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Now that you see the law and sin and death and know that the only solution to it is to be freed from this law.
Now, Paul knew this fact to be true so then he wrote in Romans 7:24, "O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?"
Now let us look at the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus which is the ONLY solution to this problem.
Romans 7:25, "I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord."
The he goes on Romans 8:1-2,"There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death."
Now here is the GOOD news, "For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death."
You better read that again.
"For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death."
Romans 5:14; "Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come."
Adam was just a figure of Christ who would come at later time.. Jesus Christ, the LAST Adam, then became mankind's new and true representative. Christ set right all that Adam had done wrong. He completely reversed and corrected all that Adam had caused by His very life, death and resurrection from the dead.
When Christ died, we all died with Him and when HE was raised from the dead we where raised with Him!!
Jesus Christ is now the real representative for all of mankind. So when He obeyed, all of mankind was made righteous by the Very Life of Christ. Now the result of this was when a person was born again (fathered by God) they were automatically placed in the kingdom of God. All of mankind is now born in union with God and placed under the authority and rulership of Christ. The Spirit of life in Christ Jesus results from being under the rule of Christ. Under His Kingdom this law is FOREVER present. We had no part to play in what God has done.
The law of sin and death was the very cause and source for all outward sinful acts and was the caused all the works of the flesh.
Gal. 5:19-21 "Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God."
Now the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus is the very cause and source for all inward holiness and true obedience and is the cause for the Fruit of the Spirit.
Gal.5:22-23. "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law"
Now the law of sin and death was totally and entirely put away when Christ died. It is has no more power or authority to ever rule over us again. We are NOW In the Kingdom of God and are totally a new creation. Now the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made us free from the law of sin and death. We are FOREVER free from the self effort of attempting to do good things and attempting not to do bad things! Now there is another law in our members, setting us totally free from the control and domain of sin.
When Christ died all of mankind died with Him. When Christ arose from the dead we where risen with Him. Now we have all became subjects of His kingdom and rule. No person was left out. Every single person was affected by what Christ has already done. We really have no choice in the matter and are now subjects of His Kingdom.
1 Peter 1:3, "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead."
Col. 1:11-15, "Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and long suffering with joyfulness; Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature."
We now have Jesus Christ Himself actually living and dwelling in us. He is now our Life! WE have been taken out and delivered out of the kingdom of selfishness and transported into his kingdom of Christ and His Love!
Romans 5:15-19, "But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous."
Romans 6:3-12; "Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace."
Do not forget that God Himself justified us when we where ungodly deep in our selfishness and sin.
Romans 5:8, "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 4:3-5, "For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness."
Before you believed, before you trusted, before you surrendered, before you repented and before you were born on this earth, God in Christ totally justified you.
Never forget that you are in union with Christ and God was BY HIS doing alone. You did not have a part to play in this work.
1 Corinthians 1:30
New International Version (©1984) "It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God--that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption."
New Living Translation (©2007) "God has united you with Christ Jesus. For our benefit God made him to be wisdom itself. Christ made us right with God; He made us pure and holy, and He freed us from sin."
English Standard Version (©2001) "And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption,"
New American Standard Bible (©1995) "But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,"
King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.) "But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:"
International Standard Version (©2008) "It is because of God that you are in union with the Messiah Jesus, who for us has become wisdom from God, as well as our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption."
What part did you play in this?
The earlier you know this truth, the better it is for you. There is no need for a delay of any time before you can experience HIS deliverance and freedom. It is not necessary for you to fail over and over again before learning. It is possible for a Christian not to be defeated. So, when you are faced with any temptation or conflict, do not strive, using your willpower. Do not even consider your own desires to be free or your hatred for sin because these will keep you under the Law of sin and Death. If you are defeated, do not turn back. Learn the way of deliverance step by step. The first step is to see that sin is a law to you; the second, to see that the will cannot overcome the law; and the third, to see that there is another law which does overcome the law of sin. Upon experiencing these three steps, the problem is wholly solved.
Think about all the times you have walked unnecessarily; how many tears you have shed because of defeat and failure. If you see this way of deliverance and freedom NOW, you will be saved many sorrows and tears. What is the way of deliverance? It is that the law of the Spirit of life has set you free. It is a law, perfect and powerful. That law is able to deliver you to the end. It does not require your help. As the law of sin in the world causes everybody to sin, so now the law of the Spirit of life in you naturally leads you into complete victory over sin. It naturally makes you holy, full of life, and full of its power.
Now this law of sin and death is the reason why a Christian can still experience bondage to sin. If you are struggling with sin in your life then this law is the cause and source of it. This law is the reason why you are being defeated and failing to overcome sin.
Just because you know these facts and know they are true does not mean that you will automatically enjoy Christ and HIS VICTORY. Many people depend on their understanding of these facts and their ability to apply them them. You can confess these truths until you are blue in the face without ever truly enjoying Christ if you are only depending on your own efforts to produce them.
