God didn't give you a limited redemption but most believers are living as if He did. Why? Because they're measuring infinite truth with a natural mind.
In this message, you'll discover why Jesus Christ is your Redemption, Wisdom, Sanctification, and Life-and why the limits of those realities are the limits of Christ Himself. This will challenge everything you've been taught about faith, reason, and what's actually possible in your life.
You're measuring God's redemption with your tiny mind and missing everything.
God made Jesus Christ to be your redemption and you're setting limits on it based on what your natural mind can understand.
You're shrinking infinite power down to the size of your human reasoning and it's costing you everything God intended for you.
Now, I want you to notice that God has made Jesus Christ to be our redemption.
Apostle Paul said in Ephesians chapter 1 verse 7, "In whom we have our redemption."
First Corinthians 1:30 declares that he is our redemption. You dare to measure that. You dare to set limits on that. The limits of that redemption are the limits of Jesus Christ. He was made unto us wisdom from God. The limits of that wisdom are the limits of the eternal Son of God. He has made unto us sanctification. The limits of that sanctification are the limits of Jesus. He is our life. And the limits of that life are the limits of the life of the son ot God. Think about what that means.
When you try to measure your redemption, you're trying to measure Jesus Christ. When you try to set limits on what God can do in you, you're trying to set limits on the Son of God.
When you say, "I can only go this far," I think you're saying, "Jesus can only go that far." And that's absurd. You see, our feeble reasoning has pushed faith out of the arena. The devil can combat successfully against our reason. But if faith gets reason's place, Satan is defeated.
The great body of the most advanced Bible teachers today are held in the bondage of sense knowledge.
Their interpretations are often evasions because of the opinions of men. They dare not take their real place.
Consequently, the Word of God has little effect. They know what the Word says, but they explain it away because it doesn't fit their rational understanding. They diminish it, water it down, make it reasonable to the natural mind.
Let us humbly and fearlessly, and in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, take our place if we are new creations created in Christ Jesus.
Let us ask our Father God to set the limits of that new creation instead of allowing theologians to do it.
Faith will lead you where reason cannot walk. Reason has never been a mountain climber.
Faith, like a mountain sheep, can scale the loftiest mountain peaks without fear. Reason looks at the mountain and says, "Impossible."
Faith looks at the mountain and climbs. I offer this as a subject for meditation, not controversy. I offer this as a contribution after years of heart searching, of reaching after the bigger, fuller life in Christ.
I know it is not in the realm of reason, but I know it is where faith walks. And GOD is challenging us in these last days to get the light and the knowledge that will fit us for the closing of this dispensation.
THE MESSAGE THAT JOHN WESLEY BROUGHT WAS TRUTH , but it was only part of THE TRUTH . John Calvin had only a little of the light. There have been revelations continually from the Word during these hundreds of years.
Don't you think it is time that we passed out of the swaddling clothes period into the stature of the perfect man in Christ Jesus. We've been spiritual infants for too long. We've been content with milk when we should be eating meat. We've been satisfied with the basics when God has so much more for us.
If you've beginning to understand that you've been limiting God's power in your life with your human reasoning, read on , because what I'm about to show you will break those mental chains and release you into everything God intended.
So, let us DARE TO CLIMB THE HEIGHTS OF GOD . Let us say without fear, " I AM WHAT HE SAYS I AM." HE IS IN ME WHAT HE SAYS HE IS.
I can do with His ability in me what He says I can. This makes life big and rich. This makes us worthwhile to HIM. This will make us partners with HIM. We will be in that prized inner circle with HIM. One of the trusted ones.
WHEN HE HAS A DIFFICULT MISSION , HE will call on us. You see, he will find it easy to reach us as we constantly visit him.
Take your place. Enjoy your rights.
Now, let me show you what this looks like when you stop limiting GOD'S REDEMPTION with your reasoning.
You're facing a situation that seems impossible. Every logical analysis says it can't be done. Your natural mind is telling you to give up. Be realistic. Accept defeat.
But then you remember Jesus Christ is your redemption. And the limits of that redemption are the limits OF JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF . So, if Jesus Christ has no limits, then your redemption has no limits. If nothing is impossible with God, then nothing is impossible in your redemption.
So, instead of listening to your reasoning , you activate your faith.
You don't look at what your mind can understand. You look at what the Word says. And the Word says, "All things are possible to him that believes."
The Word says you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you.
The Word says , "Greater is HE that is in you than he that is in the world."
