THOROUGH Bible knowledge is anchored on sound knowledge of the language of the Bible. Previously, we studied believing and the importance of knowledge for our belief system to be cemented and solid. As you are aware, we do not read our biases and innuendos into the text of Scripture.
The rule of thumb says, the Bible can never mean today what it never meant when it was written. We only grow and get more insight.
A brief recap of fundamental Gospel spiritual realities will help. Believers journey starts with arrival. This arrival is at and in a spiritual reality, Christ. We are not marching to Zion. Salvation rescued us from the world or satanic hold into Christ. God, in His mercy, has advantaged us to enter His grace or His rest after taking care of the departure and distance and catapulted us to the destination.
We can as well mention here that Grace is not a topic but the Man Christ Jesus. We quote John 1:14, “And the Word was made 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.” Grace is a Person. Titus 2:11, elucidates, “For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,” So grace is not a theme for a year or revival but the message of the Bible.
A believer is a person who has arrived at the knowledge of this truth and enjoys the finished work of Jesus Christ.
The devil’s agenda is to rob believers of the truth, thereby advancing his kingdom by lies and deception. The Bible makes us wise in salvation. Apostle Paul encourages in 2 Timothy 3:15, “And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.” As born-again believers, we should not be tossed around. Let us ground ourselves in the message of salvation.
We discover what Jesus did for us and recognise who we are. The life of a believer starts as a winner. The battle of disarming the devil’s power over us was done by Jesus.
The calling of Christianity is a call to victory. We are not in a battle that we can either win or lose, but we are in a walk of victory where we are accessing the dividends of the battle.
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By His death, Jesus obtained victory for us. Colossians 2:15 records, “And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.”
What more victory can we yearn for? There’s no reason to entertain spirit of fear. The devil was humiliated and put to shame in the presence of his subordinate demons.
The moment you confessed Jesus as Lord and Saviour and believed it in your heart, your salvation was sealed. 2 Corinthians 1:22 reads, “Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.” Your eternal life is guaranteed. You are eternally saved, and your salvation cannot be lost.
Ephesians 2:8 points, “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.”
God does not repent of His gifts. The knowledge of this truth liberates you. Additionally, 2 Timothy 1:9 weighs in: “Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began.”
From the foundation laid out in the previous instalment, you have an assurance of unending salvation, and you cannot be squeezed to the corner to doubt your future when the trumpet sounds. Please enjoy believers’ peace. You are saved.
One cannot, therefore, reinvent the wheel by trying to deliver themselves when it is so clear that receiving Jesus effected deliverance.
If the coming of Jesus could not deliver you, surely you can not deliver yourself on your own. However, the good news is that Jesus did it and you and I are no longer in darkness.
If Jesus failed to deliver you by coming inside you (He did not fail), surely no human being can. Please note that there’s a difference between casting out devils and deliverance.
There is so much interest among believers or should I say, some who confess to be believers in breaking general curses. The efficacy of what Jesus did should make you rest in His finished work.
Jesus procured the forgiveness of our sins. Jesus brings us to God sinless in Him.
Colossians 2:13 reads: “And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses.”
Our innocence is in Christ who’s God’s righteousness. We read in Ephesians 4:32: “And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.”
We approach God the Father with boldness, without fear because of what Jesus obtained for us.
In 1 John 2:12: we are told: “I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.” Jesus Christ did it for us; that is the Grace of God, which is His unmerited, unearned, undeserved and humanly unattainable favour. Now unto him that can keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. Grace and peace be multiplied to you through knowledge.
