What is Faith of Jesus Christ – II. Jesus – The only Way and the Life

Who We Are?

What is Faith of Jesus Christ – II. Jesus – The only Way and the Life 

It’s a great joy to share Christ – This blogs are not mere self made words but its purely the spirit uttered revelations. So I really believe its building you to know more about your True Creator – revelations of Christ cannot be ignored. It is Life.

Jesus is the only way, the Truth and the Life for mankind to receive not only the salvation but also a seal of right standing with God.

Genesis 8:20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord. Taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, He offered burnt offerings on the altar. And it pleased the Lord….

Genesis 12:7 And the LORD appeared to Abram, and said, to your seed will I give this land: and there built he an altar to the Lord, who appeared to him.

Prior to them we also see how Adam’s Son – Cain and Abel also offered sacrifices to God.

But why Sacrifices? Lets look inside the Word.

For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make an atonement for your souls upon the altar, since it is the lifeblood that makes atonement. Leviticus 17:11

 Leviticus 17:14  For the life of every creature is in its blood: its blood is its life. Therefore I have said to the people of Israel, you shall not eat the blood of any creature, for the life of every creature is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off.

These verses states very clearly that Life of any creature is in its Blood!!! And Lifeblood makes an atonement. Atonement means a covering, a protection. Leviticus 17:11 clearly mentions that lifeblood I have given it to you to make an atonement for your souls upon the altar. This is the principle rule of God.

Hebrew 9:22 In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

Do you remember in the Garden of Eden there were two Trees – 1. Tree of knowledge of Good and Evil and 2. Tree of Life.

Genesis 4:22 And the LORD God said, "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever."  Adam and Eve were prohibited to eat from the Tree of Life after they sinned. Because the purpose of the tree was to give eternal Life.  God did not want them to have this Sinful life for eternity.

His provision was to bring “Life”, but a life of Victory and a right standing before God as man was made in the image of God. This provision required an innocent blood.

1Peter 1:19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.

When man disobeyed he invited sin and death to reign, but that is not what God intended for Man so he made Jesus sacrifice as Lamb in the spiritual realm, to atone the mankind so that through Him man could revive from the death to life.  Now, you may ask if Adam and Eve had been atoned by Jesus then why did death still reign? It is imperative to understand that when Adam and Eve were atoned they were in their Spiritual realm and God showed them the Spiritual aspect of Christ sacrifice as the innocent Lamb. They carried their spiritual awakening by being in Faith of the promise that was spoken about crushing of the Serpent’s head. AS mentioned in

Romans 3:25-26 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood--to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished-- he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.

Jesus became as an Atonement a covering for our Biblical hero’s of the Old Testament but now for us in new Covenant (Faith of Jesus) he redeemed (purchased) us through the blood.

Ephesians 1:7

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace

Titus 2:14 who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

But you may Question why only Jesus’s Blood?

Colossians 1:19-20 For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him, and through him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.

It is important to understand that in old times we had a covering of protection and the initial biblical hero’s offered thanksgiving sacrifices to God for the provision of Christ atonement upon their Life. But as we study in Romans 3:25-26 that Jesus’s destiny for mankind was to be a sacrifice to take away sins. God made a provision for us to be forgiven by faith. God was JUST even when he was holding back with patience the sins committed by the ancestors. The mere reason of forbearing the sin is the ATONEMENT- that was made by Jesus for them.  This means that God covered over the sins of those who lived prior to Jesus’ sacrifice. And if you understand they received this covering also by Faith. That’s why we see our Biblical hero’s enjoyed God’s mercy and experienced new covenant blessings because of their Faith- that the blood of Jesus have given everything under their subjection.

We have known now that the Blood carries Life, so now the question is What is this Life?

