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The Daily Word of Righteousness
How We Are Set Free, #9
After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, the LORD said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses' aide: "Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them—to the Israelites." (Joshua 1:1,2—NIV)
Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, (Acts 3:19—NIV)
I am suggesting that we have come to a giant step forward in the development of the Kingdom of God. Such giant steps do occur, you know, such as in the change from Moses to Joshua or in the case of the birth of Christ in the manger. It appears God's people are not always aware when some of these awesome events occur. Maybe one is taking place in our day! Think of that!
Your next move should be to go to Jesus in prayer and see what He says to you. If God is dealing with you about some area of sin in your life, why don't you do as we have suggested. Confess it to God. Openly and vigorously declare it to be sin and unfit to be in a member of the Body of Christ. Ask God to forgive you and to cleanse you from all unrighteousness. Then see if He does. The Bible says He shall forgive you and cleanse you from all unrighteousness.
This does not mean you now are perfect. But it does mean you have taken a step forward toward victory over sin, and that is always desirable.
I think if you are faithful in gaining the victory over sin, as the Holy Spirit guides you, then, when the Lord returns, He will remove the last vestiges of sin and clothe you with the robe of righteous behavior that has been woven in Heaven while you have been obeying God in the earth.
Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear. (Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of the saints.) (Revelation 19:7,8—NIV)
Thus the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus can do for us what the Law of Moses can never do. It frees us totally from the guilt of sin by means of the blood atonement made on the cross. It will free us totally from the compulsion to sin as we follow the program that the Scripture outlines, the process of judgment and deliverance that is conducted by the Spirit of God. As we follow the Spirit of God the righteousness of the One who kept the Law of Moses perfectly is ascribed to us.
For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature ,God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man, in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit. (Romans 8:3,4—NIV) (from How We Are Set Free)