When you live under the law condemnation will fill your life. Now we have a choice because of Jesus, Grace or condemnation and believe me Grace is better. Jesus came to give us Grace not condemnation. John 3:13-18 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 18 He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. (NKJV).
Jesus became Grace, there is fullness in His grace. John 1:15-17 John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, "This was He of whom I said, 'He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.' " 16 And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. (NKJV). Here we can see that fullness is His Grace, it is out of Hiss fullness that we received grace. The fullness of the grace of Jesus can never be emptied. You cannot be bad enough to miss this grace, nor be good enough to make it, it is unmerited favour.
Let us look at the following example of grace: John 8:6-96 This they said, testing Him, that they might have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, as though He did not hear. 7 So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first." 8 And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9 Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. (NKJV) After Jesus written in the dust for the second time there was nobody saying anything. They left one by one and Grace was left standing in front of the woman. John 8:10-12 When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, "Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?" 11 She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said to her, "Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more." NKJV
That is grace.
Get the law and condemnaion out of your system and let us walk into grace and truth. This is what Jesus gave us when He died on the cross. Receive it by faith.
Sunday, June 26, 2005
Monday, June 13, 2005
Washed in the blood of Jesus
Genesis 2:7 Gen 2:6-7 "And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being" NKJV
We know that God formed ("yatsar" Hebrew) man after His own image and then breathed life into man. John 1:4 "In Him was life...." and He gave mankind the life that only God has to give. In Genesis 2,3 and 4 we read that the animals life is in their blood but mankind life was in the breath of God. God has crowned mankind with glory and set them to rule over the earth. When man fell in sin he lost that glory and his authority and dominium as seen in Rom 3:23 "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" NKJV
We can see from scriptures that before the fall Adam and Eve were naked but not ashamed because the glory of God clothed them, then they fell into sin and realised their nakedness and was ashamed and therefor hid themselves from God. After this unrighteousness increased untill Jesus came to redeem us from sin. It was not possible for man to come back to the image and glory of God without Jesus and that is why He died on the cross and shed His blood for our sins. Our wonderfull saviour. His blood was shed and in (Lev 17:11 "For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.") we can see that the blood forms a very important aspect of sacrifice. The blood makes atonament for the soul. As the high priests had to go into the Holy of Holies to offer blood for forgiveness of the peoples sins, so Jesus had to enter into the real Holy of Holies to present His Blood as an offering for sin.
The life of man after the fall was no longer the breath of God but in the blood and therefor he has a lower nature. Jesus came back to give us that glory of God back, so now we can once again be the breath of God, and be cleansed from sin and His glory can be in us again. The law and all its legal requirements against us was taken away on the cross. Lev 17:11For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.'NKJV
Col 2:14 "having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross." NKJV Romans 8:8 says that there is therefore no condemnation for all who accepted this sacrifice. We are free from the law and the curse of the law.
Because of the cross, we have received a testament that say that we can be washed from our sins and that He will not remember it anymore. We can now enter into His presence ourselves, Jesus became our High Priest and Mediator so that we can hear Gods voice ourselves.
We know that God formed ("yatsar" Hebrew) man after His own image and then breathed life into man. John 1:4 "In Him was life...." and He gave mankind the life that only God has to give. In Genesis 2,3 and 4 we read that the animals life is in their blood but mankind life was in the breath of God. God has crowned mankind with glory and set them to rule over the earth. When man fell in sin he lost that glory and his authority and dominium as seen in Rom 3:23 "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" NKJV
We can see from scriptures that before the fall Adam and Eve were naked but not ashamed because the glory of God clothed them, then they fell into sin and realised their nakedness and was ashamed and therefor hid themselves from God. After this unrighteousness increased untill Jesus came to redeem us from sin. It was not possible for man to come back to the image and glory of God without Jesus and that is why He died on the cross and shed His blood for our sins. Our wonderfull saviour. His blood was shed and in (Lev 17:11 "For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.") we can see that the blood forms a very important aspect of sacrifice. The blood makes atonament for the soul. As the high priests had to go into the Holy of Holies to offer blood for forgiveness of the peoples sins, so Jesus had to enter into the real Holy of Holies to present His Blood as an offering for sin.
The life of man after the fall was no longer the breath of God but in the blood and therefor he has a lower nature. Jesus came back to give us that glory of God back, so now we can once again be the breath of God, and be cleansed from sin and His glory can be in us again. The law and all its legal requirements against us was taken away on the cross. Lev 17:11For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.'NKJV
Col 2:14 "having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross." NKJV Romans 8:8 says that there is therefore no condemnation for all who accepted this sacrifice. We are free from the law and the curse of the law.
Because of the cross, we have received a testament that say that we can be washed from our sins and that He will not remember it anymore. We can now enter into His presence ourselves, Jesus became our High Priest and Mediator so that we can hear Gods voice ourselves.
