John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy:

(BUT) I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Since we are engaged in Christ, this life we live abundantly is a life of faith. It is a life of grace. It is a life with purpose, promise, and prosperity. It is a life in the spirit.

Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

One of the reasons I find Romans 8:1 to be so comforting to me lies in my past. I condemned myself for the life I lived. Now Satan tries to condemn me for the life I now live in Christ. He opposes the Word of God. He casts a shadow over every good work the Lord is doing in me. They are lies, damnable lies and the only weapon Satan has against me.

“Out, damned spot! Out, I say!—One, two. Why, then, ’tis time to do ’t. Hell is murky!—Fie, my lord, fie! A soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account?—Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him.” (Lady Macbeth Act 5 Scene 1 of Shakespeare’s Macbeth)

I quote the whole of the line for one special reason. While conscience is piercing at our souls for the sins committed, this line appears. What do I have to fear when the power of the blood cannot be held accountable? The price has already been paid, that sin is forgiven. The lie of the enemy is that I have wounded my Lord again.