Reader,
Paul teaches us that even tho we are in a human body, we the born again, are able to live apart from carnality, and stay there.
This carnality, Paul states in 2 Corin 10, is to be found....: "warring after the flesh".
That means you are fighting inside your own mind, in a battle against wanting to enjoy lust.
= "Flesh" is "lust".
="works of the flesh are carnal lusts"
To be "in the flesh", is 2 fold..
It can mean......"broken faith, having fallen from Grace", and it can mean.. "trying to do right and strive against carnal desires by willpower".
Now, simply put......Paul says that when you are trying to be good and not lose your salvation......its because you have exalted wrong faith, in place of the "True Knowledge of God's Salvation".... that is Right faith.
Its really that simple....
See, to "fall from Grace".. means....>>>"i use to completely Trust in Christ alone = to keep me saved and get me to heaven".....but somewhere along the way, i lost that real faith, and now i have put my SELF Righteousness in place of God's Righteousness. And so, REAL FAITH... is to only and always believe that "Jesus who saved me, keeps me saved".
Wrong faith, or broken faith, does not BELIEVE that Jesus always keeps you saved.
Its like this reader.
If you believe that you can lose your Salvation, then you are up on the Cross trying to keep from Losing it, and Jesus is ripped off the Nails by your Self Righteousness.
See that?
So, that is how a person "falls from Grace"..... and becomes trapped into "performing to try to stay saved" or "performing for God, so that i dont lose my Salvation".. has become your broken FAITH..
A.) That is BROKEN FAITH.. that is to become "fallen from Grace".
That is the STATE of MIND< whereby, the person has become their own Savior, and Jesus is set aside.
Reader, if you believe you can lose your SALVATiON, then that is because you dont Believe that Jesus who SAVED YOU< who is The only SAVIOR... is yours.
You've "fallen" from that FAITH...
See it?'
So, once you are fallen there, then you are now "warring against the FLESH"< that is regarding your mind, which has lost real faith in Christ.
YOU, have not lost your Salvation, you have lost your Faith, which causes you to BELIEVE you can lose your Salvation..... and now you have become a person who is trying to EARN and KEEP your Salvation, that is only and always a GIFT from God, that can't be earned or kept.
It is RECEIVED by FAITH, and that is Eternal once you have God's "Gift of Salvation.""
So, to "war against the flesh".. is to fight against the correct understanding that : "Jesus who saved you, keeps you saved".
And once you are that one, you are in unbelief..... you are become SELF RIGHTEOUS... and that means that you are trying to be Righteous before GOD, by SELF Effort.
That is "SELF... Righteousness" and that is not God's Righteousness.
Paul and Jude both remind us that we have to maintain the FAITH.. the REAL FAITH...... that GOD has made us RIGHTEOUS, based on JESUS's Sacrifice...
This has to be maintained as our REAL FAITH., and if this slips away, then you become "fallen from GRACE"....which means your faith is broken.
Its wrong.
So, We literally have to maintain RIGHT FAITH, all the time, or our FLESH that wants to promote SELF Righteousness, will war in our Head, against God's Righteousness, that is "by Faith alone">. , or your "mind of the FLESH" will overcome and break your faith... = "fallen from Grace". "in the FLESH"..
We are to check our faith.....and look at it, and maintain a REAL FAITH that always TRULY BELIEVES, that "JESUS is Salvation".. not our Trying to earn it, or perform for it, to try not to lose it.
Reader if your faith is right... if its real = then you will BELIEVE that "Jesus who saved you, always keeps you saved",, as How can He not, as He is the only Savior....
You will REJOICE in this GIFT of Salvation..
But if your faith is "fallen" or broken, then you will not believe that Jesus Keeps you SAVED, always.
So, in that case........ WHO DOES?
And now you see that you believe that YOU DO........and that means you are SELF RIGHTEOUS.. and have NO REAL FAITH in Christ, and that is why you are trying to KEEP YOURSELF SAVED, or you are afraid you can Lose your Salvation.
God help you to understand this SALVATiON reality, regarding "in the Flesh" or "in the Spirit"., so that you are alway "IN THE FAITH"< as both Paul and JUDE teach.
