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How do you live the holy life.?
It could be stated that to say that we can't live a holy life, is to deny the power of Christ who lives in us.
It can be stated that to teach that you can't live the holy life, is to offend God's Grace and contradict the Cross.
There are plenty of forums and most christians, who teach that "sinning and confessing" is , "real christianity"..... just expect to sin some, and just keep going till the next one.
And for them, that is their Truth.
But it's not God's.
Don't let it be yours.
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The reason a christian is stuck in the revolving door of sinning and confessing is because they have not been taught how to stop.
Its not that they can't, but its that what you don't know, is your destruction, most of the time.
Paul said on one occasion that : "what he would do, he didnt, and what he didnt want to do, he did"....and that was Paul explaining his own previous Legalism in Philippians, 3, where he had tried to be pure and righteous by commandment keeping and law keeping and being a Pharisee, and so many other self efforts, and he concluded that all that self effort is "DUNG".
In other words, the Law is Holy and the Commandments are pure, and being Holy is correct, but, trying to do it by self effort, = "dung".
Paul discovered that "the power of sin, is the Law", .....and Paul discovered that "Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the Law"......and Paul discovered that...>"we are not under the law, but under Grace", and Paul discovered that the born again are, "dead to the Law".
So, what does it mean to be dead to the law? And in this is how Paul discovered how to live beyond carnal deeds and sinful flesh......and live here......."Christ always gives me the VICTORY".. "Christ ALWAYS gives me the Victory"....
See that? That is Paul's discipleship after he learned what to do, to exist in "Victory"......and for believers to live in that spiritual reality, you have to learn what NOT to do., as its what you are doing that is causing the sinning and confessing and condemnation and guilt trips..
And what is causing it? This.... = "the power of SIN.....IS THE LAW".
How do you stop that?
Here is the answer..
If you want to stop sinning then stop trying to do by flesh (willpower and self effort) what can only be done by Christ in you.
Notice Paul said....."CHRIST.. .. always gives me the Victory"......Notice he didnt say..."trying to be good"... "trying to not sin".....>"trying to keep commandments and law"......as He already told you that all that is "DUNG".
So, because you are doing that to try to be holy, you are going to keep sinning and confessing.
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Listen.
When you try to stop sinning, by willpower, by striving, you will end up doing the sin more than once.
Why? Because when you by will....... try to keep the LAW and 10 Commandments, the dominion of the law empowers your FLESH to SIN MORE.
= "The power of SIN......IS.....>THE......LAW".......
"Christ came to redeem us from the curse of THE LAW"...
So, what is the CURE? What is the Solution? How do you live in the VICTORY?
Notice....>"live IN the Victory".....>not try to get it, or attain it"....but live IN IN IN IN THE THE Victory.
See that?
Victory is a PLACE you LIVE IN......not a thing you try to accomplish, as Paul told you that this self effort to try to do that, is "DUNG".
So, how do you NOT have the Victory? Its this.......Jesus said.....>"Apart from Me, you can do NOTHING".
See that? "NOTHING".........and that means, you can't stop sinning because you are apart from Jesus... while you believe you are doing right.
And it is right to want to be holy, but when you pursue getting there the wrong way, then that is wrong Faith as your self effort that is keeping you OUTSIDE the power of God that is the "VICTORY"< which is to be....>"apart from me you can do NOTHING">. "Apart " = No Victory......just sinning and confessing.
Listen carefully Saint.
The Grace of God is completed. And if you are born again, it is yours. And IN this Grace of God, is your Victory powered and maintained.
Paul said...."I can do all things THROUGH Christ"..........and if you are sinning and confessing, you are doing all things through your FLESH, as willpower and striving and trying to DO and DO, as SELF EFFORT. So, the fail is found THERE...... See, you believe that God saved you, but then you go about your own way of trying to be holy, not understanding that this is also what God provided for you.. So, you are existing outside of the Grace of God, when you try to live Holy, instead of existing in the Holiness that you became as..."the Righteousness of God, in Christ".
