“….I was born a sinner ….”
(Psalms 51:5 NLT). "…That
which is born of the flesh is flesh…”
(John 3:6 KJV). “….I was born a sinner
(I was born without the indwelling Holy Spirit)—yes,
from the moment my mother conceived me….”
(Psalms 51:5 NLT).
“...I want to do
what is right, but I can’t.
I want to do what is
good, but I don’t. …I [am] …a slave
to the sin (nature) …” (Romans 7:14-25 NLT). “…For all have sinned (all have the flesh nature)…”
(Romans 3:23 KJV). “…all have ... come
short of the glory of God (all are born WITHOUT the indwelling Holy Spirit)…”
(Romans 3:23 KJV).
****
The body of flesh was NOT
designed or created to OBEY God, therefore, the body of flesh became the sinful
nature. The sin nature ONLY has a proclivity to DISOBEY God. “…The sinful nature is always hostile to God . …” (Romans
8:1-14 NLT). “..[The sinful nature]... never did obey God’s laws, and it never will.…” (Romans
8:1-14 NLT). “...those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can
never please God…” (Romans
8:1-14 NLT).
Ethical behavior is NOT spiritual
behavior. “…The flesh (ethical behavior) profiteth nothing…”
(John 6:63 KJV). “…Human effort (ethical behavior) accomplishes nothing….” (John
6:63 NLT). “…If I bestow all my goods to feed the poor (ethical behavior), and if
I give my body to be burned (ethical behavior), but
have not love (God is LOVE and SPIRIT), IT PROFITETH ME NOTHING…” (1
Corinthians 13:2-3 ASV).
IF YOU USE A FORK, FOR ANYTHING ELSE, SUCH AS DIGGING, POKING, PUTTING HOLES INTO SOMETHING, OR STABBING, IT WILL STILL BE A FORK DOING IT!
A man or woman, without God, the Holy Spirit, is a dead soul. They
have NO true spiritual inclinations. They can have ethical behaviors, trained
by the flesh that is hostile to God, but their natural proclivities will STILL be to sin
and do what they want to do; not what God wants them to do. “…the
body without (apart from) the
spirit is dead…” (James 2:26 KJV). “…The sinful nature
is always
hostile to God . …” (Romans 8:1-14 NLT). “..[The
sinful nature]... never did obey God’s laws, and it never will.…” (Romans
8:1-14 NLT). “….I was born a sinner ….”
(Psalms 51:5 NLT). I WAS BORN WITH A NATURE THAT KNOWS TO DO NOTHING, BUT SIN. “...I want to do what is right, but I
can’t. I want to do what is good, but I don’t. …I [am] …a slave to the sin (a slave to the sin nature where sin is INNATE) …” (Romans
7:14-25 NLT). “…the wages of sin
(the definite prognosis of having a sin nature) is death…”
(Romans 6:23 KJV). “…For all have sinned
(all have been born with a sin nature)…” (Romans 3:23 KJV).
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE
SINFUL NATURE IS THIS: GOD ORIGINALLY
MADE MANKIND “GOOD.” “…And
the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground (this was good), and breathed into
his nostrils the breath of life (this was good); and man became a living soul (this was good)…”
(GENESIS 2:7 KJV). “….God saw everything he had made……and,
[said] … it was VERY
GOOD…”
(Genesis 1:31 KJV).
ADAM AND EVE WERE UNITED, TOGETHER, WITH
THE HOLY SPIRIT. THEY WERE “WHOLE” AND GOOD. However, THEY WERE ALSO “HAD” BEEN GIVEN A HUMAN WILL TO CHOOSE TO DO GOOD.
GOD SAID: “…of every tree of the garden THOU MAYEST FREELY
EAT: But of the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil, thou SHALT NOT EAT of
it; for in THE
DAY THAT THOU EATEST thereof THOU SHALT SURELY DIE…”
(Genesis 2:16-17 KJV).
The EVIL ONE SAID: “…ye shall not surely die.…”
(Genesis 3:4-5 KJV). HE LIED, BECAUSE THEY DIED SPIRITUALLY, IMMEDIATELY!
However, Adam and Eve, suddenly, had a choice and an opportunity to CHOOSE between TWO options.
THE WOMAN AND MAN “CHOOSE” TO DO
WHAT “THEY” WANTED: “…The woman [became] ... convinced
(THROUGH SOUND) [to eat from the tree, anyway]... She saw (SIGHT) that the tree
was beautiful and its fruit looked (SIGHT) delicious (TASTE), and she wanted (LUST of the FLESH) the
wisdom (PRIDE of LIFE) it would give her. So
she took (TOUCH) some of the fruit and ate it (TASTE)...” (Genesis
3:1-7 NLT).