Epesians 1:3-6 Blessed be the God and Father of Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we may be holy, and without blame before him in love: Having predestined us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

This is Life that God has chosen us, blessed us with all spiritual blessings in the heavenly places. It is “this Faith” the “Atonement” of Christ sealed upon Man. But aren’t we more privileged ones who are not only Atoned but REDEEMED by the Precious blood of Jesus. We are the generation, whose eyes are upon the finished work of Christ and are sealed by His Blood forever.

1 John 5:12

He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.

1 John 5:11

And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in Him (Jesus).

So as we see Life and Blood are exclusive to approve the perfect work of Christ. Life is empty and void if it does not have Jesus -“LIFE” is JESUS alone..

Now you may think When Jesus was the atonement and life was a blessing then why did God gave Moses the Laws about the sacrifices? We will study about them in our next blog..

Till then have a great time..

Jesus - the Way, Truth and the Life

Who We Are?

What is Faith of Jesus Christ – 

II. Jesus – The  Way and the Truth and the Life  

I hope all of you had a wonderful weekend- the Good Friday and Easter….

We were talking about Jesus Christ being the Lord throughout the Old Testament and was prophesised of being a Messiah for the generations to come. And as we were learning about Jesus, I want you to read with me..

Isaiah 7:14-15 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; behold a virgin shall conceive, and bare a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil and choose good. 

Question -Who is giving the sign? The Lord Himself – Jesus Christ…  and do you remember why was Jesus anointed above all the other creations- to be the Lord of all…

Hebrew 1:9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hateth iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Loving Righteousness- Choosing Good, Hating Iniquity – Refusing Evil.

Can you recollect these resembling words to something that we were studying? Yes, at the Garden of Eden,

Genesis 2:17 “But the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil thou shalt not eat of it, for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

And Genesis 3:22 ‘And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become one of us to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:”

What does these two verses from Genesis implies? Jesus and God knew what is Good and Evil. And now after man sinned or ate the fruit they happened to become one like God; in the terms of knowledge – knowing both good and evil !!!

I have a question here – What is wrong in having the knowledge of Good and Evil? Isn’t actually good to understand the difference between the two so we may work well? So what happened when Man learnt about this Knowledge?

Making a Choice and the Knowledge of Good and Evil are two different thing – Even before Adam and Eve ate the Fruit of Good and Evil – they were capable of making a choice – this means they do have some knowledge, Adam was capable of naming all the animals that we call today. Because of God’s image and communion- Adam was able to move in the knowledge of God’s nature – which in the right word can be described as Good – only GOOD and not evil.

Mark 10:18 No one is good but One, that is, God. 

So apparently for a man to have knowledge of Good and Evil was not as important as we see today in the world – Earthly morals are dependent on the knowledge of Good and Evil.  

Choice doesn’t come only from the knowledge but it is the matter of the heart.  

As the Word says in 1Samuel 16:7b ‘For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”

So what is a Choice? Matthew 6:21 says “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also”

With the knowledge of Good and Evil man started to look at himself, remember the first thing after eating the fruit they realised they are naked..  Knowledge envelopes one to become selfish but God intends that Man should be covered with Life, Truth and Goodness. That’s why there were two options in the garden – Tree of knowledge of Good and Evil and Tree of Life. Tree of Life signifies Jesus Christ – which is the ultimate Truth – everything exists through him, Who is Good, and Life is only in Him. Jesus treasured God – his heart was in Him. 

As it says in John 10:30 I and my Father are one. They are so intertwined that the separation is impossible. And that is what God also intended for mankind.

John 1:18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

This is the Truth of the Father and the Life manifested in Jesus. Though Adam after falling was forbidden to take from the Tree of life. Yet, God gave them opportunity to be atoned by Life through Jesus Christ.

Genesis 3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins and clothed them.

Revelation 5:6a “And I beheld, and lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, stood a LAMB as it had been slain ….

Leviticus 17:11 - 'For the Life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have the given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. "

When Jesus did give his blood on the Altar? When He made coats of skins and clothed them... Clothing is the atonement, a covering, a promise made manifest for Adam and the generations ahead. 

