Our Sin Offering

Happy New Week everyone,

The life of man is one which falls into flaws or sinful actions at times, but when Man fall into this sin, he is not happy about this act, so how can he get out of this life of sin. Good news, Jesus brought us out of sin. However, what the Sons of God have, as a thorn in the flesh is sin. But, it is only a thorn in the flesh because of certain conditions which we can overcome and have actually overcome in Christ because Jesus is our sin offering. Let’s find out how we are to live a sin free life.

Romans 7:21-24:

“So I find it to be a law (rule of action of my being) that when I want to do what is right and good, evil is ever present with me and I am subject to its insistent demands. ₂₂ For I endorse and delight in the Law of God in my inmost self [with my new nature]. ₂₃ But I discern in my bodily members [in the sensitive appetites and wills of the flesh] a different law (rule of action) at war against the law of my mind (my reason) and making me a prisoner to the law of sin that dwells in my bodily organs [in the sensitive appetites and wills of the flesh]. ₂₄ O unhappy and pitiable and wretched man that I am! Who will release and deliver me from [the shackles of] this body of death?” AMP.

In answering this Romans 8:1-4:

THEREFORE, [there is] now no condemnation (no adjudging guilty of wrong) for those who are in Christ Jesus, who live [and] walk not after the dictates of the flesh, but after the dictates of the Spirit. ₂ For the law of the Spirit of life [which is] in Christ Jesus [the law of our new being] has freed me from the law of sin and of death. ₃ For God has done what the Law could not do, [its power] being weakened by the flesh [the entire nature of man without the Holy Spirit]. Sending His own Son in the guise of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, [God] condemned sin in the flesh [subdued, overcame, deprived it of its power over all who accept that sacrifice], ₄ So that the righteous and just requirement of the Law might be fully met in us who live and move not in the ways of the flesh but in the ways of the Spirit [our lives governed not by the standards and according to the dictates of the flesh, but controlled by the Holy Spirit]. AMP.

Jesus is our sin offering. If you’re still struggling with sin, it could be because if you claim to live a life as a Son of God and still have sin issues, it means you haven’t properly recognised Jesus as your sin offering. So, what is the result of Jesus being your sin offering? Romans 8:1 is the answer, which says, “THEREFORE, [there is] now no condemnation (no adjudging guilty of wrong) for those who are in Christ Jesus, who live [and] walk not after the dictates of the flesh, but after the dictates of the Spirit.” AMP.

The power of sin is condemnation and condemnation comes from the Law. The Law is like a ladder, if you fail in one, you go back to the beginning. We can’t meet up with the demands of the Law because of our flesh, and it is the Law which strengthens the sin through our flesh, but when we receive Christ as Lord, we get a new life, and we have overcome the flesh. And as Galatians 5:16 says, “But I say, walk and live [habitually] in the [Holy] Spirit [responsive to and controlled and guided by the Spirit]; then you will certainly not gratify the cravings and desires of the flesh (of human nature without God).” AMP. By allowing our new Spirit to take charge of our life, we are living in the Spirit and are not gratifying the desires of the flesh, and by doing so, we won’t be living the life of sin.

We have crossed from death to life and in Christ, we are more than conquerors, (ref.: Romans 8:37). Romans 8:2 says, “For the law of the Spirit of life [which is] in Christ Jesus [the law of our new being] has freed me from the law of sin and of death.” AMP.

I’ll end with this illustration a Pastor friend gave about a drunkard. And it goes thus: The wine is that which makes the man to fall and not the man himself, he is not in control of himself. In the same vein, it is the sin in man that makes him fall into sin and not him who wants to sin. But Jesus has taken away the sin in us and has replaced it with His Spirit which is the Holy Spirit. We all need to understand that Jesus is our sin offering and we are no longer under sin.

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)