30 Days of Truth

Day 10 – counselor not prosecutor

Under the New Covenant, God has chosen to forget our sins and iniquities and not count them against us. All of them!

It is as if they haven’t happened and are not happening now and will not happen, ever!

If we look at this scripture more closely, we find that it covers everything. “Sins” are evil actions that violate divine law, and “iniquities” are evil behavioral patterns and thoughts.

Thoughts and actions are all covered by the sacrifice of Christ.

Matthew 5:28 KJV

[28] But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Jesus left no room for our boasting in keeping the law.

It doesn’t matter if we never actually act on our thoughts.

From God’s perspective, sins are not mere actions that we perform in the flesh but can also include iniquities of the heart that are acted upon in the realm of our spirit.

This is the depths of what man has been saved from; Not only our sinful acts, but our sinful nature and thoughts, including freedom from the guilt and condemnation associated with them.

We have never been capable of keeping the law in our actions, much less keeping it in the inner thoughts of our hearts.

Evil thoughts and negative emotions sometimes consume us, and even when they don’t, we can be filled with guilt and condemnation for even having those kinds of thoughts in the first place.

There is no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus!

Christ has sent us the Holy Spirit to strengthen us and help us to overcome wrong thoughts and actions that are not Godly.

The Holy Spirit doesn’t condemn us, convict us or punish us when we sin. He doesn’t take away things from us, put sickness on us or curse us.

He is our counselor, not a prosecutor!

He doesn’t take or salvation from us or fail to fellowship with us.

He gently reminds us of our righteousness by Christ Jesus.

He corrects our wrong thinking through the Word of God as we allow Him to.

Anything negative that is attributed to the work of the Holy Spirit is contrary to what the Bible says. He convicts the world of the sin of not believing on Jesus, but He convicts believers of their righteousness through faith in Jesus.

The next time you entertain an evil thought, place your trust in Christ, place your thoughts on His Word and allow the Holy Spirit to change your thinking patterns, and your actions will change with them.