The wages of sin is death...

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Let's be honest. As humans, one of our biggest fears is death.
The wages of sin is death. Sin brings death.
But when the Savior took our place, and paid the penalty we could not pay, the fear of death should be removed.
At this point, we don't obey God for fear of death, but we obey God because we love Him, and His instructions are righteous.

See Romans 6:13-16



 
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Let's be honest. As humans, one of our biggest fears is death.
The wages of sin is death. Sin brings death.
But when the Savior took our place, and paid the penalty we could not pay, the fear of death should be removed.
At this point, we don't obey God for fear of death, but we obey God because we love Him, and His instructions are righteous.

See Romans 6:13-16
The penalty of death is not removed for those who reject His grace in favor of continuing in the Law. If you choose the Law you will be judged by the Law. And the Law is ruthless in its demand for perfection.
 
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The penalty of death is not removed for those who reject His grace in favor of continuing in the Law. If you choose the Law you will be judged by the Law. And the Law is ruthless in its demand for perfection.
For to be carnally minded [is] death; but to be spiritually minded [is] life and peace.
Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Romans 8:6-7 (KJV)
 
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Let's be honest. As humans, one of our biggest fears is death.
The wages of sin is death. Sin brings death.
But when the Savior took our place, and paid the penalty we could not pay, the fear of death should be removed.
At this point, we don't obey God for fear of death, but we obey God because we love Him, and His instructions are righteous.

See Romans 6:13-16

I think you will find some symbolism in the Bible. Here is an example:

[17] "Yet your people say, `The way of the Lord is not just'; when it is their own way that is not just.
[18] When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall die for it.
[19] And when the wicked turns from his wickedness, and does what is lawful and right, he shall live by it.
[20] Yet you say, `The way of the Lord is not just.' O house of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his ways." Ezek 33:17-20 RSV

I think the word “die” symbolizes suffering, and the word “live” symbolizes the opposite
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For to be carnally minded [is] death; but to be spiritually minded [is] life and peace.
Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Romans 8:6-7 (KJV)
Right. It's contrasting the lost with the saved. Which is why you need to be freed from the Law of sin and death or else you're toast. What the Law could not do, Christ did.
 
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Right. It's contrasting the lost with the saved. Which is why you need to be freed from the Law of sin and death or else you're toast. What the Law could not do, Christ did.
I don't think you are reading it out. The carnal mind is not subject to the Law of God, - the contrast is, those who do not have a carnal mind ARE (gladly) subject to the Law of God, not for salvation, but because His instructions are righteous and not selfish at all.
 
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I don't think you are reading it out. The carnal mind is not subject to the Law of God, - the contrast is, those who do not have a carnal mind ARE (gladly) subject to the Law of God, not for salvation, but because His instructions are righteous and not selfish at all.
Christians live by faith in Jesus Christ, not by "instructions".

Do you know why??

Because we have been crucified with Christ and we no longer live, but Christ lives in us. And the life we now live in the body, we live by faith in the Son of God, who loved us and who gave Himself for us. (ref. Gal. 2:20)
 

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the text says we live by faith not by sight, not we live by faith not by instructions.
 
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Christians live by faith in Jesus Christ, not by "instructions".

Do you know why??

Because we have been crucified with Christ and we no longer live, but Christ lives in us. And the life we now live in the body, we live by faith in the Son of God, who loved us and who gave Himself for us. (ref. Gal. 2:20)
brother, if you have been (really) crucified with Messiah, then yes, sure, it is Messiah who lives in you. If Messiah lives in you, you have no worries.
I am just saying, everyone who says they have been "crucified with Messiah" are not grasping the full meaning of that.
 
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brother, if you have been (really) crucified with Messiah, then yes, sure, it is Messiah who lives in you. If Messiah lives in you, you have no worries.
I am just saying, everyone who says they have been "crucified with Messiah" are not grasping the full meaning of that.
Its those who haven't been crucified with Jesus who don't grasp what it means. So, what would you like to know about it??
 
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Its those who haven't been crucified with Jesus who don't grasp what it means. So, what would you like to know about it??
okay, help me out.
If a person has been crucified with Messiah, does that mean they have put their old worldly desires to death?
No more wanting steak, no more wanting a new truck, or to see a new movie.

A person who is truly crucified with Messiah, will want every minute of their life to be about Messiah.
 

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okay, help me out.
If a person has been crucified with Messiah, does that mean they have put their old worldly desires to death?
No more wanting steak, no more wanting a new truck, or to see a new movie.

A person who is truly crucified with Messiah, will want every minute of their life to be about Messiah.
Every minute? Wow, I fall way short of that!
 
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okay, help me out.
If a person has been crucified with Messiah, does that mean they have put their old worldly desires to death?
No more wanting steak, no more wanting a new truck, or to see a new movie.

A person who is truly crucified with Messiah, will want every minute of their life to be about Messiah.
It means that Christ is now our life, and the life that we live is by faith in Him. What it doesn't mean is that we will do so perfectly.
 
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I don't think you are reading it out. The carnal mind is not subject to the Law of God, - the contrast is, those who do not have a carnal mind ARE (gladly) subject to the Law of God, not for salvation, but because His instructions are righteous and not selfish at all.
As long as you are walking in the physical body, you have a carnal mind. It's called the flesh. We as Christians are ruled spiritually by the Spirit of Christ, and from glory to glory we die daily to the carnal mind that tries to rule us by our own understanding. The Lord is at work within us helping us to learn to hear him above our own intellect and teaching us to follow him.

It's not you keeping yourself holy - it's Christ ruling & reigning in our mortal bodies and he himself is holy in us.
 
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As long as you are walking in the physical body, you have a carnal mind. It's called the flesh. We as Christians are ruled spiritually by the Spirit of Christ, and from glory to glory we die daily to the carnal mind that tries to rule us by our own understanding. The Lord is at work within us helping us to learn to hear him above our own intellect and teaching us to follow him.

It's not you keeping yourself holy - it's Christ ruling & reigning in our mortal bodies and he himself is holy in us.
Well you either submit to the leadership of Messiah - which is righteousness,
or you don't always submit to the leadership which leads to a state of less than righteousness.
But make no mistake, you have to make the choices as long as you are in this physical body.
 
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It means that Christ is now our life, and the life that we live is by faith in Him. What it doesn't mean is that we will do so perfectly.
I don't think you can half-step here chief.
if you say you have been crucified with Messiah, your old man should be dead, and the man that lives in you now is Messiah. Messiah is perfect. He does not stumble.
 
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I don't think you can half-step here chief.
if you say you have been crucified with Messiah, your old man should be dead, and the man that lives in you now is Messiah. Messiah is perfect. He does not stumble.
It's about life, not sinless perfection. We who have been crucified with Christ have also been raised together with Him to life.
 

Yonah

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of course I wish to live by instructions I was responding to
so you prefer to "not live by instructions"?
of course I prefer ti live according to the instructions of the Almighty, I was responding to the post previous to mine. wow why would you ask me such a thing?