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1 | Matthew 13, v 31-32, Mustard Seed | Rom 14:17 | talmid | 174249 | ||
A bit more about the "seed". What I understand is this. When I was born again, apart from my sins being forgiven, I got a new mind and a new spirit. (2 Corinthians 5:17). I started off with a clean slate and God keeps giving me power/privilege/right to become a child of God (John 1:12), so that I can constantly serve the law of God with my mind (Romans 7:25). So, when I started off on a clean slate, I did have peace and joy and all my sins (what i was aware of) was forgiven me. So I had the kingdom of God like a small seed (in small measure). Then as I started living the life that God called me to, I started to increase in peace, joy and righteousness obeying God whenever He gave light on my sins (that which I was in darkness about). Boy! it is so liberating and my hope only increases day by day. I no longer have to live in sadness, bondage and in dissipation. Intead I can live in the liberty of the sons of God. There is a long way for me to go. It is very exciting and eventful, meaningful and fulfilling. I realize that its all about having a personal connection with God and learning from Him directly, as a disciple. Jesus is the author of my faith and He is the one who has begun this amazing work of transformation in me and He finish this work in me! (Philippians 1:6) Since my heart is overflowing with thankfulness, I can go on like this. But let me stop here :-) |
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2 | What about those we were unaware of? | Rom 14:17 | lionheart | 174258 | ||
talmid, Greetings and welcome to the forum. An inspiring post. It's a transformation that will impact us for eternity. One question though,what about the sins we were'nt aware of or forgot? Take a look at Colossians 2:9-15. It will give you a fuller understanding of what God has accomplished for us. In Christ, lionheart |
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3 | What about those we were unaware of? | Rom 14:17 | talmid | 174259 | ||
Thanks lionheart. Especially verse 12. That brings me to Gal 2:20 - "I have been crucified with Christ [in Him I have shared His crucifixion]; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life I now live in the body I live by faith in (by adherence to and reliance on and complete trust in) the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself up for me." I am living by believing this. It helps me overcome the sins I come across in myself as and when God brings them to light. All those things that I am unaware of and I was blind to, God will bring to light, bit by bit. He knows how much I can take for each trial that comes my way. That is the "eye salve" that I can get from Jesus. I'll just continue walking in the light that He gives. I am able to experience what is written in 1 John 1:7 to an increasing degree. But I need more godly fear. I thank God for helping me to break free from the vicious cycle of sinning and asking for forgiveness! So that I no longer stagnate, but start growing and bearing fruit! I am young now. I don't fear growing older. Its exciting, thinking about the work that God would have accomplished in me by the time I have grey hair and I lose all my teeth :-) But for now, one thing I really am holding on to...that is godly fear that I won't lose the price that is set before me. May God preserve me in Godly fear, just as Jesus had it - we read in Heb 5:7 - " who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear". We know that it is not physical death that is being talked about here, but spiritual death due to sin. To end I am gonna sound the trumpet call - a call to victory! - Rev 21:7 - "He who overcomes shall inherit all things,and I will be his God and he shall be My son." So come along folks! Come! |
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4 | What about those we were unaware of? | Rom 14:17 | lionheart | 174260 | ||
talmid, Two things. 1. You were forgiven all sin aware or not. Dont let anyone talk you out of that. 2.1 John 1:7-9 we all have the horrible habit of repeating the things where we've sinned before and some where we havent. No excuse mind you,but thats where this passage of scripture is so huge. His blood,it keeps on cleansing. Satan and the world cant hold the axe over our heads when we apply this passage of scripture on a daily basis. In Christ, lionheart |
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5 | What about those we were unaware of? | Rom 14:17 | talmid | 174264 | ||
Yes I have no doubts that all my sins have been forgiven. Seems 1 John 7-9 have been wrong interpreted. "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us." Notice that the expression to "have sin" is in the present tense. It does not say "had sin". If this were the only Scripture that referred to sin in the flesh, it could be open to misinterpretation. However, we have dozens of Scriptures that show that no matter how holy we are, we still have sin in the flesh. The cleansing does not consist of getting rid of *sin in the flesh*, but getting rid of *sin in the mind*, so that we can serve God's laws with our mind. Rom 7:25. An adulterer serves the alw of sin with his mind, and that is why there is sin and condemnation. If sin had stayed in the flesh and had not influenced his mind, he would have remained without condemnation. 