We must be led by Holy Spirit.
Holy Spirit leads through:
1) Words of God, i.e. Bible
2) Words in fresh, i.e. Jesus Christ
9 How can a young man keep his way pure?
By living according to your word.
10 I seek you with all my heart;
do not let me stray from your commands.
11 I have hidden your word in my heart
that I might not sin against you. Psalm 119 NIV
The guidance of Holy Spirit is like your mother holding your
hand when you first learned how to write.
You must let go and let God guide you.
2because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.
6The mind of sinful man[e] is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace;
9You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
14because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. 15For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father."
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
How to lead a victorious life?
Love of God touched us:
1) "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,[f] that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16
2) Jesus died for us on the cross.
3) Holy Spirit dwell in us.
The works of the Holy Spirit:
-Recollects what were written in the words.
-Guide us into all truths
-Rebuke sin
-glorify God
-dwell in us
1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
2because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.
9You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
11And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.
13For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live,
Romans 8
1) "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,[f] that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16
2) Jesus died for us on the cross.
3) Holy Spirit dwell in us.
The works of the Holy Spirit:
-Recollects what were written in the words.
-Guide us into all truths
-Rebuke sin
-glorify God
-dwell in us
1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
2because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.
9You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
11And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.
13For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live,
Romans 8
Monday, June 21, 2010
Is it possible to sin after salvation?
We are saved in term of position. But we are surrounded by both sinners and sins.
Every moments we are at war with our lust and hostile environment.
Even Jesus went through the same temptations, but He did not sin.
We want absolute freedom, yet as a result we become the slaves of sin.
After salvation, it does not mean that from now onward, we are free to sin, because real salvation must be followed by sanctification.
Neither Salvation nor Sanctification is brought about by self maltreatment.
Every moments we are at war with our lust and hostile environment.
Even Jesus went through the same temptations, but He did not sin.
We want absolute freedom, yet as a result we become the slaves of sin.
After salvation, it does not mean that from now onward, we are free to sin, because real salvation must be followed by sanctification.
Neither Salvation nor Sanctification is brought about by self maltreatment.
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Slave to Righteousness Vs Slave to Sin
Before Salvation:
-We are slaves of sin in our fresh, our minds and desires.
-We offer the parts of our bodies in slavery to sins.
-With freedom to sin (dead in sins) but no freedom to free from sins.
-Is bound by law as a woman is bound to her husband by marriage.
-Old sinner
After Salvation:
-We are slaves of righteousness. (just as a pregnant woman is enjoying her pregnancy).
-We offer the parts of our bodies in slavery to righteousness.
(This include our eyes, our mouths, our hands,
-Is free from sin by grace of God.
-Released from the law.
- New creation. 17Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! 2Cor: 5
Law is like a red light, its functions are meant for the benefits of the user.
But sin turns the goodness of law into somethings which works against us.
12Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires.
13Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness.
14For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
Romans 6
1 Do you not know, brothers—for I am speaking to men who know the law—that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives?
2 For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.
3 So then, if she marries another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress, even though she marries another man.
4 So, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.
5 For when we were controlled by the sinful nature,[a] the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, so that we bore fruit for death.
6 But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code. Romans 7
-We are slaves of sin in our fresh, our minds and desires.
-We offer the parts of our bodies in slavery to sins.
-With freedom to sin (dead in sins) but no freedom to free from sins.
-Is bound by law as a woman is bound to her husband by marriage.
-Old sinner
After Salvation:
-We are slaves of righteousness. (just as a pregnant woman is enjoying her pregnancy).
-We offer the parts of our bodies in slavery to righteousness.
(This include our eyes, our mouths, our hands,
-Is free from sin by grace of God.
-Released from the law.
- New creation. 17Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! 2Cor: 5
Law is like a red light, its functions are meant for the benefits of the user.
But sin turns the goodness of law into somethings which works against us.
12Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires.
13Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness.
14For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
Romans 6
1 Do you not know, brothers—for I am speaking to men who know the law—that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives?
2 For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.
3 So then, if she marries another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress, even though she marries another man.
4 So, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.
5 For when we were controlled by the sinful nature,[a] the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, so that we bore fruit for death.
6 But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code. Romans 7
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