Friday 24 July 2009

Jesus has sympathy with your sinfulness

Jesus came in the guise of sinful flesh to the earth, as an offering for sin, yet He perfectly resisted sin. He knew the onslaught of temptation.

Heb 4:12 For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
4:13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things [are] naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
4:14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast [our] profession.
4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as [we are, yet] without sin.
4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

God looks at the heart. He knows that you struggle to live right. He knows that your heart really wants to do the right thing, but that your flesh nature is weak in the onslaughts of temptations. He has sympathy, because He was tempted in every respect as we are, yet without sin. His heart is touched with the feelings of your infirmities. He will never judge you or condemn you, because He knows how it feels to be tempted, but He never gave in. We can't resist sin. It is impossible for a human to resist sin. That is why Jesus did it for us.

His Word is quick and powerful, and works swiftly. Sin is experienced in the soul, and the Word is experienced in the Spirit. The Word brings a quick division, and cuts away the experience of sin as quickly as it happens. The more we dwell in the Word, the less we will be under the power of sin. The Word brings the division between us and sin, and cuts it out of our lives.

Jesus is on our side, and wants to help us. All you need to do is to remain at rest and not start to condemn yourself. If you condemn yourself, you will waste time. The condemnation is a result of the law and sin. The moment we turn to the Word, which says what Jesus did for us on the cross, that same moment, the experience of that sin and condemnation is cut out of your soul. The moment you turn to Christ's sacrifice, that same moment your conscience is cleared from any remembrance of sin.

Jesus is not the one blaming you. You are, so stop it. Jesus is the One Who loves you and gave Himself up for you. What you did can never change the way He feels about you. What you did can never change the fact that He paid for all your sins on the Cross around 2000 years ago.

So I want to leave you with this thought. You can now experience peace, because He went through it for you. He resisted sin for you, and now strengthens you on the inside, so you can experience His love, and not the condemnation of the law. God doesn't care about what you did. He cares about what Jesus did for you!

Bless you

G

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