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You don’t have to look far
to realize your failures, right?
Before you can have that
transformation that
you so desire,
you need to believe:
“There is now no
condemnation.” (Rom. 8:1)
Why should there be
a guilt offering?
Because many a time,
we feel guilty.
You know you have done
something wrong.
What makes you think today
that just because
you’ve failed,
that has changed
your position as
righteous before God?
No! Sin is wrong but
knowing this will
cause you to
reign over your sin!
Jesus Christ, at the cross,
became our guilt offering
and for our sakes,
He restored to God
120% of reverence,
120% of worship
and obedience
that we could never
render to God and
God sets it
to your account!
Hallelujah!
Hi, this is Joseph Prince.
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Be blessed as you
feed on God’s Word today!
Gospel means good news. And
the good news is not that
God is mad at you, God is
out to get you, and somehow
even today people are having
that impression that God is
out to judge them, God is a
god of wrath, of anger, of
judgement. Listen – God has
wrath, God has anger and the
Bible says towards us who
are believers in Him, He has
exhausted all His wrath on
the body of our Lord Jesus
Christ, our sacrifice, our
sin offering on that Cross
and Jesus – God planned it
to be so that God can
righteously forgave us of
all our sins through the
Cross because the Cross of
Jesus Christ has glorified
God to such an extent that
all His attributes have been
fully satisfied that He
justifies us and He does it
righteously amen. We are not
made righteous by God’s
mercy. His mercy is involved
in this gospel plan but we
are made righteous with His
righteousness – according to
righteousness, those are
judicial terms amen. So
today you and I who believe
on Christ, we are made
righteous and that is the
gospel of Jesus Christ that
the world needs to hear
amen. Paul says “I am not
ashamed of the gospel of
Jesus Christ because it is
the power of God unto
salvation”. And the word
salvation therein the Greek
is the word soteria which is
actually the word – which is
an all-inclusive word that
includes healing, wholeness
– it’s not just saved from
eternal death, it is not
just saved from the Lake of
Fire, it’s not just saved
from condemnation but it is
saved in the areas of all
the Fall of Man that came in
as a result of sin and
salvation includes all that.
Because there are times that
you find that the verb form
of soteria is used when
Jesus heals someone. Like He
spoke to the woman with the
issue of blood who got
healed – it says Jesus said
to her “your faith has made
you well”; your faith has
healed you in some
translations. But in the
Greek “your faith has
sozo-ed you”. Sozo is the
verb of soteria. So the
power of God is released for
your healing, for your
well-being, and also the
word prosper, amen, is also
in that word soteria. It is
well-being for your entire
person amen, well-being for
you and your family. Praise
the Lord! that is the gospel
of Jesus Christ. It saves
you spiritually amen, that
is a part of us that is born
again; and then it saves us
in our mind, in our emotions
amen. We know that today we
have people who are so
depressed because especially
with the pandemic, there is
a rise of people suffering
from depression, people
suffering from all kinds of
mental disorders and all
because they do not know how
to handle this fallout from
the pandemic. Well the
gospel of Jesus Christ saves
you in that area – saves you
mentally amen, in your
emotions, hallelujah – it
makes you whole, whole
emotionally. It makes you
mentally at poise, you know,
in equanimity amen, perfect
peace garrisons your heart
and mind, the Bible says.
And then it saves your body,
and that is healing until we
see Jesus face to face and
get our glorified body. Our
bodies right now needs
healing, and we will need
healing until we see Him
face to face. And the gospel
includes that. It’s all in
that word – the power of the
gospel, Paul says “I am not
ashamed of that power” –
why, because in that gospel
the power of God, the power
of God is released amen,
unto what, salvation – unto
your wholeness, unto your
well-being, saving you
spirit soul and body, amen.
Saving you in all your
circumstances that have
fallen under the curse,
amen, to save you from all
so that you are in the world
but you are not of the world
amen. You can walk
separated; you can walk
wholly, amen. Separated from
all that has fallen on this
earth because of the curse
that came in through Adam’s
sin amen the Bible says God
wants to save us from all
that in the name of the Lord
Jesus Christ amen, and that
power is found in the gospel
of the Lord Jesus Christ. I
am so excited to preach the
gospel of Jesus Christ again
and again because you know
what we are still
discovering the magnitude of
what the Father has in His
heart when He gave us this
gospel. And this gospel came
at a very dear cost to Him
amen. He gave up His Son;
there was no other way for
God to save us. We have all
sinned and someone needs to
die for our sin amen. And
that someone cannot be
someone who is also sinful
because if he is sinful he
needs someone to die for him
amen, but you need someone
who is sinless. And the
Bible says – Christ, in Him
is no sin. He did no sin, He
knew no sin and He became
sin on the Cross. Why? In 2
Corinthians 5:21 it says God
made Jesus on that Cross to
be sin for us amen, He was
made sin. He didn’t sin but
He was made sin with our
sins. So God made Him to be
sin for us who knew no sin
that we – you and I might be
made – notice it’s not that
we perform righteousness
that we would become
righteous but that we might
be made the righteousness of
God in Christ Jesus. So the
divine exchange took place
at the Cross. Jesus took all
my sins and your sins, He
became sin on that Cross. He
who knew no sin, did no sin
became sin on that Cross so
that you and I who knows no
righteousness, and we are
not able to perform enough
righteousness amen to equal
God’s standard amen as
portrayed in the Ten
Commandments amen. We cannot
perform enough; so we who
know no righteousness
because He who became sin on
that Cross, we are made the
righteousness of God in
Christ. Hallelujah! And the
Bible says, like what I was
quoting just now, Paul was
saying “I am not ashamed of
the gospel of Christ because
it is the power of God unto
salvation”, let’s go on and
look at what Paul is saying
about the gospel, for in
that gospel, if you want to
know the true gospel – will
the true gospel please stand
up? We hear all kinds of
things that are passed off
as the gospel today that is
not the gospel, you will say
things “bless God, that’s
the gospel truth!” Well,
from what I hear it is not
the gospel truth. The gospel
truth must have all these
characteristics that Paul
says about the gospel that
he preached amen. There are
times where he called it “my
gospel” because God revealed
it to him, hallelujah. You
know the apostles they saw
what happened to Jesus on
the Cross but they were not
able to see the reality
behind what was happening.
They saw physically, they
saw with their eyes what
happened to Him, they saw
His sufferings, they saw Him
die but they didn’t know
that He was made sin on that
Cross that they might be the
righteousness of God in Him
and revelation was given to
the Apostle Paul. So Paul
received the full revelation
of what happened at the
Cross amen, and what
happened in the resurrection
hallelujah! But notice, I
was saying just now, what is
the true gospel of Jesus
Christ? We cannot compromise
on this. What is the true
gospel that we are supposed
to preach that releases the
power of God unto salvation,
unto wholeness, unto
healing? What is that
gospel? It goes on to say
for in that gospel, the
righteousness of God is
revealed, amen. What is
revealed? The sinfulness of
man? Yes – man is sin, amen.
But in the gospel of Christ,
it doesn’t focus on man’s
sin that is a given, that’s
why we need a saviour,
because we have sin. But the
focus of the gospel, the
true gospel of Jesus Christ,
in it – what is revealed?
The righteousness of God is
revealed. And the
righteousness of God my
friend is the gift. None of
us can perform enough, do
enough amen and to ever
become the righteousness of
God. So the righteousness of
God is given as a gift as in
Romans 5:17 “For if by one
man’s offense death reigned
by one, how much more they
which receive the abundance
of Grace and the gift of
righteousness”. So
righteousness is a gift, it
is a gift. It is a gift –
how that sounds so good amen
on my lips to say it. Gift.
