The Abundant Life "Robbers Of Righteousness"

We are going to contune our series on the abundant lidfe with this blog the robbers of roghteousness. We saw in the book of John that Jesus promised us ABUNDANT LIFE. However we must notice something else that he says at the beginning of the verse. The thief comes to STEAK KILL and DESTROY(John 10:10) Already so far we have discussed the fact that we must elimate all excuses to why we cant walk in this abundant life. In the last one we saw the importance of understanding our righteousness. Another thing we must always beware of is the fact that the enemy will seek for opportunities to rob us this very nthing. the reason is because its where are authority and confidence resides. The epistles approximately 134x decrees and declares the phrases In CHRIST In HIM and IN WHOM. Jesus tells us HOLFAST let no man STEAL ypur crown(Rev 3:11) This is telling us very clearly with crystal clarity from the madster himself that bwe must be sober and vigilant. The first robber is SIN. Sin is a cancer that we get or it will eventually get us. All temptation is to sin. If it werent than it was cease in being a temptation. Sin will harden our hearts and cause us to be less sensitive to the promptings of the spirot. The Lord said through the mouth of Paul Having our conscience seared with a hot iron(1 Tim 4:2) Sin will take us furthur than we want to go, keep us longer than we want to stay and make us pay a price higher than we want to pay! The wages of SIN IS DEATH! The lie of the enemy in whom is the Father of them will say that we can do it without the death. Many get decieved by by it. The bible warns Beware lest you be hardened by the DECIETFULLNESS of SIN(Heb 3:13) One of the big decievers is the pleasure thats attatched to sin. The bible declares that there is pleasure in season for A SEASON(Heb 11:25) This has been an area where the church has often come up short. In times past people and preachers sometimes have left the impression that there was no pleasure in sin. However if that was the case, than why do millions do it? NO the truth is there IS! Its just that its a very short season and it leads to death ten times out of ten. The bible talks about the LAW OF SIN AND DEATH(Rom 8:2) When we break this law there will be the price of death. This doesent mean one just drops over dead physically. In the book of Genesis we find death all over Adam & Eve after they ate of tree of the knowledge of good and evil. They began to fear and hid. What is sin? Sin is VIOLATION OF LIGHT. Many times people dont want to admit what they see and know. However God KNOWS what we see and know and Hes not MOCKED(Gal 6:7) We live in a society that doesent want to use the word. Its often replaced with words like problem or issue. We must CALL SIN SIN! Because its the first step tp being FREE FROM IT! There are people that think that by sinning they have their independence. Jesus said DIFFERENT He says when we sin we become a SLAVE TO SIN(John 8:34) The worst consequence of continued unconfessed sin in our lives is that it robs us of our righteousness which brings birth to condemnation and a host of other complications. "There are two pains in life discipline and regret. The pain of discipline weighs ounces, the pain of regret weighs TONS"! Lets not have to have the same thing happen to us that did to King David. The sword never departed from his house(2 Sam 12:10) and we find that God would've given him anything that he was thinking he was missing out on. Of he would have just went about things Gods way! Remember Jesus declared and decreed himself to be THE WAY(John 14:6) We can trust red letters they trump EVERYTHINGE ELSE! The secomd robber. SESESATIONLISIM. We live in a sociey that are dictated and dominated is the sense realm. This gives the ememy great access because Hes the God of this world(2 cor 4:4) Its here that we are incontact with our five physical senses. Jesus said that we are in the world, BUT NOT OF IT! In other words just because we have senses we dont need to be lead by them matterofact were commanded not too! When Lucifer had his orgin he was an annointed cherub created in ALL BEAUTY AND WISDOM(Ez 28) However there was inquity found in him as he begun to lift up his heart saying thqat he would be like the most high God. It was than and there that the great expulson happened in Heaven and satan fell like lightening from the sky. Now the enemy did'nt have any authority in the earth until adam and eve aint of the tree. adams was especially the straw that broke the camals back because the bible says that eve was decieved but adam was not(1Tim 2:14) When satan fell from Heaven he lost ability to operate in the annointing and now can only in the sense realm. This how he attacked Jesus tempting with what he could see If you be the son Of God turnj the stone into bread. Thomas was operating by his senses when he said less I see the nail print in his hands and side I wont believe(20:25) This was something seeing that he was an eye witness to all that Jesus did the cleansing of the lepers, the feeding of the five thousand and the raising of the dead. How can we prevent being directed by the senses? FAITH! The bible says we walk by FAITH and not by sight(2 Cor 5:7) We must let the word be first and final and it will cause us to make decisions that will determine the right destinies. The bible says that the word will be like a light to our path and lamp to our feet(Psalm 119:105) The reason that senses are such a robber of righteousness is that it often leads to doubt and unbelief. John the Baptist was the one that sid Behold the lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world and his shoes Im not worthy to lace. However we see in the book of Matthew him thrown into a prison and he sends two of his workers to ask Jesus if he was the Christ of if they should be looking for another(Matt 11) Our senses will and can be the same way they were to John the Baptist. The bible says that faith is the EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN(Heb 11:1) God says in and through Paul While WE LOOK NOT AT THE THINGS THAT ARE SEEN BUT THINGS THAT ARE NOT SEEN(2 Cor 4:18) This is that sixth sense called FAITH at work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Things were made by things that DONT APPEAR! Lets be on the lookout for these two robbers of RIGHTEOUSNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!