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But don't you think His intent is for us to move past basic things which we know (such as that He perfectly fulfilled the just requirement that I die for my sin so that I do not have to fear my death, because His Blood has exonerated me so that I will never pay the price) to an actual being made more and more like His Son through the Holy Spirit in us?
He went to great lengths to explain that it is what comes from inside of me that defiles me. I do not think anyones inner sicknesses are healed by just stating that they no longer have any sin or sickness or imperfection inwardly. To not have it held against me, to remove that fear of my death, is a blessing that brings such great relief that one cannot even explain the depth of the relief. It frees me to pick up my cross and follow Him boldly to my death and to move on to the perfection the Holy Spirit both requires and brings about inside me.
He went to great lengths to explain that it is what comes from inside of me that defiles me. I do not think anyones inner sicknesses are healed by just stating that they no longer have any sin or sickness or imperfection inwardly. To not have it held against me, to remove that fear of my death, is a blessing that brings such great relief that one cannot even explain the depth of the relief. It frees me to pick up my cross and follow Him boldly to my death and to move on to the perfection the Holy Spirit both requires and brings about inside me.