Holiness is based on LIFE from heaven...the life of Jesus Christ IN us. But what of the law of sin that is in us? Is it not like the law of gravity that keeps us in bondage to this world through sin?
YES!
But there is a new law that is come through the resurrection life of Jesus. It is the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus. This new law acts like the law of flight that makes eagles soar into the heavens. Does this new law abolish the law of sin and death? No, it overcomes it in the same way that the law of flight doesn't abolish gravity.
So then we are taking walking by faith to a whole new level. God has upped the ante, as it were.
We begin our spiritual journey by receiving a new divine nature within us. We receive a deposit of His love in our new hearts. But we will not receive His resurrection life unless we go to Him. That is the whole purpose of the Covenant....that we learn to GO TO HIM.
By faith it is now possible to walk as Jesus walked. But this takes a new kind of faith. We need to go from faith (ours) to Faith (His). The New Covenant is established with God on a one-by-one basis so that we are truly in connection with Him. We must seek Him and find Him in order to partake of His holiness. We must believe INTO Him and learn to live IN Him. It is only by abiding IN Christ that we bear holy fruit.
We must meet God's righteous requirements before we can become partakers of His holiness and become ambassadors for His kingdom. We must be approved as Abel was approved. Our sacrifice (of ourselves) must be accepted by God.
Humble yourself in the sight of God...and He will lift you up in His time.
YES!
But there is a new law that is come through the resurrection life of Jesus. It is the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus. This new law acts like the law of flight that makes eagles soar into the heavens. Does this new law abolish the law of sin and death? No, it overcomes it in the same way that the law of flight doesn't abolish gravity.
So then we are taking walking by faith to a whole new level. God has upped the ante, as it were.
We begin our spiritual journey by receiving a new divine nature within us. We receive a deposit of His love in our new hearts. But we will not receive His resurrection life unless we go to Him. That is the whole purpose of the Covenant....that we learn to GO TO HIM.
By faith it is now possible to walk as Jesus walked. But this takes a new kind of faith. We need to go from faith (ours) to Faith (His). The New Covenant is established with God on a one-by-one basis so that we are truly in connection with Him. We must seek Him and find Him in order to partake of His holiness. We must believe INTO Him and learn to live IN Him. It is only by abiding IN Christ that we bear holy fruit.
We must meet God's righteous requirements before we can become partakers of His holiness and become ambassadors for His kingdom. We must be approved as Abel was approved. Our sacrifice (of ourselves) must be accepted by God.
Humble yourself in the sight of God...and He will lift you up in His time.
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