This is an excerpt of the Life in the Faith Lane broadcast on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, where Annamarie Strawhand answered a viewer’s question. 

Question: “If baptism washes away our sin, why then do we have to go into the Courts of Heaven so that we can remove the legal rights the enemy has to be present in our lives? Asking for a friend that argues this.”

Annamarie’s Answer: “Because baptism doesn’t wash away your sins. The blood of Jesus does.”

Watch the video below for the complete answer and see the notes that follow.

 

Notes

• Baptism alone does not cleanse your sin.
• Paul led the people to repent of sins, receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior, ask Jesus to wash their sins with His blood, and then get baptized in the water again in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost.
• Water baptism releases the old man, old self, into the water and you come up with your new self. It’s the beginning of the sanctification process.
• Water baptism means you have committed to come into the covenant to have your sins forgiven as they’re revealed to you. 
• When you receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior you come into covenant with God, into His kingdom realm. Jesus Christ comes to live inside of you, but your soul is still filled with soul wounds. It’s still filled with the legal rights of the demonic. 
• When you “get saved,” you get the blood of Jesus to begin the sanctification process. It’s the beginning. You get Jesus to come in and take over your spirit man.
• Satan, the accuser, stands in the courts of Heaven day and night, night and day, accusing the brethren (of their sins).
• Satan has the legal right to accuse “saved” people of their sins because they haven’t gone through the sanctification process.

Scripture References

“‘Then what baptism did you experience?’ he asked. And they replied, ‘The baptism of John.’ 4 Paul said, ‘John’s baptism called for repentance from sin. But John himself told the people to believe in the one who would come later, meaning Jesus.’ 5 As soon as they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.” (Acts 19:3-5)

“And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.” (Revelation 12:10)

Resources

WHY REPENT FOR GENERATIONAL SINS? IS THIS SCRIPTURAL? YES!

HOW TO APPEAR IN THE COURTS OF HEAVEN