Did you see that irrespective of the disqualification of Adam, Jesus chose to become a life saver for the mankind. He sacrificed himself that even Adam and Eve can live a “life”. He atoned them, covered them through His blood. When they were cast out of the garden. Though Death reigned in their spirits yet they knew the redemption of the Lord is done.

For the life of all flesh – its blood is its life.

Can you see When Jesus gave himself as a sacrifice even at the Garden, His blood counted for Life for the generations of mankind? Next we will study about the Blood of Jesus …

Jesus is the Truth and the Life … Halleluiah…. He is the only way to the Father….

Blessings

Tanvi Joseph

Jesus - the Light and Life

Who We Are?

Faith of Jesus Christ - I. Jesus – the Light and Life

Yesterday we learnt that Jesus Christ was created by God in His image. And because he had loved righteousness and hated iniquity God anointed him with the oil of gladness.

There are certain things which we need to focus to understand more about Jesus. When God created Him.

Colossians 1:15-17 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature. For by him all things were created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consists.

Are we reading this right: All thrones, principalities, powers, dominions whether visible or invisible are created by God and for God? Yes, we need to understand something very important here – God is a good God –

Mark 10:18 No one is good but One, that is, God.

And everything that he created is and was and will be Good. Then you may question why then did Lucifer in the first rebelled against God? How could evil come out from God’s creation though he was after all created by God? Why this world has so much of hatred and corruptions?

When God created Beings - Angels or Humans - He has given them a Mind to understand and reason ie. the will of man.  He allowed them to have their personal choices- just like Adam and Eve everyone is given choices. Similarly, Lucifer was also created being (to know about the Fall of Lucifer click the link) and he has been given an understanding to choose what He wants for himself.

Matthew 15:19 “ For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, theft, false withness, slanders.

Mark 7:21-22 “For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, deeds of coveting and wickedness, as well as deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride and foolishness.

Jeremiah 17:9 "The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it?

1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

James 1:13-14 Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust.

So do you understand sometimes when we sin or make a choice of wrong it is not always Mr. Satan but it is our “OWN HEART” – though Satan is the Father of Lies, yet there are times we ourselves create a breech by allowing our heart to sin and thereby allowing Satan to work in us. Satan devised in his heart evil – it was not God who made him Evil. Out of God only Good can compass. 

John 1:3-5 All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

Jesus Christ as we all know was with God in the beginning and everything that was created was made by him and for him. And it states in him was LIFE. Now I want you to dive back in the beginning at Genesis again, When the EARTH was VOID and Darkness was upon the face of the deep and God said let there be Light. We know what happened – There was Light.

My question to you, as we speak about Light – we understand morning happens because Sun rises, and Night occurs when Sun goes down. But these two dominating lights were created on the Fourth day (Read Genesis Chapter 1:1-19) Isn’t?  So what is this Light that was asked to reflect on the very first day? Now you are getting it right…

John 8:12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

So we see that Light appears the moment when God says Light – Jesus reflected himself for the World to bring Life…. Light is Jesus, in the beginning- bringing Life further to the creation. Isn’t is beautiful now to understand everything created including the Light is personifying Christ. All creations are subjected to him – in other words all things are seen and exist because he became the Light and the Life.  People worship Sun and Moon and the satrs.. but much before them there was and is a Light which has Life that Shines which created even them. Praise God !!!

So here we see Jesus, is the Creator, He is Light himself, He is Life, He is the Word which created everything – in totality Jesus is the Lord God of all. When we see throughout Old Testament- Jesus has been talked about in the form of Lord-God and Saviour, the Messiah.  As we studied in our previous blogs we have seen Jesus Christ as Lamb slained at the Garden of Eden. There are many other references that we have not talked about but will be discussing sometimes later where Jesus had been seen in the OLD Testament. But yes, we do know Christ is pictured as a An Ark of Noah, Passover lamb, and many many more… But I want you to draw your attention to one key point- other than the prophecies which was ever in Old Testament was Jesus called a Son of GOD? No.. He was addressed as God, as Lord but a promise of God which was given at the Garden to Adam was the seed- remember (Genesis 3:15) which was also recorded in the prophecies further through David, Isiah, Zachariah, Malachi and many more..

