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NASB | Romans 8:10 If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 8:10 If Christ lives in you, though your [natural] body is dead because of sin, your spirit is alive because of righteousness [which He provides]. |
Bible Question:
Romans 8:10. If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness. |
Bible Answer: Everyone is a sinner (not "was", is!) because our flesh is weak. Our mind, contained in our brain, is made of weak flesh. Try though we might to avoid sinning, we always will. Matthew 5 28 but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery If merely thinking about a sin makes one guilty of it, then true guilt must rest in the mind and the will of the sinner, which is part of the fleshly body. If the spirit of Christ is in a believer, it will influence the will of the person it is in, and promote changes in the way the person's mind works. However, having not been familiar with this spirit from conception, the biological, cultural, intellectual, and spiritual influences and experiences of the person will still have sway. No saved Christian is without sin. But the price of that sin, which is death, Romans 6 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. has already been paid by Jesus Christ when he died on the cross. Galatians 3 13 Christ redeemed [think of "redeeming" a coupon, an incredibly valuable one] us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us--for it is written, "" CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO HANGS ON A TREE''-- Having Jesus pay the price of sin for the believer, the Christian is made righteous. So the flesh of the Christian becomes incapable of causing further condemnation, Romans 8 1 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus [it may be helpful for the reader to look up the greek word translated "in", which is equivalent to the english "occupying the same space", which also explains how Christ could be "in" His Father while His Father was "in" Him...the english "in" usually being understood as "inside", requiring the "inside" subject to be smaller than the "outside" object, making the obverse impossible]. and once incapacitated from it's role as condemer, the flesh, in a spiritual sense, is effectively "dead". The goal of the Christian is to willfully become Christ-like in mind and body, and should indeed do this as an example for others. But if Christ is "in" you, you can no longer be condemned to the lake of fire: 1 Timothy 2 5 For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, Jesus is the defense council for His followers! So, the one that condemns you, yourself, dies, and the One who defends you, is alive "in" you. This is the very definition of "salvation". "Righteousness" is simply being innocent, a state of being right. With Jesus Christ having paid the ultimate price to redeem (purchase) you from condemnation, and being both your defense council and your witness, you are freed for eternity from the wages of sin! |