Day 3: God’s Presence Cannot Be Taken Away

FALSE NOTION of God’s presence based on the OLD COVENANT:

Today, some born again believers believe that they lose the presence of God whenever they fail and would easily take what David said in Psalm 51:11 when he fell and committed adultery with Bathsheba.

“Do not cast me away from Your presence,
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.”

You see, David lived under the old covenant, in other words, before Jesus died on the cross and effectively had all sins dealt with; which is why what David said is no longer applicable to born again believers. Born again believers live in a better covenant than that which David lived in.

NEW COVENANT TRUTH based on the COVENANT by the blood of JESUS:

Every born again believer have a sure guarantee BY BELIEVING IN JESUS, that the presence of God will never be taken away from them because the word of God says so in these new covenant scriptures:

HEBREWS 13:5, NKJV [Capitalization, ours]

Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU.”

and

1 CORINTHIANS 6:19, NKJV [Capitalization, ours]

Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the HOLY SPIRIT WHO IS IN YOU, WHOM YOU HAVE FROM GOD, and you are not your own?

Father, thank You that You have given us Jesus so that through His ministry of reconciliation to You by His death, we receive the guarantee of the Holy Spirit dwelling in us. Thank You that Your presence will not and cannot ever be taken away from us in Jesus’ name. Amen!