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Redemption, the forgiveness of sins, became a reality some 2,000 years ago — through the blood of Jesus, shed on Calvary’s cross. Hebrews 9:13-14 tells us that under the Old Covenant the blood of goats and bulls, cleansed the flesh, that is, merely covered sins committed; then adds, how much MORE will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse our conscience from DEAD WORKS to serve the living God!
So, what are dead works? For Hebrew Christians it was going back to the works required under the Old Covenant. What about us? Might we be committing dead works today? Let’s find out! First, a shout out to Michael Edwards of Faithwriters.com for some of the material I’m sharing.
Dead works. Understand, Jesus has paid for all of our sins on the cross. We are washed completely clean by the blood of Jesus. We are totally forgiven and made fully right with God by faith through grace alone. Ephesians 2:8. GOD has qualified us to share eternity with Him as His children.
A dead work today, is any work that is done in an attempt to be right with or maintain our right standing with God. It is an attempt to clean what He has already cleansed. Thus, that work is useless. Jesus has completely washed us clean, and now we want to take a bath to get clean? Dead work!
Anything we do out of guilt or fear to appease God, trying to be right with Him, more holy, more saintly — is a DEAD WORK — because we are already right with God by the blood of Jesus Christ. We have an eternal salvation due to ever living blood of our Savior. Hebrews 10:10.
Dead works indicate a lack of understanding about God’s promises and our righteousness in Christ. Dead works are generated from worry, fear, doubt and guilt. Maybe you worry, “Have I done enough?” “Am I good enough?” “Is God angry with me?” These thoughts are the seeds from which dead works spring.
As lovers of Jesus we certainly have an innate desire to please Him in all we do. But is there anything you are doing for God, such as keeping the 10 Commandments, not sinning, helping at church, giving money, acting a certain way, reading the Bible every day, praying every day — that you fear, if stopped, would make God angry with you or possibly forfeit your salvation? Oh my! You have made good things into dead works!
Today, consider Jesus and His blood, then let go of dead works — you’ll COME ALIVE!
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