It is a gift of
righteousness but have you
received it? And the Bible
says those who receive it,
they will reign in life. Not
after life, amen, reign in
life in this world and in
the world to come through
Jesus Christ. Praise be to
our Lord Jesus Christ,
hallelujah. Praise God. So
we need to preach the gospel
where the righteousness of
God as a gift is revealed
and that is the gospel of
God that transforms people’s
lives. I want to read to you
a testimony that came in and
it is from a brother from
the States and he shares
this – “I was delivered from
a 20 year addiction to pot
smoking by proclaiming I am
the righteousness of God in
Christ Jesus” – Now I have
been preaching for years now
that if you are suffering
some sinful habit that you
can’t seem to break free
from or some addiction that
you are not delivered from
and you are still continuing
in it, the best way to be
out of it is to confess I am
the righteousness of God in
Christ because that’s the
reality, that is how God has
made you to be in the midst
of your bondage confess “I
am the righteousness of God
in Christ” amen. We are
always to confess that
Christianity is knowing as
the Great Confession, in the
early days – the way of
righteousness amen, the way
to God, praise the Lord. And
it is always a proclamation,
it is always a confession.
And our confession is that
in the midst of contrary
symptoms, contrary signs and
what appears to be reality
there is a truth beyond that
reality. Friends, facts are
facts. But facts may have an
expiry date to it amen. It
is not true that the chair
that I see right down here
will last forever. It is not
true. It is a fact it is
there now amen but there is
a truth that outlasts the
fact. And God’s word is not
about facts, it is about
truths amen. It goes beyond
the facts. Facts can be
temporal amen but truth can
change the facts. Some
things that were facts some
time ago is no longer a fact
today amen it has
disappeared. Some animals
have gone from the scene
amen, there are facts, and
they were facts at time,
facts of reality. But you
know what, that reality is
temporary but we are dealing
with things that are eternal
amen. It is effected now and
it lasts for eternity. Those
are the truths that Jesus
talked about. You shall know
the truth and the truth will
set you free amen. So the
more I share in the midst of
your sin confess “I am the
righteousness of God in
Christ” guess what? People
start seeing deliverance
from pornography, from all
kinds of addiction. And this
brother talks about a 20
year addiction to pot
smoking and he says “I was
delivered from a 20 year
addiction to pot smoking by
proclaiming I am the
righteousness of God in
Christ Jesus. I felt
ridiculous saying it but out
of desperation I decided to
do it by faith after hearing
all the testimonies. After a
few weeks I was delivered
from my addiction without
any withdrawal symptoms or
desire to smoke again.” You
see, true holiness my
friend, real transformation
is not stopping something
but in your heart you still
crave for it. It is even
being delivered from the
desire for it, hallelujah
praise the Lord. He says he
is delivered not only from
the addiction but even from
the desire to smoke again,
this was a miracle because I
was never able to quit even
after many attempts. I am
now hooked on hearing the
gospel of Grace. I listen to
Joseph Prince’s sermons
daily, sometimes all night.
Hmmm…. I always felt that I
had a gift to help people to
sleep amen, praise the Lord.
But I thought that came
through prayer, anyway – my
voice is soothing enough,
hallelujah. “I am amazed at
Jesus’ love and grace. The
addiction started in my 50s
and I am now in my 70s – so
it is not only young people
who can be freed from years
of addiction. Thank you so
much Pastor Prince, I hope
this testimony encourages
someone, amen” – A brother
from South Carolina, United
States. Praise be to God,
hallelujah. Today I want to
share with you something
along these lines. You know
we look at a believer and we
see a believer suffering
depression and they are
addicted to pornography, or
they have anger issues and
we know that all this are
sins, and they are supposed
to be reigning over these
things. Then we ask
ourselves the question, what
is happening right? We know
that the Bible says those
who receive the abundance of
grace and gift of
righteousness will reign in
life. The Lord said this to
me – when you receive the
gift of righteousness, you
have to act amen, and even
feel it in your emotions.
Believe it to the point it
affects your emotions. Act
like it. If you say you have
the gift of righteousness
and you condemn yourself –
mentally, inwardly you are
always feeling guilty, you
are conscious of sins, it is
no thanks to the Giver when
you are conscious of your
sins. It is as if Jesus
didn’t do a good job at the
Cross. It is as if you are
saying “God I don’t believe
Your Word when You say that
all my sins are put away at
the Cross when You say You
declare me righteous because
when Jesus rose again from
the dead He rose without my
sins. Only a few days ago He
bore all my sins on that
Cross but when He rose again
He rose without them.” That
means all my sins were put
away and because of Jesus’
resurrection Your Word has
declared I am righteousness
– In fact that is what the
Bible says in Romans 4 it
says “who was delivered up
because of our offences
Christ was raised up because
of our being declared
righteous.” So if we were
not declared righteous,
Christ would not be raised
up. That is the idea amen.
But Christ was raised up
because of our being
declared righteous. And the
next verse says “therefore
having been declared
righteous then by faith we
have peace toward God
through our Lord Jesus
Christ. “ So God has sent
Jesus to become the second
Adam. We need to understand
this, friend. Listen, Jesus
came – though He is the Son
of God, He did not come –
listen carefully, He did not
come to represent just God
to man, that He is. Blessed
be God, and what a
manifestation of God, amen,
that we see in Christ. But
He came to become man, amen,
the Word became flesh and
dwelt among us so that there
will be a new human race,
not after the order of the
first Adam but after the
second Adam the Lord Jesus
Christ so that everything
that happens to the federal
head of the race alright,
all the race will suffer
whatever that federal head
has done. If it is sin then
the sin comes upon all his
race, on all his
generations. Amen. You
cannot say well, “that is
unfair, Pastor Prince I
don’t like the way it works
out.”. My friend, if your
grandfather died when he was
three years old, you won’t
be here today right? Our
lives are all intricately
linked with our fathers, our
grandfathers, great
grandfathers all the way to
Adam. Sin is transferred
also via the blood amen. And
the human flesh amen.
Everyone, every child is
born in sin. Now every child
is innocent but born in sin.
Sin is in the blood amen. So
we need salvation, we need
to be saved. We need to be
born again. So Jesus came to
be the federal head of a new
race hallelujah. And there
is one translation that says
“therefore if anyone is in
Christ he is a new species”
amen. Christ came to be the
head of a new species of
human beings amen. One that
God will find delight and
joy in, praise the Lord,
because this is His dream
hallelujah. The first Adam
when he fell, all men fell
in Him. Likewise the Bible
says “by the obedience of
One we are all made
righteous” amen. All those
who believe on Christ we are
made righteous. Notice
again, the Bible says “by
the disobedience of one many
were made sinners so by the
obedience of One, many are
made righteous.” So I am not
made righteous, you are not
made righteous by your
obedience, by my obedience,
we are made righteous by one
Man’s obedience, and who is
that One man? Our Lord
Jesus, amen. So once we are
conscious of that – that is
spiritual warfare, to keep
our minds on this truth
because the Bible says
“casting down imaginations
and any high thing that
exalts itself against the
knowledge of God and
bringing into captivity” –
listen, “bringing into
captivity every thought to
the obedience of Christ.” It
is not bringing every
thought to obey Christ, you
know – that is a never
ending cycle of defeat, I am
telling you. That will never
work. But warfare is to
bring every thought to the
obedience of Christ. In
other words, focus on His
obedience that takes you off
yourself. Instead of being
self-occupied, you are
Christ occupied. Instead of
giving credit to yourself
for striving, for doing, you
give all glory to Jesus who
has done it all, hallelujah.
