Now, have I been in discussion with my advocate? Oh, no. Well there's not much for Him to work with then, is there. I need to have come to Jesus, the High Priest, to Jesus, my advocate in the court, so that when I've come to Him and confessed my sins, acknowledged my guilt, acknowledged my sin, before I ever get into the courtroom - acknowledge it straight away. God, this is what I have done. Jesus, I come to you. I hate that sin, I turn from it, I take the blood that you shed for me, and apply it to my life. I thank you, I am forgiven and cleansed. Apply it to my inequity, my transgressions, my sins. I apply your blood - and then when the devil's done all his accusing and you've pleaded guilty, say well I'm just going to leave it in the hands of my lawyer to sort this one out. And Jesus steps up, excuse me but I have a record here, and you notice here that there's no sign or evidence of any of these charges in our record.
There is no record in my book of any of these charges! There can be only one reason - not because he didn't do them, but because he applied the blood that I shed for him successfully to the charges and therefore devil, you can tear up your list of charges. This man is innocent - I paid the price. [Applause] See - paid the price! Paid the price! Now, that won't stop the devil badgering you. He will keep badgering you - oh well, out of court, when you get out of court - you know something? You really are a bad person. You did all that stuff. I know you did all of it. I've got the list. I've been watching - you did all that stuff. You're really a bad - how can you come into church? How can you?
You've got to shut him up. You've got to shut him up, because you've already been to Jesus, you've already been into court, you've already brought the things there. You say devil, go talk it out with my advocate! Go talk it out with Jesus Christ! I'm listening to none of your stuff. I overcome you by the blood He shed, and my confession is that I believe what it did. You've got to be quite assertive on this, and some sins more assertive than others. You've got to take a strong stand of confession, not only agreeing with God and coming into alignment with Him and turning from sin, but also agreeing with Him what the blood has done for you. I am redeemed by the blood! I am redeemed completely! Oh-ho, all my sins are forgiven! You need to get it in your mouth, confess it, confess it, confess it! Build this confession out of your mouth. I'll be listening to hear in the next few weeks what you're confessing, so whether it's got into your heart, because if you believe in your heart and confess with your mouth, you will make effective Jesus' High Priest ministry. Amen! And that blood will cleanse you. You'll come to church, you won't be all depressed and down, saying oh my God, I thank you! I'm clean, I'm free, that inequity's gone, that old devil, I sent him running. I trod on him underfoot, showed him the blood.
Listen, I've been in some deliverance cases, got a bit tricky on the way, got a bit hard, the devil's resisting. I say devil, look at the cross! Look at the blood - and they would scream! Aah, not the blood! Not the blood! Not the blood! [Laughter] Hey, how about that. They know more than we do. It was just when I applied the blood by confession that they got into a bit of a frenzy. They get into a frenzy when you apply the blood, because now they've got nothing to work on you with.
Oh halleluiah, I thank you for the blood of Jesus Christ by which I am redeemed. I am forgiven. I have acceptance with the beloved. Oh, I thank you, halleluiah, come on! Let's stand and give Him a clap today shall we? [Applause] Oh my! Oh, I feel so excited about what Jesus has done for us! Oh halleluiah! The blood - there is power in that blood, mighty power in the blood of Jesus Christ! Oh, you try it. You apply it, and you will see what it will do for you! Every time that accusation comes up, oh, stick the blood in there! Speak of what Jesus has done for you. Hold it out over the devil and make him shrink away defeated! He'll give up on you after a while. Come on, what are we going to sing?