Feeling Condemn?QUOTE
Romans 5:16 (NLT)
And the result of God's gracious gift is very different from the result of that one man's sin. For Adam's sin led to condemnation, but God's free gift leads to our being made right with God, even though we are guilty of many sins.
God free us from condemnation. The Devil wants to bind us under condemnation. The role and heart of God has been switch to a covenant of unconditional grace ever since the cross.
From time to time, we may have carelessly do something that deserve condemnation. But God's word assures us.
In
Romans 8:1 (NLT)
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,
Romans 8:34 (NLT)
Who then will condemn us? No one--for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and he is sitting in the place of honor at God's right hand, pleading for us.
God literally means it.
So I encourage you dear friends, since God has liberated us from the Old Law of the Testament (Romans 8:2 ), be bold to move forward to live for God.
Do not worry about trying to change yourself to be a better person. Because when you try to carry the burden of Salvation upon yourself, you will inevitably feel self condemn when you fail at a point in time. There's a sister in my Church who always feel self condemn whenever she fail because she assumes the responsibility of repentance and change depends entirely on her effort.
The assurance of our Salvation is a rest. If by what you do causes constant worry, fear, insecurity, it's not the gospel.
God told me to Look away from self and Look to God.
What does the Bible say about this responsibility? Who Carries it?
Philippians 1:6 says
being confident of this, that
he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
1 Corinthians 1:8 says
He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
If the Bible says It is Jesus who will keep us and carry us until the day of his coming, why do we still feel condemn when we fail?
I'll tell you why. It's because the devil wants you to feel condemn. He always want you to look at yourself. Why? So that you will fail and he can kill, steal and destroy you.
So instead of looking to yourself as an assurance, look to the truth of God's word and the ONE who carry us. The truth will set you free.
Amen?
Be blessed and God blessed.