So you focus on His
obedience. By one Man’s
obedience I am made
righteous, hallelujah! That
is spiritual warfare, and
that tells us that that is
the devil’s device,
Ha-Satan, and that is his
name. And he is a prosecutor
at law. Prosecutor is a
legal term. Even Satan’s
name is a legal term.
Someone who prosecutes,
someone who is a prosecutor
does not talk about your
good points. I am sure that
you know every criminal who
has been in courts of
justice, have good points, I
am sure of that, of course.
But the prosecutor’s job is
not to bring out his good
points but his bad points.
So Satan’s job is not to
bring out your good points
but to point to you your bad
points where you have fallen
short, what you have not
done, and if you have done
something good even, it is
not enough, it is not done
enough so you have this
constant nagging, this
constant sense of sin,
constant sense of
condemnation, this heaping
of guilt on you. And you do
not know where it comes
from. And that is why, the
more self-focussed you are
the more you are obsessed
with the thought “I have not
done this, or I have done
this in a bad way, I feel
like kicking myself, I
should not have done that,
you start thinking about the
things you should have done
– you know you have been
self-occupied, you will be
depressed. I think it was
Corrie Ten Boom who said
“look around you, you will
be distressed; look within
you, you will be depressed.
Look to Christ and be at
rest” amen? So every time we
are focussed on ourselves we
are declining into a spiral
of depression. Right, we are
going deeper and deeper into
this dark, you know hole of
depression and a lot of
people don’t realise it is
all because of
self-occupation. But how do
you get delivered from Self?
You start focusing on Jesus.
It is not what you have done
wrong, it is not what you
have done right that is not
enough, and it is what
Christ has done. So look
away from self to Christ
amen, and focus on His
obedience, His obedience was
credited to your account, it
is His obedience that has
made you righteous. So if
the devil comes to you, you
say “go check Jesus out. If
you can find something wrong
with His obedience then come
and talk to me” amen because
you know what? God is no
more dealing with me on my
obedience or my disobedience
as I am now in Christ, so
check Him out. If you can
find something wrong with
Him then I am done alright.
If you can’t find anything
wrong with Him then get
out”. Hallelujah! Praise the
name of Jesus, praise the
Lord. In Romans 8:1 it says
clearly “therefore there is
now no condemnation at all
for those who are in Christ
Jesus”. Therefore there is
now no condemnation at all.
I like the New American
Standard Bible because it
brings out the word no. No
condemnation at all. The
word no there, there are a
number of Greek words for no
or negative or negation, but
this word no is a powerful
negative conjunction. The
word in the Greek is oudeis.
But oudeis is used when you
are describing something
where it leaves no
exception. It shuts the door
completely; there is no one
or nothing, nothing at all.
It shuts the door, leaves no
exceptions alright. And it
says oudeis condemnation –
there is no condemnation
whatsoever in any shape or
form amen. No condemnation
at all. Therefore there is
now no condemnation at all
for those who are in Christ
Jesus. Now I want to pause
here and say this – for you
and I we are in Christ
Jesus, now the word Christ
Jesus, you will find Paul
uses this frequently in his
writing, it is always
describing our Lord Jesus as
He is today, post
resurrection. After He has
gone to be with the Father
He is known in Paul’s
writings as Christ Jesus.
Whereas when Paul addresses,
or apostles address Jesus
when He was on earth amen
before His death, burial and
resurrection, He is known as
Jesus Christ – Yeshua ha
Nazarene. Jesus of Nazareth
– they know Him as Jesus
then Christ is His ministry,
His calling, amen. He came
to be the Messiah, Jesus
Christ amen. But when He
rose from the dead, Christ
comes first – Christ Jesus.
So every time you see Christ
Jesus, it is referring to
Jesus as He is today at the
Father’s right hand, crowned
with glory and honour, not
Jesus Christ as He was when
He was on earth okay, but
Christ Jesus. So we are now
we are in Christ Jesus –
when did that history
happen? – It happened at the
cross when Paul says
remember that? “I have been
crucified with Christ,
knowing this that our old
man was crucified with
Christ”. That’s where you
and I, our history in Christ
Jesus happened. We were, God
put us in Christ where? At
the cross. Now He didn’t put
us when He was a baby in
Bethlehem. He didn’t put us
you know when He was walking
by the shores of Galilee. He
didn’t put us in Him then,
when He was at the cross,
God put us in Christ, first
of all our old man. When God
put us there, He put our old
man there, right? Not
referring to our father ok,
our old man, our old nature.
Amen. God put us there and
when Christ was crucified,
we were crucified with Him.
When He died, we died in
Him. As far as God is
concerned all these are
realities beyond facts.
Amen. And when God raised
Jesus from the dead, we were
all risen in Him. Amen. We
rose with Jesus. The old
nature is gone, the new has
come. Old things have passed
away, we are now a new
creation in Christ and we
rose in Him. Hallelujah. We
rose with Him. Now we are in
Christ Jesus. We are in
Christ Jesus. Let me tell
you this if we were in Jesus
Christ when He was on earth
it’s good enough.
Hallelujah. But no, it is on
the enthroned glorified
Christ at the Father’s right
hand. When the Father said
to Him, “Sit on my right
hand”. You and I we sat in
Him. Let me say this ok, we
need to understand that many
a times we separate Jesus
from ourselves. In the sense
that, “Oh He is the Son of
God, God raised Him because
He is the Son of God, that’s
why God raised Him from the
dead”. But the Bible says
Jesus having purged our sins
sat down. In other words, if
He didn’t do a successful
job at purging our sins, at
forgiving us of our sins, at
doing a clean sweep of sins
in our lives, He cannot sit
down even though He is a Son
of God. Because He came as a
man, as a man called to
accomplish the Father’s will
which is to die for us on
the cross and to effect the
New Covenant in our lives.
Amen. He has to fulfil that.
He came as a man so you and
I have the comfort and the
confidence now to come to
God knowing that we have a
man in glory. Friend do you
realise that? One of our own
made it to the Holy of
Holies. Amen. And He is
there representing you and
I. You know even the word
representing, even though
it’s true but actually it’s
more than that. It’s
representation in the sense
of like no other minister or
member of parliament can
represent. It’s beyond that,
it’s as if you are in that
member of parliament in
court yourself. Amen. We are
in Him. So in that sense,
it’s a representation by
being present in Christ. So
when God looks at Jesus, God
sees you. In other words,
God will never see you apart
from Christ. Someone says,
“You know when God looks at
us, it’s like a ceiling over
us and the ceiling is Christ
so He sees us through
Christ”. Even that
illustration doesn’t really
cut it you know because the
word In Christ Jesus, the
best way I can say it is
like, you know we are
completely ensphered. Yah
that’s the word ensphere you
know, ensphere, it’s like
completely sphered, we are
in the sphere. Amen. Like
you are in the deepest ocean
and all around you water
over you, water under you,
around you, permeating you.
Amen. And you are in that,
in Christ Jesus. That’s how
one you are with Him. So
when the Father looks at
you, He sees you ensphered
in Christ. Amen. And
whatever Jesus has done, as
far as the Father is
concerned, you have done.
The only thing that He did
that you and I did not do of
course is to remove our sins
by virtue of his person.
Amen. But after that,
whatever the Father did to
Him at the cross happened to
us as well. When the Father
raised Him from the dead, we
were raised with Him and
that’s our true identity. So
in that context the Bible
says, “There is therefore
now no condemnation at all
for those who are in Christ
Jesus”. How can that be? Ask
yourself this question. Can
Jesus ever be condemned?
