A Religious Mindset Search Me God and See if there is Any Sin in Me

A Religious Mindset Search Me God and See if there is Any Sin in Me


I read this word which was shared by a minister and it grieved me to see the condition of many in the church.

KEEPING CLEAN HEARTS .....
"SEARCH ME, O GOD, AND KNOW MY HEART ..... SEE IF THERE IS ANY
OFFENSIVE WAY IN ME AND LEAD ME IN THE WAY EVERLASTING". PSALM 139:23~24


I sometimes wonder, if this is the message Eve has heard and fed her husband with.
After all, the snake who came to the garden preached the law to her.

What does it mean he preached the law to her?

The ministry of the law is called the ministry of death – indeed death came upon them and upon all humanity.
The ministry of the law is called the ministry of condemnation – the snaky messenger indeed accused her of not being good enough, not meeting the standard. He basically told her she was blind and cannot see, stupid and has no wisdom and is not in the image of God (not Christlike).

She looked at herSELF, believed the message and doctrines he preached to her, ate the lie and went to feed it to her husband telling him he was naked (cunning, sly, shrewd – in Hebrew).
When god came to talk to Adam he asked him “who told you that you are naked?” Of course it was his bride who was a bearer of bad news making sure to tell him what she believed “You’re not good enough, you’re not meeting the standard of God, you’re not measuring up, - YOURE NOT RIGHT WITH GOD.

The snaky messenger of the law had preached to her the law and condemnation, not measuring up to its standard and being RIGHT by WORKS. He preached to her how to MAKE it RIHT with God. She believed being RIGHT is by how well she performs (law teaching) and took that bad news to her husband who came into agreement with her and it was DONE – the ministry of death had killed them and their children. A separation from God had come upon humanity who until now believes that being RIGHT is by right doing; not knowing that RIGHTEOUSNESS is a gift not dependant on ANYTHING you have done or could ever do, and not by how well you meet the standard of the law or certain requirements. It’s ONLY by RIGHT BELIEVING (faith).

I believe it’s time to discern the Word and follow the truth of the gospel which Paul had preached. It’s a Gospel (Good News) which he received by a revelation and not from men or through men.
As heirs, we all grew up with guardians and managers until a time appointed by the Father (Gal 4:1-2). It’s a time where we no longer need the Law as our Tutor –Nanny. Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. Why? Because we are sons by FAITH, not by WORKS. It’s by right believing, not by our right doing. Man is made righteous by faith apart from his law keeping.

Galatians 3:24-26 Therefore the Law has become our tutor to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith. (25) But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. (26) For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

Romans 3:28 NASB For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law.


ü So, if God had already made us a new creation in Christ by taking away all our sins and casting them in the depth of the sea;
ü And if He had canceled the certificate of debt (sins) with charges against us, took it out of the way and nailed it to the cross;
ü And if He had cleansed us from all sin once and for all and we are clean,
ü And if He had perfected us by the blood of His son Jesus,
ü And if He said there is no consciousness of sin or reminder of sin (Heb 10:1-3)
ü And if He had done such a perfect work of removing sin from us and said it is finished;
ü And if He had resurrected as the evidence of our righteousness with God,
ü And if He gave us a new heart and a new Spirit
ü And if he had built us as a new creation, new temple made by His hands, pure, holy, beautiful and complete in Christ,
ü And if He clothed us with His righteousness – not our own by how well we perform….

Then…..

Why do we still hear the snake preaching the law to us telling us our heart is filthy and needs to be cleansed? Wasn’t Jesus works on the cross and His blood good enough to perfect us once and for all?

Why do we still hear the ministry of condemnation telling us we’re not good enough, not measuring up to the standard of God, not meeting the requirements of the law? Didn’t Jesus come to meet that standard - which NO MAN could meet - for us?

Why do we still hear the ministry of death preached to us about not being qualified? Didn’t Jesus qualify us by His blood? Do we have any qualification of our own? Then we should boat in it. But we boast in what He has done, not in what we can do for God.

Why do we still hear the message of men and the works and performance, traditions and customs and laws of men who share with us a man-made image of a god; a god carved by man’s hands and by his own imagination and thoughts?

Are we following the a man made image of god, or who God Himself says He is? If God keeps NO account of wrong, why are we to keep short accounts?
Does God keep short accounts with us?
Does His forgiveness come in installments?
Is this a daily kind of forgiveness as in the Old covenant of the law?
Will God only forgive you until the next sin?
Are we trampling the blood of Jesus who had TAKEN AWAY ALL OUR SINS?


Is God still dealing with sin? So, it’s not finished? It’s not paid in full?

Are we sacrificing Jesus for our sins daily instead of receiving His once and for all sacrifice?

