Prov.4:7(Amp) says, "The beginning of Wisdom is, Get Wisdom (skillful and Godly Wisdom) for skillful and Godly Wisdom is the principal thing. And with all you have gotten, Get understanding (discernment, comprehension and interpretation)."
We've been talking a lot about the Power of the Blood of Jesus Christ. We can probably all agree that Jesus shed His Blood for us on Calvary, but can we agree how it effects our lives today? Jesus' Spiritual death paid for Adam's sin and brought the miracle of the new creation man/woman. What was the purpose for the shedding of His Blood? Gal.3:13(Amp) says, "We have been Redeemed from the Curse of the Law, Jesus being made a curse for us, that the Blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentile." The first 12 Verses of Deut.28 reveal to us the Blessing and the next 55 Verses reveal to us what Jesus' Blood Redeemed us from. How many of these 55 Verses happen in our lives all the time, but we simply accept as being a part of life?
The Curse is for the natural flesh and blood lives we're living on earth. Obviously, we're not exempt from these things because we're saved. We see things happen to Christians that are happening to the lost persons. Why is this? Could it be that we don't understand the Power of the Redemption of His Blood?
Our bodies weren't born-again when we were saved and born-again, but our spirits were. Our bodies can and will do things outside of the commitment of our faith. We've all done things since being saved that aren't right. This is a growing period that takes time in the Word and training of the flesh. Paul writes about our becoming dull of hearing in Heb.5:12-14(Amp) saying, "When we should be teaching others, we still need to be taught all over again the first principals of God's Word." Paul told them they were "Inexperienced and unskilled in the Doctrine of Righteousness and were still on milk and not meat." Finally Paul said, "But solid food is for full grown men, for those whose senses and mental faculties are trained by practice to discriminate and distinguish between what is morally good and noble and what is evil and contrary, either to Divine or human law."
How many things are still occurring in our daily lives, that we've been Redeemed from and we accept as being "normal?" When some of these things rear their heads in our lives, we should be saying, "No, praise God, Jesus Redeemed me from that and by His Blood and Redemptive Sacrifice, I refuse to accept this in my life!" We need to do like Paul says and "train our senses and mental faculties" so we're able to distinguish what is going on and stand in faith in His Blood to overcome.
Our spirit was born-again and our soul (mind, will, emotions and intellect) are still being saved. When we receive our resurrection bodies, it will bring about total salvation (spirit, soul and body). Until then, we need to renew our mind, train our senses (emotions, will and flesh) as we wait patiently for our Lord's return.
Our physical bodies and senses have been trained since the time we drew our first breath. Now that we're saved, not all these things are according to God's Word. We must train it to walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit. This takes time on our part. While we're training, we need to put faith in the Redemptive Blood of our Passover Lamb, to keep us cleansed from the Curse of the Law.
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