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NASB | Revelation 12:11 "And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 12:11 ¶ "And they overcame and conquered him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, for they did not love their life and renounce their faith even when faced with death. [Zech 3:1-10; Rom 8:33, 34] |
Subject: Our Holy Weapon |
Bible Note: "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… A man who wants the blood of Jesus for nothing but the mean and selfish reason, that after having been forgiven through it he may say, 'Soul, take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry: hear sermons, enjoy the hope of eternal felicity, and do nothing' -- such a man blasphemes the precious blood, and makes it an unholy thing. We are to use the glorious mystery of atoning blood as our chief means of overcoming sin and Satan: its power is for holiness. See how the text puts it: 'They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb': these saints used the doctrine of atonement not as a pillow to rest their weariness, but as a weapon to subdue their sin. O my brothers, to some of us atonement by blood is our battle-axe and weapon of war, by which we conquer in our struggle for purity and godliness -- a struggle in which we have continued now these many years. By the atoning blood we withstand corruption within and temptation without. This is that weapon which nothing can resist." --Charles H. Spurgeon |
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