Now listen to Paul...."When i am WEAK, then i am is Strong"..... See that? That is Paul not trying to be good, but instead resting in the Grace of God, that allows Christ to be the Good through Him., as "Victory"....as "holiness"..
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Look again...
Paul says.......>"" I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me . """
Now notice, the "i am Crucified"....that is "the old man is crucified with Christ'"......that is Paul's flesh and sin nature.
This is why he tells you to "reckon it dead".., as if you dont, you will try to live the Christian life in your flesh, as willpower and striving against sin..... and that is .....>"dung".
Paul then says......"Christ lives IN ME"......and that is where the HOLY LIFE GENERATES as YOUR LIFE....as your discipleship.
That is Christ telling you, that "apart from me, you can do nothing"......
See it?
So, if you want to live a life that does not sin and confess, then you have to live it NOT apart from Christ, as that life is your flesh trying to DO and Become, in your own power, and when you do that, Jesus says....>"Apart from me, you can do nothing".
Have you been sinning and confessing for years?
Christ explains why. "apart from me you can do NOTHING".
So, where is the Victory that you are to live IN that Paul said Christ GIVES you.?
Its the Grace of God, Saint.
That is found in your faith, not in your discipleship. See, discipleship fails because Faith is wrong.
Sinning and confessing happens, because Faith is wrong.
Wrong faith is.....>" what im doing to try to be good", vs......God has made me Righteous, and now i live in this right mind of Faith".
See the wrong mind.????
Its...>"what do i do to try to be good".....and the right mind is..."I am made righteous by the blood of Jesus, i am the righteousness of God in Christ"""........ As Christ is, so are the born again in this world"...
See that MIND?
That Mind of faith is the Right Mind.....and it allows God to empower you, through Christ to....>"Christ always gives me the Victory".
Saint, get your faith right and God will turn your discipleship into a REVELATION.
It could be stated that to say that we can't live a holy life, is to deny the power of Christ who lives in us.
It can be stated that to teach that you can't live the holy life, is to offend God's Grace and contradict the Cross.
There are plenty of forums and most christians, who teach that "sinning and confessing" is , "real christianity"..... just expect to sin some, and just keep going till the next one.
And for them, that is their Truth.
But it's not God's.
Don't let it be yours.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
The reason a christian is stuck in the revolving door of sinning and confessing is because they have not been taught how to stop.
Its not that they can't, but its that what you don't know, is your destruction, most of the time.
Paul said on one occasion that : "what he would do, he didnt, and what he didnt want to do, he did"....and that was Paul explaining his own previous Legalism in Philippians, 3, where he had tried to be pure and righteous by commandment keeping and law keeping and being a Pharisee, and so many other self efforts, and he concluded that all that self effort is "DUNG".
In other words, the Law is Holy and the Commandments are pure, and being Holy is correct, but, trying to do it by self effort, = "dung".
Paul discovered that "the power of sin, is the Law", .....and Paul discovered that "Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the Law"......and Paul discovered that...>"we are not under the law, but under Grace", and Paul discovered that the born again are, "dead to the Law".
So, what does it mean to be dead to the law? And in this is how Paul discovered how to live beyond carnal deeds and sinful flesh......and live here......."Christ always gives me the VICTORY".. "Christ ALWAYS gives me the Victory"....
See that? That is Paul's discipleship after he learned what to do, to exist in "Victory"......and for believers to live in that spiritual reality, you have to learn what NOT to do., as its what you are doing that is causing the sinning and confessing and condemnation and guilt trips..
And what is causing it? This.... = "the power of SIN.....IS THE LAW".
How do you stop that?
Here is the answer..
If you want to stop sinning then stop trying to do by flesh (willpower and self effort) what can only be done by Christ in you.
