To owe something to somebody is to be obliged to them, and to be obliged is to be enslaved! "Against You and You only have I sinned, Lord!" Said David in response to the condemnation ignited in him by the Law's response to an offense encountered in his flesh.
Notice how we've all likewise responded in "offense" at things we've encountered in the flesh... Now notice how Jesus took NO "offense" at encountering the apparent "lack" of say... 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish relative... to the task of satisfying the demand set before Him of caring for 5,000 families, and feeding them all!
What an occasion to take offense at the promise of God and balk in unbelief! But continuing trusting God's promise to sustain us by His own hand, He had faith before even checking to see how much was physically present, and when He did indeed seek out and found what things WERE present, He thanked God for what provision was indeed there, knowing that The One who first promised to feed His children was well-able to bring His own promises to pass.
Notice how we've all likewise responded in "offense" at things we've encountered in the flesh... Now notice how Jesus took NO "offense" at encountering the apparent "lack" of say... 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish relative... to the task of satisfying the demand set before Him of caring for 5,000 families, and feeding them all!
What an occasion to take offense at the promise of God and balk in unbelief! But continuing trusting God's promise to sustain us by His own hand, He had faith before even checking to see how much was physically present, and when He did indeed seek out and found what things WERE present, He thanked God for what provision was indeed there, knowing that The One who first promised to feed His children was well-able to bring His own promises to pass.
Being of the same Faith as His Father, He staggered not in faith but believed in the Promises of God! In thanksgiving to His Father for this Truth, He broke bread without offense at the amount provided, and neither were any of the others offended at the amount they received from His hand as He indeed fed them all!
Because of your Sonship in Him, You've inherited the same Faith as your Father. The Law's response to offenses in the flesh can no longer be misconstrued as God's response to You. Be not offended; Take no offense, at anything, ever, for any reason... because God is indeed totally sufficient! His promises are true and have all come to pass in our lives according to the Truth of His Word. He's unveiled His limitless mercy in us by the unveiling of our eternal inclusion in Sonship's perfect immunity from sin! -f
Because of your Sonship in Him, You've inherited the same Faith as your Father. The Law's response to offenses in the flesh can no longer be misconstrued as God's response to You. Be not offended; Take no offense, at anything, ever, for any reason... because God is indeed totally sufficient! His promises are true and have all come to pass in our lives according to the Truth of His Word. He's unveiled His limitless mercy in us by the unveiling of our eternal inclusion in Sonship's perfect immunity from sin! -f
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