Faith Scripture:

Romans 1:16-17 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”

As we follow Jesus and walk in "Everyday Faith," this series is designed to help you get free and walk in life more abundantly.

John 10:10 “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.”

The Everyday Faith Steps:

• Born-again – Saved
• Water Baptized
• Holy Spirit Activated
• Healed and Set Free
• In Community
• Contributing
• Personal Growth
• Reproducing

Revelation 12:11 “And they have conquered (overcome) him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.”

Recap:

• The first place Jesus shed his blood was in the Garden.
• Matthew 24:36 “Not my will but Thy will be done.”
• He won back our will power.
• The second place Jesus shed his blood was on the whipping post.
• Isaiah 53:5 “and with his stripes we are healed.”
• Stripes - to strike until blood is drawn.
• The third time Jesus shed his blood was with the Crown of Thorns.
• Hebrews 9:14 “purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.”
• He enabled us to be Spirit-led, thinking men and women of God.
• The fourth time Jesus shed his blood was when they put Nails in his hands.
• When Nails went through the hands of Christ, it won back our ability to bless. Bless - the ability to bring Kingdom of Heaven things in manifestation here on the earth.
• The fifth time Jesus bled was when his feet were pierced.
• When his feet were pierced, it was Christ regaining our dominion on the earth. Dominion - to rule with Authority
• The sixth time Jesus bled was when he was pierced in his side.

In our walk with Jesus, it has never been a fight to obtain him; the fight is to remain in him. It is our daily choice to crucify the desires of the flesh and remain in him.

John 19:31-37

31 Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away. 32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him. 33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. 34 But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water. 35 He who saw it has borne witness—his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth—that you also may believe. 36 For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken.” 37 And again another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they have pierced.”

As Jesus was on the cross and it was the Passover celebration, he had to be dead by sundown. This was why the Roman soldier pierced the side of Jesus. Such a flowing of blood and water proves that the spear reached the heart, and if Jesus had not before been dead, this would have closed his life.

The heart is surrounded by a membrane called the pericardium. This membrane contains a matter or liquid resembling water, which prevents the surface of the heart from becoming dry by its continual motion. It was this which was pierced and from which the water flowed. The point of the spear also reached one of the ventricles of the heart, and the blood rushed forth, either mingled with or followed by the water of the pericardium, to appear to John to be blood and water flowing together. The blood denoted Justification, and the water sanctification.

In the Old Testament, to get into the presence of God, the priest had to go to the Tabernacle. Step 1 was to go to the Brazen Altar, where the blood of animals was shed to obtain forgiveness for sins. The next step was to go to the Laver, which was filled with water for washing or Sanctification.

In the New Testament

I John 5:6 “This is He who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.”

Blood - Saves/Cover Sin

Water - Cleansing/Sanctification - cutting off of the old

Spirit - Empowerment.

The Blood is for Justification. A simple definition of Justification is "just as if I have never sinned."

Isaiah 53:5 KJV “But he [was] wounded for our transgressions, [he was] bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace [was] upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.”

Wounded - to wound (fatally), bore through, pierce, bore

Transgressions - transgression 84, trespass 5, sin 3, rebellion 1

Transgressions are the outward actions, the visible, the acting upon of the thoughts and motivations of the heart and mind.

The word sin means to trespass, to transgress, or to step over the line, or to miss the mark.

He was wounded outwardly for the outward actions and us stepping over the line or missing the mark.

Bruised – it is bleeding underneath the skin because of the breaking and crushing of blood vessels.

Iniquities – The thoughts and the motivations of the heart and mind.

Exodus 34:7 “God…keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation."

It doesn't say the sins of the father are passed down (even though often quoted that way), but the iniquities are the inward motivations of the heart. Lust, greed, envy, rebellion, etc.

Sin is in the hand; iniquity is in the heart. If iniquity is in the heart, the hand will be close to follow.

Christ paid the price outwardly for the outward actions and inwardly for the inward motivations.

The water is for our Sanctification. The word "sanctify" or "sanctification" is used over 700 times in the Bible.

Righteousness or Justification is something that occurs to a believer upon salvation that God does because of the shed blood of Jesus Christ. Righteousness/Justification is what God gives us.

Sanctification occurs after salvation. It is what we choose to do as we begin a walk of holiness.

Hebrews 12:1 “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.”

How do we achieve this if Sanctification depends on us?

II Peter 1:3-4

As His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world through lust.

“as His divine power has given to us all things that [pertain] to life and godliness."

has given us- Past tense

When Christ died on the cross, redemption (brought back to the original state) occurred for us to have dominion and power over the world we live in. Even though we live in this world, we are not of this world.

Jesus taught by the Experience Model. True knowledge of God will come by an Experience (or hearing) with God. Without truly getting involved in the Experience Model sanctification in IMPOSSIBLE!!!

Ephesians 2:5-6 "even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ--by grace you have been saved--and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus."

Christ in Me - Change of Position

Me in Christ - Change of Condition

When we experience the glory of Christ, we will discover what has been made true about our position in Christ. This revelation (Experience Model) will transform us from the inside out, aligning our current condition with our heavenly position.

Partaking in the Divine nature is not merely quitting the thoughts we are thinking. Divine nature is beginning to see the things we were meant to see from God's perspective.

Escaped does not mean “Whew... I barely got by.” It is “I am free from lust and sinful desires because my condition has changed and now reflects my position.”

This morning, I have 2 prayers:

• I pray you have “Christ in Me, a change of position.” That you are born again and get seated with Christ in heavenly places. This is Justification.
• I also pray that you move to “Me in Christ, a Change of Condition.” This is Sanctification.

John 15:5 "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”