Resisting Condemnation

When people condemn us, we have choices. We can refuse it outright or we can weigh it. If it is partly truth, we can repent and put it under the Blood. The rest we can forgive and move on. When Satan condemns us, we also have a choice. Usually he is bringing up something already under the Blood and we can stand on God's Word that it is not only forgiven but forgotten by God. Therefore what Satan is saying to you is a lie. The other choice we have when Satan accuses is to believe it. Walking in condemnation is not an easy path.

Our human nature differs and is unique and we call it personality. Some are easily condemned and others seem to shake it off easily. No one escapes it, however. Some are victims of verbal abuse and have shaped an image of themselves that is not a true picture. For some, it is a familial curse that sees and accepts a lower standard for their future. For some, it is an excuse to not try. By now, you are seeing that our human nature is often overcome by our adamic nature. Because we are born in sin, we follow our adamic nature. Jesus came in the likeness of man but not with adamic nature, therefore, in His obedience to God in all things and overcoming Satan at every oportunity, He was without sin. Jesus took the body of sin to the cross. Not only every sin that could be committed but our adamic nature as well. Before He said, "It is finished!", He also conquered and overcame our dust, or human nature. This gives us the right to move toward Resurrection Life. He overcame death, the ultimate separation from God. We have eternal Life in Him.

God is Love. You have heard and you have said it. Knowing that God is making us in His image, you know that our covenant response is to love. Jesus said that to love one another is His "new commandment." John 13:34 (NASB) "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. He said we are to love as He loves us. That is without condition and with a pure response to God. In this way we see His face in each other and we know how much He loves.

The hardest person to love with a constant purity is yourself. You belittle your actions, your responses, and your abilities. You belittle your appearance and your image to others. You belittle the ability to love and to be loved. This is not of God and it belittles God to you. The greatest freedom you have is to know God loves you. You can rest in His care and faith for you. Remember, it is not about you but all about Him! He finished, completed, perfected all that is necessary for you to be in His image.