IN OUR NEW CREATION ALL OUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN!

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

FRIDAY JULY 02, 2021.

SUBJECT : IN OUR NEW CREATION ALL OUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN!

Memory verse: "And that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness." (Ephesians 4 vs 24.) 

READ: Romans 8 vs 31 - 34; First John 2 vs 1 - 2:  

Romans 8:31: What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

8:32: He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

8:33: Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.

8:34: Who is He who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of the God, who also makes intercession for us.

First John 2:1: My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

2:2 And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.

INTIMATION: 

In our new creation in Christ, all our sins are forgiven. The question now is, why and how?

Why? Because we have righteousness reckoned, imputed and imparted to us in the new creation. The new man is created, according to God, in righteousness and holiness. Our memory verse states this clearly; “the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness." God's work in us in the new nature thrills the heart. It demonstrates the perfect nature of God—ever loving and merciful. 

God's knows our weaknesses and our inability to meet His standard of holiness. Our righteousness is like a filthy rag before Him (Isaiah 64 vs 6). Our best efforts are still infected with sin. If we come to Him demanding acceptance on the basis of our 'good' conduct, God will point out that our righteousness is nothing compared to His infinite righteousness. Our only hope therefore, is faith in Jesus Christ, who can clean us and bring us into God's presence, and which He has done in His redemptive work for us, as a propitiation for our sins. 

It is for that reason we have been given the “the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all, who believe” (Romans 3 vs 22). He never looks at us, but on Jesus Christ, who is now our Advocate (First John 2 vs 1), interceding for us constantly, and seated at the right hand of His Majesty on high (Romans 8 vs 34; Hebrews 12 vs 2), with all authority given to Him. We are therefore, declared not guilty by trusting Jesus Christ to take away our sins. Trusting means putting our confidence in Christ to forgive our sins, to make us right with God, and empower us to live the way He taught us. God’s solution is available to all of us regardless of our background or past behavior.

And how? When you believe in Jesus Christ and His redemptive work for us, you are said to be 'in Christ.' If you are in Christ, there is no condemnation for you. Can the same Jesus in Whom you have no condemnation, condemn you? If Christ gave His life for you, He isn’t going to turn around and condemn you! He will not withhold anything you need to live for Him. The accuser of brethren—the devil will want to minister condemnation to you, but that is a lie, and remember he is the father of it (John 8 vs 44). Instead, you have an Advocate in Christ sitting at the right hand of the Father, always making intercession for you.

Therefore, our fellowship in Jesus Christ is our bait to remain beneficiaries of God's divine nature. Fellowship means 'sharing together.' Our fellowship with Jesus is God's ordained plan. In First Corinthians 1 vs 9 the Bible says, "God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord." We were called into fellowship with His Son. This is a heavenly calling. We are living under grace (unmerited favor) of God. 

But will we be committing sin just because we know our sins are already forgiven by the abundant grace of God? Certainly not. Committing sin breaks our fellowship with Christ and broken fellowship is one of the the saddest facts of human experience. Though broken fellowship does not break the relationship, but it mars it and robs that relationship of its richest blessings and benefits.

Prayer: Abba Father, how great You are; ever Loving and Merciful! You have given me all things in Christ! Blessed be You forever. Everything within me is adoring and praising You. Endue me with the spirit of total commitment to You, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!