17/02/2020 - THE LORD JUSTIFIES ME

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He is near who justifies Me; Who will contend with Me? Let us stand together. Who is My adversary? Let him come near Me. Isaiah 50:8

We have lost the blessings for lack of understanding. Everything the Lord promises in Scripture has in us the right address. However, we don’t even know how to pray properly! The Holy Spirit is upon us to give us victory, but we face struggles that we do not want to lose. Being of God, how would we be defeated by those who were overcome by the Savior?

The Almighty is much closer to us than we think. We sin by failing to enjoy the wonderful presence of Who is holy in all his ways and a consuming fire. We must stand in Christ and, using the power of His Name, fight against the oppressive infernal forces. After all, Jesus gave us authority over them.

From the day the Savior cried at the cross of Calvary: It is finished (John 19:30), there is no reason to suffer. The Bible is the Truth, so we cannot choose only those portions that speak of blessings. We are part of God’s Kingdom to be blessed by the Father, giving the glory due to the Name over every name.

The justification performed by the Lord on our behalf is a reality in the spiritual environment. However, until we bring it into our world, the adversary will use all means to pull us from the divine hand. Thus we will suffer the hatred of the devil. Believe that you have been justified – not guilty – and never get involved with sin. You can now fight Satan because your “record” is clean (Col. 2:14).

Who can say that our justification is incorrect and we each had to pay for the mistake? Now we will only transgress if we stay away from God because of Adam’s sin. Since the work of our salvation has been accomplished, let us not let the enemy distorts us. Just resist Satan and his temptations, and we will make no mistake. We have been set free to live in holiness!

The individual who accepts Jesus as Savior receives the power to become a child of God and will no longer be the slave of the accuser. The power from on high must be used when we need and want. Then take your place in Christ and become a new creature, because the old things have passed away; behold, all things are become new (2 Cor. 5:17).

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you (Jas 4.8). He who is in Christ has conquered the evil one (1 John 2:14). If the father of lies approaches us, we must scold him, and he will flee in despair. With the life built on the Master, we are free indeed!

           In Christ, with love,

R. R. Soares