For
the wages of SIN is DEATH [Eternal Death],
But
the GIFT of God is Eternal LIFE in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans
6:23)
Every
living person is born a SINNER
Because
of the SIN of Adam and Eve.
In
that condition all we could do is SIN.
We
were salves to SIN. (Romans 6:17)
As
slaves to SIN we were destined to receive the WAGES of SIN,
Eternal
Death.
The
only thing that changes this terrible condition
Is
Faith in Christ Jesus.
Christ
Jesus said to the Jews of His day:
'If
you do not believe that I AM the One I claim to be,
You
will indeed die in your sins.' (John 8:24)
Faith,
Hope and Trust in Christ Jesus, the GIFT of God,
Is
the only thing that changes our Eternal Destiny, from DEATH to LIFE.
To
receive this GIFT of God requires our DEATH to this world
And
its wicked ways.
Water
Baptism symbolizes this death. Listen to the apostle Paul:
Don't
you know that ALL of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus
Were
baptized into his death?
We
were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death
In
order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead
Through
the Glory of the Father, we too may live a New LIFE.
IF
we have been united with Him in His death,
We
will certainly also be united with Him in His resurrection.
For
we know that our old self was crucified with Him
So
that the body of SIN might be rendered POWERLESS,
That
we should no longer be slaves to SIN--
Because
anyone who has died has been freed from SIN.
Now
IF we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with
Him.
For
we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die
again;
Death
no longer has mastery over Him.
The
death He died, he died to SIN once for ALL,
But
the LIFE He lives, he lives to God.
In
the same way, count yourselves dead to SIN
But
alive to God in Christ Jesus.
[Alive
by the power of the Spirit of God living in and through you.]
Therefore
do not let SIN reign in your mortal body
So
that you obey its EVIL desires.
Do
not offer the parts of your body to SIN,
As
instruments of wickedness,
But
rather offer yourselves to God,
As
those who have been brought from DEATH to LIFE;
And
offer the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.
For
SIN shall not be your master,
Because
you are not under Law, but Grace.
What
then?
Shall
we SIN because we are not under Law but under Grace?
By
no means!
Don't
you know that when you offer yourselves to someone
To
obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey--
Whether
you are slaves to SIN, which leads to DEATH,
Or
to OBEDIENCE, which leads to righteousness?
But
thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to SIN,
You
wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching
To
which you were entrusted.
You
have been set free from SIN and have become slaves to righteousness.
I
put this in human terms because you are weak in your natural
selves.
Just
as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity
And
to ever-increasing wickedness,
So
now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to HOLINESS.
When
you were slaves to SIN,
You
were free from the control of righteousness.
What
benefit did you reap at that time
From
the things you are now ashamed of?
Those
things result in DEATH?
But
you have been set free from SIN and have become slaves to God,
The
benefit you reap leads to HOLINESS, and the result is Eternal LIFE.
For
the WAGES of SIN is DEATH,
But
the GIFT of God is Eternal LIFE in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans
6:3-23)
By
Faith, and REPENTANCE, the blood of Christ Jesus ATONES for our
sin;
The
blood of Jesus washes away or SIN as if we had never sinned.
Now,
however, we must OVERCOME the world and its ruler Satan.
The
only way that this can be done is by the POWER of the Spirit of God
Living
in and through us.
If
we allow the Spirit of God to live in and through us
We
will OVERCOME this world and its ruler, Satan.
I
pray that all who read this message
Will
allow the Spirit of God to live in and through you.
Today,
the world is raging against God, rushing toward oblivion. (Psalm 2)
America
is being ground to powder because of her SIN against God.
Save
yourself from this Corrupt Generation! (Acts 2:40)
As
God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!
Father,
Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as in Heaven!
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