We will dive into more about knowing Jesus tomorrow…

Till then have a great day.. God bless you all…

Love

Tanvi Joseph

Faith of Jesus Christ -Bible Key verses

Few Verses that portrays FAITH of Jesus Christ

Romans 3:22 Even the Righteousness of God which is by Faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe:for there is no difference;

Galatians 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by our own works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

Galatians 3:22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by Faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

Philippians 3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by Faith.

Who is Jesus Christ?

Who We Are?

Who is Jesus Christ?

I am glad that you are reading these blogs and God is helping you to learn in- depth Truth of the Word. As yesterday we saw How God introduced Gospel to Adam and clothed them with the garments of Salvation and Righteousness, irrespective of their Sinful Nature that occurred due to: not understanding the heart of God, not meditating on the Word of God, allowing other voices to overrule (serpent), and in act- ate the fruit – showing complete disobedience. 

Three things to learn from here:

• 1.     God loves you to be His own– if not He would not have covered you with the garments (Genesis 3:21)
• 2.     God does not want you to continue living in Sin and Guilt – if not, He would not have introduced the Gospel (Genesis 3:15)
• 3.     Man fall to the prey or the deceptive words of Satan by not understanding the heart of God meditating on His Words – Reading Bible is one of the most important part of a Believer’s life.

Now we see before casting out Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, God clothed them with the coats of skin – a permanent covering.

Have you ever wondered why even after Adam and Eve sinned, casted out of the Garden, they and their Sons- Cain and Abel were still connected with God?  This happened because God helped them know the Gospel and demonstrated the finished work of Christ by sacrificing the Lamb (Genesis 3:21, Rev 5:6). They were walking in trusting the demonstrated Faith of Christ.

Take any examples of the Old Testament – may be Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Issac, Jacob (Israel), Moses – if you would analyse their walk with God- you would see they OBEYED the WORDS of GOD…Encoh – was so involed in God that he was given opportunity to have a RAPTURE (promise of a New Testament Bride), Noah- with no questions build the Ark and was saved, Abraham – Righteous and Faithful in OBEYING and Trusting God- that He was even ready to sacrifice his own Son, Issac. Issac - man of Altars, and Moses – talked to God face to face.

You see God calls himself God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob – You Know Why? Because they were dependant on the finished work of GOD. They were all Hero’s not because of what they did but because of what they believed. Their Faith was not on themselves, on their abilities but on the finished work of God.

Just think once, if these Hero’s lived an exemplary life just because they understood Jesus as a Lamb sacrificed for their Sins how much more should our conviction, when we know that Jesus Christ came as a FLESH and gave His life as a sacrifice for our lives. Christian walk or a Believer’s Walk is a walk of Faith.There are two types of Faith in Christian Walk:

• Faith of Jesus Christ
• Faith in Faith of Jesus Christ

Let’s Start with FAITH of JESUS CHRIST: In order to understand the Faith of Jesus Christ we need to see in detail What Christ believes.

When a person says he has Faith in something it literally means that he has a strong Belief System on something, which later constructs into “Faith”.

To begin with understanding Jesus Belief System, We should first understand Who JESUS is:

John 1:1 In the beginning was the WORD, and the Word was with God, and the Word was GOD. And in John 1:14 it says ‘And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.’

Word –becoming Flesh – depicts Jesus Christ

It is very important to understand that Jesus though is within the Trinity- he is also created in the image of God.

Colossians 1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature.

Revelation 3:14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things said the Amen, the Faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;   

Hebrew 1:5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?

