CONVICTION or CONDEMNATION?: PART 16 of *I BELIEVE IN GOD vs I OBEY GOD | TO CHURCH vs TO GOD*

CONVICTION says "You made a mistake" while CONDEMNATION says "You are a mistake".

*WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?*

Conviction draws you to God in REPENTANCE and SURRENDER, while Condemnation pushes you away from God in FEAR and SHAME.

Sin CONSCIOUSNESS makes the Christian life a cycle of confession, defeat, sorrow and relapse. *BUT RIGHTEOUSNESS CONSCIOUSNESS LIFTS THE BELIEVER INTO VICTORY*

From the moment one believes, truly believes that they carry the nature of Christ, HOLINESS IS NO LONGER A HEAVY BURDEN, BUT A NATURAL OUTFLOW.

As a Lion does NOT struggle to Roar, so a child of God does NOT STRUGGLE TO REFLECT THE LIFE OF CHRIST once he knows who he is.

The struggle remains only when identity is clouded. Satan thrives on this cloud because he knows that if he can keep the saint constantly aware of sin, he can blind him to righteousness.

He can cripple his prayer life with guilt, silence his worship with shame, and Rob his witness with hypocrisy. This is why so many within the Church live BENEATH THEIR INHERITANCE.

They are heirs who still live like beggers. Kings who still crawl in the dust. But Christ came to break this. He did NOT come to give us a new label, but a new life.

And this new life is not measured by the old nature but by the new.
2 Corinthians 5:17 states, "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!".

This verse describes a radical transformation that occurs when a person is united with Jesus Christ, resulting in a completely new spiritual existence where their old sinful nature passes away and a new life begins.

*DO NOT SETTLE FOR THE ILLUSION OF PROGRESS. FOLLOW THE PATH OF TRUE TRANSFORMATION INSTEAD. THE NARROW PATH.*

Yes, it can fill lonely But for not conform to the pattern of this world, but be TRANSFORMED by the renewing of your mind.

To live as if you're still the old man is to dishonour the cross.

To confess daily that you're nothing but a sinner is to trample on the blood that has declared you righteous.

*THE ENEMY DELIGHTS IN SUCH FALSE HUMILITY, FOR IT KEEPS THE BELIEVER WEAK*

But the spirit delights in boldness, for he testifies within us that we are the children of God, heirs of righteousness, temples of his Holiness, *THIS IS THE BALANCE OF THE GOSPEL.*

We are NOT proclaiming Self-Righteousness, nor denying the call to Holiness.

*WE ARE PROCLAIMING CHRIST'S RIGHTEOUSNESS, FROM WHICH HOLINESS FLOWS!*

We do not live Holy to be saved. We live Holy because WE ARE SAVED!

We do not strive to earn his favor, WE RESPOND TO HIS LOVE.

We do not tremble before sin as though it is master, WE STAND IN RIGHTEOUSNESS KNOWING SIN'S DOMINION IS BROKEN.

Romans 6:14 states that "sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law, but under grace".

This means believers are no longer slaves to sin, but instead are freed from its power through the grace of Jesus Christ, who has achieved victory over sin and death for those who believe in Him.

Grace is NOT A LICENSE TO SIN. It dethrones sin.

Grace does NOT EXCUSE SIN. It empowers victory.

Grace rooted in righteousness sets the soul free.

So rise brothers and sisters, laying aside the garment of condemnation, refuse the whispers of sin Consciousness.

YOU ARE NOT WHAT YOU USED TO BE.

YOU ARE NOT WHO SATAN SAYS YOU ARE.

YOU ARE WHO CHRIST HAS MADE YOU TO BE.

The righteousness of God in him. Walk in that light and you will find that Holiness is no longer a prison sentence, but a song of FREEDOM.

You will find that sin loses its grip when you stop staring at it and start beholding Christ.

*AND IN THE BEHOLDING, IN THAT CONSCIOUSNESS OF HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, YOU WILL DISCOVER THE POWER TO LIVE, TO OVERCOME, AND TO SHINE AS THE CHILD OF THE LIVING GOD*

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