How God's Love is Perfected with Us Michael Edwards By this, love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because as He is, so also are we in this world. 1 John 4:17 NAS
When we come to the point as a believer, where we know for certain we can stand boldly in confidence with no fear before God on the day of judgment; His love has been perfected with us.
This confidence and boldness before God will never come if we are looking at the flaws and failures that remain in our dead flesh. We are called to see our flesh as crucified and dead on the cross with Christ. The death of our flesh took place one time, right before we were born-again in God’s eyes and we are to agree by faith. God condemned sin in the flesh and this is why it will die. By faith, we see this future event as our reality now. God did not redeem our flesh, nor can we.
"I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. Gal 2:20 NAS
It is an exercise in futility perpetrated by the enemy to place any hope in being able to perfect our flesh to a point of boldness or freedom from fear to stand before God.
God has given us a better hope in His Son. (for the Law made nothing perfect), and on the other hand there is a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God. Heb 7:19 NAS
According to God’s word, boldness and confidence on the day of judgment is already the possession of everyone who has placed their faith and trust in Christ. The reality of this truth will be revealed in our hearts and minds in this life, when we believe God 1,000 percent, it is all about God's promise and our faith in Jesus one time perfect sacrifice for all sins, for all time.
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