For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.

— Romans 5:17

In this new kingdom, you have redemption. You have been plucked out of bondage, out of a life of defeat, and translated into a life of victory. You have gone from victim to victor, from the tail to the head, from being under to being over. There was an immediate positional change for you in the Spirit. Unless your mind becomes renewed to your new position, potential, and place in God, you will live in darkness, even though you have been delivered and redeemed. Why not take advantage of what Jesus paid for on the cross and start to live as a person who has been redeemed and delivered? Today, remind yourself of what Romans 5:17 says: “I now rule and reign in this life.”

...for there is no difference: for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation [mercy seat] through faith in His blood,

— Romans 3:22b - 25a

Your redemption and deliverance from evil and darkness was not because of what you did; it was a result of the Blood – the precious blood of Jesus. We sing in our services, “there is power in the Blood, wonder-working power,” but just to sing it is not enough. You need to get a revelation of what the Blood has provided in your life. You are redeemed by the Blood, justified by the Blood, made nigh to God by the Blood, protected by the Blood, given every promise of God – by the Blood! Let the power of His blood be more than just a song to you; let it be a reality that you live in daily! The Blood has delivered and redeemed you – so live delivered and redeemed!

If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

— I John 1:6, 7

The starting point to living a life of deliverance and redemption is to know that the Blood has provided you with the forgiveness of sins. You cannot live in guilt, condemnation, or in religious works to cover your own sins, and live in the kingdom of God. The sin problem has been settled! Your sin problem has been settled! Your sins have been purged, removed as far as the east is from the west from you, and have been cast into the sea of forgetfulness. Not only that, but the old sinner has passed away--been killed--at the cross, so you can start fresh as a new creation. Stop thinking about and focusing on sin and failure and start to think about and meditate on your redemption and deliverance. If you sin, confess it and forget about it. He is faithful and just to forgive and cleanse you from it. Learn to walk in the light as He is in the light – in perfect fellowship with Him, because you have the forgiveness of sins.

But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

— 1 John 2:27  

The thing that separated Jesus from others in His earth-walk was the anointing, or the Spirit of God in His life (Luke 4:18-21).  Many read about Jesus and see the great things He did and say, “That was just for Jesus!”  …but Jesus did all by and through the anointing that was active in His life (John 14:10, 11).  He operated as a man anointed with the Holy Ghost and power (Acts 10:38).  In today’s verse, John states that you have received the anointing in your life.  He does not say you will get the anointing, struggle for the anointing, or pray to receive the anointing--but you have received the anointing!  Everything Jesus did because of the anointing is now available to you because you have the same anointing.  Do not go by what you see and feel, but believe the Word that declares “you have the anointing.”  Remind yourself over and over today–-“I have the anointing!”