From the Inside Out

That which you speak and act on is based on how you think. 

How you think is based on what you think of yourself. 

What you think of yourself is based on what you think your Creator thinks of you. 

If what you think your Creator thinks of you is not purely based on what He says about you in His Word, then you should start to read, believe and receive what He says about you. 

Don’t try to change your speech and how you act. Make the tree good and the fruit will be good. Believe Jesus made you good/righteous and your fruit/actions will be good. Jesus didn’t come so that we could live a life based on behaviour modification, but He came for spiritual transformation, which we received through His death and resurrection. He died to who we were so that we could be raised to who He is – righteous! We therefore no longer have a sin consciousness, because we are no longer under the law, and we therefore no longer have a sinful nature. Jesus lived in a body of flesh and He did not have a sinful nature. We are in the world, yes, but we are not of it. We are not trying to be like Jesus, we are just becoming more convinced that we have been made just like Him! By one Man's sacrifice all have been made righteous! Thank you Jesus!

We are completely forgiven!

We are no longer under the law – Jesus has fulfilled the law!

We have been set free!

We have inherited eternal life!

We have been reconciled back to God – there is no separation!

We have been restored back to our original identity – to be as Jesus is! 1 John 4:17

Scriptural references

For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. Rom 8:29

Prov 23:7 – how you live is based on what you think

Luke 6:45 – you speak what your heart and mind are filled with

Rom 12:2 – do not act in a manner that is foreign to your nature, but rather remind yourself of who you have become

2 Cor 5:21 – we are the righteousness of God!

Matt 12:33 – fruit follows truth – who God says that you are

Rom 6:14 - sin does not have a hold over you because you are not under law, but under grace!

Rom 6:5 – we have come back to life