It has been established that before the coming of Jesus, the entire world was in sin because of our sinful nature. So, no matter what we did in pleasing God, it never made us righteous, just because our nature was a sin nature, and not a nature of God.
Then Jesus came, and saved us from the wrath of God, and freed us from the bondage of sin by offering us a brand new life, a life of righteousness, the exact righteousness that was of God. And this can only be attained by getting born again, which is being born of the Spirit of Jesus.
Now, what I observed is that many feel the moment you give your life to God, you now have the authority of Jesus, which is true, and then you can now please God by going about things the way you used to do them by being morally upright. This is where it is wrong.
Firstly, to say you have the authority of Jesus is true and not at the same time, let me explain. It is true in the sense that all that Jesus has become, He has given you. But for Jesus to give you His authority isn't giving making you a separate entity as Himself, and this is where many feel Jesus gave them His authority as a separate entity, this is where you can't have Jesus' authority being a separate entity, (well, many make this mistake unknowingly).
Romans 8:17, establishes that we have been made a joint heirs with Christ Jesus, thus becoming One with Him as the body of Christ. This makes you one Spirit with Jesus. In other words, you partake in the authority of Jesus as yours, because there is no distinction between a born again Spirit and Jesus. This makes it clear that all we do is to live Christ who is now our life, (ref.: Colossians 3:4).
Colossians 2:6 and 7 explains that as we have received Christ Jesus, we are walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him, to establish our faith, in other words, to establish our complete rest in Jesus as our source of existence, since we died to sin, but are now alive in Christ. Therefore, our being alive is because of Christ, who is actually our life, therefore, we live Him in all we do. This is why we have His mind, (ref.: 1 Corinthians 2:16).
Now, our life a Sons and Daughters of God isn't do fight a battle or try to keep a morally upright life yo please God. The ONLY thing we are to do I to believe in Jesus Christ, in other words, by ourselves, we would fail again, and this would show we are not one with Jesus. But Jesus didn't just do everything right, He won the battle, thus there is no battle anymore. So, we are to receive His righteousness as our life which is by having His Spirit, therefore believing that since He had done it, and He is one with God, likewise becoming One with Him through faith in Him makes me one with God, and this pleases God.
The battle we face when the devil comes, is a battle for us to establish that we stand for victory Jesus has already won which we belong to. The devil comes to sway us away from our stand on all Jesus has done, making us to see ourselves as a separate entity from Jesus, thus calling our attention to our weaknesses. This is where we cast down every evil imagination, casting down every argument against all Jesus has done, put them under our feet, which is His feet, (ref.: 2 Corinthians 10:3-6).
The scriptures says that as many as are LED by the Spirit of God are Sons and Daughters of God. In other words, we don't do things by our thinking anymore, but are being led by the Spirit of Jesus in all we do. And by doing this, we get strengthened by Grace through faith, thus allow more of the Grace/Jesus which He has given us to flow into all that we do.
So, we must ensure to enter into that rest that Jesus had given us in all that we do, by believing in His finished works.
Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!
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Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from New King James Version (NKJV)
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