The Blessed Man –

Free From Performance

Based Christianity



Hebrews


10:22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full

assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil

conscience,



and our bodies washed with pure water.











Jeremiah


17:5 Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that

trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart

departeth



from the Lord.


6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see

when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the

wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.


7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope
the Lord is.

8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that
spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat
cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the
year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.



Romans 4:4 What then shall we say that Abraham our father

found according to the flesh? 2 For if Abraham was justified

has

by
works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.



3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and

it was accounted to him for righteousness.” 4 Now to him who

works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt.


5 But to him who does not work but believes on Him who
justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness,



Romans 4:6 just as David also describes the blessedness of the

to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works:


man

7 






“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven,

And whose sins are covered;


8 


Blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin.”



Romans 4:6 just as David also describes the blessedness of the

to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works:


man

7 






“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven,

And whose sins are covered;


8 


Blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin.”



Romans


4:13 For the promise that he would be the heir of the

world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but

through



the righteousness of faith. 14 For if those who are of the

law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise made of no

effect, 15 because the law brings about wrath; for where there is

no law there is no transgression.


16 Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so
that the promise might be sure to all the seed,



Romans 4:16 Therefore it is of faith that it might be according

to
grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed,








The Spirit Filled Life Bible Commentary: Faith occurs when we

cease trying to do something by our own efforts, and trust

someone else to do it for us. Faith is the one attitude that is

exactly opposite of trusting ourselves. Apparently this is why
God decided that faith would be the attitude of heart by which
we could obtain salvation, that it might be according to grace,
that is, that it might be an entirely free gift of God, not dependent
on any merit of our own.



Romans


4:14 For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is

made void and the promise made of no effect…








Andrew Wommack Ministries Bible Commentary:





Note 2 at Ro 4:14: We are either justified by faith in our

works without faith in Christ or we are justified by faith in Christ
without faith in our works, but not a combination of the two (Ro
11:6). Trusting in our own goodness as the reason that God
would grant us salvation neutralizes faith and renders God's
promise to Abraham useless…



Andrew Wommack Ministries Bible Commentary:






There



are Christians who have put their faith in Christ for their

eternal salvation, but then they fall back into the deception that

God is going to bless them and use them based on their

performance. This is what happened to the Galatians. Paul told

them that Christ had become of no benefit to them if they were
trusting in what they did in order to be justified with God (Ga
5:4). Likewise today, many Christians do not experience the full
effect of their salvation because they are making faith void by
trusting in their own goodness.





Galatians 5:4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever


of
you

are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.



5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by

faith.


6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor

uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.







Ephesians 3:14 14 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father


of
our

Lord Jesus Christ, 15 from whom the whole family in heaven


and earth is named, 16 that He would grant you, according to the

riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His

Spirit in the inner man, 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts

through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may

be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and
length and depth and height— 19 to know the love of Christ which
passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of
God.





Ephesians 3:20 20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly





abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power


that works in us, 21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus

to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.











Romans 4:13 For the promise that he would be the heir of the




was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but
world


through the righteousness of faith.








The promises of God are not based on your performance, they are

based on Jesus’ performance.



The more righteous-conscious you are, the more the blessings of
God freely flow in your life.