Established heart

The previous blog, Radical self-blame, was about intrinsic self-condemnation and self-blame prior to knowing and being IN Christ.

Now, IN Christ, there is NO condemnation EVER. Thank you King Jesus for your blood Lord.

Once again, to reiterate what John said,

1 John 3:21, “Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God.”

Now, the writer of Hebrews says:

Hebrews 13:9, “For it is good that the heart be established by grace..”

Paul says to the Thessalonians:

1 Thess. 3:13, “To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.”

1 Thess. 3:13 (Aramaic), “And may He stand your hearts with no accusation in holiness before God the Father…“

Established (950) (bebaioo from  bébaios = sure, fixed, standing firm on the feet, steadfast, maintaining firmness or solidity. In classical Greek from the 5th cent. B.C. bebaios acquires the meaning of firm, durable, unshakeable, sure, reliable, certain; and in the legal sphere, valid, legal <> bebaios is derived from baino = fit to tread on = having a firm foundation) is a verb which means to make sure or certain, to prove valid or reliable or to verify and (in legal language) to guarantee.

So, what does this mean, “Establish your hearts?”

I recall a few months ago waking up in the morning. I saw something like a shadow over my heart. I think of 1 John 3:21, 2 Cor. 3:15 and Eph. 4:18. I believe this was the faint shadow (at best) of self-imposed law and the Lord was revealing this.

This is the amazing thing. Once our hearts are established in Him by His grace through revelation of Him in us, watch out. He entered the Holy of Holies by His own blood to be our High Priest in the order of Melchizedek in order that no more sacrifice would Ever be needed again. He sat down ONCE. When He died on the cross He said, “Shelem.” “It is finished and complete in every way.” Now, this High Priest offers His grace to our hearts.

This grace, Eph. 1:19, established, unshakeable, reliable and certain in our hearts doesn’t go away once established. It is an eternal establishment. Imagine that. Eternal establishment. This established heart will also be beneficial in the life to come, 1 Tim. 4:8. This establishing occurs by the revelation of Christ in us and by growing in grace and the knowledge of Him by hearing and hearing the word of truth.

In Him, our hearts can be irreprehensible, unblameable and without accusation even if there is reason. He is that big. The word big is a limited English word that cannot contain His goodness. We don’t even know what that means that He is good? Our definition of good is not His definition. Would you die for the people who blew up the Sears Towers because you love them? He did. He is good. He is worthy to be praised.

Establishing our hearts in Him by grace gives no room anymore for self-blame. It can no longer be in our nature. In Him, we partake of His divine nature and ARE righteousness. Our triune being IS being sanctified by revelation of Him through the Spirit of God unto righteousness unto holiness and being who we are in Him since before the foundations of the earth. Love cannot hold records of wrong against itself. It cannot be malicious towards itself. That is not its nature.

Eph. 1:4-5, “According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will…”