By THE SPIRIT Paul wrote in Romans chapter 5:
19 For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous.
Jesus was obedient to the cross and by His act many will be made righteous. This obedience to the cross has allowed those who have accepted Christ to employ spiritual weapons to overcome and punish disobedience as we read in 2 Corinthians chapter 10:
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh.
4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds,
5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
6 and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.
Jesus’ act on the cross was critical to us being able to overcome the strongholds in our life and we must not ever lose or discount the revelation of the cross in our lives. As we walk in the obedience of Christ, we become dead to the flesh and alive to THE SPIRIT. As we focus on the Spiritual, the flesh comes under subjection and our mind becomes our servant rather than exalting itself with arguments, logic, and reasoning. The battle is between our ears, not in some distant place where we must travel in order to gain some upper hand. Our strength comes from our obedience to Christ where we not only acknowledge but embrace His work on the cross. He subjected Himself willingly for us that we may become fully righteous thus completely reversing the curse brought forth by Adam’s act of disobedience.
People sin because they are sinners, the are not sinners because they sin. People were born into sin because of Adam’s sin thus every person must go through the cross in order to become righteous. We all came from Adam and his sin was transmitted to us through his genetics thus we all are sinners born into the world and need to change. The word “many” in the above verse indicates there are two basic groups of people on the earth, sinners and those who have accepted Jesus Christ and His work on the cross resulting in being made righteous. When we focus on Christ’s obedience, the enemy cannot get a foothold in our life and lead us astray.
The Law was given to fully expose sin so no man could claim to be ignorant of his state. In Romans 5:
20 Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more,
21 so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
However, righteousness reigns over death because FATHER made provision through Jesus Christ our Lord. We must guard our minds from frivolous attempts to steer our focus to man’s philosophies and reasonings appealing to the ego. Most often these philosophies attempt to exalt individuals over the masses in some manner intending to make one “entitled”. On the other hand as we take on the character of Christ, we become servants out of Love for mankind in like fashion to Jesus Christ our elder Brother.
Jesus’ obedience is unshakeable and as I align myself to His obedience I will become unshakeable as well. When I pray, I pray in Jesus’ Name. Why? Because I establish the prayer based on His unshakeable obedience knowing that FATHER will quickly respond. I am not relying on my own ability but I trust in His Name and the power contained therein. As we exalt Him in our lives, He brings us higher an thus we will ultimately “meet Him in the air”.
What Adam did was so powerful that we all were born into sin and we cannot do enough good acts to overcome the power of his sin for we were born into his nature. The only way to overcome this sin nature was for another to come forth with more power than the original sin and become an acceptable sacrifice for all of us. Mary, the virgin, was impregnated by The Holy Spirit thus Adam’s seed had no power over Jesus. We must never downplay the importance of His sacrifice as the acceptable lamb of GOD being slain on the cross and manifesting the fullness of FATHER’S Love for us. Jesus fulfilled obedience that we might be able to walk in the same obedience. His act of obedience has much greater power than the power contained in Adam’s disobedience and we must not forget this reality.
Given that our good acts could not undue our state as a sinner and become righteous on our own, it is also true that after we accept Jesus Christ as Our Lord and Savior, any of our acts of sin cannot undue our righteousness through Him. His righteousness is greater than the sin nature originating from Adam’s sin and our citizenship in Heaven is assured. Let us not use this Truth to justify sinning but instead this Truth should be realized when the enemy comes to accuse us and redirect our attention away from the obedience of Christ. When we seek to be obedient by taking every thought captive, we then punish all disobedience and the enemy has nothing to bring up. As Romans 5 states:
19 For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous.
To emphasize the importance of this Truth, we must look at the phrase “much more”:
15 But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many.
17 For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.
20 Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more.
FATHER’S Love manifested through HIS Son has provided us a blessed path to walk and let no one try to convince us that we are still sinners and attempt to discount the obedience of Christ in our lives.