WASHED AWAY - NCCG.ORG Ning Network Archive 2008-10

2 Timothy 4:7-8 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

As Scotland was declaring its independence from England in the 1300's, the English were hunting for Robert Bruce of Scotland in an attempt to prevent his accession to the Scottish throne. In the search, the English put Bruce's own bloodhounds on his trail. As they grew closer to apprehending him, Robert the Bruce found a small river, and he said to his foster-brother who was with him, "Let us wade down this stream for a great way, instead of going straight across, and so these unhappy hounds will lose the scent; for if we were once clear of them, I should not be afraid of getting away from the pursuers."

Robert the Bruce escaped his pursuers by entering a river, and not long afterward, the crown of Scotland rested on his head.

The devil uses our own "sin-hounds" to hunt us relentlessly -- past and present sins, he uses, to keep us from our crown, our position with Messiah, and the rewards which will follow a life of abiding in Him. But we also have a way of escape! Entering into the river of Elohim which flows with the blood of Yah'shua, being totally cleansed, the "hounds of sin" cannot touch us, and we too, can come out on the other side, free, and ready to reign with Him!

Allow your sins to be washed away -- swept into eternity by the cleansing flow of the blood of Yah'shua, and walk in the freedom that Yah'shua provided 2000 years ago. Let your past with all its sins be washed downstream, realizing that a crown of righteousness awaits you, and every other set-apart one who loves His appearing!

Reply by Avah on August 24, 2008 at 2:30am

What a good word. The enemy certainly tries to use our past against us, and he uses people to use it against us, as they point out, remind and even tell others of our sins and mistakes. How awesome is Yah'shua our Messiah who washes away ALL our sin and throws it into the depths of the sea to be remembered no more. Praise His name!

It's ironic really when people point their fingers at others, cuz how does that old saying go? ...When you point your finger at others, you have 3 fingers pointing back at you. When we judge others or try to destroy others, we are judging and ultimately destroying ourselves.

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