Peter 2:24
“24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.”
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Weeds are a big problem. They’re hardy, relentless, some are ugly, and they grow just about everywhere. If you want to kill them, you have to destroy the deepest root or they’ll just grow right back.
Life is like that, full of “weeds,” too. Before the broken marriage, before the sickness, before you failed…..again, before poverty and lack is stress. Beneath stress is fear.
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The world, meaning those outside of Christ, can only speak to “stress and fear.” That’s all they understand and can deal with. They are not, however, able to either reach or affect the real culprit behind them all.
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The Deepest Root.
Fear is a deep root, yes. But there is a deeper root. What is deeper fear and the culprit behind everything? CONDEMNATION. This the deepest root. Since we’re going back to the “root” of things, come with me back to where it all began: In the garden.
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24 “Who His own self bare our sins in His own {physical} BODY on the tree, that we, BEING DEAD TO SINS, {and “DEAD” is DEAD} should LIVE unto righteousness:
by Whose stripes ye were healed.”
Most people are trying to get the benefit of the last six words without implementing the other part of the verse.
They cannot receive it because, only when you are free from condemnation, i.e. sin-consciousness, THEN what Jesus did for you when He bore the stripes for you becomes REAL. Understanding that one thing makes you able to walk in it; to walk in victory.
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So don’t waste another minute feeling guilty and condemned, Church. Believe Jesus and BE MADE WHOLE! Be free from the Deepest Root.
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