Are we still asking God to pay our debt (sins) when it had already fully been paid on the cross?

“Lord, forgive me for my SINS today – means “Lord, forgive me for my DEBT today”.

What debt was left unpaid?

What certificate of debt are you still holding on to when Jesus nailed it to the cross and it was taken out of the way. All you debt (sins) were cast into the depth of the sea. Do you think Jesus is going to dive daily into the depth of the sea to bring back the debt (sins) and then pay for it (forgive) daily by dying again?

Forgive my sins, means pay my debt!!!! It was fully paid for, so REST in HIS finished works. After He finished his works, he sat down at the right hand of the Father and you are in Him. He is resting from all His works which He has done, so rest in His finished works – you ARE clean!


Let me share with you the GOOD NEWS OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD, not the bad news of the kingdom of men who bring the same message eve had heard and died.


The GOOD NEWS and the most AMAZING NEWS of God’s Kingdom is “THERE IS NO MORE ANY DEBT. IT HAD BEEN PAID IN FULL WHEN JESUS WENT TO THE CROSS FOR YOU AND WAS PUNISHED FOR YOU. HIS PUNISHMENT WAS THE PAYMENT OF YOUR ENTIRE LIFE OF DEBT. YOU ARE RECONCILED TO GOD AND HE KEEPS NO ACCOUNT OF ANY WRONG AND REMEMBERS YOUR SINS NO MORE AND SEEs NO INIQUITY OR PREVERSION IN YOU. HE HAS CLEANSED YOU FROM ALL SIN BY THE BLOOD OF HIS SON AND MADE YOU NEW WITH A NEW CLEAN PURE HEART AND A NEW HOLY SPIRIT. YOU ARE CLEAN NOT BECAUSE YOU BEHAVED WELL. YOU ARE RIGHTEOUS NOT BECAUSE YOU HAD MET ANY STANDARD OF THE LAW OR OF MEN. YOU ARE HOLY NNOT BECAUSE YOU ARE MODEST OR DO RIGHT. THE GLORY WILL NEVER GO TO MAN AND WHAT MAN HOW WELL MAN HAD WORKED, DONE OR PERFOMED. THE GLORY BELONGS TO HIS SON WHO HAD DONE IT ALL FOR YOU. IT’S BY HIS WORKS, NOT YOURS. IT’S BY HOW MUCH HE LOVED YOU, NOT HOW MUCH YOU LOVE GOD. IT’S BY HIS FAITHFULLNESS, AND OBEDIENCE, NOT YOURS. IT’S BY WHO HE IS, NOT WHO YOU’RE NOT. LIVE BY FAITH. LIVE BY BELIEVING THAT HE HAS DONE A GOOD ENOUGH WORK AND YOU ARE RIGHT WITH GOD APART FROM YOUR PERFORMANCE. LIVE BY BELIEVING THAT GOD NO LONGER SEES YOU, BUT CHRIST IN YOU.


So, why do men preach their own gospel and keep pointing to YOU and who your NOT and how much you still need a clean heart and a new spirit? Because they see the flesh, they don’t see the new creation you are in Christ.

When the accuser comes to preach works to you (law) and his messengers point to YOU, all you need to do is point to CHRIST who is in you.


When he says “you’re blind, sick, incapable, mentally challenged, stupid, not good enough, not measuring up to the expectations, need to do more, study more, love more, be more” – point to Christ and say:


”Look! Jesus Christ the resurrected One, the Beloved of the Father – this is who I am. He is my glory and I am complete in Him. I am he righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. I have no righteousness of my own. It’s not longer I who lives, but Christ who lives in me. Christ in me is my hope, not who I am not. My old nature was crucified with Christ, died and buried. My Father sees Christ in me when He looks at me. I could not meet the standard of God, so Jesus met it for me. He is my standard, He is my measurement, He is my righteousness and He had met all the requirement of the law for my righteousness. Christ is not stupid or blind, He is my wisdom and light and life. He is everything that I am. This is my new identity. He imputed to me His identity, His purity, His beauty, His glory and all that He is - and as He is so am I in this world. I live by faith not by what I see when I look at my failing flesh old identity. I don’t look at who I used to be it’s buried and I was raised up as a new creation. My flesh is not who I am. I don’t look at who I am not with a “Me Me SELF, who I am, mentality”, but at who CHRIST IS, this is who I am. It’s who He is in me, living for me and through me. I’m a new creation in Christ and this is my true identity.


The more you know who Christ is, the more you know you’re identity. But if you see Moses, follow him and abide in his teaching….. you’re following the law and the ministry of condemnation, and you think it’s who Christ is. The ministry of the law has to decrease so the ministry of the Spirit will increase. The ministry of death has to fade away, so the ministry of life and liberty will be revealed in its glory.

