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Question: I have recently been introduced to "pleading the blood" from a Christian friend. This is new to me as a Baptist. I am earnestly seeking to know Christ in a deeper way. My question is, who do we plead the blood to? Is this a prayer to God or are we saying this to Satan?

Answer: "Pleading the blood," as it is called, is simply an expression of faith in the protective power of the blood of Jesus Christ. We probably "plead the blood" more for the benefit of our own faith than either of the other two suggestions that you offered. God will always make a way of escape in every temptation so that you will not be tempted above "that ye are able." So... it is not necessary to invoke God's protection by "pleading the blood" to Him. Remember, too, that Satan is a subordinate power to the God of heaven. In the book of Job, he had to obtain explicit, special permission from the Lord before proceeding with his desire to take away Job's possessions and children. Then he had to obtain permission again before afflicting Job in his body. Greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world! Rest assured that the devil cannot touch a blood-bought believer without God's permission. So... we "plead the blood& to remind ourselves that (and to build our faith in the fact that) the blood is our protection from the enemy. It is the "standard" that is raised up when the enemy comes in "like a flood."

"Pleading the blood" might also be used when the devil attempts to remind us of our sins. It would remind us that God (the only One who really matters) has forgotten those sins on the merits of Christ's sacrifice (i.e., His blood).


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