Condemnation

If you’re not familiar with whom Joseph Prince is he is a powerful man of God. He has open up the Old Testament to me like I have never seen before. I was mostly a New Testament reader till now. I like the New Testament more because the Old is written under the law but because of the sacrifice of Jesus we are not under law but under grace.

Joseph Prince is talking about condemnation. We all know what that is because it is a big tool that the devil uses against us if we let him.

In his teachings he had a picture of a plant roots and all. He named some of the leaves on the plant Sickness, Poverty etc. If we are sick we pray and believe for healing. Same for poverty we pray for money. Here is the problem. We can’t just pray it away. In any situation we always have to deal with the roots.

He had the roots listed first stress, second fear and the very bottom was condemnation. The deepest root of them all was condemnation. So in order to kill the leaves you have to kill the root.

We can all quote Romans 8:1 that says therefore now there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Verse 2, 3 & 4 says: For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set us free from the law of sin and of death. For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.  

When you get condemned you get into fear, when there is fear there is stress. Then along comes sickness or poverty or whatever is attacking you. He says condemnation is the worst one.

We are new creatures in Christ. We are made the Righteousness of God because of the cross. We have to not allow the devil to condemn us.

If we were to illustrate a tree for Adam one of Adam’s leaves would have been poverty. If you go to the root of the problem concerning his poverty you will find all three stress, fear and condemnation. 
  

When Adam ate the apple he was condemned. He knew he did wrong. He hid in the bushes because he was afraid. He was stressed because God told him that he would have to work by the sweat of his brow.

We all know when we have fallen short as Christians. We just have to make sure that we don’t let the devil take advantage of us and condemn us. We need to plead the blood of Jesus over our minds.

1 Corth. 15:56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. We don’t live under law we live under grace. Grace comes to us in the person of Jesus. Thank You Jesus. 

The law is the strength of sin. The law was not given by God. It was given by Moses. Jesus finished the law for us. The law was given to show men there sin.

So many preachers preach about sin and death. They need to preach about why it happens. Get to the root of it all. Generational curses all started with a root. Most of the time if you trace those roots back you will discover more than maybe you wanted to know.

Sickness has stress at its root. Remove the root and the plant will die.

Again based on 1 Corth.15 he said that he has gone to pray for people in hospitable and they are gasping for there last breath (sting of death) caused by sin back to Adam.

The law always demands, grace will always supply. God promises to deliver us from the power of sin not the presence of sin. We live in this world so sin is always going to be around us.
Paul new the law back to front. He was trained to be a Pharisee. Paul said that he knew the law so well he knew he was sinning. The more I tried to keep the law the harder it was.

If the devil gets you into stress he won’t stop there. He will continue to condemn you.  

In chapter 7 of Romans Paul struggles with the law. He talks about sin and not wanting to do it but says in verse 20 But if I am doing the very thing I do not wish, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me. We are all born into the sin nature because of Adam.

If you feel you have to forgive the same person more than once a day that is the devil accusing you? You are not under condemnation and you need to tell him that. Once you forgive somebody it’s over.

We never have to be condemned again. God had to punish sin so He sent Jesus. Jesus was condemned with our sins. From the beginning of our life to the end our sins are on Jesus.

In the story of the prodigal son the law says he should have been stoned to death for what he had done. Instead he got a kiss, a new robe and he was embraced by his Father. Our God our Father our dad wants to do the same for all of us. The next time the devil is whipping you around with condemnation arrest him and tell him you aren’t going to put up with it. The cross gives you the right. Jesus paid it all.

The gateway of life to the Holy Spirit is Romans 8:1. It is also the doorway to life and victory. Read Chapter 1 and see how many times the Holy Spirit is mentioned.

Ever notice the devil never condemns you about your good points.

Rev 12:10-11 the accuser of our brethren has been cast down. They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb. Romans 8:1 needs to be in your heart.

Jesus paid for all the broken law. The blood of Jesus speaks. He disarmed principalities. No weapon formed against us prospers.

He told a story about when he was a teacher one of the girls in his class was missing. He put the blood of Jesus over her and prayed for her. Later this girl was release from the man that took her but she was the only one released. The blood spoke.

We overcome the devil by the blood of the Lamb. When taking communion the Bible says that this cup is a new covenant. We go through troubles in this world because we are called by God. We walk through the valley of the shadow of death. We walk through we don’t stay there.

The devil comes against leaders with condemnation. Why? He has no other weapon says the Lord.

Remember when Jesus caught the woman in adulty? He said I don’t condemn you.

Three times Peter denied Jesus and said he didn’t know Him. Peter was under no condemnation. I am sure he felt bad about denying Jesus but he got over it and went on to preach to others.

If someone is condemning you for things they know you have done in the past tell them you don’t know that person. You are a new creation in Christ. The old is passed away and all has become new.

We can’t use this message the wrong way. You can’t on purpose lie, cheat or steal and say I am not under condemnation.

Cover yourself with that precious blood of Jesus. It speaks more than you will ever no.