Your reasoning says, "Those are just nice verses that don't mean what they actually say." Your faith says those verses mean exactly what they say. And you choose faith over reason. You speak to that impossible situation. You declare what the Word says. And you watch faith take you where reason could never go.
You're struggling with a problem that requires wisdom beyond your natural ability. Your education doesn't cover it. Your experience doesn't prepare you for it. Your intelligence isn't sufficient for it. And your reasoning says you're not qualified to handle this. But then you remember Jesus Christ was made unto you wisdom from God. And the limits of that wisdom are the limits of the eternal Son of God.
So, if God's wisdom is infinite, then the wisdom available to you is infinite. If God knows everything, then you have access to that knowledge through Christ who is your wisdom. So, instead of panicking because you don't know what to do , you ask for wisdom.
Apostle James says, "If any man lacks wisdom, let him ask of God who gives liberally." You're not limited to your natural intelligence. You have access to divine wisdom. Unlimited. Infinite. Always available. And as you ask, as you expect, as you believe, that wisdom comes, not as a mystical feeling, but it comes as clear direction, as sudden insight, as understanding you didn't have a moment ago. Because Christ is your wisdom, and the limits of that wisdom are the limits of God Himself.
You're dealing with an area of your life that NEEDS TO BE SET APART for GOD.
YOUR REASONING SAYS IT'S TO0 HARD. You've tried before and failed. You'll never be able to live wholly in that area. Your past failures prove it's impossible. But then you remember, Jesus Christ is made unto you SANCTIFICATION. And the limits of that sanctification are the limits of Jesus Christ. So, if Jesus Christ is perfectly holy, and he is your sanctification, THEN YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THAT SAME HOLINESS. Not by trying harder, not by religious effort, but by Christ in you. So, instead of trying to sanctify yourself in your own strength, you let HIM be your sanctification. You stop trying, and start trusting. You stop striving, and start resting in the FACT THAT He is your holiness. CHRIST IS YOUR HOLINESS.
And what was impossible in your own effort, becomes reality through His life in you.
You're facing circumstances that are draining your life, your energy, your vitality. You're exhausted. You're depleted. You're running on empty. And your reasoning says you just need to rest more. Take a vacation. Slow down. But then you remember, JESUS CHRIST IS YOUR LIFE. And the limits of that life are the LIMITS OF THE LIFE OF THE SON OF GOD. So, if his life is eternal, inexhaustible, unlimited, then the life available to you IS THE SAME. Because he doesn't give you some of His life, He is your Life. HE IS YOUR LIFE.
So, instead of just trying to manage your exhaustion, you tap into His life. You draw from THE WELL THAT NEVER RUNS DRY. You access the THE ENERGY THAT RAISED JESUS CHRIST FROM THE DEAD. And you find that in your weakness, His strength is made perfect. That when you're depleted , HIS LIFE FLOODS IN.
Right now, speak 🗣️ out . " JESUS CHRIST IS MY REDEMPTION, MY WISDOM, MY SANCTIFICATION, MY LIFE."
Not I hope he will help me. Not maybe he will give me some of these things. Jesus Christ is these things to me. Because that's what the Word says, and God's Word is final.
Now, here's the problem with most Christians. They hear these truths, and their reasoning immediately kicks in. That can't mean what it sounds like. That's too good to be true. THAT'S EXTREME. That's taking it too far. And so, they water it down. They explain it away. They make it reasonable to their natural mind. They set limits based on what makes sense to them. And in doing so, they push faith out of the arena, and let reason take its place.
And the moment reason takes faith's place, Satan wins. Because the devil can successfully combat your reasoning.
He can out-argue you. He can present evidence. He can use logic. He can make you doubt. He can confuse your mind. But he cannot combat faith.
When faith takes its place, when you believe what God said, regardless of what your reasoning says, when you stand on the Word even when it doesn't make sense, Satan is defeated because faith doesn't operate in the realm where Satan has power.
This is why so many Bible teachers, even advanced ones, are in bondage. They know what the Word says. They can quote the verses. They can explain the Greek and Hebrew, but they're held captive by sense knowledge. THEY CAN'T ACCEPT ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T FIT THEIR RATIONAL FRAMEWORK. So, when the Word says something that seems too good to be true, they explain it away. They say it doesn't really mean that. They add limitations. They insert qualifications. They make it reasonable. And in doing so, they rob it of ITS POWER.
BUT I'M TELLING YOU TODAY, stop letting theologians set the limits of your new creation. Stop letting your reasoning determine what God can do in you. Stop measuring infinite redemption WITH YOUR FINITE MIND.
LET THE FATHER SET THE LIMITS in you.
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