There is therefore now no
condemnation for you and I
in Christ Jesus. Praise the
Lord. Now by the same token
if you read Romans 6
carefully it says that even
as Christ died to sin once
and for all, right, and He
rose from the dead, likewise
in the same manner, reckon
yourself. Amen. That’s an
accounting word there right.
Consider yourself, consider
this fact that as Christ
died to sins once and for
all, you died to sin once
and for all. Now in what way
did Jesus die to sin? Did
Jesus die to committing sin?
No. He never committed any
sin. So are we dead to
committing sin? No. We still
can sin if we want to. That
is not what Jesus died to
sin is all about. Died to
sin, He died to the
condemnation and the
imputation of sin. In other
words, sin was imputed to
man. When man sinned, God
considered Him a sinner and
condemnation is heaped on
Him. Which means on the
hills of condemnation, there
will be sickness, there will
be any kind of curse that
would come. Amen. But Christ
took our condemnation on
that cross so that today we
are not in Jesus Christ, we
are in Christ Jesus where He
can never be condemned.
Praise the name of Jesus. So
in the way that He died to
sin, will Jesus think of
like, “I need to die to sin,
I need to die to sin”. Today
in heaven, do you think He
is saying, “I need to die to
sin”? No, He died to sin
once and for all. How did He
die to sin? In what way did
He die to sin? He died to
sins, condemnation. He died
to sins, imputation. Sin can
never be imputed to Jesus
ever again, so likewise for
you, you are in Christ.
Jesus can never be
condemned, neither can you
because you are in Christ.
That’s how God sees you. One
of our own made it. As far
as God is concerned, all
mankind is represented in
this man. Now I am not
teaching Universalism here.
I believe that everyone
needs to make a personal
decision to believe on
Christ, to receive all that
He has done for them, ok,
that’s why we preach the
gospel. If not we can just
let you know the whole world
just lie because they will
all be saved anyway. No, no,
no that’s error, that’s
heresy, no friend. But as
far as God is concerned,
Jesus came to represent the
entire human race. Now, the
good of what He did can only
be received by faith. Amen.
That is where we need to
preach the gospel and have
people come into the kingdom
of God through Jesus Christ.
Amen. Praise the Lord. But
as far as God is concerned,
one of mankind has made it
to the holy of holies. One
of the human race has
conquered Satan, not as God
but as a man. For
generations across the
millennia, death came
marching for every man.
Until the day came that a
man came hunting down death
and destroyed it.
Hallelujah. His name is
Jesus. His name is Jesus.
Jesus sad hearts weep no
more. He has healed the
broken-hearted. Open wide
the prison doors. He is able
to deliver evermore. So
first, before the
deliverance friend, before
you see that freedom from
that addiction, from that
sinful habit, before you can
have that transformation
that you so desire, you need
to believe there is now no
condemnation. A lot of
people they receive
condemnation in themselves.
And I am reminded of
something the Lord told me
as I was searching, like I
said just now, last year
especially I was going to
the area where a lot of
people who have heard this
truth, and those who have
heard this truth, I see some
of them, like many people
with so many testimonies
they have been transformed.
They are some who have not
transformed and I really
want to see 100 percent
results. Of course I know
that human will comes in and
all that but I am someone
who is really hungry for all
that God has for us. How
about you? Amen. So I asked
the Lord. And He didn’t
answer me immediately but
one day I was praying, I
remember praying and then I
heard these words, very
simple words one line after
another. It came into my
spirit while I was praying.
I had to get up from my
prayer, grabbed a pen, go to
my notebook and write down
verbatim what I heard in my
spirit what the Lord was
saying to me. I want to read
to you because this is the
same notebook that I wrote,
I jotted down what the Lord
said to me during prayer and
this is what He said to me
last year when it came to me
so strong one after another.
And anyway I will say this,
and at first you will say,
“Well Pastor Prince that is
nothing profound, it sound
so simple”. But isn’t it
like God to share with you
simple things and yet
life-transforming. Amen. It
can be a pivotal point in
your life when you hear it
ok. And this is what He said
to me, “Jesus cannot bear
guilt while you are bearing
guilt”. Jesus, we know He
bore our guilt at the cross,
right, He became liable for
all our sins. But in a sense
the cross is timeless
because it’s outside time
that’s why He can die for
people who live before Him
and He died for all of us
who live, who would live,
chronologically speaking
after Him. But with God
there is no time and space.
That’s an eternal now. And
He is saying to me that if
you want to get the benefit.
Now I am illustrating what
He said to me in a line. But
let me just tell you what He
said, “Jesus cannot bear
guilt while you are bearing
guilt. Guilt cannot be in
two places. Guilt cannot be
in two places, either it’s
on Him or it’s on you,
either it’s on Him or it’s
on you. If it’s on you and
you bear it, it cannot be on
Him. If it’s on Him then
it’s not on you”. You say,
“Pastor, this is so simple
and all that”. Listen,
“Where guilt is, there can
be no restoration. If guilt
is on Him then restoration
is on you. If He took your
guilt, Amen, restoration is
coming your way”. And when
He shared this with me,
straightaway you know I am
reminded of the five
offerings. All the five
offerings in the Book of
Leviticus typify that one
offering of Christ at the
cross. It takes five
Levitical offerings to show
us what happened to Jesus at
the cross. Of course one of
them the meal offering
actually refers to His
entire life ok but the rest
refers to that one act of
Christ on that cross. And
it’s called I want to focus
on the guilt offering, the
guilt offering. In many
translations it calls it the
guilt offering. The Hebrew
word is asham. Guilt
offering. So that’s the
guilt offering. So first of
all there’s the burnt
offering and then there’s a
meal offering, there is a
peace offering, there is a
sin offering, then there is
the guilt offering. Now the
guilt offering says it like
this. In the Leviticus 6 it
says here, talking about the
asham, which is the guilt
offering. “If you have
sinned in any of these ways
you are guilty, you must
give back whatever you stole
or the money you took by
extortion or the security
deposit, or the lost
property you found, or
anything obtained by
swearing falsely. You must
make restitution or
restoration by paying the
full price”. Paying what?
“The full price plus an
additional 20 percent to the
person you have harmed”. So
in other words, 100 percent
full price plus 20 percent
so it’s 120 percent to the
person you have harmed. “On
the same day you must
present the guilt offering”.
So this is actually the
procedure for the guilt
offering or asham. Amen. The
last offering mentioned in
Leviticus. The first one
again burnt offering, meal
offering, peace offering, we
have the sin offering and
then we have the guilt
offering. In our King James
it says the trespass
offering. Actually the word
there is guilt, guilt
offering. Very interesting
because we have the sin
offering already right? We
have the sin offering or
trespass offering. We
already have the sin
offering. The fourth one in
Leviticus. Why should there
be a guilt offering? Many a
times we feel guilty. Not
just that, because it’s a
real guilt that happens when
you know you have done
something wrong. The Bible
says the only way to get rid
of it back in the Old
Testament is to pay back
someone that you have stolen
from, extorted, deceived, or
whatever. You need to pay
back and repair the damage
with a hundred percent value
of the thing that you have
stolen or robbed him off.
And not only that it says
you must add 20 percent to
it. So in other words you
must give 120 percent. Amen.
Now did God talk about this
just for during that time?
