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Restored - Part 13
Casting Down Condemnation
Condemnation, guilt, and shame are relentless weapons that bombard the soul. Left unchecked, they will continually harass and torment the thoughts of God’s children and, through them, the enemy will rob the believer of their joy (see John 10:10). As long as the enemy can deceive us into thinking that we are still the person we used to be, we will behave like the person we used to be. We will always live up to or live down to what we believe about ourselves.
When Jesus died on the cross, he satisfied the legal obligation of sin. The bible calls this redemption. And we learn in Titus 2:14 that Jesus, “gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own…” So when the bible says “there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,” this is not just wishful thinking; it’s a spiritual fact. The price for our sin has been paid in full and the guilt of our sin has been removed. Praise the Lord! Being armed with this truth, we disarm every accusation of guilt, shame, and condemnation. We are free from our past because God says so. God said it; that settles it!
Believer, arming yourself with the truth of God’s word is essential to the wellbeing of your soul. It’s not an option. You will never overcome the lies of the enemy without carefully guarding your thoughts with the power of God’s truth. Ephesians 6:17 commands us to “take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” Strap on that sword and overcome!
Romans 8:1-4 (NKJV) 8 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus,[a] who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, 4 that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Titus 2:14 (NKJV) 14 who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.
Ephesians 6:17 (NKJV) 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;
PRAYER
God, I thank you for everything you have done to bring about my salvation and restoration.. I confess with my mouth that, because of Christ’s death on the cross, there is no condemnation upon me.. I am forgiven.. I am redeemed.. I am set free! Lord, help me to train myself to disarm every lie of the enemy.. Restore my thinking that I may live in victory! In Jesus name I pray.. Amen..
Restored - Part 6
The New You
A major restoration breakthrough takes place in our lives when we begin taking God at His word. It’s the truth of God’s promises that breaks the power of the lies we have come to believe. According to God’s promise in 2 Corinthians 5:17, those who have put their faith in Christ are a new creation. The old self has been done away with, stripped of it’s power over us, and redeemed through the death and resurrection of Christ. We hold this to be the truth about us.
Now, granted, there are days when we don’t feel like we’ve been made new. Perhaps we don’t even behave like we’ve been made new, but the promise of God is that we have, indeed, been made new.
In 1 Corinthians 6, Paul makes a list of several sinful practices, and in verse 11 he writes, “And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.”
Notice the three things that Paul says that God had done for those who had put their faith in Christ. He says that they had been washed (made clean), sanctified (made holy), and justified (declared innocent). Wow!
Today, take God at His word. God never lies and He’s never wrong. Trust that what He says about you is true. 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 (NKJV) 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 18 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.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.
1 Corinthians 6:11 (NKJV) 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
PRAYER
Lord, I thank You that You are always good, always truthful, always faithful.. Today, I choose You. I choose to take You at Your word. I believe that I am who You say I am, I can do what You say I can do, and I have what You say I have.. Thank You that I am a new creation in Christ, that my past is in the past, and that everything about me has been made new! Thank You for washing all the shame, all my guilt and all my sin away.. Help me to keep Your promises in my heart and in my mind.. In Jesus name I pray.. Amen..
