It's funny how you people actually think you are making sense!
It's right there in the scriptures I quoted for you. Paul said we are dead in Christ. Therefore, mortify the desires of your flesh.
Isn't that simple enough to grasp?
John 3:3
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
You have to be born again to understand the workings of the kingdom of God.
Have you been born again?
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...Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ...(Acts 20:21)
Rom 6
10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
I have sinned even after I got saved. However, because I have died in Christ, I do not continue in my sin. I repented, God forgave me, and that sin is NOT counted against me. This is essentially JUSTIFICATION. God IMPUTES righteousness into me even though my actions do not deserve it.
Before I "died" I would continue in sin. After, I died, I no longer wanna sin. My desire is changed.
Notice, Paul, does NOT say, because we are dead in Christ, we cannot sin. In fact, he states quite the opposite. Rom 6:12Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
If I let sin reign in my mortal body, I would obey its lust. But if I know that I am dead in Christ, then I should not allow sin to reign in me.
This is what Paul is saying Fact: I died in Christ. Faith: I believe that when Christ died, I died Experience: Reckon myself to be dead in Christ and live according to the Spirit and not to the flesh anymore.
Consider this:
Col 3
1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Paul is saying because I am dead in Christ, mortify my fleshly desires. So, if I don't mortify my fleshly desires (hence, allowing sin to reign in my mortal body), I will obey its lust. So yes, its possible to still sin as a believer, but we are not to live in sin by obeying its lust.
All believers are required to die to all sin. This is not easy, and that is why Paul said that he 'kept under his body", and 'I die daily'.
I propose something greater... don't just die to sin. Because then the debate erupts... What is sin? Are pants on women sin? If a woman has cut hair has she sinned? Are wedding bands sin? blah, blah, blah, blah. Instead of dying to sin... mortify your self. Sin originates in the habitual nature of the carnal mind. Die to self... and life to Christ. If you are so one with Jesus that you feel HIS heart beating in your chest, feel the impressions from HIS thoughts, and your very shadow has nail scarred hands... you will not sin. It's when the carnal mind gets the best of us that we sin. And if we have a new nature, we feel the guilt and shame. But we can rest assured, if any man sin we have an Advocate with the Father, the man Christ Jesus.
I might add to the list praying in tongues,in one's private devotional time,would be of great benefit for walking in The Spirit.
Also in one's listening habits listening to praise and worship music could be a great aid too as well.
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People who are always looking for fault,can find it easily all they have to do,is look into their mirror.
There they can find plenty of fault.
Walking in the Spirit means living a life wherein you daily allow Jesus to be your very "life". Allow your oneness with Him to dominate your every thought and action. Walking in the Spirit is the spiritual quest to be one with Christ through the Holy Ghost. Are you speaking like Him? ...Acting like Him? ...Thinking like Him? Is He becoming your very identity? Not to the point of loosing your own mind... but is the mind of Christ Himself coming through who you are???
All the religious disciplines, practices, and actions on earth do not equate to walking in the Spirit. None of those things that one can do can make certain that one is walking in the Spirit. They are actually fruit of walking in the Spirit. The one who is walking in the Spirit will by nature pray, fast, read, and meditate on God's Word. Seek HIM first. HIM. There's nothing one can DO until they have been apprehended and consumed by HIM.
Well said Aquila! Our very life, mind, thoughts, heart, body, soul, spirit is must consumed by our love for Jesus, and filled with the Word. It is a constant battle for sure against our flesh, and our mind to keep our hearts focused on Jesus, but to truly walk in the Spirit as Paul speaks of, we must (as Aquila said) Seek HIM first. HIM.
Perhaps. And it may make sense to someone who decides that it has to make sense, or they'll go to hell.
Who said anything about people going to hell?Its just that some things are very plain to see in the Word of GOD,and this happens to be one of them.But if someone wants to make excuses for their sins,then they have not got a ear to hear what the spirit is saying to the church.or else their willingly ignorant.
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