3 CONTINUED :ROADMAP TO THE HEALING OF HIV AIDS

Lazarus could not be contained by death because He was a friend of JESUS!!!!!

Now today we will look at another cleansing agent….BLOOD.

In the Old Testament blood was used to cleanse the altar, the garments, and everything else in the tent of meeting; and it was used as atonement for sin.

In Hebrews the writer connects the old order and the new order in chapter 9
This is what the blood is used for:

1. TO CLEANSE OUR CONSCIENCES

“How much more then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, CLEANSE OUR CONSCIENCES from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!” Heb 9:14

Evil thoughts make us unclean, the performance of those evil deeds makes us unclean, and there is a clear progression of this seen in James 1:14

The first is the temptation. And a large percentage of the time, the tempter is Satan. Our own evil desires constitute another part of the temptation. It is best at this stage to nip it in the bud, before it progresses further.

Second progression is enticement. Just like Joseph and Potiphers wife. Joseph was LURED, ENTICED, day and night by her.(But he prevailed, and my desire is that we all prevail)

The third progression is conception, here the mind at war, has made a decision to act out the deed.

The fourth progression is sin; here the act has been consummated. The deed done!

The fifth progression is death. For it is written that the wages of sin is death. (Rom 6:23)

Here the conscience pricks us, we know that we have sinned, and that we have violated God’s Holy laws, because in most cases, when the deed is done there are surprising reactions to them:

1. We hide, just like Adam hid from God (Gen 3:10)
2. We blame others (otherwise known as passing the buck), Just as Adam blamed his wife, and Eve blamed the serpent.(Gen 3:12-13)
3. We hate the object that we used to commit the act, just as Amnon, who had an incestuous relationship with his sister Tamar, and after it he hated her furiously...(2 Sam 13:15)
4. We regret it, just as David did in the affair with Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite.
5. We try to kill our conscience, and try to blame those who cause us to feel condemned (Jesus crucifixion was just because of that; the Pharisees were furious with HIM because of the truth HE unveiled about them).

Now basically living with a guilty conscience is no living at all. It is a life that is full of stress, pain, anguish, suicidal thoughts….A child of God visited my office and explained to me that she felt so bad because she had slept with a man; she actually hated him, and never went back to him at all. The pain was so visible in her face, but I commiserated and counseled with her and she is now happy and on her way to a blessed marriage.

Therefore when we invoke the blood of Jesus, he CLEANSES our conscience, so that we are no longer guilty, or walking in guilt, or living in guilt AT ALL. It was finished at the cross.

2. TO PURIFY US

But if we walk in the light, as HE is the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son, PURIFIES us from all sin. (1John 1:7)

The Greek word for purifies is “Katharizo” from which we derive the English word, catharsis, which has a definition or connotation of PURGING!!

Imagine that you have polluted blood, and it is doing severe damage to the other bodily organs. You will need a blood transfusion. The blood you receive restores you to health. I believe it is the same with the blood of Jesus. Our sin nature causes our blood to become sick, unwell so to speak (wages of sin), so what does the blood of Jesus do? It Purges the polluted blood completely from our system (sin, stained blood), and we are HEALED!!!

3. WE ARE REDEEMED

“For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver and gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life that was handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.” (1 Peter 1: 18-19)

The Greek word for redeemed is “lutroo” which means the following:
• To cause to be liberated
• To fully pay the ransom
• To deliver from any kinds of evil both internal and external


So that is what the blood of JESUS did, and therefore for all of you who are HIV +VE, PRAY THIS PRAYER:

DEAR LORD JESUS, FORGIVE ME FROM ESCAPING AND RUNNING AWAY FROM MY RESPONSIBILITY, AND HIDING FROM YOU AND BLAMING OTHERS FOR MY SINS! CLEANSE MY CONSCIENCE FROM ALL THE ACTS THAT LEAD TO DEATH THAT I HAVE DONE (MENTION THEM HERE…….) BY YOUR PRECIOUS BLOOD.
PURIFY ME AND PURGE MY POLLUTED BLOOD WITH YOUR PRECIOUS BLOOD
AND REDEEM ME, DELIVER ME AND LIBERATE ME FROM THE CONSEQUENCES OF MY SINS AND MY ANCESTORS SINS THAT HAVE CONTINUED TO AFFECT MY BLOOD LINE BY YOUR PRECIOUS BLOOD IN JESUS NAME …AMEN

MAY YOU RECIEVE YOUR HEALING IN JESUS NAME



LOOK OUT FOR MY NEXT BLOG WHERE WE WILL LOOK AT THE WORD AS A CLEANSING AGENT!!!

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