Made Free from Sin - UBM [David Eells]

The most important thing is to repent and confess your sins so you can be cleansed. {1Jn.1:9} If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. When you have confessed your sins, you must confess the savior. Repentance means in Greek to "change your mind" so you must now believe the good news which has power. {Rom.1:16} For I am not ashamed of the gospel (good news): for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth...

The very good news is that Christ bore your sins away at the cross and you don't have them any more! Yes, the ones you struggle with now are gone. {1Pe.2:24} who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed. The demons no longer have power to keep you in bondage through your faith that Jesus took your sins away. {Col.1:13} who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love. Through this teaching you are free from sin and those who kept you in bondage. {Rom.6:17} But thanks be to God, that, whereas ye were servants of sin, ye became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto ye were delivered; {6:18} and being made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness.

Now you must cast down false imaginations that you are still in bondage to these sins. These thoughts are strongholds of the enemy. {2Co.10:4} (for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds), {5} casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ. If you continue to believe the enemies lies that he has power to keep you in sin you are giving him authority through negative faith in him to rule you. Yes, we can empower the enemy through faith for Jesus said, "as thou hast believed, [so] be it done unto thee" and "according to your faith be it done unto you". We have authority through our faith, good or bad, to bind or loose the enemy. {Mat.18:18} Verily I say unto you, what things soever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and what things soever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

You must use the promises of God like a two edged sword to cut sin and the curse from your lives. {2Co.7:1} Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. If we endure the trial of our faith reckoning that what God says is true sin will not reign over us. {Rom.6:6} knowing this, that our old man was crucified with [him], that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin ... {11} Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus. {12} Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey the lusts thereof: {13} neither present your members unto sin [as] instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves unto God, as alive from the dead, and your members [as] instruments of righteousness unto God. {14} For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under law, but under grace.

If we are double minded by believing God one moment and believing the enemies lies the next we will not overcome. {Jas.1:6} But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting: for he that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed. {7} For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord; {1:8} a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways. If we believe and act on our faith victory is ours. {Rom.10:10} for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. However if in our thinking and actions we add or subtract from the Word, we permit the enemy to keep us under the curse. {Rev.22:18} I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, if any man shall add unto them, God shall add unto him the plagues which are written in this book: {19} and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book.

If you do get double-minded, confess your sin again and start over believing only the Word. Sometimes it takes practice, like learning to walk. :o)

If you have not been baptized, please read this.

Here is more teaching on our perfection that was accomplished at the cross.

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