The Full Pardon For Mankind
Your faith in Christ Jesus is essential to becoming sons of the Living God. For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. Always remember this one thing: Through Christ, our disobedience (sin) is forgiven and we receive a full pardon from the Lord God. A pardon is a powerful and potentially dangerous thing because it is irreversible. Once a king or ruler has pardoned someone, that individual is forever free and exonerated of that crime or offense for which they were previously under judgment. Unlike a parole, which is a probationary state that still carries restrictions for the parolee, a pardon cleans the slate completely. A pardon declares its recipient to be an innocent as if the offense never occurred. Once an individual is pardoned, the government returns his or her passport and from that moment forward, that individual is free to travel, work, engage in business, buy and sell and enjoy all other citizen's rights and privileges without limitation.
Please note: A pardon justifies and re-establishes an individual's righteousness in the eyes of the law. That is what King Jesus did for all of us when He hung on the cross. His death and shed blood bought our pardon and made us righteous in the eyes of the Lord God once more. Our Kingdom citizenship and rights were restored and we were positioned once again as recipients and heirs of all God's promises.
Thoughtful Questions:
1. Compare the difference between a pardon and a parole in terms of your own life before and after Christ. Do you life like you are pardoned or paroled?
2. How has your pardon freed you from being guilty of breaking God's laws? Does it exonerate you from future sin?
Thoughts for meditation: The word righteous is a legal term, not a religious term. It means 'to position oneself rightly'. Jesus came to make us righteous again, to put us back in the right relationship with God so that we are qualified to receive the promises of God. Understanding this is very critical to developing solid Kingdom concepts and thinking. When we are in right relationship with God, He can extend His Kingdom, His rulership, into our lives and rule the earth through us. It is as we rule the earth in the power and presence of God that the Kingdom of heaven imparts our planet through our physical lives.
Personal Question: Why is righteousness imperative to your rulership? Answer this question in light of your personal righteousness and your current ability to rule.
For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. Galatians 3:26-27, 29
~~W.R. Luchie
www.kingdomcitizens.org
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Please note: A pardon justifies and re-establishes an individual's righteousness in the eyes of the law. That is what King Jesus did for all of us when He hung on the cross. His death and shed blood bought our pardon and made us righteous in the eyes of the Lord God once more. Our Kingdom citizenship and rights were restored and we were positioned once again as recipients and heirs of all God's promises.
Thoughtful Questions:
1. Compare the difference between a pardon and a parole in terms of your own life before and after Christ. Do you life like you are pardoned or paroled?
2. How has your pardon freed you from being guilty of breaking God's laws? Does it exonerate you from future sin?
Thoughts for meditation: The word righteous is a legal term, not a religious term. It means 'to position oneself rightly'. Jesus came to make us righteous again, to put us back in the right relationship with God so that we are qualified to receive the promises of God. Understanding this is very critical to developing solid Kingdom concepts and thinking. When we are in right relationship with God, He can extend His Kingdom, His rulership, into our lives and rule the earth through us. It is as we rule the earth in the power and presence of God that the Kingdom of heaven imparts our planet through our physical lives.
Personal Question: Why is righteousness imperative to your rulership? Answer this question in light of your personal righteousness and your current ability to rule.
For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. Galatians 3:26-27, 29
~~W.R. Luchie
www.kingdomcitizens.org
This article may only be reproduced, in print or on the internet, if the author's name and website address are included at the end of the article as originally placed. Thank you