Have you ever messed up and done something wrong; something that really hurt others?
We all have!
Does Satan haunt you with these mistakes?
Does he nag and condemn you in your thoughts?
In Revelation 12, Satan is described as the ‘accuser of the brethren.’
He relishes the opportunity to remind us of all our sins and transgressions.
He will also use those we’ve hurt to remind us of the pain we’ve caused.
So, how do we defeat this strategy?
We cling to God’s grace!
We cling to God’s Word which declares, “There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”
How can this be true? After all, what we did really hurt others.
Grace does not say, “Don’t worry about it; it’s no big deal.”
No, grace says, “All of your sins – past, present and future – have been paid for in full by Jesus on the cross.”
Now, grace is not a license to sin up a storm.
The Apostle Paul addressed this issue in Romans 6 where he said, “How can we who have died to sin, still go looking for it for life.”
What does he mean? There is no life in sin!
We were crucified with Christ.
That killed the sinner in us and severed our connection with the power of sin.
We are dead to sin!
When we were in Adam, sin was like our commanding officer. We did what it told us to do… sin.
Being crucified with Christ is like being discharged from the military.
Sin is no longer our commanding officer; Jesus is!
Now, we can learn to listen to the leading of the Holy Spirit instead of being a slave to sin and our flesh.
If we do mess up, the Spirit is there to correct, convict and get us back on track to making choices that are in line with our new identity.
Even so, Satan will be right there to accuse us and hurl condemning thoughts at us.
We must take these thoughts captive and remind the enemy of our acquittal in Christ.
Beloved, remind Satan that Jesus took your sins upon Himself and gave you His robes of righteousness.
You have been declared NOT GUILTY before God by His amazing grace!
Rejoice in this!
Blessings!
Robyn Henning
Thanks so much Robin! I really needed to hear this as I have been struggling with this exact thing the past couple weeks! Have a blessed day!