Living Unto Righteousness - Pastor Craig Winnington

• 22/08/2019
• SLC Stuart Price

 

 

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    The Word of God states in Heb 12:1 “….let us lay aside every weight and the

    sin that so easily ensnares us.” The three words that stand out in this

    verse are weight - sin - easily. The implication of the word ‘weight’ is

    ‘carrying an arrow tip inside’, a wound that weighs us down and keeps us

    from running our race with freedom. (TPT)

 

    The exhortation is to ‘get rid of every arrow tip in us’. An arrow tip that

    is not removed will continue to fester until the victim dies from

    infection. Prov 18:14 states - “A wounded spirit who can bear.” When we

    allow wounds of the past to remain in our spirit they become ‘weights’ that

    affect our Christian walk. These ‘weights’ can be - unforgiveness,

    resentment, discouragement, disappointment etc, and unless removed will

    cause ‘spiritual death’ in our lives.

 

    What is the key to remove the weights?

 

    Heb12:2 “Looking unto Jesus…...” that is, NOT focusing on the hurts but

    look to Jesus as the Healer. 1 Peter 2:24 says that Jesus “bore our

    sins”….. literally “carried the weight for us.” - He became sin – so we

    could “live unto righteousness – by whose stripes we are healed.”

 

    Heb 11:2 (TPT) says it like this:- “…...look away from the natural realm

    and fasten our gaze onto Jesus who birthed faith within us and who leads us

    forward into faiths perfection.”

 

    This is living unto RIGHTEOUSNESS!

 

    Have a Blessed week

 

    Pastor Craig Winnington