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2009/01/18 16:26
Jerin
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GOSPEL OF WATER AND SPIRIT
All through the NLM blog you have read my beloved co-workers have written about The True Gospel that give redemption from sins completely. Every truly Born again work and strive hard to bring out the Gospel to the millions. Let this blog too bring you to the proper understanding of the Word of God.
The Bible, the Holy book of God contains only one Gospel. Faith in the Word of God comes through hearing the word of God. Theologians teach many. But it is we as sons of our Father to decide and accept, if it is abiding by the Word of God.
Human beings are created by God and many love him, praise him, worship him and some do not. We can live as we like in this world either for God or for ourselves. We live for ourselves to fill up our worldly desires forgetting God or not having the time to think of God. It’s only at the time of Old age, Sickness, fear and loneliness we think of God. We can live for God only when we realise and believe in the mighty power of God and his passionate love for us.
Why don't most people love God or either loves him sometimes and at other times forget him. Yes, we know it’s due to the lack of Faith. For faith to be proper our lives must abide with the Word of God. Everyone abides with the word of God by living a Good Life, but everyone fails badly. None can seem to live righteously, the problem is their sins. Human beings are confused on the issue of solving sins, ideas upon ideas and discussions upon discussion have failed to resolve sins. Why?
To find answers to the numerous questions in our mind, God has given us his Word. The Word of God has the Law, to live by the Law is a good thing provided we do not break it. Galatians 3:10 says A curse is on everyone who does not keep on doing all the things which are ordered in the book of the law, and further it says the upright will live by faith. So why was the law then? Reading through the book of Romans, Ch 3:20 say that through the law comes the knowledge of Sin.
You can now see that God knows that you can’t live a righteous life with the law. The law teaches you and helps you to realise that we all are equally sinners. We are the children of Adam and Eve sin has been there in us from our birth. Through the books of Isaiah, Romans, Hebrews we can see that human beings are just hopeless sinners. Ecc 7:20 says there is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days. Similarly Mark 7:20-23 shows that human beings have evil thoughts, deceit, evil eye, anger, pride, foolishness and further God says these come from within a man. So it has been there all the time. People hardly realise and that makes it difficult for them to accept that they have all these in them.
We are Sinners
If the word of God says so, then we have to accept that we are sinners. Sin is to disobey the Word of God and we can never completely obey him. At some point on the occasion of a good circumstance sin comes to play. And the result of sin is Death. Paul in the books of Romans gives us answers to our problems of Sin. Paul wrote ."or do you not know, brethren (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives?.(Romans 7:1). So we who know the law should realise that the law reigns over a man till his death. Paul also wrote. "O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?. (Romans 7:24). and in Romans 7:14-17 he says "For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin. For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do. If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good. But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me".
Paul has realised that he is incapable of not sinning. It is the same situation many of us feel. We ask ourselves how can I stop sinning and avoid death. He says that the Law is Spiritual-from God and he is like every human incapable of holding on to the law and he does things which he hates or in other words not according to the Law of God. Again Paul says "I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.." and he also said that "There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death." (Romans 8:1-2).
To understand the above verse and Pauls faith we must understand the verse Romans 6:3."As many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death.." This means that by believing in Jesus baptism, we have also been baptized with Him, meaning that we have become united into the death of our Lord. That is, by being baptized in unity through faith, we were spiritually baptized into His death. To be united with the Lord is to be united with His baptism and to die in union with His death.
Key To Remission of Sins By understanding Romans 6:3 and believing in Lords baptism with faith, we should realise that the faith in this baptism of our Lord is the Key to remission of Sins. Today most churches and Pastors give importance to the Cross only, merely considering Baptism as an act. Pauls faith in Lords Baptism shows us how important it is to believe in His baptism.
Paul here says about the Law of Spirit, he refers to the Gospel of water and Spirit or Gospel of Baptism and crucification. We should believe that our bodies have died along with Christ and been resurrected along with Him to be a Born-again. Remember God said unless one is Born again of the water and spirit he shall not enter the kingdom of God. Such was Paul’s faith when he said that with the mind I serve the law of God, but with the flesh, the law of sin. 1 peter 3:21 says “and baptism, of which this is an image, now gives you salvation, not by washing clean the flesh, but by making you free from the sense of sin before God, through the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead.” We continue to sin even though we are born again. The Gospel makes you free from the sins in your heart, you will have a good conscience, but your flesh (the body) is filthy and continues to sin till your death.
Importance of Baptism Why is Baptism so Important ? The answer can be seen if we read through the Old testament. In the olden times Sins were washed out by sacrificing a Lamb. Leviticus 16:21 says, .Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, confess over it all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, concerning all their sins, putting them on the head of the goat, and shall send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a suitable man.. The laying on of hands in the Olden times has a similar meaning in the New Testament. That is the Baptism of Jesus. Only the most Holy priest had an opportunity to lay hands on the Lamb and pass on the sins. Similarly John the Baptist was also one descendant of the Priestly Family. “Among those born of women there has not risen one greater than John the Baptist” (Matthew 11:11). He too laid his hands on Jesus Baptised him in the Jordan
We should all believe that Jesus Christ, our Lord took upon him all the sins of the world through Baptism and was crucified to give us Salvation.1 John 5:6-8 says that Jesus Christ came by water and blood, not by water only but by water and blood. Without this faith it’s impossible to receive the remission of sins. Lord has taken away all our Sins and it’s all that we should believe in him. Just like Paul believed in Lords salvation we too have to realise that sins are not removed from the body but from the heart. People try to obey the Law and please the flesh but it is of no use. The flesh is always a sinner. It’s by Faith in the gospel of Water and Spirit we are Saved. It’s just a matter of Proper faith at heart.
Forgiveness of Sins People are praying daily for forgiveness of sins without realising that God took away all our sins once and for all. Hebrews 10:11-14 says Jesus made an offering forever John 1:29 says behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. Then why do you need to ask for forgiveness it’s just like crucifying Christ again.
Lack of proper faith results eternal tormenting in hell. God’s Righteousness is the Love for us and the salvation he has offered us, not through our will or efforts but his mercy and love which is greater than his judgement. Our righteousness is filled with worldly lust and passions and unwanted thoughts. It is our way of thinking that makes us move away from God. We should throw away our righteousness and accept the water and spirit.
“So Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.” Hebrews 9:28
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