Reader,
You can only "sin" if you are "under the Law" as its the Law that defines the deed as a "sin".
So, "where there is no Law, there is no sin (transgression).".
Which means that for the born again...who are "not under the Law, but under Grace"... the born again will never again be defined by the Law as a "sinner".
See,
"Christ is the END of the LAW....for righteousness, to everyone who believes",.. .and that means that all who did, are born again, as "the righteousness of God, in Christ" and there is no sin found there.
Notice : "The law came by Moses... but GRACE and Truth came by Jesus The Christ".
READER.....
Im not showing you that you can't lie, cheat, steal, ..........anymore.
What im showing you is....
= " Where there is NO LAW, there is no Transgression"....and that means, when the Law is removed....= when it has no dominion over you, then it can't define your deeds, at all.....EVER AGAIN.
"Christ has redeemed us from the CURSE of the Law"..
What is that Curse?
Its that the Law DEFINES you as a sinner... and Christ's Sacrifice on the Cross has removed the Law's dominion from the born again, so that the Law can no longer define the born again, at all..
The born again are ::: """ NOT under the law.....but under Grace"...
Grace always defines the born again as "made righteous".... "in Christ"....."One with God".
This is a part of the Eternal FRUIT regarding the : "Gift of Salvation"
Dear Behold,
Yes, a
converted believer is no longer under the Law and never will be again. But there is
one sin that a new believer can commit that will cause them to lose their salvation. When a believer commits this sin, they will "fall away" from grace and return to being under the Law.
John mentions it here:
1John 5:16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
Paul said it this way:
Rom 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Here is what Paul describes as the "sin unto death":
Gal 5:3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. 4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
The New Covenant is described as "Grace
through Faith". Faith is the key to receiving Grace and it is called the "straight way". That is why when John the Baptist came with His call of repentance, He did so to make the pathway straight for Christ to come to the Jewish Elect who were walking by "works" (the crooked way).
The crooked way is to approach Christ by our own "works". The foundational belief for "works" is taught by Satan in his Doctrine of Free Will. When a believer follows the crooked way, they are nullifying the perfect sacrifice which Christ made on the cross.
The crooked way is the what Satan teaches in His "another gospel". For that reason, God's Word calls Satan the "crooked" serpent. When a new believer is deceived by Satan and begins following his crooked way, they will fall from grace. This is how Satan kills the saints. It is a spiritual death and is mentioned in the verses below:
Mat 24:9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
Rev 11:7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
Christ mentions it here:
Mat 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Christ also teaches it here:
Mat 12:43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. 44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. 45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself SEVEN other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
The "seven" unclean spirits which return with the first spirit is a symbol for the
spirit of anti-Christ. That spirit represents Satan's ultimate and perfect deception. It is by this spirit that Satan devoured the church shortly after Paul's death. That spirit is so deceiving to a believer, that Christ even said this about it:
Mat 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
The only reason that the very Elect (the Apostles) were not deceived by the spirit of anti-Christ is because they were converted prior to the spirit coming into the world. However, for the believers who have entered the church after it came, they were utterly deceived by it just as Christ explained in Mat 12:43-45. Since the end of the 1st Century A.D,
none of the flock has been spared.
So when will a believer fall away from grace?
It happens after they are called out from the world and have received the earnest of the Spirit. This is called the
Holy Spirit of Promise in
Eph 1:13-14) and it is called the
Early Rain in James 5:7-8.
Most believers have no understanding of the Early Rain because it is part of the great mystery of Christ and His church (Eph 5:32).
I'll explain the Early Rain and Latter Rain below.
When Christ first comes to a person to call them out from the world, He will give them the Early Rain of the Spirit. However, this is only a down payment of the full amount that will be given to them later (if they are one of the Elect).
The time a new believer spends after they have received the Early Rain on up until they receive the Latter Rain is called a time of
great tribulation (
Mat 24:21). That time period is also "typed" by Elijah's 3 1/2 years of drought and Daniel's last 3 1/2 years of his 70 weeks prophecy. A new believer will experience that time of drought because they remain "spiritually blind" after they received the Early Rain. During that time period, a new believer can hear the voice of Christ but they cannot "see" (understand) Him.
Because the new believer remains spiritually blind, they will remain
carnally minded and will only understand Christ (God's Word) in a
carnal way. A good example of this carnal way of understanding scripture is how the church understands Matthew chapter 24. The church understands it as teaching on a future visible return of Christ at the literal end of this age. However, the spiritual way of understanding it teaches that it is presenting the spiritual pathway to salvation that each of the Elect will travel. The pathway ends when Christ returns to an Elect believer with the Latter Rain and gathers them to heaven (spiritually speaking).
Because a new believer remains spiritual blind, Satan has no trouble in deceiving them with his "another gospel". After they accept his gospel of "works", they will fall away and become a part of the apostate church. It has happened to all new believers since the 1st century and that is why the churches in the world are all apostate (all approx. 2,000 different denominations and sects).
Because all the Elect are "killed" by Satan after they are "called out", Christ will send a person to His fallen away Elect with a call of repentance. Christ will then cause His Elect to repent of their "works". Their repentance will make Christ's pathway
straight for Him to come to them a second time with the Latter Rain. The Latter Rain is also called the baptism of the Holy Spirit and is what the Apostles received on the Day of Pentecost. After the Elect receive the Latter Rain, Christ will heal their spiritual blindness and they will "see" the Abomination of Desolation that occurred within themselves. The man of sin will also be revealed to them and they will find that they are the man of sin. After this occurs, Christ says to "look up":
Luke 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
After Christ pours out the Latter Rain and spiritually gathers the believer (now a child of God) to heaven, judgment will fall on the Man of Sin (spirit of anti-Christ) and the Great Harlot (worsened carnal nature of the believer). After they are destroyed, the believer will be
converted. After a believer is converted, it is not possible for them to ever fall away again. Their salvation is secured.
Joe