THE MOTHER WITH A BEAUTIFUL SPIRIT OF SACRIFICE

Lester Sumrall tells of the time he was in England before WW2; He often stayed in the homes of church members rather than hotels. At one home in which he stayed, he noticed that the mother only had one ear. Dr. Sumrall asked her if she was born with just one ear and the mother replied,” no, it was my daughter who was born with only one ear.”

The mother continued, “The other children at school tormented her terribly because she had just a single ear. She could hardly wait until her hair grew long enough so the other children could not see that one ear was missing.”

This loving mother told Lester Sumrall that she waited until her daughter had physically matured to the point where their ears were the same size, then they entered a hospital. When they were discharged from the hospital, the  girl  had two beautiful ears. The mother now had just one ear.

Some Results of Deliverance from Sin

Lets take a look at Romans 8:14-16.    ” For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.  For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Ab’-ba, Father.   The Spirit Himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.”

We see listed here 5 immediate results of deliverance from sin.

1-We are led by the Spirit of God.

2-We are the children of God.

3-We no longer have the spirit of bondage.

4-We have received the Spirit of adoption.

5-The Holy Spirit bears witness with our spirit to these facts.

       When the great Apostle Paul said that we are led by the Spirit of God, he was also saying that we are no longer led by our old sinful nature. Even though the sinful nature still abides within our lives, it no longer controls us if we are led by the Spirit of God.

We cannot be led by the Spirit and the flesh at the same time. It is one or the other at any given moment. We must learn to walk in the Spirit on a consistent basis. We do this by placing our faith 100 percent in what Jesus did for us at the Cross. If we look to our own ability, our own strength, our own efforts; that is walking in the flesh. Being led by the flesh is any system, rule, or law, that we or someone else originates that is intended to lead us into victory.

Most of the time, these little laws and rules sound very religious and appear very good. But God will never honor that which man devises. The Spirit of God will always lead us to victory. The flesh will always lead us to defeat.

When Paul mentions the spirit of bondage that causes fear, he is saying that when we resort to the flesh to serve God, we will be automatically placed in bondage to the flesh. We do not wish to be in bondage to religious rules, regulations, and man-made laws.  This brings fear because we will consistently fail if we attempt to live by law and walk in the flesh. To stay under man-made laws is an evidence of pride. Just like Cain, we want God to accept whatever we offer Him.  The proper offering is faith in the shed Blood of Jesus, not our religious shibboleths.

The very moment we came to the Lord Jesus Christ, we received the Spirit of adoption. We are to now walk in the Spirit by placing our faith in what Jesus did for us at the Cross. Whereas we were once the children of Adam’s fallen race; Now, by our faith in Jesus death on the Cross, we are adopted back into the family of God. We now can say, “Father God”… Hallelujah!!

The constant bearing of witness with our spirit by the Holy Spirit tells us and keeps on telling us, you are a child of God.

The key to all victory for a Christian is to put their faith in what Jesus did at the Cross and then, leave it there. Do not transfer your faith to any formula, ritual, law, rule, or anything else; Keep your faith solidly anchored in the Cross of Calvary and the work that Jesus there did. 

 

by Rev. Len Paxton