Romans 7:5 KJV
For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
Living trying to keep the Law provokes the flesh to sin.
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What Salvation Cost
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For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
Living trying to keep the Law provokes the flesh to sin.
Much love!
There is no addiction God cannot break. Just the same, when we sow to the flesh we reap corruption from the flesh, which makes these addictions stronger.
Much love!
The transformation that Paul describes does not happen overnight, it is a daily journey of choices, of dying to the old and living in the new, every decision you make today is an opportunity to put on who you really are in Christ
Supernatural, invisible, constant strengthening is necessary, it is not something the world applauds as it is not visible to human eyes, but it is precisely this that keeps someone standing when everything seems dark. The strengthened inner man does not depend on circumstances, the inner man is nourished by the continuous presence of God. A heart being restored, the idea is to convey that although this process is invisible, it is the foundation of everything that is visible in your journey with God. Without roots, there is no fruit and it is the Holy Spirit who strengthens this hidden structure and it is precisely by being strengthened on the inside, that you can live in a new way on the outside.
Ephesians 3:16, this supplication reveals where the greatest spiritual battles truly occur within you, the Holy Spirit works in the invisible, in the deepest regions of the soul, where silent decisions shape entire destinies. This inner strength is not synonymous with emotional strength, much less self-confidence, it is spiritual power coming directly from the glory of God, capable of sustaining the believer when everything around is crumbling.
This mystery also reminds us that God acts outside of human expectations, the Gentiles, previously seen as outsiders to the promise, are now part of its center. God surprises by including the unlikely, calling the forgotten and using those who were not considered. This fills you with hope, for if God revealed such truth to Paul, he can also reveal great things to your hearts today, if you are willing to listen and obey. It is the beauty of a God who shares his secrets with his children and involves them in his eternal plans and as this calling involves not only revelation, but inner empowerment, strengthened in the inner man where every great work of God begins.
The content of a gift can be the experience of doing something, such as giving someone the opportunity to experience driving a Ferrari, where the gift intrinsically requires them to do the work of driving it in order to experience driving it, but where doing that work contributes nothing towards earning the opportunity to experience driving it. We can't earn our salvation even as the result of having perfect obedience to the Law of God because it was never given as a way of earning our salvation in the first place, but rather it was given in order to teach us what it intrinsically required in order to experience the gift of salvation. In Titus 2:11-13, the content of our gift of salvation is described as being trained by grace to do what is godly, righteous, and good, and to renounce doing what is ungodly, so we are not extrinsically required to have first done those works in order to earn our salvation as the result and we are not extrinsically required to do those works as the result of having first been saved, but rather we are intrinsically required to be a doer of those works because God graciously teaching us to experience being a doer of them is part of the content of His gift of salvation.
The thirst for transcendence that human beings carry is real, the problem is not in the thirst, but in the source chosen to quench it, the word “be filled” means that it is not a one-time experience achieved once and maintained forever, it is a state that needs to be renewed continuously, a condition of life that demands constant attention.
Dan Clarkston
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If salvation did not cost one turning away from this world and leaving their old life (REPENTANCE) then they are not actually saved and are doing nothing more than giving lip service to the Lord as their heart is still far from Him.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
If a person's old life is not passed away, then they are yet carnal.
Romans 8:6
For to be carnally minded is death
Ephesians 5:21, introduces a principle that precedes and underlies everything about relationships, submitting to one another in the fear of Christ. This instruction is not directed to a specific group within the community, it is universal, addressed to all believers without distinction.