“Our sinful nature is still with us .. that is why we still sin” Colossians 3:9 9 Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices I just love this verse. Notice you can (by your will) lie despite your old self (flesh) is already taken off and in Colossians 2 taken away on the cross. This means the fact you still sins does not mean you still have a sinful nature or negates that you are still righteous. Paul is now saying because you have died with Christ and that your old self is taken away, do not lie. In other words, we must act out of true identity and who we already are. Today we teach people we have the flesh and are still walking in it. You do not walk in the flesh anymore. You used to walk in it. You are already walking in the Spirit. Because you have been taught otherwise, you equate sinning as walking in the flesh. Walking in the flesh is defined by Paul in Romans 7 as satisfying the sinful desires aroused by the law. You are no longer under the law, you are under grace. You already died to the law, when you were crucified with Christ. People read Galatians 2:20 as if it is a self martyring verse. You should read the verse before it and after it to see it’s context. Here it is: Galatians 2:19-21 19 For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. 20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21 I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!” Through the law I died to the law. Think about that.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 18:34:43 +0000
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