Post by Les Brewer on Mar 10, 2012 15:10:47 GMT
Good morning and God bless you all!
Continuing from yesterday with our study of Romans 6,7,8.
Freedom from the dominion of sin in our life is possible through faith in Jesus Christ and what He did at the cross.Let us define precisely what it was that Jesus did at Calvary's Cross.
1.)He atoned for all sin.No sin was left out.All sin is included.He paid the righteous requirement of the law due to a thrice Holy God,who demands perfection.This is why it was necessary for God to become a man,the Last Adam.God Himself is the only one who could keep His own law in thought,word and deed.
2.)He broke the back of the power of sin and Satan forever.He gave us freedom from the world,the flesh and the devil.The word of God declares in Romans 6:14,"For sin shall not have dominion over you,for you are not under law but under grace."
There is not much teaching anymore in the modern church of living free from the sin nature and walking in holiness and righteousness before God.Hebrews 12:14 says,"Pursue peace with all people and holiness,without which no one will see the Lord." Walking in holiness of life is a by-gone era.We are now taught to build churches by using the tactics and teachings of the business world.Leadership seminars are running their course in our churches today that by and large have forsaken the word of God and the leading of the Holy Spirit.We are taught to pay for the person's food behind you in line at the local fast food resturant,to show your faith.My only question is how will the person know behind you,that you are a christian if you don't get out of your car and tell them about Jesus?We are taught to stand on street corners and hand out bottles of water to passing motorists as a gesture of our love for Jesus.This my friends is not the true gospel.There is no place in Scripture that I know of that commands us to do any of these things.However,we are commanded to preach Christ and Him crucified.Leadership seminars,paying for food and handing out water bottles will not set the captives free,but the preaching and teaching of the gospel under the anointing of the Spirit will.
If we are to be a true blessing to a lost and dying world,we are to tell them about Jesus Christ and Him crucified.Anymore,it's almost an embaressment to invite anyone to church,because they will not hear any preaching of the word with true Holy Ghost convicting power on the messages.
Those of us who have received the grace of God through faith in Christ and have been 'born again' do not have the license to commit sin just because we are under grace.No,no,no.We are under a new law.Romans 8:1-2 says,"There is therfore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus,who do not walk according to the flesh,but according to the Spirit.For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death."
Walking according to the Spirit or walking in the Spirit is the key to walking in victory.We are not under the law,but under the Spirit.The righteous requirement of the law was fulfilled in Christ because He kept it in thought,word and deed,thereby granting to us His power to be lead by the Spirit.To many christians are living in a mindset of carnality and walking according to the flesh.The carnal mind is enmity against God,it can not be reconciled to God,canal mindedness makes us an enemy of God (Rom.8:7).If you are a christian,but walking in the flesh nature (sin nature) then you are not,and can not, please God (vs.8).
Paul wrote in Galatians 5:16-26 and listed 17 sins of the flesh (sin nature) that will prevent anyone from inheriting the kingdom of God.Do not be deceived,a little leaven (sin),corrupts the whole lump of dough.The way to live free from sin and it's dominion in our lives is to continually live in faith in Jesus Christ and the cross.When I say the cross,I am not talking about the wooden instrument on which He was nailed,but what He accomplished there,which was the atonement of sin and destoying the power of sin in those who will believe.
Study more closely what Paul taught in Romans 6,7,8.You will see for yourself that the power of sin and Satan is destroyed through faith in Christ.
If we should fall into sin then I John 1:5 thru 2:2 applies to us.My friends,let's come to the foot of the cross and and ask the Lord for more grace to help in our time of need.We are living in perilous times when there is a drought of the true teachings of the word of God instead of the sugary fluff that passes for the gospel today.God hasn't changed and neither has His gospel.The devil can not refute the truth of the word,so he will do all he can to pervert,corrupt and water down it's truth in the minds of those he seeks to detsroy.Stay in the word and stay in faith,asking God to show you His truth.Ask Him for illumination and revelation,He will give it to you.Sell out to Christ and live free.Bless His Holy name.....Have a blessed day in the Lord,Amen.............JW
Continuing from yesterday with our study of Romans 6,7,8.
