A.       Man Lost His Right-Standing
       1.       Adam lost his standing with God when he sinned.

       2.       Abraham's faith was accounted unto him as righteousness.
                a. Romans 4:17-19.
17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb:

       3.       Jesus paid for Adam's transgression and man's righteousness was restored.

B.       You Have Been Made The Righteousness Of God
 
      1.       II Corinthians 5: 17-21 -- "Therefore If any man be In Christ, he Is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new (v.17). For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God In him" (v.21).
 
      2.       Righteousness: the ability to stand in the presence of God without the sense of sin, guilt, or inferiority.
                      a.       Romans 5: 1
"Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:"

        3. Don't confuse righteousness with holiness.

C.       Jesus' Righteousness Has Been Imparted to You

       1.       I Corinthians 1 :30 -- "But of him are ye In Christ Jesus, who of God Is made unto us wisdom, and                   righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption."

        2.       God provided this righteousness upon legal grounds.
                  a.       Romans 4:25 (literal) -- "Who was delivered up for our trespasses , and was raised when                                 we were declared righteous."

D.         Righteousness is a Free Gift

             1.     Romans 5:17-19 -- "For If by one man's offence death reigned by one ••• even so by the                               righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. For as by one                             man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shalI many be made                       righteous."

           2.       If God could not make man righteous and as free from a sin conscience and condemnation as                        he was before sin entered the world, then Satan's work In Adam was more effectual than God's                       work In Jesus.

E.       Declare His Righteousness

        1.       Romans 3:21-26 – 21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being                           witnessed by the law and the prophets;
                  22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that                    believe: for there is no difference:
                  23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
                  24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
                  25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his                                  righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
               26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him                        which believeth in Jesus.
                 Now Look:
            "Even the righteousness of God which Is by faith of Jesus Christ unto alI and upon all them that                        believe: for there is no difference (v.22).
             Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that Is in Christ Jesus. Whom God hath                    set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood ••• " (vs.24-25).

           2.       Romans 10: 10 --"For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness••• "

           3.       If God ls going to have perfect fellowship with man, then man must be as righteous as God.

           4.       God ls not holding anything against anyone.

                      a.       II Corinthians 5: 19 -- "To wit, that God was In Christ, reconciling the world unto himself,                                    not imputing their trespasses unto them ••• "
F. Put Away a Sin Consciousness

          1.       Don't hang on to sin tags such as: "I'm Just an ole' s Inner saved by grace.”

         2.       Satan has made the Body of Christ think that it is a mark of humility before God to boast of our                        sinful, weak, unworthy condition.

          3.       You are God's workmanship created unto good works.

                   a.       Ephesians 2:10 -- "For we are his workmanship, created In Christ Jesus unto good works,                                which God hath before ordained that we shouId walk in them.”

G.      Begin To Develop a Righteousness Consciousness

           1.       Hebrews 10: 1-2 –For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image                      of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make                          the comers thereunto perfect.

                   2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once                                purged should have had no more conscience of sins.

 “••• because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins" (v.2).

         2.       Hebrews 9:11-14 – 11 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater                      and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
                  12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the                            holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
               13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean,                                 sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
             14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without                    spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
 
"How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the Living God?" (v.14).

          3.       Hebrews 1:3 -- "Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express Image of his person,                           and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat                     down on the right hand of the Majesty on high."

          4.       Romans 5:1 (AmpIifled) -- "Therefore, since we are Justifled (declared righteous), and given a                      right standing with God through faith, let us grasp the fact that we have the peace of                                        reconciliation to hold and to enjoy peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ ••• "

         5.       Hebrews 4: 16 -- "Let us therefore come boIdIy unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain                          mercy, and find grace to help in time of need."

The earthly benefit of righteousness!

         6.       I Peter 3: 12 -- "For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their                      prayers ••• "

          7.       James 5: 16 -- " ••• The effectuaI fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."
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         8.       Ephesians 6: 14 ....- "Stand therefore, having your lo Ins girt about with truth, and having on the                       Breastplate of righteousness." 

