Saturday, May 21, 2016

Ephesians 2:6

And He raised us up together with Him and made us sit down together [giving us joint seating with Him] in the heavenly sphere [by virtue of our being] in Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed One). Ephesians 2:6

We are now seated with Jesus, because we are now one with Jesus. Jesus has made us complete and we are now as He is, even though our flesh is still in this world. So what does this mean?

Even the Father judges no one, for He has given all judgment (the last judgment and the whole business of judging) entirely into the hands of the Son, John 5:22

[Now having received the Holy Spirit, and being led and directed by Him] if you forgive the sins of anyone, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of anyone, they are retained. John 20:23

Our Father gave all of the responsibility of judgment to Jesus and because we are now one with Him, He will use us to forgive. I honestly believe that this is the greatest gift that we have been given. We now forgive anyone and everyone. We don’t have to know what the person did, we just forgive and they are forgiven. We now intercede for people so that they can have life and have it abundantly.

Which is easier: to say, Your sins are forgiven you, or to say, Arise and walk [about]? Luke 5:23

Jesus forgave peoples sins and they were healed and He gave us the same Spirit and the same gift. Think about it, no one that we forgive will ever have to answer for their sins. This is Grace and Mercy in action. We are as Jesus, Who is as our Father, because He is our Father, and we are now one with Him, so how could we also not be full of Grace and Mercy?

But if you do not forgive others their trespasses [their reckless and willful sins, leaving them, letting them go, and giving up resentment], neither will your Father forgive you your trespasses. Matthew 6:15

We reap what we sow, just as Jesus reaped what He sowed. Jesus constantly forgave people and that allowed Him to take on every sin of every person and become the perfect sacrifice. Hades couldn’t hold Him because He lived for others, not Himself, and we are now His body. We cannot help but to be used to forgive, because Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever and we are now perfectly connected and perfectly one with Him. Jesus' Body will do what His Head directs and leads it to do. 

That they all may be one, [just] as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be one in Us, so that the world may believe and be convinced that You have sent Me. I have given to them the glory and honor which You have given Me, that they may be one [even] as We are one: I in them and You in Me, in order that they may become one and perfectly united, that the world may know and [definitely] recognize that You sent Me and that You have loved them [even] as You have loved Me. John 17:21-23

Love covers a multitude of sins and we are now one with Love. 


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