Hebrew 1:6 And again when He bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him

Hebrew 1:9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hateth iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Jesus is created by God in HIS image. He was the firstborn of all and everything that GOD has created. Hebrews 1:9 is beautiful when it states how and Why was Jesus qualified to be a Son to the Father… Jesus loved Righteousness and hated Iniquity… He not only depicted the image of the Father but carried God’s HEART. Isn’t it amazing, to know that Jesus was also created like how we are, but he replicated God in His Obedience! He was Faithful and a true witness..

Do you still wonder Why Bible is so much focused on Obedience and Faithfulness? Its foundation begins with Creation of Jesus Christ who was created in the image of God, who imitated God to such an extent that God anointed Him above all – and made him salvation and righteousness to mankind. 

Isaiah 61:10 – I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

Hebrew 1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of Majesty on high;

God be Praised !!!!

Blessings

Tanvi Joseph

God's Provision through Jesus Christ

Who We Are?

Provision of GOD

I believe you have read through the previous posts on Who we Are… and yesterday, as we were discussing what is Sin? We learnt that, When we don’t know God – that itself is a SIN. By not knowing God, we would not understand His heart, by not understanding His Heart we will not understand what He wants us to do…

“MEDITATING on the WORD – is keeping Sight to the Words of God.”

Today we are going to see what happened because of Disobedience and we will see What God provisioned for Mankind.

When Adam and Eve ate the Fruit – 1^st thing happened to them is Realization that they are Naked.

Genesis 2:25 And they both were naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Genesis 3:7 And the eyes of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves apron.  

Isn’t it interesting? Though they were naked initially – they were not ashamed… but as soon as SIN entered through Disobedience they saw themselves naked. When our SPIRIT is connected with GOD, we see others and ourselves as GOD sees, our hearts are clean and pure for oneself and for others. But as soon, corruption occurs in the Heart- our sight changes - not only about others but also our views on own selves are changed. Focus changes to oneself. This means that now we consider things of our lives more important than others. This is what happened at Garden of Eden – THE BLAME GAME.

 Sin introduced these following things to Mankind:

1.     Sight Changed - From God’s Holiness to oneself… {isn’t this the same thing Lucifer also had?}

2.     God gave them Curses

Woman – greatly multiply sorrow in conception, and birthing, Desire be your husband, and he shall rule over you.

Man – the Ground is cursed – Thorns and Thistles it will produce, Sweat of they face shalt thou eat bread.

Please understand these are Curses not what God intend for His children.

3.     They were cast out of the Garden of Eden – Their Spirit DIED and now they are in Physical State

But something very interesting happens here: Before giving the lists of curses God spoke beautifully revealing to the serpent as well as to Adam,  about how God would turn this mess into the blessing for mankind. He introduced Gospel to them. Lets look into Genesis 3:15 “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed, it will bruise thy head, and thou shall bruise his heel.”

God introduced them how Jesus is going to come into the picture to save the mankind through the seed of a Woman – do you now understand why Jesus has to birth through a Virgin woman, and it says that serpent (Satan’s) will be bruised by Christ though it will harm his heel – what does this signify? It signifies the Son (Jesus) that is going to be born is going defeat Satan by HIS SACRIFICE.

A man is empty without Gospel. If gospel would not have been revealed to Adam- they would have suffered in Shame and Guilt always- covering themselves with Fig leaves; which is mere temporary.

Be excited God does not leave his children in the state of Guilt but rescue them by talking to them in their very state, even if it is Sinful.

Some may ask if he has a rescue plan then why can’t HE simply forgive? It is important to know that God is a JUST GOD. He works with Principles. When He created Light- He made sure Darkness had to be separated (Genesis 1:4). Result of Sin is Death – Adam and Eve died in the SPIRIT realm. And they were asked to be out of the Garden into the Physical Earth where we all live.

