9.68 Therefore reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin
Some may ask, “If my body is holy, then why do I still sin?” The body still has its fives senses, and its desires. The Bible calls it the lust of the flesh. But that is not your true nature. Your true nature is created according to God in righteousness and holiness.
The sinner is enslaved to the lusts of the flesh, and it becomes part of his nature. But the believer is no longer a slave to sin but to righteousness. The believer has to choice and the God-given ability to walk according to the Spirit.
The believer can choose to walk in his real nature (the new creation) or he can still choose to walk in the memory of the old nature (the old man). God gives us a choice. Conversely in the same manner, a sinner has a choice to either do good or bad, but he remains a sinner.
So what is the challenge in the New Covenant? It is not to fight against the sin-nature. It is to believe (faith) that we are a new creation in Christ, so as to walk by faith in that reality. It is a choice and a state of mind. It is a consciousness that comes through faith.
The Bible uses words like, “RECKON yourselves to be dead indeed to sin.” The word RECKON speaks of a consciousness that comes through faith.
The Bible also tells us that we have a choice to walk by faith. It uses terms like, “DO NOT let sin reign…” and “DO NOT present…”
(Rom 6:10-13)
For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Likewise you also, RECKON YOURSELVES to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Therefore DO NOT let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. And DO NOT present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but PRESENT YOURSELVES to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
The body is the channel and the instrument that can be used for good or bad. When we reckon (conscious) that we are a new creation, we are able to present our members as instruments of righteousness to God.
So what is the secret and the key? It is faith – to believe our new identity in Christ. When we do so, we will start to walk in the new man.
Announcement: The next Grace Meeting will be held on Thursday, 29th May 7.30pm, Singapore. Please contact Jeffrey at 81119307 if you wish to join us for fellowship. We meet every last Thursday of the month.
The sinner is enslaved to the lusts of the flesh, and it becomes part of his nature. But the believer is no longer a slave to sin but to righteousness. The believer has to choice and the God-given ability to walk according to the Spirit.
The believer can choose to walk in his real nature (the new creation) or he can still choose to walk in the memory of the old nature (the old man). God gives us a choice. Conversely in the same manner, a sinner has a choice to either do good or bad, but he remains a sinner.
So what is the challenge in the New Covenant? It is not to fight against the sin-nature. It is to believe (faith) that we are a new creation in Christ, so as to walk by faith in that reality. It is a choice and a state of mind. It is a consciousness that comes through faith.
The Bible uses words like, “RECKON yourselves to be dead indeed to sin.” The word RECKON speaks of a consciousness that comes through faith.
The Bible also tells us that we have a choice to walk by faith. It uses terms like, “DO NOT let sin reign…” and “DO NOT present…”
(Rom 6:10-13)
For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Likewise you also, RECKON YOURSELVES to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Therefore DO NOT let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. And DO NOT present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but PRESENT YOURSELVES to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
The body is the channel and the instrument that can be used for good or bad. When we reckon (conscious) that we are a new creation, we are able to present our members as instruments of righteousness to God.
So what is the secret and the key? It is faith – to believe our new identity in Christ. When we do so, we will start to walk in the new man.
Announcement: The next Grace Meeting will be held on Thursday, 29th May 7.30pm, Singapore. Please contact Jeffrey at 81119307 if you wish to join us for fellowship. We meet every last Thursday of the month.
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