Sunday, June 05, 2005
Our Inheritance
Acts26:17-18 (Amplified)
"Choosing you out [selecting you for myself] and delivering you from among this [Jewish] people and the Gentiles to whom I am sending you. To open their eyes that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of of satan to God, so that they may receive forgivenes and release from their sins and a place and portion [inheritance] among those who are consecrated an purified by faith in Me."
Because the church kept itself busy dealing with sin, people are not able to see the inheritance they are missing. As we see in the verse Jesus said to Paul that He is going to tansform them from darkness into the kingdom of light, that is the portion or inheritance we see in this verse. We are spending to much precious time on trying to get rid of what happened that we forget to go back to the cross, accept the blood of Jesus to wash our sins away. The problem was the law and not the sin. That is why Jesus died on the cross. Sin has no power without the law. The law get people into bondage still today.
Romans 5:13
"For until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed where there is no law." (KJV)
Sin and darkness are dealt with, Jesus wants us to get from darkness to light and see the inheritance he has left us.
Matthew 26 we read what happend the night before Jesus was crusified. Jesus took bread and broke it and said, "take and eat this is My body". He then took the cup and said "for this is My blood of the new testament". It is both New..and a Testament.
We are the heirs of Christ Jesus, free from the law and received unmerited favour and grace. Sin and darkness had been delt with by Jesus, we are not under the law anymore but under grace, and that grace is the light.
We can receive this grace by only believing and not by works of the law. This inheritance include healing and deliverance. Jesus paid the price for us, but did you really receive it and are you living in that grace.
Jesus shed His blood and cried out "it is finished" the price was paid in full and if you believe it you are righteous. Paul understood this, once a leading persecuter of the church but met Jesus in a powerfull encounter on the Damascus road. He was then converted and he believed God's grace for him. He accepted that Jesus paid the price for him fully on the cross, and although he could do nothing to change his past, he knew that nothing of that would be held against him because of the cross.
1 Cor 4:3-4
"But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by a human court. In fact I do not even judge myself.
For I know of nothing against myself and yet I am not justified by this; but He who who judges me is the Lord."
God is so almighty that nothing we can do will impress Him. We can only accept and receive His grace. To see the miracles and be partakers of the blessings of the Testament that He promised to Abraham we must allow it to manifest in our midst.
Jesus died on the cross and by believing this work of the cross, we can partake of all He has for us,we can be joint heirs with Jesus. This is the Testament. We can live without the law condemning us, but with grace that sets you free.
I am blessed abundantly above all, my marriage, my business, my children,everything is blessed! We are going to be healthy, wealthy and very succesful because of the grace of God!
"Choosing you out [selecting you for myself] and delivering you from among this [Jewish] people and the Gentiles to whom I am sending you. To open their eyes that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of of satan to God, so that they may receive forgivenes and release from their sins and a place and portion [inheritance] among those who are consecrated an purified by faith in Me."
Because the church kept itself busy dealing with sin, people are not able to see the inheritance they are missing. As we see in the verse Jesus said to Paul that He is going to tansform them from darkness into the kingdom of light, that is the portion or inheritance we see in this verse. We are spending to much precious time on trying to get rid of what happened that we forget to go back to the cross, accept the blood of Jesus to wash our sins away. The problem was the law and not the sin. That is why Jesus died on the cross. Sin has no power without the law. The law get people into bondage still today.
Romans 5:13
"For until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed where there is no law." (KJV)
Sin and darkness are dealt with, Jesus wants us to get from darkness to light and see the inheritance he has left us.
Matthew 26 we read what happend the night before Jesus was crusified. Jesus took bread and broke it and said, "take and eat this is My body". He then took the cup and said "for this is My blood of the new testament". It is both New..and a Testament.
We are the heirs of Christ Jesus, free from the law and received unmerited favour and grace. Sin and darkness had been delt with by Jesus, we are not under the law anymore but under grace, and that grace is the light.
We can receive this grace by only believing and not by works of the law. This inheritance include healing and deliverance. Jesus paid the price for us, but did you really receive it and are you living in that grace.
Jesus shed His blood and cried out "it is finished" the price was paid in full and if you believe it you are righteous. Paul understood this, once a leading persecuter of the church but met Jesus in a powerfull encounter on the Damascus road. He was then converted and he believed God's grace for him. He accepted that Jesus paid the price for him fully on the cross, and although he could do nothing to change his past, he knew that nothing of that would be held against him because of the cross.
1 Cor 4:3-4
"But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by a human court. In fact I do not even judge myself.
For I know of nothing against myself and yet I am not justified by this; but He who who judges me is the Lord."
God is so almighty that nothing we can do will impress Him. We can only accept and receive His grace. To see the miracles and be partakers of the blessings of the Testament that He promised to Abraham we must allow it to manifest in our midst.
Jesus died on the cross and by believing this work of the cross, we can partake of all He has for us,we can be joint heirs with Jesus. This is the Testament. We can live without the law condemning us, but with grace that sets you free.
I am blessed abundantly above all, my marriage, my business, my children,everything is blessed! We are going to be healthy, wealthy and very succesful because of the grace of God!
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