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the penalty of death that was the consequence of sin. Never again would another
animal need to shed its blood to atone for sin.

I Corinthians 5:7
For Christ our Passover... has been sacrificed.

It is necessary for all men and women who wish to overcome their addictive
behavior to understand these things. BEFORE victory over sin can be attained, the
penalty of sin must be atoned for. You must be brought back to union with God in
order to walk victoriously over sin, and union with God is only obtained as the
penalty of death is paid. Yahshua has willingly given His life as a ransom for yours.
He received death that you might receive the life of God.

Matthew 20:28
“The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life
a ransom for many.”

It is imperative that you understand that sin can only be overcome through
the life of God. When man sinned in the Garden of Eden he became separated
from the life of God. Christ came to restore the breach. He came that we might
have life once more.

John 14:6
Yahshua said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one
comes to the Father but through Me.”

There is only one way to attain spiritual life and be able to rule over the
passions and desires of the flesh. Yahshua is the way. He has shed His blood as a
ransom for mankind, but we must apply the blood to the doorposts of our heart.
We must by faith claim the blood of Yahshua as the atoning sacrifice to pay the
penalty for our sin.

Romans 10:8-11
"The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart"-- that is, the word
of faith which we are preaching, that if you confess with your mouth
Yahshua as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the
dead, you shall be saved; for with the heart man believes, resulting in
righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. For
the Scripture says, "Whoever believes in Him will not be disappointed."

You must have the penalty of sin atoned for. The sin that is present in your
flesh, the power of sin that holds you captive and will not let you go, must be
broken and its dominion over you destroyed. This breaking of sin’s dominion is
accomplished by the blood of the Passover Lamb being placed upon your life.
When Christ was crucified at the order of the Jewish High Priest, the Jewish
leaders did not understand that they were acting out the foreordained plan of
God. What they did in ignorance, and with evil intent, God in His love and mercy