Satan Is Eternally Defeated
Hebrews 9: 12 -- "Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered In once Into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us."
There could be no redemption without defeating Satan.
Jesus' three-fold victory:

• Victorious In His earthly ministry
• Victorious In His substitutionary sacrifice
• Victorious In making man a new creation.

 
Victory In Jesus' Earthly Ministry
John 1:14 -- "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us…"
 First combat with Satan:
Matthew 4: 1-11 -- "Then was Jesus Ied up of the Spirit Into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil (v. 1).
Matthew 4: 18-25 -- And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. (v.23).
From Jesus' encounter with Satan in the wilderness until He gave Himself up to the high priest, He faced Satan in every possible form of disease. Jesus conquered him in every place.
Jesus was Master of the laws of nature.
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Victory In Jesus' Substitutionary Sacrifice
Jesus proved that He was Master of the adversary who had the authority of death.
Hebrews 2:14 -- "…that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that Is, the devil.”
Jesus came to liberate the spirit of man.
II Corinthians 5:21 -- "For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him."
Isaiah 53:4-6 --"But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed" (v.5).
Romans 8: 1-2 -- "There Is therefore now no condemnation to them which are In Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death."
Galatians 4:4-9 -- "But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?"
 
The object of Jesus' substitutionary sacrifice was to make natural man a new creation and by that new creation, become the righteousness of God.
Righteousness: the ability to stand before God as though sin had never been.
 Romans 3:21-27-- 21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
 
22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
 
23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
 
24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
 
25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
 
26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
 
27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
We are to declare His righteousness.
 
Romans 5:12-19-- 12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
 
13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
 
14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
 
15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
 
16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.
 
17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
 
18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.
 
19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
 Righteousness Is a free gift.

Victory in Making Man A New Creation
II Corinthians 5: 17 -- "Therefore If any man be In Christ, he Is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, alI things are become new."
The new creation Is absolute master over Satan.
II Peter 1 :4 --"Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that Is In the world through lust.”
James 4:7 -- "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the deviI, and he will flee from you."
John 4:4 -- "… greater Is he that Is in you, than he that is in the world."
This Is true because you have the nature and life of God.
John 5: 4-5 -- "For whatsoever Is born of God overcometh the world: and this Is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who Is he that overcometh the world, but he that belleveth that Jesus is the Son of God?"
The ability of God is in your hands.
Philippians 4:13--“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."
Romans 6:14 -- "… sin shalI not have dominion over you ••• "
Romans 8:2 --"The law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death."
 

A.       What Happened In The Garden Of Eden
1.       Adam had dominion over the earth.
a.       Genesis 1:26-28 -- "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion … (v.26). And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion… " (v.28).
2.       Adam was God's under-ruler in this earth.
3.       Adam committed high treason and gave his authority to Satan.
a.       Genesis 3:6 -- "…she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.”
b.       Adam was not deceived. He stood by and allowed this to happen.
(1) I Timothy 2: 14—" And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.”
B.       God Needed a Legal Entry Back into The Earth
1.       God was on the outside looking in -- the earth has been given to Satan.
2.       Genesis 17:1-19—" And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.”
 
a.       God finds a man who will obey Him and establishes a Covenant (a legal contract between God and man).
C.       The Plan of Redemption Hid in A Mystery
1.       Through this Covenant, God would bring Jesus into the earth.
2.       Ephesians 3:9-10 -- "And to make al I men see what Is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created al I things by Jesus Christ" (v.9).
3.       Satan didn't know who Jesus was until He was baptized In the River Jordan.
a. I Corinthians 2:7-8—" 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.”
b. God said: "This is my beloved Son…"
4. The Fight Is On.
a.       Matthew 4: 1-11 -- "Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit Into the wilderness to be tempted of the deviI" (v.1).
D. Jesus Came as The Second or last Adam
1.       I Corinthians 15:45 -- "And so It Is written, the first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening (Life-giving) spirit."
2.       Born of a virgin, with the blood of God In his veins (alI man and alI God).
3.       Jesus had the same opportunity to fall as the first Adam, but he passed every test.
a. Hebrews 2:14-18-- 14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
16 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
17 Wherefore in all things it behooved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
 
