Sunday, December 7, 2008

No more guilt, shame, reproach and condemnation

I have often posed my Christian friends the following query.... When Jesus died on the Cross, all our sins were forgiven. As such, when we make mistakes, believe in our heart that God will never be angry with us and never punish us. However, this is from the perspective of the wrong-doer. What about the victim? I know of people who are under constant persecution from colleagues, relatives, etc - how can it be right that such a person should continue to suffer when the wrong-doer is forgiven? What should the victim do?

The things that we cannot fix with our human hands, the King of Kings can. Behold, He makes all things new.

Jesus, you reign in my life. You are forever King of all. I serve an awesome Saviour and I am the righteousness of God in Christ. I am a believer, I am a receiver and I am ready to receive, O Lord! It is a luxury to bask in Your presence.

Let us put off the conduct of the old man and be renewed in the spirit of the mind. Let us put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness. It is in our mentality. Believe that we are righteous and truly holy in Christ.

We do not need to perform so that we can become. God wants to defeat the wrong mentality in our lives. The blood of Jesus is the boundary which the devil cannot cross over. The devil will come making us feel naked and not clothed with the robe of righteousness.

We have a rainbow around our heads. God will never again judge us. Because of His Son, Jesus Christ, God will never be angry with us again. God first loved us even when we did not love Him.

Christianity is a life of giving and receiving. We rest and trust. We receive salvation by resting and trusting. Do not bypass the Cross. Do not focus on our actions and obedience. By beholding Jesus, we are transformed into the same image from glory to glory. We should look at people through the eyes of Jesus. Have a rainbow around our head and a "no judgement" mentality. Do not have a bronze helmet around our head, that is, a judgement mentality. Do not let our hearts be hemmed in with judgment.

The closer we are to God, the more we see God's divine righteousness covering everyone around us. God sent His Son as a shepherd to bring us the bread of life.



The devil's weapon is words. So let us be careful of words of reproach. The Cross of Jesus has dealt with all shame in our lives. He redeemed us from shame. In Christ, there is no shame, no reproach, no guilt and no condemnation. When shame is removed from the body of Christ, we have freedom.

The reproaches of those who reproached us fell on Jesus at the Cross. His body was broken so that ours will be mended/healed. We are redeemed. We are no more under shame. Our shame has been dispensed with by the blood of Jesus.

When people reproach us or accuse us, the best thing that we can do for ourselves is to turn away from them. Do not waste our time answering them for they do not know what they are doing to us. Their actions were set up by the devil. Let God be our defence. What the devil meant against us, God will use it to defeat the enemy. Jesus will conquer the devil and crush the serpent's head.

Abba Father, I have faith in the living God. I believe that when I go out, You will fight my battles for me. I leave it all in Your mighty hands. You have rolled away all reproach, shame and guilt from my life. I have a double portion anointing.

Do not meet our problems and challenges with a judgement mentality. When God's Word flows through us, we become smooth stones so that we can be weapons for His victory. We are living stones. God will cause the judgement mentality to bow to us.

Jesus has built His church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. God is no longer angry with us. His anger has been finished at the Cross. God has sworn that He will never be angry with us. Jesus, through death, conquered him who had the power of death.

God wants us free from shame, guilt and reproach. Do not believe the judgement mentality of the enemy.

I am God's beloved. God's light is shining on me every day. I have preferential treatment. I am special. I shall not pay heed to the judgement mentality. The enemy has been defeated. I shout unto God with a voice of triumph. I lift Your name up. Worthy is Your name.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It is so true when you say we should look at other people with 'Jesus' eyes'! Because when we accept Jesus into our lives, His holy sinless blood starts flowing in us and when the Lord looks at us He doesn't see us, He sees Jesus in us. And the same way we should see Jesus in other people as well as the potential He gave to every single person. We are all priceless to Him!

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