Magnify the Lord
Chapter 6 (Part 7)
He's Come to Deliver
NOT FOR SIN
All believers will give an account of their life at the judgment seat of Christ, but not for a payment for sin because Christ already paid the wages of death for our sin. We can have confidence and boldness before our God because we are free from the penalty of our sin. Because of His grace, we can enter into God's presence through the torn body of our Champion and Deliverer. He is the veil we must go through to enter into the holy of hollies if we're going to have fellowship with the Father. We have peace with God now because our debt has been paid, our sins are forgiven, and we are the righteousness of God through Christ Jesus. Praise Him today because He's come to deliver us from the penalty of our sins.
SIN'S POWER
He's also come to deliver us from sin's power. How did He do this? He did it through the death of the cross. We died to sin upon the cross: "For he that is dead is freed from sin" (Romans 6:7). How have we died? In Christ we died when He died. This is what has been accomplished by God. This is His work, and we are exhorted to believe He put us to death upon the cross and raised us up to newness of life through the resurrection of Jesus.
"What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into His death? Therefore we are buried with Him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of His death, we shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection: Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with Him,that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin." (Romans 6:1-6)
Keep in mind this is what God does in the new birth. You and I are not required to understand all that took place. We are commanded to believe what He said He did and trust the results of this work unto God. We are called to put faith in the fact we died to sin and were raised with newness of life and with victory over the power of sin. Did we die physically? No! We died supernaturally in Christ. How do we die daily? By putting faith in this revealed truth that we are no longer who we used to be. We died with Christ, and the old man inside of us was crucified with Him. We put faith in the truth that our sins are forgiven and we are free from their penalty and power. We put faith in the truth that we're a new creature who has victory in Christ over the power of sin.
"For he that is dead is freed from sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him: Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over Him. For in that He died, He died unto sin once: but in that He liveth, He liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace." (Romans 6:7-14)
The word "reckoning" means to put faith, trust, and confidence in the truth revealed by God. What is the truth revealed by God? We died with Christ and were raised unto life with Him. How can we have victory over sin? Putting faith in the truth is where our victory over sin is lived out daily.
FAITH
Jesus came to deliver us from our enemies, and sin is an enemy to the throne of God. Be persuaded of the facts that support the truth Jesus has come to deliver you from sin's penalty and power. Walk in His victory today by faith. Redemptive faith is a benefit of God's enabling grace that connects and convinces us to personally possess what God promises. Redemptive faith is the product of God's grace that has persuaded us to take personal ownership in trusting God's faithfulness and His delight and duty to fulfill what He's promised. Redemptive faith is also sustained confidence to live for God's glory as we look for His promises with eager anticipation. Redemptive faith is not only the result of being persuaded, but it's also a persuasive witness to believers and unbelievers. Faith in a Deliverer who truly delivers is also a faith that delivers a persuasive testimony.
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