© 18 Colin Melbourne
No More Captivity
How wonderful to have; the shackles of sin removed, freedom from bondage, and the liberty to follow the LORD in His holiness! Psalm 126 KJV;
When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad. Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
Born of The Flesh
Born manacled to wickedness, sinners know nothing of this wonder, unable to contemplate anything other than evil.
Born of The Spirit
But oh the peace that comes once we are born again, and begin walking with the LORD of Glory, following the gentle leading of His Spirit in believers’ hearts!
It is so beautiful, it is as if we are dreaming, but it is no dream, it is real, vital, and pure.
Is it possible, here on Earth, to glimpse the Glory of God’s Presence?
Most certainly!
It is what The LORD came for, what Jesus died for, and what Christ lives in believers for.
It is yours, child of The Most High God, it is yours, doer of the word.
In Christ Jesus
The Blood of Jesus has opened the way for us to enter the Holy of Holies here and now, if you dare to believe His written word. Eph. 2:4-6 KJV;
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
Blind Religion
The religious man says, “It cannot be: That’s too simple.” He listens to his own unregenerate thoughts, heaping condemnation on himself, and misses the mark by a country mile, he falls into the bondage of self-made religion.
“I’m a sinner saved by grace” is his mendacious mantra.
Blaspheming The Blood of God that has washed him clean, as pure can be, and made him a new creature in Christ Jesus.
Please don’t think like him, much less speak such ignorance.
“I’m just a guilty worm in the dust, under the grace of God.” He continues, nullifying the New Covenant for him.
Such-like have not the peace Christ died to give them.
Is that you beloved?
Is that what you think, say, or harbour in your heart?
The Truth Sets You Free
It is false: Repent, turn from such folly and believe in your full redemption through the Blood.
Enjoy the peace that comes from knowing that as a believer, you are in Christ Jesus all the time.
Get biblical, think and say it right;
“I was a sinner, but I am saved by Grace!”
“I was a guilty worm of the dust, but now I’m made righteous by Christ’s Sacrifice for me!”
Halleluia!
False Humility
The religious man is sin-conscious, his attention is on his inability to please God in himself, so he assumes he’s being ‘ever-so-‘umble’ by repeatedly confessing his sinfulness outside of Christ.
“Only in Christ am I righteous!” he counters your gentle rebukes.
He doesn’t know where he is in the spiritual realm: He’s a Yo-Yo, a doubter, instead of a believer in Christ.
Is that you beloved?
Are you spiritually confused too?
Believe The Word
Read aloud the written word, embrace what God says about you now, personalise it, accept The Living Word, and the Holy Spirit’s teaching, listen to Him as you read your New Testament.
Come from under the curse of the Law, flee from religion, and come into Christ.
Repent of being sin-conscious, and become righteousness conscious.
It makes all the difference in your walk on Earth.
Enjoy this passage in the Holy Spirit, and ask Jesus to open your eyes, Rom. 3:19-26 KJV;
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
From habit the religious focus upon verse 23;
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
That is what he sees, he’s blind to the bracketing verses.
The adjacent verses emphatically declare the believers’ perfect righteousness, justification, and redemption through, and in, Christ Jesus;
Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
Notice that God says His righteousness is unto all, and upon all believers in Christ.
Accept that Bible fact now, and always.
Like everyone, you were born in sin, a sinner by nature, as verse 23 reminds, but the very next verse states believers have been, and are being, (present continuous tense) justified;
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Justified, just as if I’d never done it.
Believe that precious word as much as you believe verse 23, don’t gloss over what The Blood has done, and is doing for you right now.
Halleluia!
Declare The Word Always
I’m righteous, I’m washed in The Blood, I’m in Christ Jesus all the time: I’m saved, delivered, healed, and safe forever by the faith of Christ, and my confidence in what He’s done for me.
I will not bow to man’s religion, and confess blasphemy against God’s Precious Blood.
I am what I am, by the grace of God; I am Holy, I am Redeemed, I am the Righteousness of God in Christ, and I am in Christ forever: He’s done it all for me.
Dare to be a believer in Christ: Understand that, or forever grovel in condemnation and self-made religion.
It is absolutely vital to understand who and what you are in Christ.
Because of religious indoctrination, most Christians are clueless about being a New Creature in Christ Jesus.
Yet it is the heart of the Gospel which enables you to fulfil your purpose in life.
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© 18 Colin Melbourne
