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of God’s grace did not begin at Matthew 1:1, but at the cross when
    Christ’s blood was shed for the forgiveness of sins (Matthew 26:28). Everything Jesus said was
    good, but not everything he said was for you. (For instance, much of Matthew 23 was directed
    at those “sons of hell” the Pharisees. You are not a son of hell.) If you fail to filter Jesus’ words
    before the cross through his actions on the cross then you may have settled for an inferior
    covenant.
    3. You think poverty is a good thing (it teaches character)
    If poverty is a good thing, then abject poverty must be great. But there is nothing admirable
    about a twelve-year-old girl having to sell herself for food money or babies dying from
    preventable diseases. The devil wants you to think that poverty is a gift from God or that it is a
    controversial subject but it is not. Poverty is part of the curse, while prosperity is part of God’s
    provision made available to us through the cross. (What do you think “blessing” means?)
    A poverty mentality is a natural consequence of living under law, for the law constantly
    reminds us of our indebtedness. But grace reveals a God of the “more than enough.”
    Live under the “weak and beggarly elements” of the law (Galatians 4:9, KJV), and you’ll end
    up weak and beggarly yourself. There’s no such thing as a prosperity gospel, but neither is
    there a poverty gospel. There’s only the gospel of Jesus Christ who became poor so that through
    him you might become rich (2 Corinthians 8:9). There was no lack in the garden and there’s no
    poverty in heaven. If poverty is not God’s will there, it is not his will here.
    4. You think nothing will get done unless we first bind the strong man
    A law mindset will have you thinking in terms of things you must do , even if they are things
    Jesus has already done . At the cross Jesus disarmed and triumphed over his enemies. Now it’s our privilege to plunder the strong man’s house and set the prisoners free.
    To live under law is to say that Jesus can’t do it, won’t do it, or hasn’t done it. But grace
    rejoices that the work Jesus came to do—which included taking down the devil—was
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    completed at the cross. We empower a disarmed enemy when we believe him to be dangerous
    and in need of binding. Instead of focusing on the enemy, look to Jesus who is your victory.
    Satan is already under his feet. Put him under yours.
    5. You don’t see yourself as righteous
    Then you need to repent and believe the good news! Before the cross righteousness was
    demanded of sinful man (Deuteronomy 6:25). But at the cross righteousness was freely given
    (Romans 5:17).
    The gospel of grace reveals the gift of righteousness that comes from God (Romans 1:17).
    God doesn’t make you righteous because you are good, but because he is good!
    If you don’t see yourself as righteous, train your mind to agree with God’s word: “God
    made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of
    God” (2 Corinthians 5:21). That’s not describing a future event. That’s describing what
    happened when you were placed into Christ. Under first Adam you were literally a sinner; in
    last Adam, you are literally righteous. “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has
    gone, the new has come!” (2 Corinthians 5:17).
    6. You don’t see yourself as holy
    Then you’re in trouble because “without holiness no one will see the Lord” (Hebrews 12:14).
    Dead religion defines holiness in terms of behavior, but this definition falls short of the perfect
    holiness required by God. Just as you cannot make yourself righteous, neither can you make
    yourself holy. But thank God for Jesus who is “our righteousness, holiness and redemption” (1
    Corinthians 1:30). It is by his sacrifice—not yours—that you have been sanctified (Hebrews
    10:10).
    Few would say the Corinthians acted holy, yet despite their bad behavior, Paul