Ness Regester wrote ... Salvation is complete, it's a done deal. God Almighty did all that was necessary to complete the transaction.
Man makes it into another transaction that is totally unbiblical, like confess, accept, receive, invite, repent (turn from sin), baptize and on and on throughout.
God says believe and you can have.
You believe and you are made a new creature, if not we would be just as Israel was, confess, repent and start over, confess, repent and start over.
Done deal. The flesh is not at all what God sees, He sees Christ Jesus - we are in Christ. Our position is new and absolutely NOTHING whatsoever to do with the flesh.
The ONLY requirement is FAITH.
Arthur Mulgrew wrote ... It's about living out of the spiritual reality of God's grace in giving us perfect sanctification. Part of that is indeed reckoning ourselves to be DEAD INDEED unto sin but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Ness Regester wrote ... The flesh is not saved, the flesh has been crucified, we keep raising it from the dead, only man can do that as we give it permission to live.
Robert Finney wrote ... Agreed, Ness; it's all done.
Ness Regester wrote ... We should be more concerned about the work that Christ HAS given us through Him ... that we be ministers of reconciliation; Ambassadors OF Christ, preaching the GOOD NEWS.
Albert Gran wrote ... Feeling shame is indeed a reality in the believers life today even though we are saved when you know you're doing a thing that missed the mark.
Ness Regester wrote ... The point is the flesh is dead, therefore glorifying the deeds of the flesh is pointless. The flesh is dead, the reason is that it is crucified with Christ, at that cross. Done deal !
Albert Gran wrote ... Romans 6:1 KJV: "What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?" This is the point of living a thankful life instead a guilty life.
Ness Regester wrote ... Sin has been dealt with. We are responsible for our own actions according to the word of God. Our eyes should not be focused on our flesh, but on the things ABOVE.
Colossians 3:1-4 KJV: "If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. [2] Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. [3] For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. [4] When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory." ~apostle Paul writing to believers
Romans 6:11 KJV: "Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord." ~apostle Paul
An unsaved soul needs to hear the Gospel of the Grace of God, preach the Gospel, clear and precisely, it is the GOSPEL - the GOOD NEWS OF WHAT CHRIST DID ON THAT CROSS ! That they hear it and BELIEVE IT - God SAVES, not us ! That Christ Jesus BORE their sins upon His own Body, He was MADE sin, who knew no sin ! That He did that to give US who believe ETERNAL LIFE !!! Nobody ever told me I was forgiven ! Just that Christ JEsus BORE MY SIN and now I don't have to ! Amen ! I am MADE HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS !
He PAID MY DEBT. He set me FREE !
He made me a NEW CREATURE in HIM. He DID ALL and took care of ALL - all I needed to do was to BELIEVE THAT and TRUST THAT HE DID EVERYTHING ! HE ROSE AGAIN defeating DEATH and HELL for ME ! If He had NOT risen I would have NO NEW LIFE - NO HOPE - when He DIED I DIED - WHEN HE ROSE AGAIN - I ROSE IN HIM ! AMEN !!!
CHRIST paid IT ALL, therefore I need no longer LIVE in SIN or DEATH - but rather in NEWNESS OF LIFE and LIFE ETERNAL ! We are NOT OF THE FLESH but rather we are OF HIS SPIRIT - we LIVE AND REIGN in HIM for ETERNITY ! Amen !
Galatians 2:20-21 KJV: “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. [21] I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.”
The DEBT was PAID in full AT THE CROSS.
Amen ! Thank you Lord !
Drew Rickert wrote … The penalty for sin was paid for at the cross.
Ness Regester wrote … We are forgiven ALL sins, past, present and future, thus we don't crucify Christ every hour of the day ! We THANK Him for a ONCE OFF PAYMENT !
2Corinthians 5:19-21 KJV: “To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, NOT IMPUTING THEIR TRESPASSES UNTO THEM; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. [20] Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. [21] For he hath MADE HIM TO BE SIN FOR US, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” ~apostle Paul
Drew Rickert wrote … God is not counting our trespasses against us today.
Trent A Garges wrote … The sins are on neither the sinners nor on Christ. They are paid for and destroyed. Jesus would have never resurrected if the payment was not sufficient. The fact that He is risen proves that sins are paid for in full. We were reconciled to God at and by the cross. We are reconciled in our own minds when we believe what He accomplished for us. It's all about identity: Are you identified with the sins that are in hell (Flesh) Or life that is in Christ Jesus (Spirit)?
David Lee Williams wrote …We just have to forget about sins. And just know this>>>God will never force the non-believers to believe, or take part in eternity with Him. That will be their fault; not His.
Robert Finney wrote … There is no repent, there is no get baptized, there is no 'do'. Free gift means free gift.
Ro 8:2 KJV: “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.”
The question is not "What does the verse say?" The question is "Do you believe what the verse says?"
Those that still struggle with 'sin’—and it's a losing battle; why do you think our Lord gave himself for us? Because we could 'overcome' sin? LOL) —have yet to believe that verse. It doesn't mean they're not saved or anything; it just means they have yet to believe that verse. Many believe in Christ’s death, burial and resurrection, however they are yet in their sins. [ If a saved person ] always asks God to forgive him of his sins then he's not at all believing his sins, past, present, and future are all paid at the cross.
Tim Walker wrote …When we see the finality of the cross, we truly rest and our hearts are melted by the sight of it's truth and we are empowered with that same power which worked in Christ to raise Him from the dead. The same principles are there for the unbeliever who first comes to faith.
Col 2:6 KJV: “As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:” ~apostle Paul
Without faith the individual continues in a dead state, even though his completed salvation sits there for him... he continues on just as though nothing was ever given to him ... this is sad but a stark reality.
Trent A Garges wrote …Your sins being forgiven and out of the away is what reconciled God to you. Now that you have been reconciled it paves the way to be Justified and saved by believing and trusting what He accomplished for you.
Drew Rickert … Once you're identified with Christ your flesh is crucified with Christ and you're justified.
Tim Walker wrote … All my worry is put to rest when I focus on the unchanging fact that He died and He died for me. Wow! A completed work which leaves me so at peace when I see that it's true.
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“To CONTINUE SERVING SIN is to continue confessing one’s sins, to continue to try to live to a certain ‘standard,’ to continue judging others, to continue to picket with the world’s religious system against this sin or that sin. That’s what it means to ‘serve sin.’ The penalty of ALL SIN has been PAID IN FULL; it’s done; it’s finished.” ~Brother Troy Clemens
WATCH: 55-min SERMON VIDEO – A Conscience Purged of Sin – Pastor Troy Clemens – http://goo.gl/5zXLKD
READ: the TEXT VERSION of A Conscious Purged of Sin – https://www.facebook.com/AstrologyMinistries/posts/10204655286516193:0
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