Podcast Summary: Jesus the Healer w/ Nancy Dufresne
Episode 145 | Established In Righteousness, Part 5
Release Date: January 20, 2023
Host: Nancy Dufresne (Dufresne Ministries)
Theme: Understanding and walking in the righteousness that Jesus freely gives, overcoming condemnation, and advancing spiritually through faith in the finished work of Christ.
Main Theme / Purpose
This episode continues a multi-part series exploring the concept of righteousness as a gift from Jesus Christ. Nancy Dufresne teaches on being firmly established in the reality of our righteousness, overcoming condemnation and accusations from the enemy, and moving forward in the Christian life with renewed faith and confidence. The focus is practical: how believers can deactivate the hold of past mistakes on their conscience and fully embrace their new identity in Christ, leading to spiritual advancement.
Key Discussion Points & Insights
1. The Power of Righteousness and the Repetition of Truth
- Nancy opens by reminding listeners that God's power is always present, even in times of sickness or distress.
“There's enough power in every sick room and in every hospital room to raise up that sick one... Power is present. That power is there to do a work...” (00:10) - She emphasizes the importance of repetitive teaching, equating it to how faith comes ("by hearing and hearing"—Romans 10:17).
- The devil also uses repetition—“wrong thinking, wrong believing”—but believers counteract this by repetitively filling their minds with God’s Word.
2. Identity in Christ vs. Past Identity
- Quoting E.W. Kenyon:
“To most of us what we were before we found Christ so dominates our minds... we belittle our redemption and magnify our failures.” (03:05) - Nancy reiterates the need to "flip" this mentality and focus more on redemption than past faults.
- “We have to constantly make sure we’re staying on the positive side of what God’s doing and not on the negative side of where we missed it...” (04:20)
3. Satan’s Devices & The Advantage Believers Give (or Take Back)
- Scripture Reference: 2 Corinthians 2:11 – “Lest Satan should get an advantage of us... we are not ignorant of his devices.”
- Key point: Satan lost his advantage when we received Jesus but tries to get it back through "devices"—primarily accusations. “He can't take a place, but we can give him a place. If we gave him a place, we can take back the place we gave him. Amen.” (06:00)
- Strategy of the enemy: He keeps believers stuck by replaying their past sins.
- Believers must respond to accusations by "talking our righteousness"—verbally declaring forgiveness and right standing with God (09:00).
4. How to Handle Accusations and Guilt
- After confession, the blood of Jesus cleanses (1 John 1:9):
- Any subsequent guilt or accusation is a false accusation because it has been erased. “Any accusation that the devil would bring against us is... now a false accusation. Why? Because it's gone...” (11:30)
- Action: Recognize these as false and declare, “That no longer applies to me.”
- Critical Insight: Letting go of your own past includes releasing others from theirs.
- “If you don't want to entertain where you missed it, you can't entertain where somebody else missed it either. Well, there's a winner right there.” (13:00)
5. Paul’s Example: Letting Go and Pressing Forward
- Scripture Reference: Philippians 3:13-14 (Amplified Classic)
- Paul's method: “One thing I do, it is my one aspiration, forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead. I press on toward the goal...” (14:50)
- If you don’t let go of the past, it limits advancement.
- The Christian life is forward-moving—increase and promotion.
- Three actions to advance:
- Forget the past.
- Strain forward.
- Press past opposition (memories, faults).
- Three actions to advance:
- “He put more credibility in the blood of Jesus than what the blood did for him.” (17:50)
6. The Blood of Jesus and Purging the Conscience
- Scripture Reference: Hebrews 9:14
- “How much more shall the blood of Christ... purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God.”
- Explains "conscience" can be the mental "replay" of past mistakes—these cycles are broken by applying Jesus' blood by faith.
- Illustration: Military veteran haunted by traumatic memories—the solution was found in the blood of Jesus but he did not know to apply it; struggle ended only in death (20:15). “I'll tell you what could have gotten him away from it. The blood of Jesus applied. But see, he didn't know that. And so he lived with that, troubling his mind. That could be somebody watching today... You just got to apply the blood.” (21:35)
- Practical Application: Nancy leads listeners in a confession to apply the blood of Jesus by faith, declaring freedom from the past and from condemnation (22:55).
7. Spiritual Advancement and the Enemy’s Opposition
- Scripture Reference: 1 Corinthians 16:9 (Amplified)
- “A wide door of opportunity... has opened to me... and there are many adversaries.” (24:00)
- The enemy uses condemnation especially as believers are about to advance—the mind is bombarded with reminders of past failures, aiming to sabotage promotion, revelation, and anointing.
