00:00Your identity in Christ is not determined by the wrongs you have committed in the past.
00:09What matters is that you turn from them, you learn from them, and you live for Him in the presence.
00:24Grace and peace to you all in Jesus' mighty name.
00:29Welcome, everyone, to another edition of Faith is Natural here on God's Heart TV.
00:38I recently had a conversation with two young men.
00:44These are different people coming from different backgrounds, different countries.
00:48In fact, they even spoke different languages.
00:51But there was a common theme in their stories.
00:55And while reflecting on those issues that were troubling their hearts,
01:03these reflections in the light of God's word gave birth to the message I want to share with you today,
01:13the word of encouragement.
01:15So let me just paint a little bit of the story for you.
01:20Both of these young men were brought up in Christian homes, godly homes.
01:25But along the line, in their teenage years, they rebelled.
01:30They went into an ungodly way of living, an immoral lifestyle, a carefree life.
01:41And let me emphasize something, people of God.
01:46That you live a carefree life does not mean a cost-free life.
01:56If you ignore your conscience, don't be surprised if consequences come that you cannot ignore.
02:10This is what happened in both of these young men's experiences.
02:18Consequences of that life they were living struck and it actually afflicted them physically.
02:28There was an effect in their physical health.
02:30Now, in both cases, that consequence led them to a place of repentance
02:39and to rededicate their lives to Christ Jesus.
02:44But here is the dilemma.
02:47Here was the issue troubling their hearts.
02:52They believed that because they had not yet seen a change in their physical condition,
03:01God had not truly forgiven them.
03:07And so the devil used the consequences of their sin to remind them of their past
03:20and define them by their past, keeping them in this cycle, vicious cycle of shame, despair, and condemnation.
03:39This is what I want to talk about today, people of God.
03:42Condemnation uses our present situation to remind us of our past in order to define us by our past.
03:59Condemnation speaks through our present problems to remind us of our sin in order to define us by our sin.
04:15This will assure me to the message today, titled The Lies of Condemnation.
04:28The devil is a liar.
04:31John 8 verse 44 says that lies are his native language.
04:40He is the father of lies.
04:43But when a lie is repeated so often in a vulnerable heart, it can be taken as the truth.
04:58Yes, people of God, condemnation is one of the most common weapons used by the devil.
05:28To cause believers to question their identity.
05:35And because no one is perfect, everyone is subject to these lies.
05:43Your sin is too big for mercy.
05:50Your sin is too big for mercy.
05:54Your past is too bad for grace.
05:59What you are facing today is a punishment from God or a banishment from God.
06:08Some chains just cannot be broken because they are now part of your identity.
06:18Condemnation labels your life with such lies to keep you reliving your past in the present.
06:41Condemnation labels your sin to your situation in a way that provides no solution and gives no hope for restoration.
06:56Condemnation, condemnation, condemnation, amplifies sin's gravity whilst denying God's mercy.
07:10Condemnation, condemnation, misinterprets correction unto salvation as rejection unto damnation.
07:27Condemnation, condemnation, lesi.
07:33Condemnation labels your son to whom you are connected.
07:38Your heart is heavy
07:43Your heart is heavy
07:45Under condemnation's weights
07:49I have a word of encouragement
07:52A simple yet life-changing message for you today
07:57The devil condemns
08:00God restores
08:04The devil condemns you
08:10God condemns sin
08:14But restores you
08:16There is restoration available
08:21On the platform of repentance
08:24Stop listening to the lie
08:31Condemnation is speaking to your life
08:34Stop accepting the label
08:38Condemnation has placed on your life
08:42Condemnation lies that your past sin
08:50Is too deep to simply be erased
08:55That God's mercy is not mighty enough
08:59To cleanse your hearts
09:03And set you free in just a moment
09:08That is a lie
09:10The truth, people of God
09:13Is that no matter how far you have gone
09:17There is always room for restoration
