LeliAne
27th June 2007, 09:56 AM
We are victorious in Christ Jesus-Halleluja and Amen!
Can we leave this statement alone to stand on it's own? Are we truly aware of the signifigance that this "victory" has in our lives. Do we believe in the victory that is proclaimed by so many believers?
The very popular movie "The Passion" put many believers to shame for it wasnt until we could see the cruel, brutal and horrific treatment of a "fictional" Jesus did we realize the magnitude of the sacrifice. It was just a movie and I was sick, but I was falling deeper and deeper in love with the real Jesus. I admit I was one of them that was ashamed.
I took the written word for granted, yes Jesus paid the price for our "sins" and all that good stuff that surrounds grace and, yes he took my place instead me on the cross and many other wonderful, merciful acts of love all paid in full. A part of me felt disgusted and angry at my self and the other wanting to drown in the ulitmate love that was flowing from every wound.
Im a mother and I felt like Mary, I am friend and I felt like Mary Magdaline, I am a believer and I was ashamed. I never took my belief in victory to heart, I took it for granted. If you can remember your worst nightmare or incident in your life, then by ten fold imagine that being taken away and healed, the sin forgotten and the grace given. All was done before we were even a twinkle in our mother's eye.
My victory was in place before I ever believed. All I had to do was have faith and the belief that Jesus died for me. Before Man could grasp that there was a redeemer, a lover of our souls, one that would take every heart ache and turn it around for the Glory of the Lord, we were victorious. Too many of us dont stop to realize what victory in Jesus Christ is and what it has done and will do for us.
Sin--this word is too simple....we know right from wrong.....it is the consequences of sin we are blind to. Here are some doozies that have beat me up before I knew the blessed love of victory: Victim of child abuse....it was the 70's--it got over looked, running away from home, abortion, drug abuse, alcoholics one right after the other, very very angry young lady, financial disasters, divorces, bad friends, bad people and a very broken child deep inside.
I've committed a lot of sin and I've been sinned against but Im not here to point fingers. My point is...........Anyone of these things could keep me down and the great liar of liars (Satan) would keep me in the gutter, accused and beaten. The consequences of the sin could have destroyed me...it was easy to sin...but I had to live with myself.
So as I grew to love the Lord and finally look inside for where my strength came from I realized it was always there. My strength came from the cross in which the price was paid for, for the consequences of my sin.........Jesus Christ. Victory in Jesus Christ--Halleluja and Amen.
Can we leave this statement alone to stand on it's own? Are we truly aware of the signifigance that this "victory" has in our lives. Do we believe in the victory that is proclaimed by so many believers?
The very popular movie "The Passion" put many believers to shame for it wasnt until we could see the cruel, brutal and horrific treatment of a "fictional" Jesus did we realize the magnitude of the sacrifice. It was just a movie and I was sick, but I was falling deeper and deeper in love with the real Jesus. I admit I was one of them that was ashamed.
I took the written word for granted, yes Jesus paid the price for our "sins" and all that good stuff that surrounds grace and, yes he took my place instead me on the cross and many other wonderful, merciful acts of love all paid in full. A part of me felt disgusted and angry at my self and the other wanting to drown in the ulitmate love that was flowing from every wound.
Im a mother and I felt like Mary, I am friend and I felt like Mary Magdaline, I am a believer and I was ashamed. I never took my belief in victory to heart, I took it for granted. If you can remember your worst nightmare or incident in your life, then by ten fold imagine that being taken away and healed, the sin forgotten and the grace given. All was done before we were even a twinkle in our mother's eye.
My victory was in place before I ever believed. All I had to do was have faith and the belief that Jesus died for me. Before Man could grasp that there was a redeemer, a lover of our souls, one that would take every heart ache and turn it around for the Glory of the Lord, we were victorious. Too many of us dont stop to realize what victory in Jesus Christ is and what it has done and will do for us.
Sin--this word is too simple....we know right from wrong.....it is the consequences of sin we are blind to. Here are some doozies that have beat me up before I knew the blessed love of victory: Victim of child abuse....it was the 70's--it got over looked, running away from home, abortion, drug abuse, alcoholics one right after the other, very very angry young lady, financial disasters, divorces, bad friends, bad people and a very broken child deep inside.
I've committed a lot of sin and I've been sinned against but Im not here to point fingers. My point is...........Anyone of these things could keep me down and the great liar of liars (Satan) would keep me in the gutter, accused and beaten. The consequences of the sin could have destroyed me...it was easy to sin...but I had to live with myself.
So as I grew to love the Lord and finally look inside for where my strength came from I realized it was always there. My strength came from the cross in which the price was paid for, for the consequences of my sin.........Jesus Christ. Victory in Jesus Christ--Halleluja and Amen.