But look at what happened at
the cross. Jesus took the
place of the one who has
trespassed, who has sinned
right? Jesus took the place
as the one who has done
wrong, Amen, extorted and
all the list that is
mentioned here in Leviticus
6. Jesus took the place. He
took your place and my
place, instead of us there
on that cross, He took our
place. We did the wrong, we
did the extorting, we did
the everything, so He took
our place. By the same
token, He becomes liable for
all the wrong things that we
have done. In other words,
He will be the one to
restore 120 percent. And God
designed all these my friend
to be so. Hallelujah. You
see because the Bible
actually tells us this that
He said. Jesus actually said
in one of the Messianic
Psalms. He says in Psalm 69,
“They that hate me without a
cause are more than the
hairs on my head. Now this
first part here is in
reference to Jesus. How do
we know that it’s a
Messianic verse referring to
Jesus? Because this was
quoted by Jesus Himself in
the Upper Room. Last Supper.
In John 15 Jesus says, “But
this happened”, Jesus is
talking here, “But this
happened that the word might
be fulfilled which is
written in their law, they
hated me without a cause.
They hated me without a
cause”. Where was this
written? Taken from? From
Psalm 69, “They that hate me
without a cause”. And notice
the last part, “Then I
restored that which I took
not away”. Jesus says, “I
restored that which I took
not away. I took the place
of the guilty one”. I became
liable for their sins
therefore I have to be the
one to restore. So my
friend, how that works out.
What the Lord said to me and
because I understand about
the guilt offering, so when
God said, I am going to
repeat this again. He said,
“He cannot bear guilt while
you are bearing guilt. Guilt
cannot be in two places,
either it’s on Him or it’s
on you”. If it’s on you and
you bear it, you experience
it, you justify yourself why
you feel guilty. I don’t
care whether you believe in
the gospel of grace or
whether you heard the
teachings about the
righteousness of God. But if
you bear it, if you are
feeling guilty, friend, then
it’s not on Him, as far as
you are concerned, it’s on
you. So if it’s on you and
you bear it, it cannot be on
Him. If it’s on Him, then
it’s not on you. In other
words, guilt cannot be in
two places. That’s what the
Lord said to me. Where guilt
is, the Lord said, where
guilt is there can be no
restoration. As you can see
the guilt offering, there is
restoration, 120 percent
restoration. And that’s the
reason why Jesus at the
cross accomplished so much
more than what Adam has done
in bringing the curse and
death into the human race.
What Jesus did is much more,
is mentioned five times in
the Book of Romans. What
Jesus did is much more,
that’s why you know if
Adam’s sin caused all of us
to become sinners, then much
more Jesus’ righteousness,
that one act of
righteousness at the cross,
made all of us righteous.
Hallelujah. Praise the name
of Jesus. Praise the name of
Jesus. It’s much more. If
today a sinner, a sinner,
what Adam did, a sinner
cannot by doing good make
himself a non-sinner. He is
still a sinner. That means
what Adam did is so strong
that a sinner cannot change
his status by doing good, by
being kind, by you know
pulling you know himself by
his boot straps doing his
best, no he cannot change.
The only way for a sinner to
be translated out of his
state of a sinner to
becoming a saint, a child of
God, a new creation is by
being born again, and that’s
from Jesus’ righteousness.
Right? So why do we feel
like with one act we have
lost our position as
righteous before God. When
actually all the good things
you did when you were a
sinner cannot change the
state of your sinnerhood, if
I can say it that way. What
makes you think today just
because you failed here or
there, you know, you have
sinned even right, that has
changed your position as
righteous before God. No,
sin is wrong, but knowing
this will cause you to reign
over your sin. Praise the
Lord. Thank you Jesus. So
the Lord says, “Where guilt
is there can be no
restoration”. Now if guilt
is on Him, then restoration
is on you. Hallelujah.
Praise the name of Jesus. So
what happens when we fail?
You know you don’t have to
look far to realise you know
your failures right.
Everyday, sometimes brings
fresh reminders that we are
so weak in and of ourselves.
But friend listen carefully,
and the flesh is still in
us, and I think that God
leaves us with the flesh
even after we are born again
to humble us to always
remind us of our need for
Him, or else we are so, we
are people that always feel
like after one victory we
are strong now, Amen, and we
are not going to fall. No
the flesh is the flesh and
the flesh is always there.
Right, so you have a
propensity to sin, you don’t
have to look far to see your
failures, even mentally,
even sometimes when you are
sleeping, Amen, even when
you are awake you see so
much right? And those
solicitations to sin, that
feeling, that anger that
rises, that bitterness, that
depression and all that, you
know even being fearful and
worried and all that, are
all sins to God. Well if
that’s the case you know we
talk about the big ones. But
God talks about all these
things in the Bible even
being fearful and
unbelieving are the two
groups that go to the lake
of fire. So friend how do we
overcome sin? No friend,
today if you know this, it
gives you a fresh hope and
confidence in God, because
you know why? We are full of
weaknesses, full of sins.
But it is our title to what
Jesus did. As long as we
don’t receive the guilt,
Amen, we look to the cross.
And every time we fail,
whether in thought, word or
deed, Amen, look to the
cross and say, “Lord I thank
you that you bore this
guilt, Amen, you bore the
judgment of it, you bore the
guilt of it and I thank you
Lord, that I am freed from
guilt”. Don’t condemn
yourself and start
declaring, “I am the
righteousness of God in
Christ”. You may have a
bondage in certain area but
the more you confess that,
the more you will reign over
it. And not only don’t stop
there, remember this,
because of that sin, now you
are entitled. I say that
because I’m based on
Scripture to 120 percent
restoration from the Lord.
And the Lord designed this
whole thing to be so. In
other words, every time you
fail, it’s a chance for you
to receive 120 percent
restoration. Amen. You know
if Adam never sinned, let me
put it this way, if Adam
never fall, and this is
beyond many people’s
comprehension, but you know
God’s glory will just be
creatorial. But today the
Redeemer’s crown is on
Jesus. Hallelujah.
Redemption is greater than
creation. Praise the Lord.
You know the Bible says that
if a man loses or rather
he’s been robbed of a cow,
you have to restore five
cows. Imagine a man who just
got robbed of a cow and then
the culprit is caught, now
he has to restore five cows.
I can just see him at night
telling his wife, “You know
honey, actually that old cow
was growing old, I am so
glad we got five young cows
now”. He has become a
gainer. Let me say this
reverently, alright, you can
understand this. God has
become a gainer, not only
Jesus restored 120 percent
to us, who is the wronged
person? Who is the one that
has been wronged? God. Jesus
restored 120 percent to God.
So on our behalf, Jesus has
restored 120 percent
worship, 120 percent
reverence on our behalf,
Amen, He did it for us.
Amen. 120 percent. As far as
God is concerned, man He has
received all the worship
from you, all the reverence
from you, all the obedience
from you. Amen. And not only
to God but also to us. Every
time you sin you lose
something. But now instead
of losing something, you
actually receive more than
before you sinned.
Understand, we are not for
sin, but God has designed
the whole thing in that
where sin increased, grace
will superabound.
Hallelujah. So right now
because of that failure, the
devil should not have
tempted you to fall into
that area. Now you are
entitled to the 120 percent
restoration in that area.
Hallelujah. Amen. Because of
your sin, because of your
sinful habits or addiction,
now a part of you is
suffering disease or
sickness or whatever, now
you are entitled to 120
percent healing and
restoration in your body.
Not just 100 percent, 120.
Hallelujah. And that
resolves the confusion some
people have because deep in
their hearts and I know of
people who asked me this
also. You know because
sometimes they know that
they have blundered, they
have committed a sin, and
they don’t understand that
yah they repent of that sin
yes, but it still haunts
them, and but then they look
to Jesus. And usually there
will come a few days of such
answered prayer, good things
happening, enjoying the
peace of God like they never
had before. When they were
walking with God and all
that they never had those
experiences like they have
after they fell, after they
were restored, they enjoy.
