OUT OF CONDEMNATION 1

If you are struggling with dos and don’ts in your mind, you do not believe righteousness, you are simply trying to do righteousness, and that is works. Whatever affects your believing and your receiving affects your life, not necessarily what you do.  The things we do stem from what we believe. Wrong beliefs change everything, even with right actions. Many Christians, by default, think they are right when they do right and think they are wrong when they do wrong. Consequently, they lose all boldness of faith and consciousness of mercy when they do wrong. And many times, some of their greatest miracles come forth out of their greatest “wrongs”. Why does this seem so? It is easier for a “sinner” to receive mercy from God than it is for someone who is doing right, justified by his own works in his own eyes. If your greatest faith projection is to stop your wrongs, you are in a terrible place because you will stop doing wrong things but you will remain stagnant all your life because you have reached the zenith of your faith.  






Isa 53:5-6: But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

 Acts 13:38: Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:

 Rom 6:11: Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 The New Testament does not show us any indication of God stopping the propensity of sin in us by the sacrifice of Jesus. If He did, the devil would be rendered useless to us, being unable to tempt us. Jesus did not die to take away our desire for sin in the flesh. God cannot sin, and He cannot be tempted by sin. He is in a place where He cannot be affected by sin, and we shall get to that place as well. But right now, we are perfect and complete IN CHRIST, not in our actions. So, do yourself a favour by getting the idea of perfection out of your mind. Stop being action conscious and become conscious of what the Lamb died for. When you become conscious of what Jesus has done, the power of sin will be broken over you. When the Israelites were being bitten by the fiery serpents in the wilderness and they cried out, God told Moses to make a bronze serpent and put it up in order for them to look at it and live. The idea behind the bronze serpent was not to stop the pain, neither was it to kill the fiery serpents and it was not to stop the serpents from biting them either. It was to cause them to live. The same applies to us today, for life is more important than the pain. The life that issues out of the bronze serpent (Jesus) is more important than the pain, the snake and the effect of the snake bite. This life neutralizes it all, and makes it as though the snakes did not even exist at all. The snake for us today is the devil, and he has no power over us as long as he cannot kill us. The power of Satan is death, and once the fear of death is broken over you, you lose all consciousness of sin.  With sin, do not hide. Stop struggling and stop hiding. Hiding is of the fallen nature of Adam. The grace of God cannot be received except in the light. Do not hide, and do not leave home (i.e. do not venture out to sin with unbelievers). Whatever you do, stay with the brethren. You are always safer within the confines of your covenant. Right there, in that place of light and honesty, you will receive mercy.
-Pst Adah Igah