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By FAITH WE HAVE BEEN ACQUITTED AND MADE RIGHTEOUS RESULTING IN
AN ABUNDANT ACCOUNT
Pastor Stephanie
Recognise the blood has been shed and we are protected under the blood of Jesus
HEBREWS 11:8 NKJV
BY FAITH Abraham OBEYED when he was called to GO OUT to the PLACE which he would receive as an INHERITANCE.
And he went out, not knowing where he was going.
Don’t listen to wrong things
Obeying what is God’s Word
GENESIS 12:1-3 NKJV
Now the LORD had SAID to Abram:
“GET OUT of your country, From your family And from your father’s house, To a LAND that
I will show you.
I will make you a GREAT NATION;
I will BLESS you
And MAKE your NAME GREAT;
And you shall BE a BLESSING.
I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you; And in you ALL the FAMILIES of the EARTH shall be BLESSED.”
God is like our compass.
It is not blind faith.
On this earth we are ambassadors
We belong to the body of Christ
We have the immunity
We need to know who is protecting us.
Our Lord Jesus is protecting us
We are ambassadors for Christ
The devil cannot attack us.
Connection and link with Adam is cut off.
God gave us a new spirit a new nature
This is the nature of God
Spirit soul body.
GENESIS 12:4-5 NKJV
SO Abram DEPARTED AS the LORD had SPOKEN to him, and Lot went with him.
And Abram was Seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to GO TO the LAND of CANAAN.
So they came to the land of Canaan.
HEBREWS 11:8 TPT
FAITH motivated Abraham to OBEY GOD’S CALL and LEAVE the FAMILIAR to discover the territory he was destined to inherit from God.
So he left with ONLY a PROMISE and without even knowing ahead of time where he was going, Abraham STEPPED OUT in FAITH.
Abraham means father of many
We are so used to what we are comfortable with.
HEBREWS 11:9 TPT
He LIVED by FAITH as an immigrant in HIS PROMISED LAND as though it belonged to someone else.
He JOURNEYED through the LAND LIVING in TENTS with Isaac and Jacob who were persuaded that they were also CO-HEIRS of the SAME PROMISE.
HEBREWS 11:10 TPT
His EYES of FAITH were SET on the CITY
with UNSHAKABLE FOUNDATIONS, whose architect and builder is GOD himself.
ABRAHAM'S FAITH
ROMANS 4:1 TPT
Let me use Abraham as an example. It is clear that humanly speaking, he was the founder of Judaism.
What was his experience of BEING MADE RIGHT with GOD?
ROMANS 4:2 TPT
Was it by his good works of keeping the law? No.
For if it was by the things he did, he would have something to boast about, but no one boasts before God.
Faith is not something we always thinking we need faith. Believing God’s Word
Who are we talking a lot to
ROMANS 4:3 TPT
Listen to what the Scriptures say: Because Abraham BELIEVED GOD’S WORDS,
his FAITH TRANSFERRED GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS into his ACCOUNT.
We are the ones who bring salts to the world. We follow God’s principles
We don’t need to hang out with the rich to be come rich
We need to hang out with God to become wise
When we have the Word of God we have wisdom. The world don’t have
Faith is from God’s Word
How do we make ourselves to have faith?
Listen to God’s Word all the time
Living in faith is just simple. Believing what God says.
God transferred righteousness
Believing God’s Word is faith
ROMANS 4:4-5 TPT
When people work, they earn wages. It can’t be considered a free gift, because they earned it.
But NO ONE EARNS GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS.
It can only be transferred when we NO LONGER RELY on OUR OWN WORKS,
ROMANS 4:4-5 TPT
but BELIEVE in the ONE who powerfully DECLARES the UNGODLY to be RIGHTEOUS in HIS EYES.
It is FAITH that TRANSFERS GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS into YOUR ACCOUNT!
ROMANS 4:4-5 TPT
but BELIEVE in the ONE who powerfully DECLARES the UNGODLY to be RIGHTEOUS in HIS EYES.
It is FAITH that TRANSFERS GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS into YOUR ACCOUNT!
ACCOUNT - a record or statement of financial expenditure and receipts relating to a particular period or purpose.
We have a new account. Heavenly account
We have a spiritual account accepted in heaven
Store up treasure in heaven
ROMANS 4:6 TPT
Even King David himself speaks to us regarding the COMPLETE WHOLENESS that comes inside a person when God’s powerful declaration of righteousness is heard over our life.
Apart from our works, GOD’S WORK is ENOUGH.
ROMANS 4:7 AMP
Here’s what David says:
What HAPPY FULFILLMENT is ahead for those whose rebellion has been
forgiven and whose sins are covered by blood.
“Blessed and happy and favored are those whose lawless acts have been forgiven,
And whose sins have been covered up and completely buried.
ROMANS 4:8 TPT
What HAPPY PROGRESS comes to them when they
HEAR the LORD SPEAK OVER THEM,
“I will NEVER hold your sins against you!”
ROMANS 4:9 TPT
Now, think about it.
Does this HAPPINESS come only to the Jews, or is it available to ALL who BELIEVE?
