Knowing who you are in Christ because of His finished work that made us "alive" unto God now will change our outward behavior...."awake to righteousness and sin not..".....this is a call to see who you are in Christ and in knowing that....His life in you changes our behavior..
Knowing that we are dead to sin and "alive" to God is what is needed for real transformation in a Christian's life.
When we see that we are the righteousness of God in Christ... - we become outwardly who we really are in our new creation in Christ.
1 Corinthians 15:34 (KJV)
[SUP]34 [/SUP]Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
It is obvious from scripture that we are to walk out the holiness that is already in us in Christ..in our inner man..the new creation.
There is a difference between us as a person being "set apart" ( sanctified in our spirit ) and "setting apart " ( sanctifying ) our behavior outwardly to reflect our true self in the Lord now. It's definitely a process!.
1 Peter 1:15-16 (NASB)
[SUP]15 [/SUP] but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior;
[SUP]16 [/SUP] because it is written, "YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY."
The question remains..is it us doing it by our own self-effort?..or the life of Christ with His fruit bearing in and through our lives.
Knowing that we are dead to sin and "alive" to God is what is needed for real transformation in a Christian's life.
When we see that we are the righteousness of God in Christ... - we become outwardly who we really are in our new creation in Christ.
1 Corinthians 15:34 (KJV)
[SUP]34 [/SUP]Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
It is obvious from scripture that we are to walk out the holiness that is already in us in Christ..in our inner man..the new creation.
There is a difference between us as a person being "set apart" ( sanctified in our spirit ) and "setting apart " ( sanctifying ) our behavior outwardly to reflect our true self in the Lord now. It's definitely a process!.
1 Peter 1:15-16 (NASB)
[SUP]15 [/SUP] but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior;
[SUP]16 [/SUP] because it is written, "YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY."
The question remains..is it us doing it by our own self-effort?..or the life of Christ with His fruit bearing in and through our lives.