1 John 1:7 refers to walking in the light. The light will convict us of all sort of things in our lives that we have to cleanse out. The blood of Christ will do this if we walk in the light and are faithful to the light. Conciousness of sin will be removed from our mind, but not from our flesh. At some point a greater light will shine and illuminate even greater areas of my self-life. The blood of Christ will cleanse us from this as well. This gives meaning to the verse that speak about going from light to light and strength to strength, until we appear before God in Zion. We become cleansed from all consiousness of sin. "And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness" -Rom 8:10. It means that we are not to live according to sin in the flesh or according to the lusts in the body. Instead we are to be led and driven by the Holy Spirit. Solomon allowed himself to be led and driven by the lusts of his body, and we all know that this can happen - even after we have been baptized by the Spirit. Or is it just physical weakness that causes the sinner to be taken captive? Isn't it sin itself that does this? Don't be afraid of calling things by their rightful name. If we save that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves! This is not salvation of the body, but rather salvation of the spirit. That is why the body without the spirit is dead. James 2:26. God jealously desires the spirit, which He has allowed to dwell in us. James 4:5. Concerning the salvation of the body, we eagerly wait for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, from heaven, who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body. Phil 3:20. This will not take place until Christ's return. As long as we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord, because sin dwells in the flesh. But when we leave this body, we go home ot the Lord. We must reckon ourselves dead to sin but alive to God - Rom 6:11. If there was no sin in the flesh, we would have no need to reckon ourselves dead to it. "Do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey its lusts" We cannot prevent sin from dwelling in the flesh, but we can prevent it from reigning. Sin cannot accomplish anything without my concent. This is where the law of the mind comes in, and the cross is active in everyone who resists temptation. For I know that in me, that is in my flesh, nothing good dwells. Therefore, if I do what I hate, against my will, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. Each of us does many things we should most certainly hate. He who walks in the light hates these things. Consequently, the blood of Christ cleanses him from all sin that one becomes concious of. |
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6 | What about those we were unaware of? | Rom 14:17 | talmid | 174271 | ||
continuing... "And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness" -Rom 8:10. It means that we are not to live according to sin in the flesh or according to the lusts in the body. Instead we are to be led and driven by the Holy Spirit. Solomon allowed himself to be led and driven by the lusts of his body, and we all know that this can happen - even after we have been baptized by the Spirit. Or is it just physical weakness that causes the sinner to be taken captive? Isn't it sin itself that does this? Don't be afraid of calling things by their rightful name. If we save that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves! This is not salvation of the body, but rather salvation of the spirit. That is why the body without the spirit is dead. James 2:26. God jealously desires the spirit, which He has allowed to dwell in us. James 4:5. Concerning the salvation of the body, we eagerly wait for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, from heaven, who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body. Phil 3:20. This will not take place until Christ's return. As long as we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord, because sin dwells in the flesh. But when we leave this body, we go home ot the Lord. We must reckon ourselves dead to sin but alive to God - Rom 6:11. If there was no sin in the flesh, we would have no need to reckon ourselves dead to it. "Do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey its lusts" We cannot prevent sin from dwelling in the flesh, but we can prevent it from reigning. Sin cannot accomplish anything without my concent. This is where the law of the mind comes in, and the cross is active in everyone who resists temptation. For I know that in me, that is in my flesh, nothing good dwells. Therefore, if I do what I hate, against my will, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. Each of us does many things we should most certainly hate. He who walks in the light hates these things. Consequently, the blood of Christ cleanses him from all sin that one becomes concious of. Paul says "I see another law in my members". James saw it too and he asks "Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members?" James 4:1. Dont we still have these desires? Each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. We don't need to look beyond our lives to find what draws and entices. This drawing and enticement is the sin that is bound to our flesh. If we give in to these lusts - we will commit sin. We must distinguish between having sin and committing sin. There is no condmenation for having sin, only for committing sin. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity and in whose spirit there is no guile. If we are without guile in our spirit, then God will not impute iniquity to us. But don't try to say that we have no sin. Not even heaven is pure in God's eyes; it too, needs to be reconciled by the blood of Christ. "For the death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God" - Rom 6:10 Was this death to sin only active in Jesus? The apostle Paul always carried about in the body the dying of Jesus (2 Cor 4:10). If he carried about the dying of Jesus in his body, it must have been because he had sin in his body, since the death that Jesus died, He died to sin (Rom 6:10). Paul did this so that the life of Jesus would be manifested in his mortal flesh. Paul needed to carry about in his body the dying of Jesus. He was always delivered to death. (2 Cor 4:11). People use the expression "under the blood". It sounds right, but it is merely an expression taught by human wisdom. The Spirit never teaches anything that is vague and sloppy. Anyone willing to think about this will find it meaningless. Surely you're not going to stand under the blood just as you would under a waterfall? The blood works within you; it is the death of Christ. You cannot be "under the blood" unless Jesus is outside of you. When Jesus is within you, you also bear His death within, and thus have His blood within. Anyone who puts himself "under something", proves that he is still living. But if we want to live, we must first die. |
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