John 1:16-17 (Amplified) says, "For out of His fullness (abundance), we have all received, all had a share and were all supplied with, one Grace after another and Spiritual Blessing upon Spiritual Blessing and even favor upon favor and Gift heaped upon Gift. For while the Law was given through Moses, Grace (unearned, undeserved favor) and Spiritual Blessing and Truth, came through Jesus Christ."
According to our calendar, Easter has come and gone for this year and we sort of forget that every day is Resurrection Day for all those in Christ Jesus. We read about the trial of Jesus in the Heavenly Court of Justice, in Zechariah 3. The Name "Joshua," is pronounced "Yeshua" in Hebrew and is Jesus in English.
Jesus was pronounced "guilty," by the mock trial of Herod and Pilate, but the True Court of Justice in Heaven, had a defense lawyer called, "the Angel of God." When Jesus was brought back from the pit of punishment, He was brought back first in the spirit, according to 1Timothy 3:16 (Amplified), which says, "And great and important and weighty, we confess, is the hidden Truth (the Mystic secret of Godliness). He, God was made visible in Human Flesh, justified and vindicated in the Holy Spirit, was seen by angels preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and taken up in Glory." Before Jesus' physical Body was raised from the dead, His Spiritual Body was brought forth into the Court of Justice, in the heavenlies.
Satan was the prosecutor in Zechariah 3, bringing accusations against Jesus and the Angel of the Lord was appointed by God, presenting the Truth on Jesus' behalf. Jesus was without sin and the charges brought against Him were only circumstantial. The charges were therefore dropped, the case dismissed and Jesus was acquitted by the Courts of Justice. Satan's railing false charges were brought about by man's court, adjudicated by Herod and Pilate and not by a Just judge.
The charges were false, so death and separation couldn't hold Jesus any longer and His Body was raised with His innocent Spirit and the Holy Spirit. Jesus was found innocent of violating the Law of Sin and of Death, and death couldn't hold Him. Jesus was clothed in our filthy rags of our own righteousness, which were removed and He was given the garments of His High Priestly garments. The miter that was placed on His head was the crown of Righteousness on our behalf. He paid our debt, for all who will believe.
We've failed to see the legal aspect of our salvation and accepted our own righteousness in Him. we still use the same scriptures about our righteousness "is filthy rags," but this is what He was clothed in before the Courts found Him innocent of any unrighteous doing. Jesus had already paid the Price for sin and unrighteousness and was found innocent, so it would be "Double Jeopardy" and a miscarriage of justice, to punish those in Him.
The legal grounds of our salvation, is based on the power of security in Jesus Christ. God didn't leave any loop holes for the prosecuting attorney (satan), to open up and hold over all who are in Christ Jesus. Satan can't return to his old ways and bring any accusations which will hold-up in the Court of Justice. We've fallen under the courts of man, which are the same courts that wrongly judged Jesus. We've allowed the Sanhedrin to judge us, instead of the Righteous Judge in Heaven's Court. We now have a Defense Attorney Who will present our case to the Judge, for us.
1John 2:1 (Amplified) says, "My little children, I write you these things so that you may not violate God's Law and sin. But if anyone should sin, we have and Advocate, One who will intercede for us [our Defense Attorney] with the Father [the Judge]. It is Jesus Christ (the all Righteous, Upright, Just) Who conforms to the Father's will in every purpose, thought and action."
We've observed religious motions and have missed the legal aspects of our Redemption. God has Laws by which Heaven functions. These Laws are more firm, than the laws governing earth and the earthly realm. The Laws of Heaven are unchangeable and forever settled in Heaven. This is the purpose and reason for going to God's Word and finding His way of doing and being right. Jesus said in Matthew 6:33 (Amplified), "But seek, aim at, strive after first of all His Kingdom and His Righteousness (His way of doing and being right) and then all these things taken together will be given you besides."
God's Laws govern the entire universe, including the earth, and not just the Heavens. When we apply His Laws to this earthly realm, the things around us must change to conform to His Laws. Jesus proved this time and again, in His earthly ministry. He defied the earthly laws, when He walked on water. Death and sickness had to give way to His laws of health and healing and Life. All Jesus' Power was in His Words and His Words were God's Law for mankind.
Much has been lost to us over the years, because we've allowed man's courts to govern the Court of Justice. Man's laws and courts find us to be guilty still and subject to man's justice, which is the justice of the god of this world, who is the same judge that judged Jesus in Pilate's court. Take your place in the Court of Justice, which is God's way of doing and being right, because it's the only place where Truth and Justice is the way it should be. Don't allow the prosecuting attorney (the accuser of the brethren, satan) to state your case with circumstantial evidence, when we have our Advocate Jesus Christ as our Defense Attorney.
You'll never receive a fair trial, in the courts and laws of the adversary. God's Courts are not fair, they are Just. Justice and fairness aren't the same thing. Fairness is based on what we think, Justice is based on Mercy and Grace, according to Psalm 85:10-11 (Amplified), which says, "Mercy and Loving Kindness and Truth have met together; Righteousness and Peace have kissed each other. Truth shall spring up from the earth and Righteousness shall look down from Heaven." We have Someone Who is looking out for us from the Heavens and has come to lift up Truth, from the earth. The Word of our Judge is Truth and is what our lives are based on. We must lift up His Word from the earth and give our Advocate something to work with on our defense. Don't always agree with the prosecuting attorney and plead "guilty," until you speak with your Lawyer. God's Word says, "Let the Redeemed of the Lord say so, Whom He has redeemed from the enemy."
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