Our answer is this:
FAITH was CREDITED to Abraham as God’s righteousness!
ROMANS 4:10 TPT
HOW did he RECEIVE this GIFT of RIGHTEOUSNESS?
Was he circumcised at the time God accepted him, or was he still uncircumcised?
Clearly, he was an UNCIRCUMCISED GENTILE WHEN GOD SAID THIS of him!
ROMANS 4:11 TPT
It was later that he received the external sign of circumcision as a seal to confirm that God had already transferred his righteousness to him by faith, while he was still uncircumcised.
So now THIS QUALIFIES him to become the FATHER of ALL who BELIEVE among the NON-JEWISH people.
And like their “FATHER of FAITH ,” Abraham, God also transfers his righteousness to them by faith.
ROMANS 4:12 TPT
Yes, Abraham is obviously the true FATHER of FAITH for the Jewish people who are not only circumcised but who WALK in the WAY of FAITH that our father Abraham displayed before his circumcision.
ROMANS 4:13 TPT
GOD PROMISED ABRAHAM and his DESCENDANTS that they would have an HEIR who would REIGN over the WORLD.
This ROYAL PROMISE was not fulfilled because Abraham kept all the law, but through the RIGHTEOUSNESS that was transferred BY FAITH.
We are living on the promise of God
ROMANS 4:14 TPT
For if keeping the law earns the inheritance, then faith is robbed of its power and the PROMISE becomes useless.
ROMANS 4:15-16 TPT
For the law provokes punishment, and where no law exists there cannot be a violation of the law.
The PROMISE DEPENDS on FAITH so that it can be EXPERIENCED as a grace-gift, and now it extends to all the descendants of Abraham.
This PROMISE is not only meant for those who obey the law, but also to THOSE who ENTER INTO the FAITH of ABRAHAM, the father of us all.
Believe what He said is true
ROMANS 4:17 TPT
That’s what the Scripture means when it says:
“I have made you the father of many nations.”
He is our example and father,
for in God’s presence he BELIEVED that GOD can RAISE the DEAD
and CALL into BEING THINGS that DON’T EVEN EXIST YET.
Creative miracle. The leg not there and they spoke and the leg was there
Build faith by putting God’s Word in
What look hopeless? The natural realm
ROMANS 4:18 TPT
Against all odds, WHEN it LOOKED HOPELESS ,
Abraham BELIEVED the PROMISE and EXPECTED GOD to FULFILL IT.
He TOOK GOD at HIS WORD, and as a RESULT he became the father of many nations.
GOD’S DECLARATION OVER him CAME to PASS:
“Your descendants will be SO MANY that they will be impossible to count!”
ROMANS 4:19 TPT
In spite of being nearly one hundred years old when the promise of having a son was made, his faith was so strong that it could not be undermined by the fact that he and Sarah were incapable of conceiving a child.
ROMANS 4:20-21 TPT
He NEVER STOPPED BELIEVING GOD’S PROMISE, for he was made strong in his
FAITH to father a child.
And because he was MIGHTY in FAITH and CONVINCED that GOD HAD ALL the
POWER NEEDED to FULFILL his PROMISES,
ABRAHAM GLORIFIED GOD!
Believe what God says and don’t stop believing
ROMANS 4:22 TPT
So now you can see WHY ABRAHAMS FAITH was CREDITED to his ACCOUNT as RIGHTEOUSNESS before GOD.
Without faith is impossible to please God
ROMANS 4:23-24 TPT
And this declaration was not just spoken over Abraham,
but also OVER US.
For when we BELIEVE and EMBRACE the ONE who brought our Lord Jesus back to life, perfect RIGHTEOUSNESS will be CREDITED to our account as well.
ROMANS 4:25 TPT
Jesus was handed over to be crucified FOR the FORGIVENESS of our sins and was RAISED back to LIFE to PROVE that he had MADE us RIGHT with GOD!
who was betrayed and crucified BECAUSE of OUR SINS,
and was raised [from the dead] BECAUSE of our JUSTIFICATION [our ACQUITTAL —absolving us of all sin before God].
Acquittal
- the act of God declaring men free from guilt and acceptable to him
- a judgement or verdict that a person is not guilty of the crime with which they have been charged.
"the trial resulted in an acquittal"
Nothing good comes from me. Stand forward into the freedom Jesus Christ gives us
ROMANS 5:1 TPT
Our FAITH in JESUS transfers GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS to US and he now declares us FLAWLESS in his EYES.
This means we can NOW ENJOY TRUE and LASTING PEACE with GOD, all because of what our LORD JESUS, the Anointed One, HAS DONE for US.
Flawless in God’s eyes
God has justified you and He is real.
ROMANS 5:2 AMP
Through Him we also have ACCESS BY FAITH into this [remarkable state of] GRACE in which we [firmly and safely and securely] stand.
Let us REJOICE in our HOPE and the CONFIDENT ASSURANCE of [EXPERIENCING and ENJOYING ] the glory of [our great] God [the MANIFESTATION of His EXCELLENCE and POWER].
Only Jesus Christ can remove our sins
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