Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing, you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Roman 12:2 God has told us not to confirm to this world. However, let’s be honest, it’s hard not to conform to this world, and the many different levels of its likeness. We, Christians, have to firmly resist the temptation to accept and imitate the world’s thinking and Behaviors. The world is filled with evil and we must not adopt the worlds away. Satan is the ruler and is hostile towards God and his people.…
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Sold Under Sin
For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin. Romans 7:14 Following Christ is one of the best things a person could ever do. Is it easy? No! Is it hard to live life without him? Yes! The phrase I am of the flesh, sold under sin, points to the spiritual or unspiritual condition of the persons who have not been reborn again in Christ. Paul is explaining the inability of the law to rescue us from sin. Yet, the good news (which is all about our savior and how he saves us) is capable of bringing spiritual salvation and freedom from sin…
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The Law And Sin
What then shall we say? That the law is a sin? By no means! Yes, if it had not been for the law. I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet. Romans 7:7 Please read Romans 7:7-25 for full context! Paul is describing the uselessness of trying to live right and please God in our own strength, without depending on God’s grace, mercy, and strength. Paul understood this from his own personal experience before he was a follower of Christ. He only depended on God’s law to be righteous. We can not…
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Body of Sin
We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. For one who has died has been set free from sin. Romans 6:6-7 There are two important phrases in these verses that Paul uses. The first one is “old self” and the second is “born again”. The first phrase is a symbol of who a person is before they are spiritually reborn. The second is how a person is restored to a right relationship with God. The old self is a person not following Christ. They are…
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Do We Keep Sinning?
What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Romans 6:1-3 How many believers think that they can continue to sin because of God’s grace? Paul challenges this faulty idea that we can continue to sin and remain secure and guilt-free in their salvation because of God’s grace. People in Paul’s day believed the misguided view that they were not held to God’s moral laws as long as they had…
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The Fig Tree
and Jesus answered them, “ truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘ be taken up and then thrown into the sea; it will happen. And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith. ‘. Matthew 21:21-22 Jesus teaches that direct relationship between Fayth and the answers to prayer. When God desires and purposes are in line everything is possible for those who don’t doubt. Doubt is a feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction. Doubt question is the truth.…
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Faith and Doubt
And Jesus said to him, “If you can! All things are possible for one who believes. Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief.” Mark 9:23-24 The statement ‘all things are possible’ must not be taken as an unconditional promise. “All things” doesn’t mean that what comes to our minds or our desires are under God’s will. Our prayers and faith must be with God’s will, his desires, plans, and purposes. We must know and expect God to answer our prayers for something that is not foolish, selfish, or wrongly motivated. The faith required for powerful and miraculous acts must be received and…
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Faith Like The Mustard Seed
He said to them, Because of your little faith. For Truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, “Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.” Matthew 17:20 Jesus speaks of a faith that can move mountains, miracles, and healings, and accomplish great things for God. True faith is an effective faith that produces a faith that will move mountains. True faith is not a belief in faith, as a power of its own, but as faith in God. God is the object and focus of our faith in…
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Great Faith
. When Jesus heard this, he marveled and said to those who followed him, “ truly, I tell you, with no one in Israel have I found such faith. “ Jesus marveled at the centurions Faith. He was a heathen Roman soldier, yet A godly man. No one’s calling or place will be excused for unbelief and sin. We should concern ourselves for others souls. We need to bring them to Christ by faith and prayer. Not that we save them, but Christ does. Humble souls will be made more humble in Christ graciousness towards them. Look at The centurions great faith. The more modest we are about ourselves,…
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Rejoice In God
More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. Romans 5:11 Our last spiritual blessing from this passage is reconciled to God. Paul has stated that rejoice in tribulations and in hope of the glory of God. In this verse, he adds that we rejoice in God himself; in his existence, his attributes, his justice, his holiness, his mercy, his truth, and on his love. Christians rejoice in who God is and glorifies God is the administrator of the universe. One evidence that we are reconciled to God is that we rejoice in him as he is. We find…