Sin Consciousness kills Your Supernatural Abilities

For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace (Romans 6:14).

There’re too many today in the Church who are overburdened by the weight of sin-consciousness – the ‘feeling’ that they’ve sinned or have done something wrong. Satan uses this as a weapon to keep them in bondage and make them ineffective. They constantly have this guilt-feeling that makes them think they’re not qualified or good enough to be used of God.

What they need to realize is first, that the sin-problem has been dealt with by Jesus. The Bible says 2 Corinthians 5:21, “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” So sin is no longer a factor. Plus that, God is not a man (Numbers 23:19), and doesn’t judge or see the way men do. He enlisted you into the ministry to do His work and enjoy His best not because of your own good works or self-righteousness, but because of His faithfulness and grace: “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:” (Ephesians 2:8)

God has counted you faithful, putting you in the ministry (1 Timothy 1:12); therefore nothing and no sin should hinder your faith or dampen your zeal from doing His work. Remember, you didn’t call yourself to do His work, He called you; and before He called you He knew you. He knew all the mistakes you could ever make, yet He justified you and commissioned you to go in His Name and preach the Gospel to every creature. So you have a responsibility to do God’s work; let nothing stop you.
2 Corinthians 3:5-6 says, “Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.” God did this in spite of you: He qualified you and made you an able minister of the New Testament. He’s already done it, and it’s irrevocable (Romans 11:29). Therefore refuse to allow sin or a guilt-conscious distract you from ministering to the Lord or from fulfilling your purpose as a minister of reconciliation. Get busy for the Lord and stay on task as a soul-winner!

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin (1 John 1:7).
As a child of God, you shouldn’t be on the look out for your sins. In other words, don’t be conscious of sin. Our opening text says if we walk in the light (the Word) as He is in the light, the blood of Jesus automatically cleanses us from all sin. If this is true (and it is), then you don’t have to be confessing your sins all the time. If, for example, you do something wrong, just say, “Lord, I’m sorry for what I did; I receive forgiveness in Jesus’ Name” and that’s it. You might ask, “Is it that simple?” Yes, it is.
God didn’t tell you to ask Him for forgiveness. When you ask God to forgive you, it’s like asking Him to save you. If you do ask Him for forgiveness, when will you know He has answered? In the same way, if you’re asking God to save your soul, how will you know He has saved you? You’ll never know because there’s nothing for Him to do about saving you that He hasn’t already done.

Therefore, what you have to do is receive salvation; you don’t ask for it. It’s the same thing with forgiveness; you receive forgiveness; you don’t ask for it, because the blood of Jesus Christ was shed for the remission of your sins. Some Christians are always asking God for forgiveness, and because they’re asking for something that’s been provided for them, they don’t apply faith. You’re to receive forgiveness as an act of your faith. Afterwards, don’t go back again to receive forgiveness for the same offence, even when Satan brings it to your consciousness.
You’ve already been washed and purged of your sins. Colossians 1:21-22 says, “And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight.” This happened before you ever did anything right or wrong. Therefore, refuse to be sin-conscious. You’re the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus; be righteousness-conscious.

In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace (Ephesians 1:7).
“Redemption” in the verse above, is the Greek word, “apolutrosis” and it means riddance. In Christ, we have our riddance. He rids or plucks you out of trouble, and rids your life of anything that’s wrong. So, you can say, “I have my riddance in Christ, no matter what!” That’s redemption. It doesn’t matter what mess you may think you’re in, you can trust Him to get you out.

In Christ Jesus, we also have remission of sins. The King James translation uses the word “Forgiveness” of sins, but the Greek word is “aphesis” and it means remission; the total removal or blotting away of sins. God did much more than forgive us; He blotted out our sins. There’s no trace or record of your sins; it’s as though you never sinned.
That’s why it’s wrong for a Christian to keep a consciousness of sin. Some are forever praying and asking God for forgiveness, because they’re always overwhelmed by the burden of sin-consciousness. The truth is that the Bible never tells us to ask God for forgiveness. God never made provision for your “forgiveness.” This might upend some people’s theology, but it’s a present truth.
To forgive means to pardon, in which case the record of wrong remains, though you’ll not be punished. But that’s not the case with God and us. The actual Greek rendering is “to take away completely, to put away, blot out, separate from.” You might want to ask, “How about 1 John 1:9 that says, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness?”
What that simply means is that if we acknowledge (confess) our sins, God is faithful and just to put them away, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. There’s an automatic cleansing going on. That’s what it says in the seventh verse: “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin” (1 John 1:7).
God wants you to walk free of guilt or condemnation! He wants you to walk in the light of your riddance, your righteousness, your justification, your holiness, and your sanctification in Christ Jesus, not snowed-under by guilt or sin-consciousness.

1 John 3:21 (NKJV) tells us, “Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God.” Therefore, it becomes very important to know how to break this bondage of sin consciousness and guilt over our lives.

