Jesus came to save sinners. Once we are freed from the power and penalty of sin, the Holy Spirit provides all we need to know and do God's will. Living in these bodies of flesh makes it a real challenge to walk uprightly. I am a sinner and need a Saviour, and if I have truly repented I ought not consciously sin any more. Paul asked rhetorical questions which have obvious answers in Romans 6:1-2: "What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may
abound? 2 Certainly not! How shall we
who died to sin live any longer in it?"
When we are born again through faith in Jesus Christ, we are made new. Our bodies stay the same, but our eternal souls have been raised to new life. We ought to make a clean break between who we were and who we are by God's grace because we now know God and find our identity in Him. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 says, "Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God."
God is able to take a thief and transform him into a man whose honesty is a reflection of His own. He takes a fornicator burning with lust and gives him power and discipline to walk in purity. God takes sexually immoral people and cleanses them, causing their hearts to desire to please God over self. Drunks and extortioners and liars need not be resigned to the chains which bound them to sin and ruled their lives, for now Jesus has become their LORD and Saviour. Having been washed of the stains of sin, our previous way of living is to be relegated to a previous life which was drowning in perdition and sinking towards eternal destruction.
Praise the LORD He is able to change us completely so we can be as God intended us to be. The world tries many means to squish us into its mould, but no worldly mould is suitable for a child of God. Let us reckon the old man dead and sin also dead to us. We will not entertain or make room for it any more because now we know it leads to death. We will not justify sin in denial of God's Word and the conviction of the Holy Spirit. Sin slyly dolls itself up like Jezebel with her tiered head and painted face to look attractive, but let's not be fooled. To sleep with her is to court death. Since we love our Saviour Jesus, we will obey Him at any cost. Jesus has paid the price for our atonement and salvation, and He also empowers us to pay the price He is worthy of daily.
When we are born again through faith in Jesus Christ, we are made new. Our bodies stay the same, but our eternal souls have been raised to new life. We ought to make a clean break between who we were and who we are by God's grace because we now know God and find our identity in Him. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 says, "Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God."
God is able to take a thief and transform him into a man whose honesty is a reflection of His own. He takes a fornicator burning with lust and gives him power and discipline to walk in purity. God takes sexually immoral people and cleanses them, causing their hearts to desire to please God over self. Drunks and extortioners and liars need not be resigned to the chains which bound them to sin and ruled their lives, for now Jesus has become their LORD and Saviour. Having been washed of the stains of sin, our previous way of living is to be relegated to a previous life which was drowning in perdition and sinking towards eternal destruction.
Praise the LORD He is able to change us completely so we can be as God intended us to be. The world tries many means to squish us into its mould, but no worldly mould is suitable for a child of God. Let us reckon the old man dead and sin also dead to us. We will not entertain or make room for it any more because now we know it leads to death. We will not justify sin in denial of God's Word and the conviction of the Holy Spirit. Sin slyly dolls itself up like Jezebel with her tiered head and painted face to look attractive, but let's not be fooled. To sleep with her is to court death. Since we love our Saviour Jesus, we will obey Him at any cost. Jesus has paid the price for our atonement and salvation, and He also empowers us to pay the price He is worthy of daily.
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