But I am not saying do this
so go ahead and sin. Paul
didn’t say that but Paul
preached enough of this to
be misunderstood. Paul says
they accused Paul, Paul said
this, they accused him of
saying, “Let us do evil that
good may come”. Probably
Paul was teaching on this
guilt offering. Hallelujah!
The guilt offering aspect of
our Lord Jesus Christ’s
death on the cross. Amen? He
was probably sharing this
and people misunderstand.
Paul did say “where sin
increased, grace
superabounds”. And then the
people would say, “so you’re
saying ‘let us sin more that
grace may abound’.” So Paul
says, “shall we sin more
that grace may abound?” May
never be! So in order for
them to misunderstand Paul,
Paul must have preached very
strongly on this. But
because of your fall,
because of your sin, because
of your bondage, because of
your addiction, now you’re
entitled. Look forward for a
120 percent, as long as you
don’t receive the guilt. You
know, people would think,
“well Pastor Prince, feeling
guilty is good!” No, if you
know that Christ bore your
guilt, Christ bore your
condemnation, He bore it
all. Yes, we thank God for
it – that’s it. Amen? Thank
God for it. And declare “I’m
the righteousness of God in
Christ”. You’re honouring
what Christ did. Guilt
cannot be in two places.
Amen? In fact, guilt will
doom someone to perpetuate
that sin. In fact, this is
not a theological saying,
it’s not from the church
world, Amen? It’s from the
mental health professionals
– the psychiatrists and all
that. They have said this
and I’ve heard more than one
psychiatrist who has said
this. Guilt is at the crux
of all addiction. Guilt is
at the crux of all
addiction. The more you feel
guilty, you are doomed to
repeat that addiction. The
more you feel guilty –
whether it’s smoking pot or
watching pornography. “And
what’s the answer, Pastor?
Don’t feel guilty and
continue watching it?” No,
I’m not saying that. While
you are watching it, declare
“I’m the righteousness of
God in Christ”! Like the guy
says, you know, “I… it
sounds ridiculous at first”,
but you know what? That’s
the way to reign over it.
Hallelujah! Because all of a
sudden you realise this is
not who you are. But it must
be a revelation, and the
transformation will be… even
the desire will go away.
Hallelujah! This is the
gospel of Jesus Christ. So
every time you fail, instead
of despairing, instead of
looking for a… with a
fearful expectation of evil
in your future, afraid
something bad will happen to
you or to your children, to
your family, start looking
to Jesus and thank Him that
He became our guilt offering
on that cross, and because
He became liable for all our
sins, and He becomes the one
to restore. He’s the great
restorer. He has restored to
God all that we have robbed
God of. Amen? And God has
received from Jesus much
more than what we have
robbed Him of. He has
received a 100 percent as
well as a 120 percent on top
of that! Where sin
increased, grace
superabounds! In the Greek,
it is like this: the word
huperperisseuó is like, like
abundance and then some more
on top of that. perisseuó is
already ‘abundance’.
Increase. But huper is in
the… on the increase and on
top of it God heaps some
more. Amen? Jesus has given
to God on your behalf and my
behalf what we have robbed
Him of – we have robbed Him
of the worship due His name.
We have not worshipped Him
enough, Amen? We have not
loved Him enough, Amen? We
have not obeyed Him enough,
we have not reverenced Him
enough, Amen? We have not
been intimate with Him that
He desires so much from us.
But you know what? Jesus
Christ at the cross became
our guilt offering and for
our sakes, on our behalf, He
restored to God a 120
percent of our reverence, of
120 percent of worship and
obedience that we could
never render to God. And God
sets it to your account!
Hallelujah! Amen? And that
is towards God because God
is the wrong party. But also
to us, right? Because He
became liable to restore… we
have been robbed as well.
Amen? We have been robbed by
the enemy, we have been
robbed by the devil, Amen?
Not only we robbed God… you
see listen carefully. We
become the righteousness of
God, we take the place of
Jesus, Amen? Jesus took our
place at the cross. Now, we
are the righteous one. You
see, the wrong party must
restore to the righteous
one. Right? That’s what the
Bible says – the law says
that. So right now, we have
been made the righteousness
of God in Christ. So Jesus
has become sin at the cross!
Amen? He’s become… He bore
our guilt! So He becomes the
one to restore the guilt…
the guilty party. So it’s
amazing how God designed
this whole thing. The guilty
party restores to the
righteous one! But only if
you realise that you are the
righteous one. Because even
though it’s true that you
are the righteousness of God
in Christ, if you start
feeling guilty, it’s like
saying, “God, I don’t
believe what you said.” When
you feel guilty, you are
imputing sin to yourself
that God is not imputing to
you. In actuality, you are
saying to God, “I don’t
believe your Word, Jesus
didn’t finish the work,
You’re not satisfied with it
– that’s why I feel guilty.”
And Hebrews 10 is all about
a conscience free from sin.
Amen? A conscience that’s
free from sin. What does
that mean? That means if the
price that has been paid is
a good price, Amen? Sin
should not be on my
conscience. If I… if I have
someone that I owe money to,
right? And I’m not able to
pay him every time I see
him, there’s debt on my
conscience. I try to avoid
him when I can. Why? Because
there’s debt on my
conscience. Why? It’s not
paid! But supposing someone
paid that person, on my
behalf, Amen? And I was told
about it. I was told about
it – that the person paid.
Now when I see that person,
I don’t have debt on my
conscience, I can look at
him in the eye. But more has
happened actually. What
Jesus did for us is more
than just paying my, my…
you know, my creditor.
Right? You know what? Jesus
has overpaid him, on your
behalf and my behalf.
Instead of like, let’s say I
owe ten thousand dollars,
Jesus came along and gave
him a million. That’s, in
fact, even a million can’t
describe it, but Jesus gave
him a million. What I owed…
I owed the guy, I’m not able
to pay, I’m not able to pay
the ten thousand, but Jesus
told him this, “I know he is
not able to pay the ten
thousand, but on his behalf
I’m restoring.” Alright? And
when God restores, it’s
always greater than the
fullness of what is supposed
to be restored. He gave a
120 percent. So imagine,
alright? The guy gets one
million. Okay? So now,
listen. Now, that guy has
become a gainer… because
of me! Because of me! So I
can look at him in the eye
and I say, “Hey, how about a
good treat, man? And no, you
know, this kind of places
where it’s not fancy. I want
to go to a nice 5-star
restaurant, a Michelin-star
restaurant. Come on, man!
You’re paying.” Why? Because
of me, he is rich! Amen? He
has been enriched because of
me! Can you understand this?
Now, another thing is this:
if someone has paid your
debt, okay, but you do not
know about it, is it still
paid? Is it still paid? Yes,
it’s paid. But if you do not
know about it, you’re not
cognizant of it, will it
benefit you or will you
still feel guilty? Will…
will there still be debt on
your conscience when you see
your creditor? Will there be
debt on your conscience?
Yes! But the reality is that
he has been paid, and he has
been paid a million dollars!
Because of you! But
ignorance, or, if someone
come and tell you, “You know
that person has been paid,
alright? So you don’t have
to worry about your debt
anymore”, and I don’t
believe the messenger… if
you don’t believe what I’m
sharing today, it’s the same
thing. The effect will be
what? Even though it’s paid,
if you don’t believe the
messenger, as far as you’re
concerned, it’s as good as
it’s not paid. You’ll still
experience the turmoil, the
frustration, the depression,
when you think about your
state. You’re not able to go
from the land of debt to the
land of even, from the land
of even to the land of
plenty… because you’re
still in debt. You’re
depressed, but actually the
price has been paid. Not
only paid, that man has been
enriched because of you. So
we come to God boldly
because, in a sense, you can
understand this, and this is
reality, God has been
enriched by redemption. God
has reaped a rich harvest of
praise, glory, and honour
like no other fields that He
ever reaped from creation.
