Justified

There is nothing in the earth that has accomplished its goal like the blood of Jesus. Oh how we love the blood of Jesus. The blood of Jesus has cleansed me, washed me, justified me, sanctified me and made a way for me. I truly know as all believers should that the blood of Jesus has made me a different person. There is one situation though that the church needs to get a hold of again. That is the concept that sin is exceedingly sinful. Too many times as a leader, I hear people treat sin as if it's not a big deal. So we have to remember what the blood of Jesus did in what it did not do.

The blood of Jesus justified me not my sin. I have been justified in made into a new creation through the hour of the word of God and the Holy Spirit. Sin must still be sinful to me.  There are always circumstances that maybe can soften the blow but when it comes down to it, sin is sin.  Why is this important?  This is important because the way I view my sin is the way I will repent.  There is something important that I want people to go through.  Hard repentance.  What do I mean by that?  I mean I want people to have to ask those who they have sinned against to actually go to the person and be honest with their sin and wait for the response.  

Bill Johnson was asked, "How do you stay holy?"

His answer was, "I repent hard."  He explained.  "When I sinned, I went to everyone I sinned against and mad it right.  I found that I did not like doing that so I try very hard to not sin so that I don't have to do it again."

Too many times people don't want to grab the mop and bucket and clean their mess.  They just want people to forgive them.  This often leads to repeat offenders.  Since it cost them nothing they feel they can afford that price all the time.  Let me an analogy that will help.

It is like the guy who cheats on his wife and there is no real consequences for it so he keeps doing it.  Or the guy who beats his wife.  Police are never called and she won't do anything about it so it is almost guaranteed that it will happen again.  He always has a "good" reason for his actions.  

Most people say they need healing.  I agree.  Most people are holding up there healing because pride keeps them from coming to grips with their sin.  

Repentance is the quickest pathway to wholeness.

Repentance happens, I am turning myself over to the healing of the nations.  I am asking for Him to deliver me, not just from the master of sin, but all the effects of it.

1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.  

No need to try to soften the blow with a loving Father who is eager to cleanse you from everything.  He is waiting for you to come back and repent.  If you have done something to somebody, don't try to explain your poor behavior, just ask for forgiveness.  Remember this, if you justify your sin, then the Father cannot justify you.  He is able to cleanse to the uttermost.

Scripture to reference:

Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.

Ephesians 1:7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace

Romans 5:9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.

Hebrews 13:12 Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate.

1 Corinthians 6:19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?
1 Corinthians 6:20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

A Confession:

“Now because I have been redeemed, delivered, forgiven, cleansed, justified, sanctified, and
because God is for my body and I don’t belong to myself, I therefore declare to all
principalities and powers, you have no power or authority over me, in me, around me,
because of the power of the Blood of the Everlasting Covenant of the Lord Jesus-Christ, my
Savior.”