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NASB | Romans 14:17 for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 14:17 for the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking [what one likes], but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. |
Subject: What about those we were unaware of? |
Bible Note: 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. |