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NASB | Romans 6:6 knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 6:6 We know that our old self [our human nature without the Holy Spirit] was nailed to the cross with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin. |
Bible Question: is it possible to believe in God as your holy ruler, and know that Jesus died on the cross for you, but still be a gnostic? Because I've also heard that gnostics have small divine powers. |
Bible Answer: People can know who Jesus is and that He died for their sins on the cross but not accept Him. In Mark, the demons knew who Jesus was but did not want any part of Him. Neither did the Gerasene people who wanted Jesus to go away from them. Mark 5:1-13."They came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes. When He got out of the boat, immediately a man from the tombs with an unclean spirit met Him, and he had his swelling among the tombs. And no one was able to bind him anymore, even with a chain because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him and the shackles broken in pieces, and no one was strong enough to subdue him. Constantly, night and day, he was screaming among the tombs and in the mountains, and gashing himself with stones. Seeing Jesus from a distance, he ran up and bowed down before Him and shouting with a loud voice, he said, "What business do we have with each other, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore You, by God, do not torment me!" For He had been saying to him, "Come our of the man, you unclean spirit!" And He was asking him, "What is your name?" And he said to Him, "My name is Legion; for we are many." And he began to implore Him earnestly not to send them out of the country. Now there was a large herd of swine feeding nearby on the mountain. The demons implored Him, saying, "Send us into the swine so that we may enter them." Jesus gave them permission. And coming out, the unclean spirits enteredd the swine; and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, about two thousand of them; and they were drowned in the sea. Their herdsmen ran away and reported it in the city and in the country. And the people came to see what it was that had happened. They came to Jesus and observed the man who had been demon-possessed sitting down, clothed and in his right mind, the very man who had had the "legion"; and they became frightened. Those who had seen it described to them how it had happended to the demon-possessed man, and all about the swine. And they began to implore Him to leave their region. as He was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed ws imploring Him that he might accompany Him. And He did not let him, but He said the him, "Go home to your people and report to them, what great things the Lord has one for you, and how He had mercy on you."And he went away and began to proclaim in Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed." |