The fields of redemption
bring more delight to God
than the fields of creation.
You know, redemption is
greater than creation. I
know people are going to
creation, trying to find the
solution for their disease,
and trying to find food or
some supplements that they
can take from nature, from
the ground. But we must not
forget, my friend, the
ground has been cursed ever
since man sinned. Even the
good food and all that, it’s
not as good as it has been.
Amen? It is now fallen. So
our trust cannot be in
creation. By all means take
your vitamins, by all means
take your medicine, by all
means, you know, listen to
the doctor and all that, but
complete redemption is our
hope. Amen? So Jesus
accomplished redemption on
our behalf. Amen? Therein
lies my hope for my health,
for my well-being, for my
peace of mind, for my walk
with God, Amen? Everything
that I desire from God,
therein lies it. I don’t
look to nature, I look to
redemption. Praise the Lord.
And it is from redemption
that God has received a
greater glory, Amen? From
redemption. Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! You know when
Jesus died on the cross, we
don’t realise, when Jesus
died on the cross, His
death, it met every
attribute of God. Justice,
Amen? God’s righteousness,
unbending righteousness. All
that, when Jesus died on the
cross, He shed His blood, He
fully met all the
requirements of a holy God,
of righteousness, holiness,
from you and I. Jesus’ death
has fully met, that today
God is righteous in making
us righteous. In other
words, if we believe on
Christ, and God doesn’t make
us righteous, it’ll be
unrighteous for God. And I
say that reverently – God
designed it to be so. God is
righteous in declaring you
and I righteous. Hallelujah.
So what happens, friend,
when you fall into sin? Do
you hold yourself to it and
say, “Oh man, you know, I
shouldn’t have done that
and… oh man oh God please
forgive me Lord oh God
please forgive me”, and
you’re feeling guilty all
the time. Now the words are
okay. Forgive me. I’m not
knocking the words. But the
feeling, what do you have?
What are you feeling? You’re
feeling guilt. You’re
feeling condemnation.
Instead of declaring “there
is therefore now no
condemnation”, and listen my
friend, this won’t produce
licentiousness like some
people think, “Well, if you
tell people, when you sin,
confess there’s no
condemnation, confess ‘I am
the righteousness of God in
Christ’”, yes, friend!
Because Jesus told the woman
caught in adultery, “Neither
do I condemn you. Go and sin
no more.” It is only… look
at the order. It’s only when
you receive no condemnation
that you are empowered to
“go and sin no more”. But
the church has it backwards.
Go and sin no more first.
Let me see your life. Then,
we won’t condemn you. That’s
not Jesus’ way. Jesus told
the woman who was caught in
the act of adultery hours
ago, “Neither do I condemn
you. Go and sin no more.”
Now, when you receive the
gift of no condemnation,
while you are still in your
sin, it will empower you.
This truth must be preached
in such a way that people
will sense the no
condemnation, that they will
realise how much God loves
them, how perfect the work
of Jesus at the cross, to
remove all their sins, that
it will empower them to
reign in life! Hallelujah!
Amen? And that applies also
to the area of health and
healing, provision… you know
when you fail in certain
areas a lot, you know, and
the voice come and say, “You
know what? Now you can
expect bad things to happen
to you. Even your car will
not function as well. You
know, things will go wrong
in your workplace, there
will be no promotion for
you. There will be, you
know, just because there’s a
disfavour for you now
because you have failed. You
know what you did yesterday.
You know what you did last
night.” Instead of turning
to Jesus, you wallow in
that. Now, guilt is on you,
right? Guilt cannot be in
two places. You know, you
got to look to Jesus and
say, “Lord, you took this
guilt. You became my guilt
offering.” And all the while
you are falling in love with
Him more and more the more
you see this. Amen? And then
you receive – because of
this I receive a 120 percent
restoration. Now, you are
entitled to that. Praise
God! I receive that in
Jesus’ name. I receive a 120
percent prosperity in my
area of work. Yeah, believe
God for that! Because
whatever area that has been
robbed, that’s the area that
the restoration will happen.
If the devil has robbed you,
alright, of health, that’s…
believe God for healing.
Amen? If the doctor has
given you a negative report,
you go to Jesus and say,
“Lord, I thank you that you
restore.” If the devil says
“it’s because of your sin,
it’s because of your sin”,
instead of feeling guilty
about what he said, say,
“Lord, I thank you that you
bore this sin in your body,
you became liable for it,
Lord. And you took my sin,
and now I receive your
restoration, hundred-and… I
receive 120 percent healing,
long life and health, for
every cell, every organ,
every fibre of my being. In
Jesus’ name, Amen.” Receive,
say, “I receive a 120
percent healing, Amen, into
my body right now, in Jesus’
name.” And the area that was
weak will function even
better than the 100 percent
you had before you were
robbed of it. Hallelujah.
Thank you Lord Jesus. Thank
you Lord Jesus. Amen. Even
right now, I want to pray
for you. I’m seeing God’s
restoration already
happening. Praise the Lord,
my friend. So shake it off,
okay? Shake it off, don’t
bear it. You know, the
favour of God cannot flow
when you’re keeping
condemnation on yourself.
Many years ago, God gave me
this line. Also, and it
became one of my series that
I did under this title,
“Condemnation Kills”. God
said to me, “Condemnation
kills, the Spirit gives
life.” I’ve not even come to
verse 2 yet. The next verse
after he says “there is
therefore now no
condemnation”, he says, “For
the law of the spirit of
life in Christ Jesus has
made me free from the law of
sin and death.” Hallelujah!
The law of the spirit of
life in Christ Jesus, my
friend, has set you free
from the law of sin and
death. “But how come, Pastor
Prince, if that is so, you
know, that even a common flu
defeats me. I’m flat on my
back. I’m not… why is this
so?” Because I believe,
before verse 2 is verse 1,
you know, 2 comes after 1,
okay? And verse 1 says,
“There is therefore now no
condemnation.” I believe
that every time we are… we
take a tinge of
condemnation, there’s a
consequence, Amen? We are
saying that God lied about
what He said, about what
Jesus did, right? Every time
we hit condemnation or guilt
on ourselves, we have to pay
the consequence, Amen? When
you feel guilty, you feel
like paying, right? In fact,
the English word for “guilt”
is this word. It come from
the… the etymology come
from this old English,
G-Y-L-T – gylt. Sin, moral
defect, failure of duty. But
it also comes from this old
English word, gieldan –
which means paying for
something to discharge a
debt. So the word guilty,
every time you feel guilty,
you want to pay, right? So
your body is so smart, you
know, the genes that God has
put in us is designed in
such a way that if you feel
like you want to pay, you
know, “I’ve done something
wrong, okay, I have to pay
for it”. You know, you
punish yourself. Your genes
will manufacture disease.
You know, doctors talk about
autoimmune disorders – when
the immune system fights
against its own tissues, its
own body, Amen? That’s
autoimmune diseases, right?
And that can happen, you’re
fighting against yourself,
you’re a walking civil war
because you’re condemning
yourself. Every time you
condemn yourself, your body
actually designed in such a
way, you know, it’s so
intelligent it says things
like this, not intelligent
to the point that it has the
wisdom of God, but you know,
intelligent like it’s able
to relay the message you
want to relay, Amen? To all
the cells, “Okay, he wants
to punish himself. Let’s
create a disease.” Amen.