It’s not sin that hardens men’s heart. Sin is a fruit. Sin begins with how we think and perceive and it is rooted in wrong believing. The bible teaches that the STRENGTH of sin is the LAW.
In simple language, what gives sin power is the law – that standard you believe you still need to meet in order to please God or be right with God. The bible also teaches that the law increases sin.

It’s the law and walking under the old covenant and its doctrines and teachings (the old leaven) that increases sin.

So, it’s not sin that hardens men’s hearts, it’s the leaven they are fed with, it’s what they believe about themselves, God, and who God says they are. It’s all about eating the right doctrines (food).

The fall from grace is by eating the wrong teachings. Therefore coming back to the Kingdom is by eating the truth – right believing which we call faith.

Whatever you believe, you become.


Here are some scriptures for you to meditate on that truth:


Ezekiel 20:25-26 NASB "I also gave them statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live; (26) and I pronounced them unclean because of their gifts,…

Galatians 3:12 NASB However, the Law is not of faith; on the contrary, "HE WHO PRACTICES THEM SHALL LIVE BY THEM."

Falling from grace is not when we fail in performance (sin), it when we seek to be right with God by our law keeping – by how good we are, how well we perform, how obedient and faithful we are, how we manage to meet the standard:

Galatians 5:4 NASB You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.


You are right with god not because of your obedience, but HIS obedience. The purpose of the law was to INCREASE sin (yes, you heard it right):

Romans 5:19-20 NASB For as through the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous. (20) The Law came in so that the transgression would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

Titus 3:4-5 NASB But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, (5) He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

Job’s friend who didn’t believe he was right with God (righteous) had a false belief that God forgives only PART of your sins (until the next sin):

Job 11:4 MKJV For you have said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in Your eyes. .. 6 (I wish God would) show you the secrets of wisdom! (because you’re stupid like Eve and think you are clean and believe right) For sound wisdom has two sides. Know then that God forgets a part of your iniquity.
(Meaning, God took away only SOME of your sins and He still sees your sins, keeps an account of your wrong, and remembers your sins – you are not clean, believe wrong, a sinner, and not righteous).

Job 14:15 "You will call, and I will answer You; You will long for the work of Your hands.
Job 14:16 "For now You number my steps, You do not observe my sin.
Job 14:17 "My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And You wrap up my iniquity.


It’s not sin that blinds us to truth… it’s the LAW that veils us to the truth. Whenever Moses is read there is a veil over the heart and it is hardened and there is blindness to truth. This is the truth, and not what messengers of the law taught us.

2 Corinthians 3:14-15 NASB (14) But their minds were hardened; (because) for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains unlifted, because it is removed in Christ. (15) But to this day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart;



There is only ONE sin a believer in Christ can commit and this is the sin Israel had committed: UNBELIEF – not believing the truth of God’s love and grace which he extended to you. Not believing that His forgiveness of sins is NOT the same temporary forgiveness in the old covenant of the law. It is ETERNAL REDEMPTION , an eternal forgiveness of sins and an EVERLASTIG righteousness, not a temporary one based on your performance – that’s a shaky ground.

Believe the truth because the new covenant in Christ is founded on the forgiveness of sins – eternal forgiveness of sins, not temporary, not partial, not until the next sin. But the sins of your ENTIRE life were taken away and God made you knew, sinless, pure, holy, righteousness, clean, and complete in Christ.

Do you believe this?

What do you believe?

If Paul said the Galatians believed in another gospel and a different Jesus, will you be asking God which gospel do you believe and was preached to you? Don’t follow the messengers of the law, follow Christ and His Spirit who teaches us all things.



This was "word" that stirred me to write to those who want to hear the voice of their Shepherd. If you still like the voice of the law, please ask the Lord to reveal His true gospel to you which is the glory of Christ.


~~ KEEPING CLEAN HEARTS .....
"SEARCH ME, O GOD, AND KNOW MY HEART ..... SEE IF THERE IS ANY
OFFENSIVE WAY IN ME AND LEAD ME IN THE WAY EVERLASTING". AMEN.
PSALM 139:23~24

~~ SIN HARDENS HEARTS, BLINDS US TO TRUTH AND BREAKS RELATIONSHIPS.
DEALING WITH SIN ACCORDING TO BIBLICAL PRINICPLES KEEPS HEARTS SOFT
AND RESPONSIVE TO THE HOLY SPIRIT. THE SCRIPTURES TEACH US THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE FEAR OF THE LORD, GIVING UP RIGHTS, HAVING A CLEAN
CONSCIENCE, KEEPING SHORT ACCOUNTS, AND HUMILITY.
WE MUST GO BACK TO THESE FOUNDATIONS, BEING DILIGENT TO KEEP OUR
HEARTS RIGHT WITH GOD AND OTHERS.


