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By Grace !
Talking about what sin is has become taboo in our modern
society. We have adopted an illegitimate departure when considering the
subject. We cowardly fled as if functional impunity where covering us, and took
refuge in a new language, misnamed: tolerance. All because we reject the true
about the big unsolved problem that is being a lost soul, just for the sake of
getting acceptance of this world and its “morality”.
If you are still reading this lines is likely you really are
interested in what I will now discuss.
Sin is part of our
own human nature. Think it is a spiritual cancer that we all suffer and for
which we have serious and negative consequences. For as humans sin is like
seeing and speaking. We produce it so natural that we cannot solve the problem
by ourselves, and it does wound many on their ego, inciting a rebellious spirit
against the truth, and with all sorts of useless efforts, push man to seek to
erase what is undeniable:
"Without
exception, all are sinners."
We have innumerable rules and base our life on external
ornaments, trying to gain the respect and admiration of others based on
accumulated possessions, professions or positions of worldly importance, all of
which has neither value nor power against sin.
Jesus Christ taught us that we cannot change what we are:
"sinners", using human effort,
He called the Pharisees:
whitewashed tombs, illustrating that even if you are in a very strict
sect that is respected by today’s
society, but had not accepted your
condition and repented of your sins, accepting Jesus as your Savior, you are
still dead in your sins, and eternal death is awaiting you.
Just think, this matter is so serious that neither Jesus
Christ with his sacrifice could redeem our carnal nature:
Or did not we know
that no blood or flesh inherit the kingdom of heaven?
Our soul can only be
cleansed by the blood of The Covenant of grace and forgive us our human nature
providing us to entry into eternal salvation without any merit, but accepting
Him, I mean Jesus Christ.
I do not want to
confuse the reader into thinking that a redeemed person has license to sin. The
apostle John said, that Christians do not sin with impunity, even as Peter
explained
As John himself, warns the believer, (if) when falling into sin, as a victim of the flesh,
the Christian has Christ as a lawyer against the deadly consequences of sin, not with impunity, but of the sin that
exhale by our condition.
The believer has such struggle to acknowledge his
conditions, but can overcome the denial, thru abstinence, meaning renouncing
the deceiving treats of this world, letting
God guide his mind by his the Scriptures, and maintaining a continued battle against all the mundane
and polluting elements that attack his
soul.
To understand the grace of God, we must first realize that
we are sinners without any merit, beings incapable of producing our own salvation,
only when we are honestly convinced of
our condition is when we can accept the
gift of God , forgiveness and salvation , and all for His Grace.
Galatians 5:14
For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command:
"Love your neighbor as yourself.
Saved !
"... Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but
in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself; Look not every
man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others ...
"Philippians 2: 3 to 4
The general rule of true Christianity is this:
"Each esteem others better than himself"
Christ is our example; in spite of He is exempt from the
rule, because Jesus is God manifested in the flesh.
"... Who, being in very nature God, did not consider
equality with God something to be grasped ..." Philippians 2: 6
The Church is not an organization, but is organized; it is a
living organism, composed of individuals who have found salvation of their
souls through the only Savior, Jesus Christ.
And unlike organizations of the world, it has not warlords,
nor leaders, as sinners in need of redemption we have being saved by Jesus.
Teaching
The proclamation of the Gospel of life is part of our life
as God's children; however, this can only be aimed at those who have never
heard of Jesus and his redemptive work. There are other lessons that are
helpful to those who already know the basics of the doctrine of Christ.
Therefore, the Church preaches Christ the Savior, - what we
call evangelism -, and also provides lessons to those already converted, this
would be to confirm and to affirm the call of God, thru teachings regarding our
duties and functions as body of Christ.
While to those who do not know Christ is preached
reconciliation, forgiveness of sins and the death state they're in; to the
converted, are reminded of not to love
the world, nor riches, but rather to provide for the poor and needy and to live
under the influence of the Holy Spirit.
John 1: 1 - 4
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were
made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was
life; and the life was the light of men.
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