Quote:
Originally Posted by Truly Blessed
The blood is not in the name of Jesus. The blood is in heaven. It is not applied, it is appropriated. The name of Jesus is the means by which we can appropriate the blood. We appropriate the blood the moment we call on the name of the Lord in faith and repentance. We appropriate the blood when we call on the name of the Lord in baptism. We continue to appropriate the blood whenever we confess our sins and God forgives us our sins as we walk as a child of God in this journey of faith.
|
TB, I promise you that until this was mentioned some time ago at FCF, I had never heard this, and I was born and bred in the Apostolic Church.
I was taught that the ONLY way the Blood is applied is in baptism in the Name...never heard tell of appropriated in my life.
This is very interesting...