Freedom from the dominion of sin in our life is possible through faith in Jesus Christ and what He did at the cross.Let us define precisely what it was that Jesus did at Calvary's Cross.
1.)He atoned for all sin.No sin was left out.All sin is included.He paid the righteous requirement of the law due to a thrice Holy God,who demands perfection.This is why it was necessary for God to become a man,the Last Adam.God Himself is the only one who could keep His own law in thought,word and deed.
2.)He broke the back of the power of sin and Satan forever.He gave us freedom from the world,the flesh and the devil.The word of God declares in Romans 6:14,"For sin shall not have dominion over you,for you are not under law but under grace."
There is not much teaching anymore in the modern church of living free from the sin nature and walking in holiness and righteousness before God.Hebrews 12:14 says,"Pursue peace with all people and holiness,without which no one will see the Lord." Walking in holiness of life is a by-gone era.We are now taught to build churches by using the tactics and teachings of the business world.Leadership seminars are running their course in our churches today that by and large have forsaken the word of God and the leading of the Holy Spirit.We are taught to pay for the person's food behind you in line at the local fast food resturant,to show your faith.My only question is how will the person know behind you,that you are a christian if you don't get out of your car and tell them about Jesus?We are taught to stand on street corners and hand out bottles of water to passing motorists as a gesture of our love for Jesus.This my friends is not the true gospel.There is no place in Scripture that I know of that commands us to do any of these things.However,we are commanded to preach Christ and Him crucified.Leadership seminars,paying for food and handing out water bottles will not set the captives free,but the preaching and teaching of the gospel under the anointing of the Spirit will.
If we are to be a true blessing to a lost and dying world,we are to tell them about Jesus Christ and Him crucified.Anymore,it's almost an embaressment to invite anyone to church,because they will not hear any preaching of the word with true Holy Ghost convicting power on the messages.
Those of us who have received the grace of God through faith in Christ and have been 'born again' do not have the license to commit sin just because we are under grace.No,no,no.We are under a new law.Romans 8:1-2 says,"There is therfore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus,who do not walk according to the flesh,but according to the Spirit.For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death."
Walking according to the Spirit or walking in the Spirit is the key to walking in victory.We are not under the law,but under the Spirit.The righteous requirement of the law was fulfilled in Christ because He kept it in thought,word and deed,thereby granting to us His power to be lead by the Spirit.To many christians are living in a mindset of carnality and walking according to the flesh.The carnal mind is enmity against God,it can not be reconciled to God,canal mindedness makes us an enemy of God (Rom.8:7).If you are a christian,but walking in the flesh nature (sin nature) then you are not,and can not, please God (vs.8).
Paul wrote in Galatians 5:16-26 and listed 17 sins of the flesh (sin nature) that will prevent anyone from inheriting the kingdom of God.Do not be deceived,a little leaven (sin),corrupts the whole lump of dough.The way to live free from sin and it's dominion in our lives is to continually live in faith in Jesus Christ and the cross.When I say the cross,I am not talking about the wooden instrument on which He was nailed,but what He accomplished there,which was the atonement of sin and destoying the power of sin in those who will believe.
Study more closely what Paul taught in Romans 6,7,8.You will see for yourself that the power of sin and Satan is destroyed through faith in Christ.
If we should fall into sin then I John 1:5 thru 2:2 applies to us.My friends,let's come to the foot of the cross and and ask the Lord for more grace to help in our time of need.We are living in perilous times when there is a drought of the true teachings of the word of God instead of the sugary fluff that passes for the gospel today.God hasn't changed and neither has His gospel.The devil can not refute the truth of the word,so he will do all he can to pervert,corrupt and water down it's truth in the minds of those he seeks to detsroy.Stay in the word and stay in faith,asking God to show you His truth.Ask Him for illumination and revelation,He will give it to you.Sell out to Christ and live free.Bless His Holy name.....Have a blessed day in the Lord,Amen.............JW