09:20No matter where you are coming from
09:25There is always space for amazing grace
09:31Not because of us
09:32Because of him
09:34Not because of what we've done
09:38Because of what he did on the cross
09:43That's the mystery
09:45And the beauty of the cross
09:47For as Romans 5 verse 8 says
09:51Whilst we were still sinners
09:56Christ died for us
09:58Divine forgiveness is given
10:04Not gotten
10:05Not earned
10:07No amount of efforts
10:10Can earn forgiveness
10:13Or merit God's mercy
10:16There is no work you can do
10:19That could ever trump
10:20The work of the cross
10:22As I said
10:25Decades of hurts
10:28Can be erased
10:30In seconds of grace
10:34Look
10:36You don't have to feel forgiven
10:40To be forgiven
10:43It's not about a change
10:47In your natural condition
10:49It's about a change
10:50In your spiritual condition
10:53Forgiveness
10:55Deals with the spiritual consequences
10:58Of sin
10:59Not necessarily the natural consequences
11:03Let me emphasize something here
11:07Just as I said to those two young men
11:10There is nothing God cannot do
11:12There is no mountain he cannot move
11:15There is no sickness he cannot heal
11:17There is no situation he cannot turn around
11:20When we turn to him
11:22Yes of course God in his sovereignty
11:25God in his mercy
11:27When you turn to him
11:28Can turn around that natural situation
11:32But please people of God
11:35Don't see the evidence of God's forgiveness
11:39See the evidence of God's forgiveness
11:47As a change in your perspective
11:50You begin to see life clearly
11:54See yourself clearly
11:57The way God sees you
11:59Look you can be in pain
12:01Yet still see life clearly
12:04You can be surrounded by natural circumstances
12:09Yet see life clearly
12:13It's possible to be physically in prison
12:17Yet walk in spiritual freedom
12:21Whereas many today
12:24Live in what looks like freedom to them
12:29Whereas they are bound spiritually
12:33Look when you see life clearly
12:38You will know even the consequences of your sin
12:44Can be a tool
12:45God uses to bring transformation to your character
12:51And preparation for your future
12:53So far
12:55As you surrender to him
13:00Today
13:00In the presence
13:03Condemnation
13:06Tries to stop you
13:11From acting
13:12Faith
13:13In the presence
13:14By reminding you of your past
13:16Defining you
13:18By your past
13:19Yes of course people of God
13:23We do make mistakes
13:26Sometimes consequences come
13:28These mistakes and consequences
13:30Should bring reflection
13:32Unto repentance
13:33Not reflection
13:35Unto condemnation
13:36Let me read to you
13:38A well known
13:41Wonderful scripture
13:42Romans chapter 8 verse 1
13:44Says this
13:45There is therefore now
13:49No
13:51Condemnation
13:53To those
13:54Who are in Christ Jesus
13:57Who do not walk
13:58According to the flesh
14:00But according to the spirits
14:03When you walk
14:07According
14:08To
14:10The flesh
14:11You are walking in darkness
14:13That's why
14:15You don't see life clearly
14:17You filter your present problems
14:20Through the lens of your past sins
14:23Misleading you to mismanage your problems
14:27When you walk according to the spirits
14:34You are walking in the lights
14:37You see life clearly
14:39You know that you are not defined
14:42By your past sins
14:43You are not confined
14:45By your present problems
14:48People of God
14:52This is why
14:55I am emphasizing this truth to you today
14:58Don't listen
15:00To the lies
15:02Of condemnation
15:03Look
15:04Carnally minded
15:06Self
15:07Examination
15:09Will inevitably
15:12End
15:13In
15:14Condemnation
15:16And you
15:17Examine yourself
15:19By walking
15:21According to the flesh
15:22Look
15:24If you are walking
15:25According to the flesh
15:26You cannot move forward
15:29Spiritually
15:30You will end up
15:31Walking
15:32In circles
15:33Because
15:37You are bound
15:40By your past
15:41And burdened
15:43In your present
15:44What's happening
15:48With many people today
15:49Because they misinterpret
15:52Their present challenge
15:53They mismanage it
15:54And this
15:57Is how many people
15:58End up in that cycle
16:00Of self
16:01Inflicted bondage
16:03Reliving their past
16:05In their presence
16:06Carrying
16:14A burden
16:16Christ
16:18Has already
16:18Bought
16:19Choosing to
16:22Remain
16:24In the chains
16:25Christ
16:26Has already
16:27Broken
16:29This is
16:31Consequence
16:33Of listening
16:35To those
16:37Lies
