Posts by Tricia Gunn

Believer, can I encourage you with a shocking truth? God doesn’t see you covered in anything – not even the blood of Jesus. He sees you – the real you – righteous and holy and blameless. “Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a…

The cycle of sin is a result of self-righteousness. Self-righteousness is the open door to the works of the flesh. Before the works of the flesh manifest (for example, adultery, fornication, selfish ambitions, heresies, envy, drunkenness1), guilt causes us to work on ourselves to clean up our act. Whenever we get into self-righteousness, in time sin…

Self-righteousness attempts to atone for (COVER) sin. We fall into self-righteousness when we don’t have a cleansed conscience that is free of guilt… “For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of CHRIST,…

Is your conscience plagued with guilt and shame? Is there a sense that you are unacceptable to God? Do you feel that God does not love you? Did you know that Jesus demonstrated His great love for you that while you were yet a sinner, He died for you? Do you know that when He…

Jesus, our Scapegoat…the Substance of a shadow from the Old Covenant… In the Old Covenant system, on the Day of Atonement once a year, the High Priest would enter the Holy of Holies to be in the presence of God and sprinkle the blood of bulls and goats on the Mercy Seat to cover the…

An Old Covenant mindset tells us that God is faraway, and we cannot approach Him until we have cleansed ourselves and made ourselves acceptable. An Old Covenant mindset says there is a priest (a mere man) between us and God. An Old covenant mindset tells us that God blesses or curses us based on our…

Some people don’t like to talk about the blood of Jesus, but without it, we’re still dead in our sins. What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus. The importance of the blood sacrifice cannot be overstated in our study of the scriptures. “For without the shedding of blood, there is…

“I will remember their sins no more”. Believer, is there a video-tape of you being prepared in heaven for judgment day which God will use as evidence to punish you for all your sins? What does the Bible say? “‘For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I…

People who lean on other people to speak for God are easily deceived. A great illustration of this can be seen in the story of a Japanese army officer in World War II.1 In 1944 a young Japanese intelligence officer named Hiroo Onoda was sent to the Philippines to go behind enemy lines during the…

As believers, we have the bottomless well of the Spirit within. We have access to the manifold wisdom of God! “Whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.” (John…

Under the New Covenant God says He will be our God, and we will be His people. (Hebrews 8:10) Whenever God said that phrase in the Old Testament, it was related to a miraculous intervention on His part. If the people heard that statement, they knew they could expect supernatural signs and wonders directly from…

Here’s what Grace (from the inside) will do that the law (from the outside) never could1: First commandment: The law will command you “Thou shalt have NO other gods before Me,” but only Grace will give you a heart of worship for your King springing forth from a revelation of His amazing unmerited favor and…