ESTABLISH YOUR HEART- part 2

I Peter 2:24
Who His own self bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins should live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.

JESUS BORE OUR SINS IN HIS OWN BODY

While the whole world was lost in sin; while we were yet sinners, JESUS took the sin on Himself to the Cross that we and the World might be saved through Him. He bore the sins so that we could be righteous through Him. Peter wants the readers to know that all that JESUS did was for them; "Christ's death was more than just an example, that by sharing His cross we will share His triumphant life." (Wycliff Bible Commentary, pg. 1448)

Notice the words, "By whose stripes ye were healed." This is past tense and is the same in the Greek. It tells us that our healing WAS accomplished by the Cross and the beatings which JESUS took for us. Our part is to walk in the knowledge that by those wounds, we WERE healed. It is accomplished and finished by JESUS; it is accomplished and finished in us as we confess this truth.

BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS WE ARE RECONCILED TO GOD; BY HIS WOUNDS WE WERE HEALED.

ESTABLISH YOUR HEART- part 2

Zechariah 9: 11
As for thee also, by the Blood of thy Covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit in which is no water.

PROTECTION AND OVERCOMING; DELIVERANCE


This verse from Zechariah is a shadow of the deliverance of the souls waiting for the coming of the Messiah - the promised one. These souls had waited in sleep for the time when the Messiah would open the prison doors and lead them into Heaven. This is one of the references to the "descent into Hell" of JESUS after His Crucifixion.

There is much more to this verse than what has already happened. The Blood of JESUS sets captives free and breaks every yoke of bondage today. When we plead the Blood of JESUS, every addiction, every place of bondage is broken and we are set free from those things that keep us prisoner and apart from GOD. First, we must plead the Blood of JESUS as our protection and deliverance; then we must continue in the freedom that is given to us. We can not return to the old ways or look back like Lot's wife. We MUST walk in newness of life as a new creation; old things passed away and behold, all things are new.

Newness and freedom are unfamiliar to those who are newly set free, so daily study of the Word of GOD and daily prayer is essential. Plead the Blood of JESUS over your life and the LORD will pass over you with His Grace covering. No harm will come to the Children of GOD who are covered with the Blood of JESUS.

ESTABLISH YOUR HEART- part 2

Hebrews 10: 19-23
Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the Blood of JESUS, by a new and living way, which He hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, His flesh, and having an High Priest over the House of GOD, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith; having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering for He is faithful that promised.

JESUS IS THE NEW AND LIVING WAY

JESUS consecrated the path of life for us to walk boldly into the presence of GOD by His Blood. His flesh was torn; the veil of the Temple was torn from top to bottom; the Blood of JESUS was shed; the Blood was carried by JESUS into the Holiest place as the great atonement for the sin of the world. We have ACCESS to GOD through the Blood of JESUS as we walk the "new and living way" in faith believing that JESUS is the way the truth and the life; no man cometh to the Father except through Him.

It is through His love and willing sacrifice for us that all the promises of GOD are yes and amen. We are part of the great family of GOD; washed in His Blood; our heart sprinkled with His Blood; our bodies washed with pure water. Yes, we are fit to enter into His presence and stand before Him, clean and pure.

THE LOVE OF GOD MADE THIS POSSIBLE; THE LOVE OF GOD IS OVER AND AROUND AND THROUGH YOU; WALK IN HIS WAY, HE LOVES YOU.

ESTABLISH YOUR HEART- part 2

The Revelation 12:10, 11
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, "Now is come salvation, and strength, and the Kingdom of our GOD, and the power of His Christ; for the accuser of the brethren is cast down, who accused them before our GOD day and night. and they overcame him by the BLOOD OF THE LAMB AND BY THE WORD OF THEIR TESTIMONY; AND THEY LOVED NOT THEIR LIVES UNTO THE DEATH".

THE POWER OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS

JESUS carried His own Blood into the Holy of Holies to pour on the Mercy Seat for the salvation of those who come to Him. He sprinkles His Blood on those who call upon Him, to wash them clean and pure.

When JESUS carried His Blood into the Holy of Holies, He had to pass through the Court of the Congregation, where the people gather; He passed through the Holy Place, where the sacrifices were made for the people, by the Priests; then AS THE GREAT HIGH PRIEST, HE ENTERED INTO THE HOLY OF HOLIES AND MADE THE FULL ATONEMENT FOR THE SIN OF THE WORLD, ONCE AND FOR ALL TIME. Satan was defeated forever and ever. The accuser of the brethren was cast down to hell with all of his followers.

