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Monday, March 17,
2008
No Condemnation
John 5:23-25 That all men should honour
the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son
honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. (24) Verily, verily, I say
unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath
everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from
death unto life. (25) Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming,
and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they
that hear shall live. (KJV)
Father Son, Son Father, a package deal,
we can’t have one without the other; they work in unison to bring us a plan
of salvation, a deliverance from the death sentence that was imposed on
mankind because of sin. If one does not know the Son then they will not be
able to access the Father, thus the Father will not be able to access us if
we don’t come into agreement with His plan of salvation delivered through
the Son, Jesus Christ our one mediator. Once a person is able to hear this
message for themselves they are then passed from this death sentence and
are now set free to a life of liberty in Christ; no longer a servant to sin
and its consequences. The hour is now for those that have been spiritually
dead to be able to hear the voice of the Son so that this sentence of death
can now be passed from them and erased, blotted out so they don’t have to
be blotted out of our heavenly Father’s register, His book of life.
Thayer’s definition for
condemnation:
2920
krisis (kree'-sis);
1) a separating, a sundering, a
separation;
b) sentence of
condemnation, damnatory judgment, condemnation and punishment
Romans 8:1-4 There is therefore now no
condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the
flesh, but after the Spirit. (2) For the law of the Spirit of life in
Christ Jesus hath 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 sending his
own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the
flesh: (4) That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who
walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. (KJV)
Where are you at right now in your walk?
Do you know the Son so that you can access the Father and continue to be
innocent or are you still seeking to find freedom in the realm of the
flesh, the area that is enmity with God and caused the separation in the
first place? Did you know right now, that if you are in Christ there is no
condemnation but at this moment, today, you have passed through the gates
of hell, the prison that kept us in bondage waiting for our death sentence
to be carried out, having been declared innocent by the sacrifice of God’s
only begotten Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. The law of sin and death is
spiritual and I was carnal sold to sin, stuck in a realm of misery and
hopelessness. It took a new law, a law of faith in the work that Jesus
Christ did on my behalf to set me free that I no longer have to live in
bondage to sin and death. If you notice verse 4, this is an ongoing
process, one that began in the Spirit and needs to end that way in order
for one to gain their permanent inheritance into the kingdom of God.
1 John 3:18-24 My little children, let us
not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. (19) And
hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before
him. (20) For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and
knoweth all things. (21) Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we
confidence toward God. (22) And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him,
because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in
his sight. (23) And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the
name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us
commandment. (24) And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and
he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he
hath given us. (KJV)
In the Old Testament they had the ten
commandments as well as the old law, which if one goes back to the Old
Testament they will see how complicated it was. The Lord has given us a new
commandment, a simple one to keep us free from sin and no longer be under a
death sentence. Sometimes we do stray and if our heart condemns, which in
this case is referring to convict, then one needs to heed to the voice of
God so that they can restore the confidence back toward God. God will prick
the heart and let us know when we have gotten off His path and are trying
to establish our own righteousness which in His sight is referred to as
filthy rags. Once this confidence is restored again we are able to do those
things that are pleasing in His sight and not have to be concerned with how
mankind sees or perceives us. The simple commandment is to believe on the
name of His Son Jesus Christ so that the love of God can continue to be
shed abroad in our heart and that we can know and not just guess or hope
that He is still abiding in us. So how are you accessing the Father today?
Are you going to Him through His Son Jesus Christ, the one mediator between
God and us, or are you trying to climb up some other way which is the way
the devil would like you to go, back to his realm? The Bible says that if
you try to access the Father any other way but through the Son, then you
are like a thief and a robber, robbing God the opportunity to work in your
life and present His plan of salvation to you to set you free from condemnation
and guilt. Once you have been delivered and set free from your sentence of
death don’t think for a moment that the enemy is not out to have you
retried and convicted of sin again. So it is of utmost importance that one
continues in the faith grounded and settled and in no way giving place to
the enemy.
John 3:17-19 For God sent not his Son
into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might
be saved. (18) He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that
believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the
name of the only begotten Son of God. (19) And this is the condemnation,
that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than
light, because their deeds were evil. (KJV)
God didn’t send His Son to scare you into
the kingdom with messages of hell and death, but rather a message of love.
It is your choice to believe in the message He is delivering and continues
to deliver through His Son and to believe in His name. God sent His Son
Jesus Christ, a name which is above every name, the only name given under
heaven whereby we can be saved and enabled to continue in His plan of
salvation enduring to the end. With all that is in the name of Jesus
Christ, are you using the full name or are you leaving it out of your
prayers? Some people think it is all in the name of Jesus and leave out
Christ. Ever wonder why it is called the spirit of antichrist, the spirit
that now works in the sons of disobedience? If you wish to establish a
personal relationship with the Father, then it can only be through the Son
where this is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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