My Innocent Child, 

I predestined you to be Mine and wrapped you up in Christ from the very beginning.

Sound too good to be true? Go read My son Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. In it he explains the gospel from an eternal perspective. He had a revelation of how I  associated you in my Son Jesus before I ever created Adam and Eve. You see, I wasn’t surprised when they ate the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. In fact I saw it coming and had already prepared a way for you to be restored! I never wanted you running away from Me, I always wanted you running to Me!

From My perspective, you have always been holy and blameless. 

You stand before Us, One with Us, in perfect love because remember, Jesus Christ is the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. This means that from Heaven’s eternal vantage point, you have always been washed in My son’s blood. It truly is as if you have never sinned. 

Isn’t this the best news that’s ever been told!

The sacrifice of Jesus removed  the sin nature you inherited from Adam from you. It’s true! Your sins have been removed from you as far as the east is from the west. Think about that for a moment. How far is the east from the west? Incomprehensible, right? Well that’s the distance your sins are from you, My child. I know you’ve been told you’re still a sinner. I know you’ve tried to be “good” on your own. I also recognize that you’ve lived apart from Me out of ignorance of who you really are and done things you are not proud of 

But, that doesn’t change the Gospel one iota. 

I established a New Covenant that forever made you blameless. And I did it before you were even born! You see I was NEVER looking at your performance. I planned to wash away all your guilt and shame from day one! You are precious to Me and I never left you to be destroyed by sin or the enemy. But it’s not enough for Me to know the truth. I want you to see it from My perspective too! 

I am not limited by time, you see. Jesus is the Word I spoke in the beginning, and His Name declares your innocence!

You have always been My child. My Son spilled His blood to demonstrate our infinite love for you. The cross is proof! We will never let you go or let sin separate Us from you. And do you want to hear what makes all of Heaven shout, “Woo-hoo?” None of this ever depended on you! It is all My gift to you. Can’t  you see how important you are to ME?!

It is time, My beloved, to move beyond space and time so that you can see yourself the way We have always seen you.

You are One with Jesus. Which means that you are as beautiful, innocent, and free from sin and separation from Me as He is. Agree with your Triune family child, no matter what you see or are currently experiencing. Any voice that brings condemnation or shame is NOT from Us. We don’t do shame, sweetie.  Why would we when Jesus already bore it? No, We drive it out and establish you in Our LOVE! 

You were made to belong to Our beautiful family. I am your true Father. 

And I predestined your Sonship and inclusion in Our life before the foundation of the world. Here’s what is so beautiful about this. When you see that you have always been innocent in My eyes, you start running to Me instead of from Me. You recognize that Jesus dissolved sin itself on the cross. He washed you innocent in His blood so that you never have to experience that old urge to hide from Me again. 

No more sin-consciousness for you, baby! 

I am crazy about you! That’s why we made you Our home and I filled you with My Holy Spirit. He loves continually reminding you of your innocence and perfection. So My child, remember, if you ever hear a voice telling you about your sin, that’s not me. That’s the accuser. So instead of listening, preach the Gospel to yourself. Tell the accuser and that sin-consciousness the truth. 

I declared you innocent before you even knew what the word meant. You’ve been innocent before the world was born!

Kisses from Heaven,

Dad