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But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. --Ephesians 2:13 One day Napoleon was standing before his army after he was defeated at Waterloo. He was trying to cover his losses and see what his next move would be. Napoleon realized that his quest for world domination was practically over. He had a map of the world on the wall and on that map the British Isles were marked in red. Napoleon angrily said to his generals, as he pointed to the red marked on that map, “Were it not for that red spot, we would have conquered the world!” I can imagine Satan gathering his hoards after Jesus’ death on Calvary. All of the demon spirits and the generals of hell listening as Satan pointed to the blood drenched slopes of Calvary and said, “Were it not for that red spot, we would have conquered the world!” But because of what Jesus has done for us, “we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us” (Romans 8:37). And it’s because of the blood of Jesus Christ that you can have full confidence that sin and Satan have been conquered in your life. The blood of Christ is the very power of God. It is by His death and resurrection that we have any hope of salvation at all. So remember that by the power of Christ’s blood, you have all the victory you need in the name of Jesus Christ! THE BLOOD OF CHRIST SAVES YOU FROM SIN AND GIVES YOU VICTORY OVER SATAN. SO CLAIM THAT TRUTH IN YOUR LIFE AND LIVE VICTORIOUSLY THANKS TO HIS FINISHED WORK! Continue Friday, March 27, 2020 by Dr. Paul Chappell “Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.” 2 Timothy 3:12–15 When Paul wrote his final letter to Timothy from his jail cell in Rome, he knew full well what awaited him. Soon he would be martyred, killed for the faith he would not stop proclaiming. But he also knew that it would be up to men like Timothy to carry on the work he had started. Paul pulled no punches in his instruction to his protégé. He told Timothy that persecution was coming, and that those who tried to do right would face opposition both within and without the church. He also told Timothy what would keep him on track—continuing in the truth of the Word of God. It would be nice if we could make a commitment to the truth and everything would be settled once and for all. That is not the way the Christian life works. It is a daily commitment that having set out on the right course, we will stick to it no matter what comes. It is not enough just to start out right, we must keep doing it day after day. Ellen Sturgis Hooper wrote, “I slept, and dreamed that life was Beauty; I woke, and found that life was Duty.” The devil cannot be defeated once for all. If we stand firm against temptation today, he will return. If we hold to the truth tomorrow, he will come back the next day. We must continue in the truth day after day. Today's Growth Principle: The commitment to follow Christ and do what is right is not a one-time decision, but must continue day after day.