There is enough sin in the heart that if He were by chance to hold you to them you could live all of your life and confess sin but carry enough of the weight of sin that you would be unable to pull yourself up. The civil penalty for that sin has been amply atoned in the comprehensive work of Christ. God implanted His law in us to justly contain sin in the curse of death. Sin no longer has reign in us because the appropriate requirements of the law have been reasonably satisfied by our identification in Christ death. Before we graciously received the containment of law we had not control over sin.But now we control sin and corruption by pronouncing it dead. He has quarantine and properly separated us from sin as far as the east is from the west. Christ perfect record of law keeps God from adding up our sins. The demand for divine justice is satisfied in cursing the wicked.
The curse empowers us from being consumed by the guilt of our sins. Our union with Christ in His death renews our covenant control over visible creation.After He had provided purification for sins, we sat down with Him who is at right hand of the majesty on high. Because we are inseparably united with Him, we genuinely enjoy covenant freedom silencing the accusations of our sins. We pronounce death to our sins in our union exercising control in ruler-ship of Christ exaltation to place all things under His feet. Christ exercises sovereign rule in cursing all our personal opposition. He is subduing our suffering in this created world by redeeming all of our sin and corruption. Because He grew by His suffering and once made perfect He remains the source of eternal salvation for all who rest in Him. When we pronounce the curses, we cast off the weight of our sins forcing all opposition under our feet. We grow in our stable identity with Christ by pronouncing death to our old life and renewed to rule over all things. We no longer live but Christ lives in us. Through the power of grace, we enjoy our union with Him in our suffering knowing He has our best interest. Because grace covers over our sin it is not longer our chief opposition.
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