16:39Of
16:40Condemnation
16:41Now
16:43People of God
16:45Condemnation
16:47Will say to you
16:49That you are a slave
16:51Not a son
16:53But
16:55In the book of Hebrews
16:59Chapter 12
17:01I encourage you to read
17:04The entire portion
17:05We see
17:08How the word of God
17:10Reveals
17:13God's
17:16Correction
17:17Is not a sign of rejection
17:21It is a sign of
17:23Sonship
17:24When God
17:27Corrects you
17:29He does not reject you
17:31When God
17:32Disciplines you
17:34He does not
17:35Dismiss you
17:36He does not
17:37Disown you
17:39It is
17:39Condemnation
17:41That misinterprets
17:42Correction
17:44As
17:44Rejection
17:45Know
17:46Be encouraged
17:48That God
17:49Loves you
17:50Enough
17:51To
17:52Correct you
17:54So people of God
17:57Your identity
17:59In Christ
18:01Is not determined
18:02By the wrongs
18:04You have committed
18:04In the past
18:05What matters
18:06Is that
18:07You turn from them
18:08You learn from them
18:10And you live
18:11For Him
18:13In the presence
18:14Remember
18:16The words of Jesus Christ
18:18To the woman
18:20Caught in the act
18:21Of adultery
18:21In John chapter 8
18:23Verse 11
18:24He said
18:25Neither do I
18:28Condemn you
18:29Go
18:30And sin
18:32No
18:33More
18:34Forgiveness
18:38Does not rewrite
18:40Our past
18:41It positions us
18:44To rewrite
18:45Our future
18:46When we do
18:50What is right
18:52In the presence
18:54So as I bring this message
18:56To a conclusion
18:57Reflect on this
18:59The Holy Spirit
19:01Convicts us
19:03To repent
19:05The devil
19:08Condemns us
19:10To torment
19:11So
19:13People of God
19:17Don't listen
19:18To those lies
19:20Of condemnation
19:21Don't
19:22Condemn yourself
19:25But
19:27Take notes
19:28Don't condone
19:30Sin
19:31Don't
19:34Hate
19:34Yourself
19:35But
19:37Don't
19:38Harbour
19:38Sin
19:39Condemn
19:41Sin
19:41Hate
19:42Sin
19:42Flee
19:43From
19:44Sin
19:44And
19:45Pursue
19:46Righteousness
19:48Faith
19:48Love
19:49Joy
19:50Like
19:53Those
19:54Calling
19:54Unto
19:55The Lord
19:55With a
19:56Pure
19:56Heart
19:57As
19:572 Timothy
19:582 verse
19:5922 says
20:00This is my encouragement
20:02To you today
20:03People of God
20:04May God
20:05Bless
20:06His living word
20:08In our hearts
20:09And help us
20:11To see
20:12Life
20:13Clearly
20:14Not through the lens
20:17Of our
20:18Past sins
20:19Or our
20:20Present problems
20:21But through
20:23The work
20:24Of Jesus
20:25Christ
20:26On the cross
20:28Of Calvary
20:29Right now
20:35People of God
20:36Let us
20:37Pray together
20:38Have those
20:41Lies
20:42Of
20:42Condemnation
20:44Been lingering
20:46Too long
20:47In your mind
20:48Has
20:50The deception
20:53Of
20:54Condemnation
20:55Been weighing
20:56Down
20:57Your spirits
20:58Slowing
20:59Down
21:00Your
21:00Progress
21:01Enough
21:03Is
21:04Enough
21:05Every
21:07Demonic
21:09Voice
21:10Whispering
21:12Those lies
21:13Of condemnation
21:15Guilt
21:16Inferiority
21:18In your hearts
21:20Be silenced
21:23In Jesus
21:26Mighty name
21:28I speak to your hearts
21:35That heart
21:37Weighed down
21:38By guilt
21:39And condemnation
21:41Be purified
21:44Right now
21:44Be made whole
21:47By the precious blood
21:50Of Jesus Christ
21:52When the blood
21:54Of Jesus
21:55Cleanses
21:55You
21:56You are
21:56Cleansed
21:57Indeed
21:58When the blood
21:59Of Jesus
21:59Purifies
22:01You
22:01You are
22:02Purified
22:03Indeed
22:04Be cleansed
22:06Right now
22:06In your spirits
22:08In your soul
22:09In your body
22:10Be cleansed
22:12Be purified
22:13Be made whole
22:15That prison
22:19Of past
22:21Pain
22:22Be released
22:24In Jesus name
22:26Whatever instrument
22:30The devil has used
22:31To torture your soul
22:33To torment your mind
22:35Be disconnected
22:37Be disconnected
22:39In Jesus mighty name
22:42O Lord
22:46Help us
22:49To remain
22:51Watchful
22:53In your service
22:55And joyful
22:57In your praise
23:00By the power
23:02Of your spirits
23:04Help us to walk
23:06According to the spirits
23:08Not according to the flesh
23:11To walk
23:12In the lights
23:13Not
23:15In the darkness
23:17Help us
23:20O Lord
23:21To see
23:23Our lives
23:25Clearly
23:27And stop listening
23:31To the lies
23:32Of condemnation
23:33In Jesus name
23:36We pray
23:38And the people
23:40Of God
23:41Said
23:41Amen
23:43palabra
23:44Thank you
23:48Bye
23:49Okay
23:52Bye
23:54Bye
23:56Well
23:58Bye
24:01Bye
24:02Bye
24:11Bye
24:12Bye
24:12Bye
24:12Bye
24:13Bye
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