Paul teaches us that even tho we are in a human body, we the born again, are able to live apart from carnality, and stay there.
This carnality, Paul states in 2 Corin 10, is to be found....: "warring after the flesh".
That means you are fighting inside your own mind, in a battle against wanting to enjoy lust.
= "Flesh" is "lust".
="works of the flesh are carnal lusts"
To be "in the flesh", is 2 fold..
It can mean......"broken faith, having fallen from Grace", and it can mean.. "trying to do right and strive against carnal desires by willpower".
Now, simply put......Paul says that when you are trying to be good and not lose your salvation......its because you have exalted wrong faith, in place of the "True Knowledge of God's Salvation".... that is Right faith.
Its really that simple....
See, to "fall from Grace".. means....>>>"i use to completely Trust in Christ alone = to keep me saved and get me to heaven".....but somewhere along the way, i lost that real faith, and now i have put my SELF Righteousness in place of God's Righteousness. And so, REAL FAITH... is to only and always believe that "Jesus who saved me, keeps me saved".
Wrong faith, or broken faith, does not BELIEVE that Jesus always keeps you saved.
Its like this reader.
If you believe that you can lose your Salvation, then you are up on the Cross trying to keep from Losing it, and Jesus is ripped off the Nails by your Self Righteousness.
See that?
So, that is how a person "falls from Grace"..... and becomes trapped into "performing to try to stay saved" or "performing for God, so that i dont lose my Salvation".. has become your broken FAITH..
A.) That is BROKEN FAITH.. that is to become "fallen from Grace".
That is the STATE of MIND< whereby, the person has become their own Savior, and Jesus is set aside.
Reader, if you believe you can lose your SALVATiON, then that is because you dont Believe that Jesus who SAVED YOU< who is The only SAVIOR... is yours.
You've "fallen" from that FAITH...
See it?'
So, once you are fallen there, then you are now "warring against the FLESH"< that is regarding your mind, which has lost real faith in Christ.
YOU, have not lost your Salvation, you have lost your Faith, which causes you to BELIEVE you can lose your Salvation..... and now you have become a person who is trying to EARN and KEEP your Salvation, that is only and always a GIFT from God, that can't be earned or kept.
It is RECEIVED by FAITH, and that is Eternal once you have God's "Gift of Salvation.""
So, to "war against the flesh".. is to fight against the correct understanding that : "Jesus who saved you, keeps you saved".
And once you are that one, you are in unbelief..... you are become SELF RIGHTEOUS... and that means that you are trying to be Righteous before GOD, by SELF Effort.
That is "SELF... Righteousness" and that is not God's Righteousness.
Paul and Jude both remind us that we have to maintain the FAITH.. the REAL FAITH...... that GOD has made us RIGHTEOUS, based on JESUS's Sacrifice...
This has to be maintained as our REAL FAITH., and if this slips away, then you become "fallen from GRACE"....which means your faith is broken.
Its wrong.
So, We literally have to maintain RIGHT FAITH, all the time, or our FLESH that wants to promote SELF Righteousness, will war in our Head, against God's Righteousness, that is "by Faith alone">. , or your "mind of the FLESH" will overcome and break your faith... = "fallen from Grace". "in the FLESH"..
We are to check our faith.....and look at it, and maintain a REAL FAITH that always TRULY BELIEVES, that "JESUS is Salvation".. not our Trying to earn it, or perform for it, to try not to lose it.
Reader if your faith is right... if its real = then you will BELIEVE that "Jesus who saved you, always keeps you saved",, as How can He not, as He is the only Savior....
You will REJOICE in this GIFT of Salvation..
But if your faith is "fallen" or broken, then you will not believe that Jesus Keeps you SAVED, always.
So, in that case........ WHO DOES?
And now you see that you believe that YOU DO........and that means you are SELF RIGHTEOUS.. and have NO REAL FAITH in Christ, and that is why you are trying to KEEP YOURSELF SAVED, or you are afraid you can Lose your Salvation.
God help you to understand this SALVATiON reality, regarding "in the Flesh" or "in the Spirit"., so that you are alway "IN THE FAITH"< as both Paul and JUDE teach.
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