Because the word “no
condemnation”, the
“condemnation” there is
“damnatory sentence”. It is
condemnation that comes as a
result… all the results of
judgement. When Adam sinned,
the result of judgement is
weakness, sickness, disease,
growing old and dying,
right? All that happened. Of
course, the first immediate
effect was spiritual death.
And all that happened when
Adam sinned, all the
results, the word
“condemnation” is not just
condemnation itself but the
idea of the results, all the
results are all there and
there’s not a single one
left in your life and my
life in Christ Jesus. We
need to declare this.
Because the Bible says “the
spirit of faith is ‘I
believe and therefore I
speak’”. We need to declare
every day, “I thank you
Father, I am the
righteousness of God in
Christ.” Say it after me,
Amen? I am the righteousness
of God in Christ. Amen. Now
say this, “The law of the
Spirit of life in Christ
Jesus has freed me from the
law of sin and death.” Say
it again. The law of the
Spirit of life in Christ
Jesus has freed me… freed me
from the law of sin and
death. You see, sickness and
disease is all under “the
law of sin and death”,
right? You’re freed from it.
I’m freed from it. Now,
“Blessed is the man to whom
the Lord will not impute
sin.” Does the man sin? Is
there sin in his life? Some
people say, “Well, he’s a
man that is righteous, that
is walking holy.” But
friend, if that is so, why
would God impute sin to him?
It will be unjust for God to
impute sin to someone who is
walking holy, who is not
sinning, right? That verse
means something only for
people who are not perfect,
right? People who are still
failing here and there,
Amen? We are not looking to
fail, but we still fail here
and there, Amen? So it says
“Blessed is the man to whom
the Lord shall not impute
sin.” And by the way, the
word “shall not” or “will
not”, it’s actually from the
two Greek words:
strengthening the denial.
It’s a word combined
together, ou mé means a
strong negative. God will in
no way impute sin to you. He
will in no way impute sin to
me. Blessed is the man. Now
we can feel the blessedness.
Wow! How blessed is the man
to whom, when ever when he
falls, when he sin, God does
not impute sin to him. Does
that want… make you want to
sin? No. It makes you want
to fall in love with Him
even more and live for His
glory. Amen? But the truth
remains. “Blessed is the
man”, you and I, “to whom
the Lord will not impute
sin.” But friend, what if
you impute sin to yourself?
What if you impute sin to
yourself? Then, likewise,
what follows close on the
hills of sin is weakness,
sickness, depression,
addiction… all that will
come, because you’re
imputing sin to yourself.
These things will be
imputed… you’re imputing it
to yourself as well. But
friend, if you agree with
God that God will never
impute sin to you, then by
the same token, whatever
comes as a result of sin,
sickness, weakness,
addiction, condemnation,
death, you will not accept,
Amen? Because you know why?
It cannot come in your life
because you are the man that
God has blessed and God will
never impute sin to you.
Therefore He will not impute
sickness, disease, death to
you. Hallelujah! Praise the
name of Jesus! Are you
blessed? Are you blessed by
the Word of God today? I
pray that you have been
blessed and I want to pray
for those of you who are
having challenges in your
body right now, You may have
received a bad report from
the doctor and all that. But
first and foremost, remember
this truth that you cannot
receive healing in a spirit
of guilt, under a cloud of
condemnation. One of these
days I’ll share about how
condemnation stops the
active favour of God in your
life. You’re still on
favoured ground, but it
stops it. Amen? As far as
you are concerned. So right
now, to receive that
healing, Amen, declare “I am
the righteousness of God in
Christ”. Say it again, “I am
the righteousness of God in
Christ.” Amen. Father I
thank you, there is no
condemnation at all, for me
and for my family, in Christ
Jesus. I am that blessed
man. Say it. I am that
blessed man, I am that
blessed woman, to whom the
Lord will never ever impute
sin. Thank you Father, and
in the name of Jesus I
receive your healing right
now, in the name of the Lord
Jesus Christ, I pronounce
your body healed, right now.
In the name of the Lord
Jesus Christ, I command that
spirit of infirmity to lose
your body and depart from
your life in the name of the
Lord Jesus Christ. In the
name of the Lord Jesus
Christ, from the crown of
your head to the soles of
your feet, I speak
restoration of health,
renewal of strength, and
youth…and youthfulness in
Jesus’s name, Amen, Amen.
Now start doing what you
cannot do before. You can’t
bend your arm? Bend your
arm, Amen? You can’t bend
your back, Amen? Start doing
it right now, Amen? See what
the Lord has done. I believe
many have been touched, many
have been healed, Amen? Not
because of Pastor Prince,
it’s the name of Jesus. It
is He who has restored a 120
percent healing upon you.
Receive it right now. Say “I
receive right now, a 120
percent healing for this
part of my body”. Amen. Just
receive that right now. For
that part of my body. I
receive a 120 percent
healing. In other words, not
only would you be healed,
you’ll have functions and
utilities in that area that
you’d never dreamed of.
Amen? In other words,
restorations is always
greater than the previous,
Amen? Okay, so right now, in
Jesus’ name, if you have
never put your trust in
Jesus’ Christ, I believe
you’re ready right now to
put your trust in Christ,
and in one fell swoop you
can be translated from the
kingdom of darkness into the
kingdom of light. Amen? From
the power of Satan to the
power of God. Amen. Right
now, in Jesus’ name, you can
be born again. Amen? By
putting your trust in
Christ, and I know that you
have heard the gospel just
now. So right now, that
response in your heart, even
your brain, your mind is
saying a lot of things that
you don’t understand, Amen?
It’s trying to reason away
some of the truths that you
know in your heart because
you see your heart is deeper
than your head. Your head is
superficial, your reasoning
is superficial, Amen?
Reasoning goes by facts that
may not be eternal. Amen? So
right now, the truth has
reached your heart. The
truth of the gospel. Respond
by praying this prayer to
the Lord. Say, “Lord Jesus,
I thank you, you died on the
cross for all my sins. You
became my sin offering, my
guilt offering, on that
cross, and I thank you that
your…the blood you shed has
satisfied the righteous
requirements of a holy God.
I thank you that you have
cleansed me from every sin
through your precious blood.
And I thank you Lord Jesus,
you rose from the dead, when
I was declared righteous by
God. Father God, I thank
you, you are now my Father,
I am your son. In Jesus’
name, I confess, Jesus
Christ is my Lord and my
Saviour, now and forever. In
Jesus’ name,” and all the
people said, “Amen”. Amen,
praise the Lord, praise the
Lord. Ooh, someone just
receiving the 120 percent
healing right now. It just
manifested I think in the
area of your stomach. And
you can feel it right now –
the warmth. And you go back
to the doctor, and he won’t
find the condition anymore.
Hallelujah. Amen. Stand to
your feet, if you can.
Praise the Lord. Hallelujah.
This coming week, the Lord
bless you, and your families
with the blessings of
Abraham, the blessings of
Deuteronomy 28. The Lord
preserve and protect you
and your loved ones
throughout this week.
From every sickness
and disease.
From every danger,
harm, accident.
From all the powers of
darkness.
In the name of the Lord
Jesus Christ,
the Lord makes
His face to shine on
you, Amen, shining, beaming
on you, Amen. And the Lord
grant to you and your
families His wonderful,
shalom health, wholeness and
peace. In the name of the
Lord Jesus Christ, and all
the people said, “Amen”. I
got so much more to share
with you. Until next week,
God bless you.
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