Execute Judgment part 3
It's all about giving what you've got. But that can be tricky when you think you've only got "bad" stuff. Whatever you believe--be it the lie of the world or the report of the Lord--is what will manifest in your life. So it's important that you know the truth. If you know the truth you can ignore the life. You don't have to struggle with the lie, or defeat the lie. You can simply ignore it. Don't give it any time or space or attention. What you feed is what will grow. What you starve will wither and die. And that's such a big difference than fighting. Just deny it your attention and ignoring it. Not even dealing with it or giving it any space or place in your life. You don't need the lie. 2 Corinthians 10:5 says, "Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of God." Now, I don't think this is talking about chasing your thoughts all over the place. That's a rabbit hole that leads to stress, anxiety, and suffering. Better just to let go of any thought that doesn't line up with the Word of God. You don't have to believe everything you think, is what I'm trying to say. And that has everything to do with executing judgment, because you execute the judgment that was written. You don't have to "figure out" what people "deserve." You can simply tell them the good news of the gospel. If you remit (or forgive) sins, they are forgiven. Because you are taking what is already true and sharing it with people. You aren't making them earn anything. You're simply giving them what you've got. Not "forgive in order to be forgiven," but, "forgive BECAUSE you are forgiven." That's the way of the New Covenant. We have been given--equipped and empowered with--everything we need. At this point it's all about receiving and releasing. At this point it's all about giving what you've got. Experiencing what you've got by giving it away. Letting what's inside come out by knowing and believing that it's in there. And let me say this--Everybody's sins are forgiven. That's a done deal. But you can make what is true... true for people by letting them know. By walking in the truth. By showing them the truth. Something can be true but not feel like it. So we manifest that truth. In ourselves and in each other. We bring what is true to life by knowing it and believing it. The same with God's righteous judgment--that abundant, everlasting, eternal, Resurrection Life sentence that was passed down from Father to Son. We make that truth... true... by sharing it. By telling people the good news of the gospel. By letting people know that they don't have to run FROM God (because He is not mad at them) but instead they can run TO God (because He is mad about them)! It's such a mindset shift. Knowing that God is not mad at you. That His judgment is not something bad, or hurtful, or something to be feared. His judgment is the best thing that has every happened. It brought the dead to life. We were dead in our trespasses and sins, and then Jesus drew us all into Himself, died on the cross (so we could have that second death that we needed to have) and then rose again so we could walk in newness of life. So we could experience HIS life by letting HIM live His own life in us, and through us, and as us. That's the key to life--knowing who we are, which is who we are in Christ, which is who Christ is in you. Knowing that we are loved... so that we can love. So that we can be who we are. So that we can live!