Whoa! That natural guy has problems.
that’s what this about
“Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
That which is
born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is
born of the Spirit is spirit.”
John 3:3, 5-6
“Know ye not, that so many of
us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore
we are buried with him by baptism into death: ( the sinner dies ) that like as
Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.( the child of God is born n Christ ) knowing this, that
our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is
freed from sin.”
Romans 6:3-4, 6-7
this leads into a
necassary behavioral change
“
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. ( we have to stop serving sin
)
Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: ( stop letting sin control our actions ) but
yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. ( and choose to start serving God with our actions )
For
sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but
under grace. ( we don’t have the excuse we’re just sinners anymore if we’re born again can’t be new and also still the old )
What then?
shall we sin, because we are not under the law,
but under grace? God forbid. ( is it okay for us to sin now because of grace ? By no means )
Know ye not, that
to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey;
( we can choose to yield to and obey sin or obedience )
whether of sin unto death,
or of obedience unto righteousness?
But God be thanked, that
ye were the servants of sin, ( we used to be just sinners lost not capable ) but
ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.”
Romans 6:12-18 KJV
But through
obeying the truth of the gospel we are made free from sins power to control us and dominate us as before the sinner dies with Christ . It’s not freedom from doing what’s right but freedom from sins power over us our deeds ll determine the end