When, then, Jesus took the vinegar, He said, "It is accomplished!" And reclining His head, He gave up His spirit.
John 19: 30, Concordant New Testament
One of the hardest things for many believers to wrap their understanding around is that the sin debt which we once incurred has now been paid in full. Jesus Himself proclaimed this with His final breath {John 19:30}. In fact, the Greek word for "It is finished," is Tetelestai, which, when translated means paid in full. What exactly does this mean for the believer? It means that no other action is required. The debt has been paid in full. When we come before the Father seeking forgiveness for some sin we feel we have committed, we might be surprised at His response...what sin? See, in the Fathers eyes, we are no longer found guilty of sin. The only time in which we will still be found guilty of sin is in the halls and pews of the mainstream institutional church. I have my own theory as to why the mainstream church has continued to preach the false narrative of sin despite scriptural evidence to the contrary. That being that by doing so keeps the pews full on Sundays. What better way to keep people filing into its doors than to convince them that they need the church in order to deal with their sinful ways. That if we were left to our own devices that God would eventually unleash His judgement of anger upon all sinners. So it is that many believers continue to live the lie. I used to count myself among these blind followers. I lived in the fear that I would never measure up to the holy standards of the Father. The truth is, nobody can. However, through the selfless actions of Christ Jesus on the cross, we have no need to live in fear any longer. For we're told that Jesus Himself became sin on our behalf {2 Corinthians 5:21}. The apostle Paul proclaims that "The One not knowing sin" (Jesus) is made to be a sin offering for our sakes. Jesus paid that debt in full. There is no longer any action required. Would you continue to pay on a debt which you knew to be satisfied? Of course not. This leads me to one conclusion of the believers who continue to live the lie preached by the institutional church. That is, that they are somehow unaware that the debt has been paid. The message which they continue to hear each week is that they are sinners. I get it. Sadly, until the believer breaks away from the message of the church, they will never come to the total understanding of the gift which the Father has given to all His children. The gift of Christ Jesus.
Knowing this, that our old humanity was crucified together with Him, that the body of sin may be nullified, for us by no means to be still slaving for sin, for one who dies has been justified from sin. Now if we died together with Christ, we believe that we shall be living together with Him also, having perceived that Christ, having been roused from the dead, is no longer dying. Death is lording it over Him no longer, for in that He died, He died to sin once for all time, yet in that He is living, He is living to God. Thus you also, be reckoning yourselves to be dead, indeed, to sin, yet living to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6: 6-11, Concordant New Testament
People have no trouble believing that giving our unbridled attention to something can slant our point of view. Partaking of too much of something can often lead us into being enslaved by food, drugs or alchohol. This is the reason in which Paul instructs us, in Romans, to not be "still slaving for sin" {Romans 6:6}. My own revelation of knowing the truth of the gift of Christ Jesus was not revealed to me until I had spent many years living in the lie of the mainstream church. It was only by the revelation of the Father in me which led me to understand that the debt had been paid in full. Of course, this led to my distancing myself from the halls of the institutional church. I am no longer spoon fed the lie that my sin debt remains unpaid. As Christ has proclaimed, It is finished! My prayer is that the Father would reveal Himself to all of His children. But then what will become of the church? If all of the Lords children flee from the halls of the institutional church, what will become of it? Well, has anyone even considered that this is the Father intention? That God is calling His people out of the mainstream church? In recent years we have seen great numbers of once faithful church goers leaving the church. Are they seeking something more? Have they finally seen through the veil of the lie being preached each and every Sunday? The author J Preston Eby writes that God is indeed calling His children out of the church (Babylon), and it's in scripture. The apostle John proclaims in Revelation, "come out of her, my people." It is Eby's belief that this is indeed the Fathers warning for His children to abandon the halls of the man made institutional religion. To cease living the lie of the church and began living a life of freedom in Him.
And I hear another voice out of heaven, saying, "Come out of her, my people, lest you should be joint participants in her sins, and lest you should be getting of her calamities."
The Unveiling Of Jesus Christ 18: 4, Concordant New Testament
~Scott~
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