“So there is now no condemnation awaiting those who belong to
Christ Jesus. For the power of the life-giving Spirit—and this power is mine
through Christ Jesus—has freed me from the vicious circle of sin and death. We Aren’t Saved From Sin’s Grasp By Knowing
The Commandments Of God Because We Can’t And Don’t Keep Them, but God put
into effect a different plan to save us. He sent his own Son in a human body
like ours—except that ours are sinful—and destroyed sin’s control over us by
giving himself as a sacrifice for our sins.
So now we can obey God’s laws if we follow after the Holy Spirit and no
longer obey the old evil nature within us.
”
To: ALL WHO HAVE EARS TO HEAR
From: GOD THE FATHER, THE LORD
JESUS CHRIST HIS SON and Ministered through the HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD, The Helper, that He may be
with you forever. [John 14:16]
Subject: MY WORD; John 1:1 (NKJV) 1 In the
beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:14 (NKJV) 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us,
and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full
of grace and truth.
Romans 7:1–25 (The Living Bible) 1 Don’t you
understand yet, dear Jewish brothers in Christ, that when a person dies the law
no longer holds him in its power? 2 Let me illustrate: when a woman
marries, the law binds her to her husband as long as he is alive. But if he
dies, she is no longer bound to him; the laws of marriage no longer apply to
her. 3 Then she can marry someone else if she wants to. That would
be wrong while he was alive, but it is perfectly all right after he dies. 4
Your “husband,” your master, used to be the Jewish law; but you “died,” as it
were, with Christ on the cross; and since you are “dead,” you are no longer
“married to the law,” and it has no more control over you. Then you came back
to life again when Christ did and are a new person. And now you are “married,”
so to speak, to the one who rose from the dead, so that you can produce good
fruit, that is, good deeds for God. 5 When your old nature was still
active, sinful desires were at work within you, making you want to do whatever
God said not to and producing sinful deeds, the rotting fruit of death. 6
But now you need no longer worry about the Jewish laws and customs because you
“died” while in their captivity, and now you can really serve God; not in the
old way, mechanically obeying a set of rules, but in the new way, with all of
your hearts and minds. 7 Well then, am I suggesting that these laws
of God are evil? Of course not! No, the law is not sinful, but it was the law
that showed me my sin. I would never have known the sin in my heart—the evil
desires that are hidden there—if the law had not said, “You must not have evil
desires in your heart.” 8 But sin used this law against evil desires
by reminding me that such desires are wrong, and arousing all kinds of
forbidden desires within me! Only if there were no laws to break would there be
no sinning. 9 That is why I felt fine so long as I did not
understand what the law really demanded. But when I learned the truth, I
realized that I had broken the law and was a sinner, doomed to die. 10
So as far as I was concerned, the good law which was supposed to show me the
way of life resulted instead in my being given the death penalty. 11
Sin fooled me by taking the good laws of God and using them to make me guilty
of death. 12 But still, you see, the law itself was wholly right and
good. 13 But how can that be? Didn’t the law cause my doom? How then
can it be good? No, it was sin, devilish
stuff that it is, that used what was good to bring about my condemnation. So
you can see how cunning and deadly and damnable it is. For it uses God’s good
laws for its own evil purposes. 14 The law is good, then, and
the trouble is not there but with me because I am sold into slavery with
Sin as my owner. 15 I don’t understand myself at all, for I really
want to do what is right, but I can’t. I do what I don’t want to—what I hate. 16
I know perfectly well that what I am doing is wrong, and my bad conscience
proves that I agree with these laws I am breaking. 17 But I can’t
help myself because I’m no longer doing it. It is sin inside me that is
stronger than I am that makes me do these evil things. 18 I know I
am rotten through and through so far as my old sinful nature is concerned. No
matter which way I turn I can’t make myself do right. I want to but I can’t. 19
When I want to do good, I don’t; and when I try not to do wrong, I do it
anyway. 20 Now if I am doing what I don’t want to, it is plain where
the trouble is: sin still has me in its evil grasp. 21 It seems to
be a fact of life that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is
wrong. 22 I love to do God’s
will so far as my new nature is concerned; 23 but there is something
else deep within me, in my lower nature, that is at war with my mind and wins
the fight and makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me. In my mind I
want to be God’s willing servant, but instead I find myself still enslaved to
sin. So you see how it is: my new life tells me to do right, but the old
nature that is still inside me loves to sin. Oh, what a terrible predicament
I’m in! Who will free me from my slavery to this deadly lower nature? Thank
God! It has been done by Jesus Christ our Lord. He has set me free.
Romans 8:1–8 (The Living Bible) 1
So there is now no condemnation awaiting
those who belong to Christ Jesus. 2 For the power of the life-giving
Spirit—and this power is mine through Christ Jesus—has freed me from the
vicious circle of sin and death. 3 We aren’t saved from sin’s
grasp by knowing the commandments of God because we can’t and don’t keep them,
but God put into effect a different plan to save us. He sent his own Son in a
human body like ours—except that ours are sinful—and destroyed sin’s control
over us by giving himself as a sacrifice for our sins. 4 So now we
can obey God’s laws if we follow after the Holy Spirit and no longer obey the
old evil nature within us. 5 Those who let themselves be controlled
by their lower natures live only to please themselves, but those who follow
after the Holy Spirit find themselves doing those things that please God. 6
Following after the Holy Spirit leads to life and peace, but following after
the old nature leads to death 7 because the old sinful nature within
us is against God. It never did obey God’s laws and it never will. 8
That’s why those who are still under the control of their old sinful selves,
bent on following their old evil desires, can never please God.
Romans 5:1–6 (The Living Bible) 1 So now, since we have been made right in
God’s sight by faith in his promises, we can have real peace with him because
of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us. 2 For because of
our faith, he has brought us into this place of highest privilege where we now
stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to actually becoming all
that God has had in mind for us to be. 3 We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know
that they are good for us—they help us learn to be patient. 4
And patience develops strength of character in us and helps us trust God more
each time we use it until finally our hope and faith are strong and steady. 5
Then, when that happens, we are able to
hold our heads high no matter what happens and know that all is well, for we
know how dearly God loves us, and we feel this warm love everywhere within us
because God has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love. 6
When we were utterly helpless, with no way of escape, Christ came at just the
right time and died for us sinners who had no use for him.
[Please Note: Always Read the
Word of God in Context, reading the entire chapter or book, asking the Holy
Spirit of the Living God to give you the interpretation. 2 Peter 1:16–21 (Williams) 16 For it was not mere stories of fancy
that we followed when we told you of the power and coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ, but we had been eyewitnesses of His majesty. 17 For when He
received such honor and glory from God the Father, when from the majestic glory
there was borne to Him a voice like this, “This is my Son, my Beloved, in whom
I take delight.” 18 we heard this voice ourselves borne from heaven
while we were with Him on that sacred mountain. 19 So we have the
message of the prophets more certainly guaranteed. Please pay attention to this message as to a
lamp that is shining in a dismal place, until the day dawns and the morning
star rises in your hearts; 20 because you recognize this truth above
all else, that no prophecy in Scripture
is to be interpreted by one’s own mind, 21 for no prophecy has
ever yet originated in man’s will, but men who were led by the Holy Spirit
spoke from God.]
Philippians 2:9–11 (The Living
Bible)9 Yet it was because of this that God raised
him up to the heights of heaven and gave him a name which is above every other
name, 10 that at the name of
Jesus every knee shall bow in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11
and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God
the Father.
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