I used to think God's that salvation from sin would automatically work its fullness in me just because I believed it. Now I see that I must rest from my own works otherwise I will never experience His Victory. I used to think that if I just keep confessing over and over enough the fact that I was dead to sin, then I would experience it. This did not work at all and I kept stumbling into sin a lot.
Then God showed me and I began to see something very simple. The reason I was not benefiting from what Christ accomplished was because that my trust was in myself and not His work. In other words, I thought that His benefits should simply be fully operational because they were true. But the Lord showed me that they ONLY operate through my trust and confidence in HIM but I saw that my confidence was in what I was doing.
When I faced temptations in the past, my faith was in myself to say no to my desires. I thought that It was my responsibility to control my own desires. But the Lord came to me and basically said, "You don't have the power to control your own desires and I never expected you or wanted you to ever try to control them."
You need to realize that you had no choice or option concerning the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus that has set you free. This is what God did to FOREVER deal with the sin issue. He chose to put you in HIS KINGDOM through what Christ accomplished by His death and resurrection. This is now the existing reality and you can NOW enjoy what He has already done.
The only problem that you could possibly have concerning this law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus is that you do not see or fully see that this law is NOW an existing reality. So the real issue is you not seeing and being in the dark concerning this law. Now as a result of not seeing these facts you will continue to rely on your own willpower and efforts. It is YOUR OWN EFFORTS AND WILLPOWER that is preventing you from truly experiencing CHRIST'S VICTORY AND FREEDOM. It is work of self, the attempt to somehow make yourself believe that renders you unable to trust God's way of freedom and deliverance.
Once you begin to see this law you will know that it is completely useless for you to even attempt to somehow try to believe or work up love, faith, or trust. You will be longer concerned in confessing certain scriptures over and over again like some magic wand to affect a change in your self. You will be longer even be concerned about acknowledging your outward sins because now you know that they were caused by the law of sin and death.
As you see that this law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus it is EASY to lay aside all effort and self works!
It Is IMPOSSIBLE to trust in your effort, human reasoning's, abilities and to trust HIM at the same time. So then it is your failure to see these laws and all that God has already done is the ONLY thing keeping you from experiencing His Victory. The fact that you are still sinning is NOT the real issue at all because this sinning is only the result of your own efforts and trust in yourself to gain this freedom. Christ has fully dealt with sin for every person. Do not let your own efforts; human reasoning and trust in your self keep you from enjoying HIS FREEDOM.
As you read this, ask God to open your eyes to this truth. See that sinning is not accidental; it is a law. If a person kills another person, this is sin. But if he kills every day, this is the law of killing. If a man loses his temper daily, his bad temper has become a law to him. It is not by chance that people sin, nor do they sin only once. People sin countless times throughout their lives. The liars in the world keep on lying; the unclean keep on being unclean; the adulterers keep on committing adultery; the stealers keep on stealing; the ill-tempered keep on losing their temper. It is a law within men which cannot be conquered.
It is a great discovery when the Lord has mercy on you and opens your eyes to see that sin is, indeed, a law. If you see this, victory is not far away. Should you consider sin merely a matter of conduct, you will no doubt try to pray more and to resist more in order to overcome the next time. But it is futile. As the power of sin is strong and constant, so our strength is weak and untrustworthy. As the power of sin is always triumphant, so our power is always yielding. Sin's power is victorious and our power is defeated. The victory of sin is a law, even as our defeat is a law. When I would do good, evil is present. Paul says he has found this to be a law, an unconquerable law.
You have Christ Himself living and abiding in you and once you see the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus, your problem is resolved. It is not enough to see the indwelling Holy Spirit; you must see Him as a law in you. Then you shall begin to praise. Hereafter, you shall live a transcendent life. How wonderful it is.
To overcome sin does not require an ounce of strength, for it is the work of the law. There is one law which makes me sin without my effort, and there is another law which sets me free from sin - also without my efforts or labor. Only that which requires no exertion is true victory. I have nothing to do. Let me tell you, we now have nothing to do but to raise our heads and tell the Lord, "Nothing of me." What happened before was due to law; what is now happening is also due to law. The former law did a thorough work, for it made me sin continuously; this new law does an even better work because I am no longer handicapped by sin. The law of the Spirit of life has manifested itself; it is far superior to the law of sin and death.
You have already received His every present LIFE. Do not think that the Holy Spirit sometimes manifests life and sometimes not. If this is your case, you do not know the Holy Spirit as a law. Since He is a law, He is always the same. He is the same wherever, whatever, and whenever the case may be. He is the same, not because you make Him so, but because He is so. Do you believe He is a law? I have no way to persuade you to believe. If you have not seen this, you will not believe what we have said. May God open your eyes that you may see this truth. We have in us not only the Holy Spirit, not only life, but also a law. Thus you shall be delivered.
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