~~ " MY CHILDREN IS YOUR HEART CLEAN ?? Who is this father who is speaking?
MY CHILDREN ARE IN SIN WITH A HARDENENED HEART ?? This is NOT my Father and not the voice of my Shepherd.
MY CHILDREN ARE YOU BLIND TO THE TRUTH?? Sounds like the snake, speaking to Eve
MY CHILDREN ARE YOU IN RELATIONSHIPS WITH A HARDENED HEART?? I have a new heart and Christ lives in me, he is not a stone, but LOVE lives in me.



"My sheep hear My voice and a stranger they do not follow. don't follow the Nanny Law she is only a hireling. follow your Shepherd and believe Him. He is love.


Much grace, love and truth,


Elana

Walk as a Much Loved Bride

Walk as a Much Loved Bride


When a man says “Let’s be Friends” what he’s REALLY saying is: “I’m selfish. I like having you, but I don’t care enough about you as a person or respect you enough to be with you or be committed to you.”


It’s nothing more than just a creative way of telling you that he wants to keep his options open in case someone better comes along.


You need to realize that you are WAY TOO AMAZING to be some guy’s second choice!

You are far more precious than settling for a few minutes of his day, or having him call you at the end of the day, invite you in the last minute, not care about your feelings or treat you as obvious.


I say, NEVER show disrespect for yourself by treating yourself like you are some sort of commodity that can be traded for love and security. You deserve much better than that… but you must demand it for yourself before you expect anyone else to offer it to you.


I recommend freeing yourself up to recognize how truly special you are.


Taking care of yourself NOW will save you lots of heartbreak in the future.


The right man is one who will want to share EVERY part of his life with you, be with you, call you, show interest in you - so don't settle for crumbs.
If he is not, it means you're NOT in his mind or his heart. He might just like you and want you as a friend, but not as his special woman.


Remember you are special, beautiful and priceless and if the man with you does not recognize this, he is risking losing you.


A woman who respects herself will not settle for crumbs like the Canaanite woman whom the Lord called a dog. Dogs beg for attention, they beg to receive something, they beg for love. But a true Bride knows who she is. She knows her worth and knows there is NOTHING she needs to DO in order to be loved. He either loves her, or not. He either shares his life and love for her, or he doesn’t. If she sees her worth, she will attract those who see her as such, and treat her as a woman, not a worthless slave girl.


Your identity is NOT found in who the Law says you are (never good enough), or who people say you are, or how you see yourself. Your identity is found in who God says you are, and who He has created you in Him – BEAUTIFUL in His sight.


This is how a True Man and a Lover would see you. Do you see yourself like that?
The Lover of lovers has no problem sharing his heart for her. This is the love you deserve.


Song of Solomon 4:7-11 NASB (7) "You are altogether beautiful, my darling, And there is no blemish in you. "Come with me my bride, May you come with me. Journey down from the summit, From the dens of lions, From the mountains of leopards. "You have made my heart beat faster, my bride; You have made my heart beat faster with a single glance of your eyes, With a single strand of your necklace. "How beautiful is your love, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, And the fragrance of your oils Than all kinds of spices! "Your lips, my bride, drip honey; Honey and milk are under your tongue, And the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.


What a Lover and how beautifully He shows and expresses His love.


Song of Solomon 1:15 NASB (15) "How beautiful you are, my darling, How beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves."


Abraham knew the beauty of his wife:

Gen 12:11 It came about when he came near to Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, "See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman; 12 and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife';


I believe when women know their worth and no longer settle for crumbs, the men with them will respond accordingly – either as lovers or just friends. They might even walk away. Don’t settle for friends, it’s not what you want anyhow. And if he doesn’t respond after you express what you want, it means you’re not his woman anyhow and he doesn’t think you are the one to share his life with. You don’t need Baal, but Ishi.


Hosea 2:16 NASB "It will come about in that day," declares the LORD, "That you will call Me Ishi And will no longer call Me Baali.


What the lord is saying in Hebrew is, “you will no longer call Me “My Husband” (My Baal, My Master, My Owner – as a slave), but “My Ishi” (My personal Man = My Lover – as a Beloved).


How you see yourself is so important. See who you are the way the Lord sees you. Learn to respect yourself and don't settle for crumbs, but only for the BEST.
You're not cheap - Christ died for you and gave His all for you.


Walk as a Bride and a much loved woman.



Love,


Elana