The way was opened through JESUS to enter into the Glory of GOD without fear. We are able to overcome the enemy by the Blood of the Lamb of GOD; the word of our testimony and we yield our life to JESUS; loving not our life more than life with JESUS. In JESUS there is no death, only Eternal life in Him. JESUS opened the way for us to walk in the Kingdom of GOD.

JESUS IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE; NO MAN COMES TO THE FATHER BUT BY HIM.

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Hebrews 9: 24, 28
For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figure of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of GOD for us...
So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

JESUS, OUR ADVOCATE AND MEDIATOR

GOD is a just GOD, He can not be otherwise; He is Righteous. When we stand before Him washed in the Blood of JESUS, He passes over and we are saved from His wrath. Those who stand before Him without the Blood of JESUS are judged according to His standards of righteousness, against which no man can stand.

Mercy and grace are in JESUS Christ; Eternal life with GOD rests in JESUS. He stands as the advocate for sinners, since He bore the sins of many on the cross and His Blood covered those sins and washed them away. We are saved by the Blood of JESUS, who came in the flesh and died in the flesh; raised to life by the Father and carried His Blood into the Temple in Heaven, making atonement for our sin, now He sits as advocate and mediator for us at the Right Hand of the Father.

I encourage you to read the story of the Passover in Exodus 12. This is a foretaste of the plan of Redemption by the Blood of JESUS. This was an earthly example of the deliverance of the Children of GOD; a preview of the deliverance of those who look to JESUS.

JESUS IS OUR ATONEMENT; OUR MEDIATOR; OUR ADVOCATE; OUR SAVIOR; OUR REDEEMER AND OUR LORD.

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Ephesians 1: 4-7
According as He hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him, in love having predestinated us unto the adoption of sons by JESUS Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, through which He hath made us accepted in the Beloved; in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace.

JESUS PAID IT ALL; ALL TO HIM I OWE

There are a few words in this Scripture which need defining, so that we are not confused: 1. predestine, means to mark out or determine beforehand. 2. adoption, is from the Greek "huiothesia" which means, place as a son. 3. redemption, means to buy back, pay the price for a person, or thing. 4. forgiveness, the born again believer is forgiven of present and future sin through confession. This is different from "remission" of sin, which is the blotting out of past sin, all the way back to Adam, when we are born again and the Blood of JESUS wipes away all sin. All of this has been put in place by the Grace of GOD for us.

The plan of salvation was set before the foundation of the world; before the universe was spoken into existence. The Grace of GOD was and is without end, His love has always been and will always be. That grace had a great price for GOD, the cost for our redemption was HIS ONLY SON, JESUS. Whoever believes in Him will not perish, but have everlasting life, because of His willing sacrifice for the "propitiation" of our sin. "Propitiation" means substitute or to appease an offense. JESUS is the mercy seat upon which is the Blood of the Lamb of GOD, JESUS, was poured. He is our substitute, upon whom was laid all the sin of the world and through Him was justification made. He is the only way to the Father and through Him we are made a part of the Beloved.

COME UNTO HIM, ALL YE WHO LABOR AND ARE HEAVY OF HEART AND HE WILL GIVE YOU REST.

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Romans 5: 8, 9
But GOD commendeth His love toward us in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us, much more than, being now justified by His Blood, we shall be saved from the wrath through Him.

AMAZING GRACE, HOW SWEET THE SOUND THAT SAVED A WRETCH LIKE ME.

I stop and ponder these words from Romans; stop with me and read them again. Let them sink into your spirit and grow in there with images of the Cross and Crucifixion. This is what JESUS willingly did for us. Not while we were righteous and clean, but when we were dirty and filthy and destined for Hell. All the world was dark and dirty; the sin of humanity gathered together to kill, steal and destroy the Son of GOD. Satan was laughing and dancing with glee as he watched the inhumanity of man come against the Son of GOD.
BUT LOVE OVERCAME EVIL, AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS SAVED MANKIND FROM THE WRATH OF GOD. SATAN WAS DEFEATED.

Jesus did not condemn the world, even in His most painful hour. He said, with a loud voice, "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do." and mankind was set free and Satan was condemned. Love overcame evil; forgiveness overcame destruction; THE BLOOD OF JESUS HALTED THE WRATH OF GOD.

For those who do not believe in JESUS, there is still the wrath of GOD and the influence of Satan and darkness, gloom and destruction. We see it at work in the world today; murder, suicide, evil speaking, gossip, lying, stealing, false teaching; all this is from the enemy, trying to destroy and kill the work of the LORD. BUT, THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN JESUS AND ARE JUSTIFIED BY HIS BLOOD WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE AND ARE SAVED FROM THE WRATH OF GOD.

BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND BE SAVED FROM THE WRATH OF GOD, YOU AND YOUR HOUSE. ONLY BELIEVE IN JESUS. AMAZING GRACE!