"The God Who Saved Us" -3

"Great deliverance giveth He to His king; and showeth mercy to His anointed, to David, and to his seed forevermore." (Psalms 18:50) Just in case you were wondering if I had lost it, and I was being consumed by some kind of thought on forgiveness, let me assure you that I am pretty sure that victory is something that God gives us over every area of our life. I have seen more than enough examples of believers in Christ who have been robbed of the victory that they have in Him, only because they have bought into this false acceptance that it is okay to hold onto sin. Somehow the notion of 'God is not through with me yet' has been changed into 'God has not given up on me yet', and then settled upon as the new slogan for making it through another day. David was a man after God's own heart because he saw the deliverance for what it really was, and that it was more than enough to provide for us the victory that we need to have in every area of our life; if we would just allow Him to deliver us! As so we read in Romans chapter Six, that we must die to sin, because we have new life in Christ that has been made void of sin; not because we have not the means to commit sin any longer, but because we have been given the ability to not serve sin any longer; which in case you did not know, any longer means, from here on out! Therefore; if we are still struggling to have victory in our life, it is very important that we take every possible area of our life and evaluate what it is that we might not have been delivered of yet because we have not yet given it over to God. Forgiveness is pretty much the most overlooked area; mostly because it usually involves things that we would rather not have to think about. But God has a plan for each and every one of His children, which is a plan that is based upon the victory that He has provided for us to walk in, that we might be able to walk out the promises He has established for our lives. Yes, He will not give up on us, but let's make sure that we have not given up on Him and the plan that He has for our life. David saw God's plan for him, and he looked forward with all of his heart to it being carried out; believing that God was not through with him yet, because he knew what salvation looked like...The God Who Saved Us... "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as He is pure. Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. And ye know that He was manifested to take away our sins; and in Him is no sin. Whosoever abideth in Him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen Him, neither known Him. Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as He is righteous. He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for His seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. In this the children of God are manifested, and the chidren of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother." (1 John 3:2-10)