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Didn’t Jesus Christ our Lord come to free us from sin ?
Why were we still struggling with sin ?
What we may have missed ?
If we have understood, perceived and turn ! Wouldn’t the Lord heal us ?
This is what we have heard:
Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear; -Isaiah 59:1
but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear. -Isaiah 59:2
So we have heard that iniquities can make us separated from God ! Likewise, our sins make the Lord hide His face !
When we are separated from God ! We are subjected as enemies of God if we don’t repent !
As we have heard:
If a man does not repent, God will whet His sword; He has bent and readied His bow; -Psalms 7:12 ESV
He has prepared for him His deadly weapons, making His arrows fiery shafts. -Psalms 7:13 ESV
So we wouldn’t like that.
What we like then is to be near God ! To be under His grace ! Be found in His mercy !
For we have heard:
For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. -Romans 6:14 ESV
Let us not have sin as our master, or let us not have sin dominion over us ! For we are not under the law of sin and death but under grace of Christ Jesus, who is our Lord.
Then what our Lord has done that we don’t understand, for us to be freed from sin ?
This is what we have heard:
We know that our old self was crucified with Him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. -Romans 6:6 ESV
For one who has died has been set free from sin. -Romans 6:7 ESV
Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. -Romans 6:8 ESV
We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. -Romans 6:9 ESV
So apostle Paul have told us that our self was crucified with Christ ! How ?
This is what we have heard:
Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? -Romans 6:3 ESV
Yes, many have said that they have been baptized; why many still enslaved by sin ?
This is what we have heard:
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires.-Roman 6:12 NIV
Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather OFFER yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. - Roman 6:13 NIV
So for us, not to let sin reign in our mortal bodies is that we need to offer ourselves to God ; yes, we need to offer every part of ourselves to God ; Yes, that means Daily or every moment !
How are we to offer ourselves to God ?
This is what we have heard:
So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, -John 8:31
and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." -John 8:32
As we also have heard what apostle Paul have said :
because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. -1 Thessalonians 1:5
So to offer ourselves to God means that we abide in the Lord’s word and including the gospel that the apostles have spoken — the truth will set us free — for the gospel came to us not only in word but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction.
Let us live a life free from the bondage of sin. Let us be near God and be found in His favor. And the Lord hears the prayers that we have asked of Him.
Why were we still struggling with sin ?
What we may have missed ?
If we have understood, perceived and turn ! Wouldn’t the Lord heal us ?
This is what we have heard:
Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear; -Isaiah 59:1
but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear. -Isaiah 59:2
So we have heard that iniquities can make us separated from God ! Likewise, our sins make the Lord hide His face !
When we are separated from God ! We are subjected as enemies of God if we don’t repent !
As we have heard:
If a man does not repent, God will whet His sword; He has bent and readied His bow; -Psalms 7:12 ESV
He has prepared for him His deadly weapons, making His arrows fiery shafts. -Psalms 7:13 ESV
So we wouldn’t like that.
What we like then is to be near God ! To be under His grace ! Be found in His mercy !
For we have heard:
For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. -Romans 6:14 ESV
Let us not have sin as our master, or let us not have sin dominion over us ! For we are not under the law of sin and death but under grace of Christ Jesus, who is our Lord.
Then what our Lord has done that we don’t understand, for us to be freed from sin ?
This is what we have heard:
We know that our old self was crucified with Him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. -Romans 6:6 ESV
For one who has died has been set free from sin. -Romans 6:7 ESV
Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. -Romans 6:8 ESV
We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. -Romans 6:9 ESV
So apostle Paul have told us that our self was crucified with Christ ! How ?
This is what we have heard:
Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? -Romans 6:3 ESV
Yes, many have said that they have been baptized; why many still enslaved by sin ?
This is what we have heard:
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires.-Roman 6:12 NIV
Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather OFFER yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. - Roman 6:13 NIV
So for us, not to let sin reign in our mortal bodies is that we need to offer ourselves to God ; yes, we need to offer every part of ourselves to God ; Yes, that means Daily or every moment !
How are we to offer ourselves to God ?
This is what we have heard:
So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, -John 8:31
and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." -John 8:32
As we also have heard what apostle Paul have said :
because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. -1 Thessalonians 1:5
So to offer ourselves to God means that we abide in the Lord’s word and including the gospel that the apostles have spoken — the truth will set us free — for the gospel came to us not only in word but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction.
Let us live a life free from the bondage of sin. Let us be near God and be found in His favor. And the Lord hears the prayers that we have asked of Him.