THE SOLUTION TO THE POST-CROSS DILEMMA
Part 2

February 14, 2010 pm
MF Blume


Esther 8:7 Complete Apostles' Bible  (7)  And the king said to Esther, If I have given and freely granted you all that was Haman's, and hanged him on a gallows, because he laid his hands upon the Jews, what do you yet further seek?


 


Haman had the ring of Ahasuerus, with the king's signet emblem on it to validate any law that it never be reversed.

The Law cannot be reversed, BUT THE CURSE AND EFFECTS CAN BE.

THE LAW must always EXIST, but we can be saved FROM THE EFFECTS OF THAT LAW.

After Haman's death, the ring was given to Mordecai and so was the house of Haman given to Mordecai.

Esther 8:2 And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.

But the mischief of Haman was still in the land!

He knew the king himself could not reverse the law.
Christians are told these truths:

Romans 6:12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

Romans 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

Romans 6:18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

Romans 8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

How can it be that we have such a great victory in the cross and yet Christians backslide and are defeated in falling to temptations?

But there was one way that the dilemma could be solved.

Esther 8:8 Complete Apostles' Bible  (8)  Write also in my name, as it seems good to you, and seal it with my ring; for whatever orders are written at the command of the king, and sealed with my ring, it is not lawful to revoke them.

Notice it says to WRITE THE LAW IN THE KING'S NAME.

He told Esther and Mordecai to write some letters, themselves.

The cross is a finished work.

The king allowed Mordecai and Esther to have a law THAT OVERRIDES THE LAW OF HAMAN.

Here is how the law of the Spirit of Life works:

After telling them to WRITE A LAW in the NAME OF THE KING, we read:

Esther 8:9-10 Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language. And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:

And here is what they wrote:

Esther 8:11 Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,

Here is the answer, church!

Church, the law of sin and death allows devils and demons to confront you and threaten you with temptations and lies of all kinds.

THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST is used in prayers and commands that we make.

A police officer is recognized by our country as someone whom the police force will back and stand behind when that officer speaks a command to a person.

Likewise, a Christian who is saved from sin by the cross of Jesus Christ is authorized by God to come against sin and the devil and even sickness as though he were Jesus Christ, Himself, doing it.

So, Mordecai and Esther's authority was given by the King to WRITE A LAW IN THE NAME OF THE KING to destroy the people who come to destroy them!

I once spoke to a backsliding believer, and saw their weakening condition.

You do not have to live a defeated life with sin wrecking your Christianity.

Esther 8:11 Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,

THE NEW LAW SUPERCEDES THE OLD LAW!

Paul the apostle spoke of how Christians will experience defeat in their Christian lives, but showed the found the solution in Romans.

THE PROBLEM:

Romans 7:21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

He discovered that whenever he tried to do good in his own human power, evil was present there to defeat him every time.
AND HE CALLED IT A LAW!

Galatians 5:17 Complete Apostles' Bible  (17)  For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these things oppose each other, so that you do not do the things that you wish.


Satan set in motion the law of sin and death.

It reminds me of the analogy of giving my son a new car for a gift.
Similarly, the Bible says:

1 Corinthians 15:21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

But the problem is that every man was born in sin and could simply not resurrect from any death!

Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

The new law is the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus.

What we have to do is not combat anything in our own power.

We have to realize the CROSS affected us and joined us to the power of Jesus, because we became one with his death, burial and resurrection, and also one with his power on the throne of God!

But you have to submit your life to God, first, in a true experience of the cross and holy life.

James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Notice that submission to God must occur before you resist the devil.

Esther 8:17 And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.

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Galatians 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

So long as you walk in the Spirit, leaning on the power of Christ, fulfilling the HIGHER LAW, you can stay above fulfilling the lusts of the flesh and sinning!

But its there!

Romans 6:12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

Romans 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

Romans 6:18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

Romans 8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

The solution to the post-cross dilemma!

There is another law that defeats the law of gravity.

I had preachers ask me how can it be that we can live above sin without sinning if so many believers are defeated by sin.

Look what happened!

Esther 9:1-5 Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;) The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people. And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them. For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater. Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.



Its in your hands!


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