04/12/2020 - WHAT EVERYBODY MUST CONFESS

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Let those who fear the Lord now say, “His mercy endures forever.” Psalm 118:4

In this verse, the writer addresses those who fear the Lord, to inform that the time has come to share in the kind hope, for there is no more difference between Gentiles and Jews. After all, the work done by Jesus was complete. We were delivered from the enemy’s clutches and led to the Kingdom of God´s Son – of love, peace and security. We are free indeed!

Of the two peoples the Most High made one, and all are members of the Body of Christ. What the Scriptures declare about those who accepted Jesus as Savior is the absolute truth. The moment we receive Him as Lord, we become children of God (John 1:12). From then on, divine work ceased and ours began: to use such authority to mold ourselves into the image of the Redeemer.

For the saved, there is no more condemnation (Romans 8:1), as they were received by the Son of God as new creation – old things have passed away (2 Corinthians 5:17). Now, grounded in Christ, they are in the presence of the Almighty, living for Him. Another important fact is that we have been saved like anyone else, because there is no distinction between the Lord’s redeemed.

There is no difference between the Master’s first disciples and us, who arrived at this time in the Kingdom of Heaven. The anointing is also the same, thus, we can live with the Savior and use His Name to defeat any work of the evil kingdom and all suffering that has settled in our mind, body and spirit. Every Christian is a new creation.

In fact, the saved are more capable of becoming overcomers than the Israelites of the past. Although they were God’s people, they were not sanctified by the blood of Christ, who was not yet born at that time. Upon conversion, our spirit is not improved or healed, but recreated in Jesus, being justified by Him.

Today, the law of the commandments is broken and no longer dominates us (Ephesians 2:15). Nothing can declare us guilty, because we have been made the righteousness of God in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:21). With that, we have the authority to overcome any works in the hellish realm. But it is worth remembering that the Savior said that without Him, we can do nothing (John 15:5). The simple act of accepting Him redeems us from the fall and the obstacles caused by the sin at Eden.

The work done by the Son of God on our behalf will last forever. It is the mercy so exalted in this Psalm. Now, as the living hope of God, we must act without causing scandal to anyone. We must be willing to fulfill whatever the Father gives us as a mission. Confess that the Lord’s kind hope lasts forever!

In Christ, with love,

R. R. Soares