“... THE DAY THAT
THOU EATEST thereof THOU
SHALT SURELY DIE (SPIRITUALLY)…” (Genesis 2:16-17
KJV).
IMMEDIATELY, they died SPIRITUALLY! “…[They became] ... DEAD in
trespasses and sin (within the body of flesh)…” (Ephesians 2:1 KJV). They became“…separated from the LIFE of God…”
(Ephesians 4:18 NIV). BECAUSE, “…It is the SPIRIT who
gives LIFE…” (John
6:63 NASB). “...I want to do
what is good, but I don’t …” (Romans
7:14-25 NLT).
“…[The redeemed]... were dead in
[their] sins[too] (imprisoned within the body of flesh) and
... [NOW]…God made [them]... ALIVE with Christ. He forgave [them]… all [their]…
sins…”
(Colossians 2:13 NIV). God “….made
[the redeemed]… ALIVE
with Christ …when [they]… were DEAD in
transgressions…” (Ephesians 2:5 NIV). Like the prodigal son, “… [they were]…. DEAD (imprisoned in the body of flesh) and [have been made]… ALIVE
AGAIN (freed from the body of flesh); [the redeemed were]… lost and [have been]… found…” (Luke 15:24
NIV).
“…He restoreth my
SOUL…” (Psalm 23 KJV). “…The law of the LORD is perfect, restoring
the SOUL…” (Psalm 19 NASB). “IN”
Christ your DEAD soul has been restored and made “ALIVE AGAIN.” (Luke 15:24 NIV). “... and man became a living soul (again)…” (GENESIS 2:7 KJV).
YOU ARE UNITED, TOGETHER, WITH THE HOLY
SPIRIT AGAIN. YOU ARE “WHOLE” AND CAN DO “GOOD” AGAIN THROUGH THE INDWELLING HOLY SPIRIT.
IN ADDITION, YOU STILL “HAVE” A HUMAN WILL
TO CHOOSE TO SERVE GOD OR NOT. “…Choose you this day whom ye will serve….”
(Joshua 24:15 KJV).
YOU ARE COMPLETELY FREED FROM SIN or the sinful nature. THE
SINFUL NATURE IS CRUCIFIED AND DEAD, BUT IT IS UP TO YOU, BY TRUSTING IN AND DEPENDING
UPON THE INDWELLING SPIRIT, TO
“CHOOSE” TO “WALK” AND “LIVE” FREE!!
Mortifying the DEEDS of the SINFUL NATURE
is what the process of sanctification entails, but ONLY “THROUGH” the indwelling Holy Spirit.
If you can be BORN a
sinner, then being a sinner is NOT simply what YOU DO, but it is a REALITY of
what YOU ARE. “….I was born a sinner —yes, from the moment my mother conceived me….” (Psalms 51:5 NLT). “…The
...[flesh]... nature
...never
did obey God’s laws, and it
never will.…” (Romans
8:1-14 NLT).
SINFUL BEHAVIOR is a
symptom of what YOU ARE. “….I was born a sinner ….”
(Psalms 51:5 NLT). “…The ...[flesh]... nature ...never did obey God’s laws, and it never will.…” (Romans
8:1-14 NLT). “...I want to do what is right, but I can’t. I want to do what is good,
but I don’t. …I [am] …a slave to the sin
(the symptoms of the flesh nature) …” (Romans
7:14-25 NLT). “…For all have sinned
(all have the flesh nature)…” (Romans 3:23 KJV). “…all have ... come short of the glory of God (all are born
WITHOUT the indwelling Holy Spirit)…” (Romans 3:23 KJV).
SIX (6) TRUTHS ABOUT
THE SINFUL NATURE: 1.The bible tells us that all of humanity are BORN sinners,
because of the FLESH nature. “….I was
born a sinner ….” (Psalms 51:5 NLT) “…The
...[flesh]... nature
...never
did obey God’s laws, and it
never will.…” (Romans
8:1-14 NLT).
2. All of humanity will
become a slave, in one form or another, to the SINFUL BEHAVIORS produced by the
FLESH nature. “…I [am] …a slave to the sin (nature) …” (Romans 7:14-25 NLT). “…The
...[flesh]... nature
...never
did obey God’s laws, and it never
will.…” (Romans
8:1-14 NLT).
3. Without the indwelling Holy Spirit, mankind has
NO POWER over the flesh nature.
“...Who will free me from
this life that is dominated by [the sin nature]?”
