Responding to the love of God for us, we quickly receive His decided plan to do at the specific time, the specific place & toward the specific person. Jesus took on His assignment and saw it completed. He did not balk at God but carried a cross to a destined hill. In Jesus, we have redemption. Yes, we are the redeemed and we speak it out! We are the redeemed from the clutches of the powers of darkness. " Ephesians 1:7-12 NKJV In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace, 8 which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence 9 having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, 10 that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth---in Him. 11 In Him we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, 12 that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.
God's plan is unchangeable!
We praise
God for His blessings He has bestowed on us who have a relationship with Jesus
Christ, the Son of His great love! We give thanks for those blessings that are
activated by the precious Holy Spirit our Comforter. Amen.
WE are Justified: It is one thing to believe that we are forgiven, cleansed & redeemed but it is another to believe that it is just as we had never sinned in the first place:2 Corinthians 5:20-21 NKJV 20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. 21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Yes, God does not impute our trespasses to us. He put them on Christ. God's grace is now....and we are to enjoy that redemption given. God looks at us & sees His Son’s blood. Reconciled to the Father by the blood of Jesus, we live in His kingdom according to His rule of truth! We are made new and we are moved out of bondage from sickness, pain & disease!
Matthew
7:13-14….NKJV 13 Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate & broad is the
way that leads to destruction,& there are many who go in by it. 14 Because
narrow is the gate & difficult is the way which leads to life & there
are few who find it.
We must
hear God’s word & abide in it that is, we apply it to our hearts for growth: Growth
represents sanctification, which is the formation of God's image in us by
living His way of life empowered by His Spirit. What we do with the seed is
"work[ing] out [our] salvation with fear & trembling"
(Philippians 2:12).
Seen is our growth when the sum of rain, sunshine, weeding, fertilizing, takes place in our lives. When those things occur, then the potential is great for fruit to appear. Sanctification is worked out through application, by living the doctrine, that Gospel delivered by Christ Jesus.
By the
Blood of Jess, we have perfect peace. Colossians 1:19-20 NKJV 19 For it
pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, 20 & by Him
to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him whether things on earth, of things heaven, having made peace
through the blood of His cross.
In our
lives, battles appear, but the outcome has been determined on Calvary: "It
was through what His Son did, that God cleared a path for everything to come to
Him – all things in Heaven & those on the Earth – for Christ's death on the
Cross has made peace with God for all by His Blood.
WE have access to
the throne of God! Jesus' Blood made possible our complete reconciliation with the
Father in Heaven. Covered now as in the Blood of Christ, we are like the high
priest who was invited to enter the Most Holy Place –without being struck dead.
We are reminded of this in:Hebrews 10:19-21 NKJV 19 Therefore, brethren, having
boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new & living
way which He consecrated for us, through the veil. That is His flesh, 21 &
having a High Priest over the house of God.
The testimony
is this: John 1 John 5:11-13 NKJV 11 and this is the testimony that God has
given us eternal life, & this life is in His Son. 12 he who has the Son has
life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13 These things I
have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may
know that you have eternal life, & that you may continue to believe in the
name of the Son of God.
You and I have
opportunities to testify to that Blood of Jesus Christ! In Christ's Blood, we
receive life that death cannot conquer. Jesus has established a new covenant
through His Blood, & He intercedes on our behalf to enable us to enter more
fully into His Blood covenant with us:
Romans 8:34-36 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, &
furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes
intercession for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall
tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine or nakedness, or peril, or
sword? 36 As it is written; “For Your sake we are killed all day long; we are
accounted as sheep for the slaughter.” 37 Yet in all these things we are more
than conquerors through Him who loved us.
We partake by giving full worth to Christ’s redeeming work to this action. It is activated by faith, a trust in His redemptive work on the Cross. In that we partake in His full forgiveness and we receive full acceptance in Him, His full power is released to us in restoration, in strengthening us and in healing us!
In that Forgiveness,
you and I have been forgiven through the Blood that Jesus shed when He gave up
His life. "...Without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness"
Hebrews 9:21-22 NKJV 21 Then likewise, he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle
and all the vessels of the ministry. 22 And according to the law almost all
things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no
remission.
I hear some today are experiencing “Ground Hog Day” every day, but for us, we praise God for His blessings He has bestowed on us who have a relationship with Jesus Christ, the Son of His great love! We give thanks for those blessings that are activated by the precious Holy Spirit our Comforter. Amen.
We are walking in sunshine, we have our sights set for our future with our Lord and that future is a bright one indeed! Our belief is "right" in Him. It is always seen as living right in righteous behavior with righteous actions producing godly fruit! Jesus told us this:Matthew 7:16 You will know them by their fruits. So yes, we will know others, those of the body of Christ by their fruits produced. It is within those fruits ones life will show what they believe.
Are our actions set for God or are we turning aside desiring God to also turn aside for our whims or what we are believing outside of Him? Redemption was given in that purposed by God and it was for righteousness sake! And in that redemption we gained a new birth, we gained a new walk in the spirit and not by the flesh creature....and it is holy living by God's Holy Spirit ( Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-26).
We have been given weapons for proper use in this walk: 2 Corinthians 10:4-7, Ephesians 6:10-18 and Colossians 2: 6-10. You and I are to pay attention that we do not follow after deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons. ( 1 Timothy 4:1) We are the redeemed to walk by faith with truth in the Lord. As we deepen into the knowledge of the Lord, we do not discard it, but may we be truth on display. May we give detail to the kingdom of God, where eyes are opened, and false doctrine is stopped. May the internal beauty of Christ, the Author and Finisher of our faith be seen for in His person is where the vital faith rests that guards us until that Day of His glorious return. Hallelujah!