- Key point: The blood of Jesus qualifies, not our performance.
- “Faith won't work right in a condemned heart... Condemnation will rob us of miracles.” (25:35)
- The devil tries to make you think you’re “disqualified” from miracles—not true, because the blood qualifies us! (26:00)
8. Righteousness Consciousness as a Co-Laborer with God
- Scripture Reference: 2 Corinthians 5:21 – “We might be made the righteousness of God in Him.”
- Scripture Reference: Ephesians 6:14 – “Having on the breastplate of righteousness...”
- Those unaware or unskilled in their righteousness default to sin-consciousness, lowering their effectiveness with God.
- “God doesn't withhold anything from you. God's not mad at you. He makes the blood of Jesus at your disposal so you can go on free and clear and spot free and labor effectively with Him, going into more, advancing in your own spiritual life.” (27:00)
Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments
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On repeating truths for faith:
“Faith comes by hearing and hearing... We’re more repetitive with the word. Amen.” (04:50) -
On righteousness-consciousness:
“We have to be more skillful with staying in our righteousness than swaying into the condemnation that comes from his accusations.” (09:30) -
On forgetting the past for advancement:
“If we don’t let go of wrong thinking, if we don’t let go of the things of the past, it’s going to affect our advancement. That’s good. It’s going to hold us back.” (16:00) -
On practical application of the blood:
“We apply the blood of Jesus by faith. We say, ‘I take the blood of Jesus... I receive the cleansing blood that cleanses me from sin, cleanses me from my past, cleanses me from my false failures, my wrong decisions.’” (19:00) -
On letting go, even of others' faults:
“If you don’t want to entertain where you missed it, you can’t entertain where somebody else missed it either. Well, there’s a winner right there.” (13:00) -
On the devil's strategies at the door of promotion:
“One strategy of the enemy is to try to bombard your mind with thoughts of the past. Sin, consciousness, condemnation, trying to make you mindful of what you’ve done wrong so that you draw back from that place of promotion God offers you.” (25:10) -
On the blood qualifying believers:
“The blood qualifies us. I said the blood qualifies us.” (26:10)
Timestamps for Key Segments
- 00:10 – Power of God is present; receiving by faith
- 03:05 – E.W. Kenyon quote about magnifying failures vs. redemption
- 06:00 – 2 Corinthians 2:11; Satan’s advantage and accusations
- 09:00 – Skillfulness in responding to accusations
- 11:30 – All guilt is false after confession
- 13:00 – Letting go of your own and others’ faults
- 14:50 – Philippians 3:13–14; Paul’s example—forgetting and pressing forward
- 17:50 – Actions for spiritual advancement
- 19:00 – Hebrews 9:14; applying the blood to the conscience
- 20:15 – Illustration: Veteran & the replay of trauma
- 22:55 – Corporate confession—applying the blood by faith
- 24:00 – 1 Corinthians 16:9; Advancement and adversaries
- 25:35 – The role of condemnation in blocking faith and miracles
- 26:00 – The blood qualifies, not your past
- 27:00 – Righteousness consciousness and effectiveness with God
Summary Flow & Takeaways
Nancy Dufresne fortifies listeners with biblical truths on righteousness, addressing the mental and spiritual obstacles posed by past failures, accusations, and feelings of unworthiness. She guides the audience toward a lifestyle of “righteousness consciousness,” extinguishing the devil’s accusations and guilt-trips by robustly applying the cleansing blood of Jesus.
Listeners are encouraged to:
- Continuously declare God’s Word about their righteousness,
- Forget and refuse to rehearse past mistakes (their own & others’),
- Apply the blood of Jesus by faith, especially against mental torment and trauma,
- Recognize that promotion and advancement will be met with adversaries, often in the form of mental attacks,
- Never let go of their righteousness in Christ, as it is the foundation for further growth, ministry, and receiving God's best.
Memorable takeaway:
“The blood qualifies us. I said the blood qualifies us.” (26:10)
For Listeners Who Haven’t Tuned In
This episode is a powerful, faith-filled encouragement on how to practically walk in freedom from condemnation and the past, using biblical principles and declarations. It’s particularly helpful for those struggling with repetitive thoughts of failure or unworthiness, offering step-by-step advice on how to receive and maintain the freedom purchased by Jesus.