"It is written, ‘They overcame through the blood of the Lamb.’ How could they do otherwise? He who fights with the precious blood of Jesus, fights with a weapon which cannot know defeat. The blood of Jesus! sin dies at its presence, death ceases to be death: heaven's gates are opened. The blood of Jesus! we shall march on, conquering and to conquer, so long as we can trust its power!” — Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Morning and Evening
The blood of Jesus is a weapon which knows no defeat. It cannot be conquered. It is the victory of defeat. You cannot overcome the One who came out of being overcome. Christ was crucified, dead, and buried and yet here He stands. What can man do to Him? His blood was shed and shot up as salvation. He is indomitable. You cannot defeat Him. He has survived defeat and left it in the tomb. The death of Jesus was the defeat of defeat. There is nothing left. He destroyed destruction. He overcame being overcome. He overwhelmed being overwhelmed. He made a conquest of being conquered.
In Christ, by His Spirit, through His blood, we overcome. We march on, conquering and to conquer. We have been conquered by Christ. He has overcome us. We are His conquest and in His Name we in like manner are called to conquer.
By all hell's host withstood,
We all hell's host o'erthrow;
And conquering them
Through Jesus' blood,
We still to conquer go
— Charles Wesley,
Angels Your March Oppose
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