(Romans 7:14-25 NLT). “... APART FROM [Christ]...
you can do nothing …” (John
15:1-11 NASB). However, “… [You] … can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth …
[you]…” (Philippians 4:13 KJV).“…The
...[flesh]... nature
...never
did obey God’s laws, and it
never will.…” (Romans
8:1-14 NLT).
4.
Mankind is left with a flesh nature that ONLY
wants to DO EVIL (sin) and CAN ONLY do evil (sin). “...I want
to do what is right, but I can’t.
I want to do what is
good, but I don’t …” (Romans 7:14-25 NLT). “…The
sinful nature (body) wants to do evil... so
you are not FREE to carry out your good intentions. …
…” (Galatians 5 NLT).
5. The sin nature is
automatically and naturally hostile toward God and is totally incapable of
DOING anything righteous or holy. “…The
sinful nature
is always
hostile to God. It never did
obey God’s laws, and it
never will. …” (Romans
8:1-14 NLT). YOU CAN NOT DEPEND UPON THE SINFUL NATURE TO LIVING HOLY!!
6. The sinful nature
and the dictates or the senses, trains the lost soul to practice sin and PROVES
that mankind is a SLAVE to the EVIL ONE. “…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?” (Romans 6:16 KJV).
“…SIN is
the transgression of the... [Holy] ... law….” (1 John 3:4 KJV).
“…of
every tree of the garden THOU MAYEST FREELY EAT: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,
thou
SHALT NOT EAT of it; for in THE DAY THAT THOU
EATEST thereof THOU SHALT SURELY DIE…”
(Genesis 2:16-17 KJV). BUT“…The woman [became] ... convinced
[to eat from the tree, anyway]... She saw that the tree was beautiful and its
fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it...”
(Genesis 3:1-7 NLT). “….She [choose to take] ... some of the
fruit and [eat] ... IT. Then she gave some
to her husband, who was with her, and HE ATE IT, too …” (Genesis 3:1-7 NLT). “.... At that
moment their eyes were opened…” (Genesis 3:1-7 NLT).
At
that moment, they transgressed God’s holy law and “…[their]
...INIQUITIES … separated … [them from] ... God…”
(Isaiah 59:2 KJV). “…It’s YOUR SINS that … [will] ...cut
you off
from God…” (Isaiah 59:2 NLT).
Adam
and Eve were both, originally, MADE whole and HAD the FREEDOM of choice. My
son, Oshawn, said, they only had one choice, because SIN was “NOT” an issue, and that was to CHOOSE to OBEY. You are ALSO made whole again and HAVE the FREEDOM of CHOICE to
OBEY. “…Jesus
Christ maketh thee whole (SAVES, RESTORES , AND MAKES YOU
WHOLE YOU AGAIN)…” (Acts 9:34 KJV). Therefore, “... Stand fast (keep enduring)
therefore in the liberty (freedom from sin and freedom to OBEY) wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be
not entangled again with the yoke of bondage...” (Galatians 5:1 KJV).
YOU
HAVE BEEN FREED FROM SIN. HOWEVER, YOU CAN FREELY CHOOSE TO BECOME ENTANGLED
AGAIN WITH THE YOKE OF BONDAGE, BY PRACTICING and LIVING A SINFUL, LIFESTYLE!
YOU LIVE and PRACTICE a SINFUL LIFESTYLE, NOT BECAUSE YOU
HAVE TO (YOU ARE FREE FROM SIN), BUT BECAUSE YOU “CHOOSE” TO!! “…the will
of God (his heart’s desire, his choice, what he wants, etc.), [is]…your SANCTIFICATION
…” (1 Thessalonians 4:3 NASB). “…Be transformed
by the renewing of your mind….” (Romans 12:2 KJV). “…be
conformed to
the image of his Son…” (ROMANS 8:29 KJV). “...Resist
the devil, AND
he WILL flee from you...” (James 4:7 KJV). “...RESIST
him (the evil one), standing
firm in the faith ( in your trust in and dependency upon God)...”
(1 Peter 5:9 NIV). “...do not give the devil an opportunity...”
(Ephesians 4:27 NASB).
Not ONLY did God FREE you from the POWER of sin's control, with the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the death, but he EMPOWERS you to LIVE in that FREEDOM through HIS indwelling Holy Spirit.
YOU CAN'T DEPEND UPON THE SINFUL NATURE TO HELP YOU LIVE HOLY, BUT YOU CAN DEPEND UPON GOD'S POWERFUL INDWELLING HOLY SPIRIT! YOU CHOOSE!
No comments:
Post a Comment