Trumpet Ministries,Removing sin
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When the Lord returns He will remove from our personality that which we through the Spirit have put to death. Jesus will remove the last traces of worldliness, the lusts of our flesh, and our self-will and rebellion. This is the salvation that is to come in the last days.
Of special importance to our redemption is the giving to us of our robe of righteousness, our house from Heaven. Our robe is woven from our daily conduct as we overcome sin through the Spirit of God. Each time we wash our robe in the blood of the Lamb an increment of righteousness is added to our house from Heaven. In the Day of the Lord we will be clothed in our own Christ-filled righteous works.
And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness [righteous works] of saints. (Revelation 19:8)
Does the Scripture speak of such a redemption, such a deliverance to come? Indeed it does. The removal of sin from the personality of the victorious saints is mentioned several times in the New Testament.
And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. (Luke 21:28)
And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. (Romans 13:11)
Which is the earnest [guarantee] of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. (Ephesians 1:14)
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. (Ephesians 4:30)
So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. (Hebrews 9:28)
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. (I Peter 1:5)
What we have in the present hour is a pledge, a deposit on the salvation that is to come. The salvation that is to come is the removal of sin from our personality.
The Lamb of God shall not only forgive but also take away the sin of the world.
He shall be called Jesus because He shall save His people from their sins, not in their sins.
Jesus will save us from the hand of the enemy so we may live in righteousness.
That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life. (Luke 1:74,75)
The Lord Jesus came so we might walk in holiness and righteousness before Him. To those who would claim that Luke 1:74,75 is addressed to the Jews, our response would be that in this case God has reserved a salvation for the Jews that is greater than His provision for the Gentiles.
God is ready to deliver the Jews so they may walk in holiness and righteousness before Him. However, the best He can do for Gentiles is to impute righteousness to them and carry them to Heaven to live in a mansion of gold where they never will be tempted again. This is what is taught today. Do you actually believe such an unscriptural, illogical fairy tale?
Notice how the Lord can remove sin from our personality.
And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment. (Zechariah 3:4)
The Lord has in mind to remove the sin from the Jewish people.
First the Lord will come to those in Zion, in the Church, who turn away from sin.
And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord. (Isaiah 59:20)
Then those to whom the Lord has come shall themselves go to the Jewish people and deliver them from all sin.
And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: (Romans 11:26)
There are two illustrations in the Old Testament that portray the killing, and then the removal of sin.
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