through His Son and experience His love. He wants you to know that His love for you will never fade away and whoever you are, whatever you might be doing and wherever you are He sees and knows you by name.

All you have to do is come a little closer and say:

“Help me, Lord. I cannot help myself. I have tried severally to help myself but I can't. 

Help me.”

Sometimes, that simple cry is where the journey begins.

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