At the Cross, Jesus took on Himself all the guilt and all the condemnation against us, and He leveled the playing field for all of us. Now, we all stand in His righteousness alone! He tells us in 2 Corinthians 5:16 that we are to see each other as a new creation and to no longer recognize each other by the fallen flesh. Pointing out our fleshly failures is just what the accuser of the brethren does against us. Unfortunately, he not only accuses us, he accuses others through our thoughts and words many times. If all you can see is your own failures or someone else’s failures, you’re viewing through the eyes of the flesh and not the Cross. If all you can do to feel better about yourself is continually confess your failures or continually beat yourself up, you’re not tapping into His ways. If you’re telling God what a loser you are and how you can’t believe you did that thing again, and then vow that you’ll never do it again, you’re not hearing the heart of God tell you that He is your righteouness and you are righteous before Him. Instead, you’re hearing the voice of the accuser! If all you can see in someone else is their failures and their weaknesses, it’s not from His heart. If you’re pointing out everything others do wrong, and you’re revealing your hurt feelings and disappointments, it’s not from the mind of Jesus. If you can’t believe they did that thing, you’re not hearing the voice of God over them. He doesn’t recognize them by their flesh, but by their identity as new creations. I really believe this unconditional love is going to be recognized as “that foreign kind of love”. If the world is looking for the Love of Jesus, they can only find it by our surrender to Him loving others through us with the same love He has for us!!!
Tetelestai is what Christ said on the cross. It means it is finished. He accomplished salvation for the world!! All who would come to Him are forever in union with Him. Now, it’s how well do I want to know Him!!!!
TC