Also, God is Faithful. When He told Adam and Eve about the promise or the plan –in order to manifest his Words in the Spirit realm – He showed them how Jesus is going to be sacrificed and what will happen to the mankind.

Genesis 3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins and clothed them.

I want you to take you to Revelation 5:6a “And I beheld, and lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, stood a LAMB as it had been slain ….

God clothed Adam and Eve in the Garments of Righteousness – Jesus Christ as a LAMB was slain to cover them from their Shame. Which is what described so beautifully in 

Leviticus 17:11 - 'For the Life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have the given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. "

When did Jesus gave his blood on the Altar , when He made coats of skins and clothed them... Clothing is the atonement, a  covering, a promise made manifest for Adam and the generations ahead.  

Isaiah 61:10 – I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

Though Sin brought DEATH, Christ brought HOPE – Whosoever believes in Him will not die but have eternal life.

Romans 3:22 – Even the righteousness of God which is by FAITH of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

Whose Faith is it talking about? Jesus Christ or Ours…

Understand Our Work is to Believe on the FAITH of JESUS CHRIST.

Empower yourselves in the Truth.

Blessings

Tanvi Joseph

What is SIN?

Who we are?

Who we are?

What is SIN?

Yesterday we had seen how important it is to be Obedient to the Word of God. I raised a question Why Obedience has become the key Principle factor of Christian living? From the beginning we have seen Obedience has been an objective for Bible heroes, and based on their obedience we have seen how God has manifested His works.

Obedience is listening to God’s word in simple terms. At the Garden of Eden, when Eve was beguiled by the serpent- she lost hold of the WORD, that means she REJECTED CHRIST.

Obedience is not merely an action based on emotion but it denotes the condition of your heart whether you stand with CHRIST or NOT. It is a big responsibility.

OBEDIENCE is CHRIST

Opting from the knowledge of Good and Evil was her choice over opting LIFE. We need to understand that everything that God made was through His words. His Words are the source of Life. When we live in His words we live in Life.

So now the question is what is Sin?

Sin is - not receiving Christ or rejecting Christ

1 Corinthians 15:34 - Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God—I say this to your shame.

Being ignorant of GOD, not having the knowledge of God is SIN.

The things like theft, murder, malice, slander, jealousy, lies are all its by-products. When you don’t know God you live under a Sinful portal, meaning you are slave to SIN. There are times people sin ignorantly but look to what the word says:

Leviticus 5:17 - If anyone sins and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands, even though they do not know it, they are guilty and will be held responsible.

Daniel 9:5 -We have sinned and done wrong. We have been wicked and have rebelled; we have turned away from your commands and laws.

Hosea 4:6a  -My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge Because you have rejected knowledge,

1 John 3:6 -No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or knows Him.

The Truth is Sin is the nature of the Devil, and it is inherited in us because 1^st Adam Sinned by giving himself in subjection to the words of the Devil, and that’s why we are slave to SIN.

To whosoever you imitate or meditate; becomes your Being

It is important not to be ignorant. My efforts are only to help you know that our God has great plans for you. You are designed for Excellency. You are designed to overrule the schemes of Devil. It is in the will of Satan that people perish. Death reigned because of Sin. Just look how David felt when he was in ignorance to God’s grace in Psalms:

Psalm 73:22 -Then I was senseless and ignorant; I was like a beast before You.

This is what Devil desires Man to be, a BEAST. Isn’t this word so familiar to what is happening in world today? How brutal Human had become.

1 John 3:8 -The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.

This is not to panic you but to encourage you that irrespective of all this, Jesus Christ is our Victory. HE did not leave us when we were sinners. But brought His life amidst irrespective of our Disobedience.

Romans 6:22 -But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.

Psalm 32:1

Blessed is the one
whose transgressions are forgiven,
whose sins are covered.

We are BLESSED indeed through Jesus Christ!!!

Love & Prayers

Tanvi Joseph