4.       Jesus operated as a prophet under the Abrahamic Covenant. He went to the cross as the Son of God.
 
E. Jesus Became Sin for Us
1. Jesus was made to be sin.
a. II Corinthians 5:21 -- "For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God In him."
2.       Isaiah 53:3-10 -- "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our Iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed (v.5). And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death ••• " (v.9).
a. Hebrew text: "deaths"
F. What Happened on The Cross
1.       Matthew 27:46 -- " ••• Jesus cried ••• My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”
2.       It appears that God turned His back on His own Son, for He could not look upon sin.
3.       David speaks of the crucifixion a thousand years before it took place.
a. Psalm 22:1-22—" 22 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
2 O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
8 He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.
10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.
11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
19 But be not thou far from me, O Lord: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
21 Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.”
 
4.       Jesus' body was deformed:
a.       Isaiah 52:14 -- " ••• his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men."
5.       Jesus cries, "It is finished" -- not the plan of redemption, but the Abrahamic Covenant.
G.      The Veil of The Temple Rent
1.       Matthew 27:51 -- "And, behold, the veiI of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent.”
a. The physical temple in Jerusalem is no longer the dwelling place of God.
2.       The high priest finished his ministry when he offered up Jesus as the final sacrifice.
3.       John 2:19 -- "Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."
a.    1 Corinthians 3:16 -- "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwel leth in you?"
H. Jesus Went Into The Pit Of Hell
1.       Matthew 12:40 -- "For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."
2.       Acts 2:24-27, 31 -- (Peter is quoting David) "He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption" (v.31).
a.       Psalm 16: 10 -- "For thou wlIt not Ieave my souI in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption."
3. David speaks of Jesus in hell:
a.       Psalm 88:6 -- "Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In darkness, in the deeps."
4.       Satan torments Jesus for three days. (Read the entire 88th Psalm -- it is a description of what happened before Jesus was raised).
5.       God says, "That Is enough, Iet My Son go.”
6.       Jesus is justified in the Spirit -- recreated in Satan's domain.
a.       I Timothy 3:16 -- " ••• God was manifest in the fIesh, justified in the Spirit…”
b.       I Peter 3:18 -- "For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death In the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit."
c.       Jesus Is the first born from the dead.
(1) Romans 8:29-- For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
(2). Colossians 1:18-- And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
 
I.        Jesus Stripped Satan Of His Authority
1.       Colossians 2:15 -- "And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in It."
2.       Hebrews 2:14-- Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
a. Jesus paralyzed Satan's death-dealing power.
3.       Revelation 1: 18 – “I am he that Iiveth, and was dead; and behold. I am alive for evermore. Amen; and have the keys of helI and of death.”
4.       He Is raised a glorified, resurrected immortal man --untouchable by death.
J.       Jesus Sprinkles His Blood on The Heavenly Utensils of Worship
1.       Man's penalty is paid, and the demands of Justice are met.
2.       Hebrews 1 :5-8 -- 5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
6 And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
3.       God highly exalts His Son.
a. Philippians 2:9-11-- Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
 
K.       Jesus Delegates This Authority to The Body of Christ
1.       Matthew 28: 18-20 -- "…All power Is given unto me In heaven and In earth. Go ye therefore. and teach all natlons…Teachlng them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you… "
2.       Mark 16:15-18 -- "And he said unto them. Go ye into all the world. and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe; in my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shalI lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.”
3.       Ephesians 1:17-23 -- "And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church" (v.22).
a.       Jesus, having put off from Himself the principalities and the powers, (it would seem as though the whole hosts of hell were upon Him. He was going through agonies beyond words and suddenly is Justified, made alive) hurled back the hosts of darkness and paralyzed their death-dealing power.
4.       Once again man is In a position of authority. He is no longer a slave to Satan but has become his master through the power in the name of Jesus.