You know that the strength of sin is the law. And when there is no law, there is no sin. As long as there is law, sin abounds. The law here is referring about the ten Commandments and about 630 other ordinances and regulations that were given and attached. They are the reasons why you know what sin is. If the law was not given, you won’t know that there is sin.

Romans 5:13 (KJV) states, “(for until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.” Until the law came, sin was not imputed into your account.So, one thing that all these scriptures are pointing out is that if you want to deal with the issue of sin, the law must be taken away. “And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.” (1 John 3:5 KJV) Jesus Christ was revealed to take away sin and whoever is in Him has no sin. If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature. Inside the new creature, there is no sin.

Has the law been taken away? Yes.

Jesus was the end of the law and the beginning of Grace and truth

All those who believe in Jesus are no longer under the law of sin and death

Romans 8:1-2 [1] There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. [2] For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

A believer is now absolutely free of the consciousness of sin, guilt and death. He or She has henceforth become the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.

Many folks have a wrong concept of sin in the NT dispensation not being aware that the definition of sin under the new covenant is unlike that in the OT period. Apostle Paul defined sin as anything that is not of faith that worketh by Love.
When we are born again the life of GOD which is the light of men, lights our candle i.e. our spirit (John 1:4,9; Proverbs 20:27; Psalm 18:28).
Sin was in the world before the law came after the Exodus but since there was not law, you could not locate sin. So death reigned from Adam to Moses (Rom 5:14) because the wages or consequence of sin is death. Question: Why didn’t the Apostle say death reigned from Adam to Jesus?
When the law came, the law was more powerful than death. If man could fulfil ALL the law, they would not be subject to death but receive life. That is why Moses said to them, the law is your life (Deut 32:47). The law presented the Jews with both life and death and Moses urged them to choose life (Deu 30:15, 19). Obviously, no one could fulfil the law. Jesus came to fulfil it because of our inability to do so.
Things changed with the birth, death and resurrection of Christ. In the NT, Jesus fulfilled all the demands of the law … justice-wise. He took upon himself the judgement that was to come on humanity for disobeying GOD’s laws. After paying the debt owed by man, death no longer reigns or has a say in who lives or dies. Read for yourself Romans 5:14 and compare it with Rom 5:17.
If Jesus died for us and paid the penalty for every sin that was ever committed under the old contract and that could ever be committed, then do we still ave to pay for that penalty? Emphatically Jesus did not stop there. He did something more than just paying for our debt or sin. He also gave us a new life hence 2 Cor 5:17 which says if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, ALL things are become new. We either believe this or not.

Understand this. The old man or old creation was buried with Christ when he was buried. The new man came about as a result of the resurrection of Christ. That is what the scripture calls a new species (2 Cor 5:17). This is a new creation. You do not belong to the old creation. You belong to a new creation. This new creation has GOD’s word implanted in their hearts. They are the reproduction of GOD’s word (1 Pet 1:23 Amplified translation). The new creation is born of His word. Remember He and His word are ONE (John 1:1). Until you really know who you are; you’ll never be able to really live the way GOD created you to live in the new creation. This is why GOD gives us his word. GOD’s word is a mirror. When we look into it, we see the true reflection of ourselves i.e. our true identity…not what the world says we are (1 Cor 13:12; 2 Cor 3:18; James 1:23). What we see, we emulate. The Word of GOD has given birth to us and because we are from the Word of GOD, we can only be sustained by the Word of GOD.

We have been so trained and taught with the consciousness of sin by so many preachers while we were growing up and by our environment because of the difference between right and wrong that many of us have either lost the idea or never had the understanding of the true concept of sin.
By the simple definition of sin (as a nature vis-a-vis an act), the Christian cannot sin because being boirn again means receiving a new nature. Apostle John said, 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 (1John 3:9).
For the longest time, theologians have tried to reason that scripture away but it is what it is. We do not practice sin as a nature because His seed remains in us because we are born of GOD. 1John 3:4 defines sin as the transgression of the law. Therefore, if the Christian has not been given the Law of Moses as a means to attain righteousness, it follows then that she or he cannot transgress a law that is not given. That is why he makes that statement in verse 9.
The concept of sin and wrongdoing are two different things. Sin is a nature of the devil just like righteousness is that of GOD. Adultery or murder does not constitute sin. They are the fruit of sin otherwise known as the works of the flesh. Just like giving alms and praying is not righteousness. They are a fruit of righteousness or the fruit of the spirit of life at work in us.
We are born of Him and Apostle Paul added that the fruit of the spirit is Love (Gal 5:22). And we are born of the spirit. The fruit of the recreated human spirit is Love. It is not sin. The recreated human spirit produces Love. Sin consciousness is the bane of most of GOD’s people. That is the reason why they commit works related to a sin nature. This is why when we get born-anew from above, we have to renew our thinking pattern. The more conscious of sin you are, the more likely you are to commit acts related to a sin nature. What dominates your mind is what controls your actions.
Let us get a righteousness consciousness and the result will be exactly as promised by Romans 5:17.

-GSW-