In my last few blogs I have spoken about God's love for us, the fact that we are all sinners, there is a price to be paid for that sin, Jesus paid the price for us, we were not going to be able to pay it and live, and God's remedy for that payment. Now that we have ask for forgiveness from God, we have a responsibility to do God's will. One thing we need to do is obey his commandments and spread the Word to the world. Now you might say that is a tall order and who can do it? Well, when we are born again, God send His Spirit to dwell in us and to teach and help us. Without God's Spirit in us, we could not do it.
John; 15:5
("I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.)
God is the one who gives us our strength to obey His will and to complete the task He has set before us. Our pride would say "I don't need any help", but that could not be any further from the truth. God wants us to be obedient to Him and He gives us the help to do it.
We are also commanded to confess and to repent of our sins and to receive a fresh new start in life. Everyone of us sins and needs to repent daily and confess them to God.
Acts; 3:19
(Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,)
God doesn't want us to go through life burdened with guilt. He wants us to come to Him for forgiveness of sins so that we can be of use to Him. How can we be an effective witness for Jesus if we are totally consumed with our own guilt. Remember that Jesus has already paid the price for the sins of the world. Yours and mine were paid for at the cross.
Colossians; 2:13-14
(And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.)
Remember that when you come to Jesus for forgiveness, your sins are forgiven. That is His promise to you.
Another promise is in the book of Romans chapter 8.
Romans; 8:1-2
(There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.)
Once we accept Jesus into our life, we are not under the law but under grace. We have been saved by grace through faith in Christ Jesus our Lord. As a believer, your sins have been forgiven, past, present and future. This doesn't give us a free reign to continue to sin. The truth is that we still live in our earthly body and there will continue to be a battle between the flesh and the Spirit. God tells us to walk in the Spirit and not to fulfill the lust of the flesh.
The question then is what are the works of the flesh?
Galatians; 5:19-21
(Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I told you in times past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.)
I'm sure that all of us have done some of these in our past and we have been forgiven by Jesus, but we need to stop this fleshly lifestyle and obey Him. If anyone is still living like this, we need to look at the consequences of this lifestyle.
"THOSE WHO PRACTICE SUCH THINGS WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD!"
Let's make a commitment today to walk by the Spirit and not by the flesh. Let the Spirit of God lead you through life.
God Bless You!
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