Notice Paul said....."CHRIST.. .. always gives me the Victory"......Notice he didnt say..."trying to be good"... "trying to not sin".....>"trying to keep commandments and law"......as He already told you that all that is "DUNG".
So, because you are doing that to try to be holy, you are going to keep sinning and confessing.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Listen.
When you try to stop sinning, by willpower, by striving, you will end up doing the sin more than once.
Why? Because when you by will....... try to keep the LAW and 10 Commandments, the dominion of the law empowers your FLESH to SIN MORE.
= "The power of SIN......IS.....>THE......LAW".......
"Christ came to redeem us from the curse of THE LAW"...
So, what is the CURE? What is the Solution? How do you live in the VICTORY?
Notice....>"live IN the Victory".....>not try to get it, or attain it"....but live IN IN IN IN THE THE Victory.
See that?
Victory is a PLACE you LIVE IN......not a thing you try to accomplish, as Paul told you that this self effort to try to do that, is "DUNG".
So, how do you NOT have the Victory? Its this.......Jesus said.....>"Apart from Me, you can do NOTHING".
See that? "NOTHING".........and that means, you can't stop sinning because you are apart from Jesus... while you believe you are doing right.
And it is right to want to be holy, but when you pursue getting there the wrong way, then that is wrong Faith as your self effort that is keeping you OUTSIDE the power of God that is the "VICTORY"< which is to be....>"apart from me you can do NOTHING">. "Apart " = No Victory......just sinning and confessing.
Listen carefully Saint.
The Grace of God is completed. And if you are born again, it is yours. And IN this Grace of God, is your Victory powered and maintained.
Paul said...."I can do all things THROUGH Christ"..........and if you are sinning and confessing, you are doing all things through your FLESH, as willpower and striving and trying to DO and DO, as SELF EFFORT. So, the fail is found THERE...... See, you believe that God saved you, but then you go about your own way of trying to be holy, not understanding that this is also what God provided for you.. So, you are existing outside of the Grace of God, when you try to live Holy, instead of existing in the Holiness that you became as..."the Righteousness of God, in Christ".
Now listen to Paul...."When i am WEAK, then i am is Strong"..... See that? That is Paul not trying to be good, but instead resting in the Grace of God, that allows Christ to be the Good through Him., as "Victory"....as "holiness"..
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Look again...
Paul says.......>"" I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me . """
Now notice, the "i am Crucified"....that is "the old man is crucified with Christ'"......that is Paul's flesh and sin nature.
This is why he tells you to "reckon it dead".., as if you dont, you will try to live the Christian life in your flesh, as willpower and striving against sin..... and that is .....>"dung".
Paul then says......"Christ lives IN ME"......and that is where the HOLY LIFE GENERATES as YOUR LIFE....as your discipleship.
That is Christ telling you, that "apart from me, you can do nothing"......
See it?
So, if you want to live a life that does not sin and confess, then you have to live it NOT apart from Christ, as that life is your flesh trying to DO and Become, in your own power, and when you do that, Jesus says....>"Apart from me, you can do nothing".
Have you been sinning and confessing for years?
Christ explains why. "apart from me you can do NOTHING".
So, where is the Victory that you are to live IN that Paul said Christ GIVES you.?
Its the Grace of God, Saint.
That is found in your faith, not in your discipleship. See, discipleship fails because Faith is wrong.
Sinning and confessing happens, because Faith is wrong.
Wrong faith is.....>" what im doing to try to be good", vs......God has made me Righteous, and now i live in this right mind of Faith".
See the wrong mind.????
Its...>"what do i do to try to be good".....and the right mind is..."I am made righteous by the blood of Jesus, i am the righteousness of God in Christ"""........ As Christ is, so are the born again in this world"...
See that MIND?
That Mind of faith is the Right Mind.....and it allows God to empower you, through Christ to....>"Christ always gives me the Victory".
Saint, get your faith right and God will turn your discipleship into a REVELATION.
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