Hello everyone,
Today is a continuation from yesterday’s blog.
Romans 6:12-14 says, “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. For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.” As a member of the body of Christ, you are to allow the new life take over. The reason why you still find a person who has the new life acting as one who has a sinful life is just because of ignorance and lack of understanding.
The truth is that many who has the new life think they would live the life of God by their strength, and that is where they get it wrong. The spirit-man of the person is that which is changed when you become born again, but the consciousness, the mind, will and emotions are still the same and these had earlier been polluted by the previous spirit in the person. So, it is left for the person to recognise the presence of God in Him. It is only in Him that you would display the new life and this what the Holy Spirit is meant for.
An eagle won’t know it is an eagle until it is informed that it is an eagle and it can fly. This is the same way of a born-again person. This was what Apostle Paul was talking about in Romans 6 saying those who are now in Christ should not live as members of unrighteousness. The whole thing is like one who does plastic surgery to look like another race. He may look like a different race, but that doesn’t make him that race, in reality, this is how those of the old life behave. But those who are born again are those who died and was born again with a new body from another race and behaviour. This is how a born again person is. So Paul is saying that those who are born again should not behave as those of another race that is not them.
The new life is a life that doesn’t need anyone to tell them which way to go or being bound by rules and laws, it is because the right way to go is inborn. When talking about the new covenant which is the life of grace or the born again in Hebrews 8:11, it says, “None of them shall teach his neighbour, and none his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them.” so, having this new life, it is not because there is no law that you do right, but because it is your nature, which is the nature of God. And the Holy Spirit is there to guide you all through by showing you the way to go and lead you into all truth. Grace is not a licence to sin because you have a new life which is the life of God.
May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.
Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!
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Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from New King James Version (NKJV)
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