John wrote in Revelations, “For the accuser of our brothers, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down. They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.”
In response to accusations against us, true or fabricated, we have two choices. We can attempt to stand in our own defense before others and God or we can simply stand free of guilt and condemnation through our faith in Christ. Claiming our own defense as being an acceptable and approved individual by whatever measures we choose robs Jesus of Glory that is his and not ours. Humbly submitting to our fallen depravity and claiming nothing in ourselves is the freedom we have in Christ.
Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name goes all the glory for your unfailing love and faithfulness. Psalm 115:1
God’s love and acceptance of us in Christ has set us free from the burden of defending our own value as an individual. God’s Glory defends me.
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