Today I want to share this simple, but very powerful, Truth via Jerry Savelle's devotional:
You Are Justified
“Being justified freely without any cost, by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” (Romans 3:24).
One of the simplest definition’s of justified is “just as if I’d never sinned.” You have been made “just as if you had never sinned!”
“Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him” (Romans 4:8, NIV).
Never again will your sins be counted against you. That’s good news! This justification has been given to you freely because of what Jesus did for you on the Cross. Redemption simply means “buying back.” Just like a kidnapped man is bought back from his captor with ransom money, so Jesus bought you back from the hands of the devil with His shed blood. God is the Justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus (see Romans 3:26). This justification and redemption does not depend on your performance, it depends on your faith in Jesus and the fact that you are “in Him.”
Confession: Thank You, Father, for treating me “just as if I had never sinned.” I cast down all thoughts of condemnation and meditate on the free gift of righteousness that is mine because I am in Christ Jesus.
Don't receive condemnation from the enemy, and don't condemn yourself! Recognize sin as a selfish decision to do something your own way rather than God's way, revealed in His Word and by His spirit. This "sin" displeases God because it causes broken fellowship and keeps you from fulfilling the calling that HE has placed on your life! Repent (change your thinking to agree with God), confess the sin (1 John 1:9), receive not only the forgiveness for that sin, but the cleansing from ALL unrighteousness that would break your fellowship, get right back in the supernatural flow of His LIFE, and MOVE ON in HIM! AMEN! No sin will affect your relationship with Him! Once you receive Jesus as Lord and personal Savior, you supernaturally become a member of the family of God! The Spirit of God lives IN you. Refuse to give any place to the enemy. Instead, be sensitive to the voice of Holy Spirit within you as He leads and guides you AWAY from the traps and schemes of he who desires ONLY to steal, kill and destroy (John 10:10). CHOOSE LIFE! AMEN! Here is Hillsong Young and Free with "Lifeline":Shalom in Him!
