Last lesson we study the born again spirit being perfected. However without applying the truths of the soul and body of the born again man, you could walk with a great misunderstanding. A victorious christian has surrendered to the renewal of the soul. The mind being renewed as it is transformed by the living word of God. It is a necessary process that can not be skipped.
We left off in the last lesson with the born again man’s spirit being perfected by the work of Christ. We will now deal with man’s born again soul; Put on the new man renew your mind (soul); Purged conscience; being transformed
Hebrews 9:14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Adam and Eve lost innocence when they partook of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Jesus, by His own blood, cleanses our conscience from dead works. If the blood of goats, bulls, and lambs could do a work of cleansing of the flesh for those under the law, how much the more shall the work of Christ cleanse our soul. Innocence returns by the blood of the Lamb. It begins with faith in Jesus and as we renew our mind we can walk in wholeness.
Ephesians 4:23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.
Our mind (soul) needs renewed, transformed by the word of God. We put off the old man, we are made new in the spirit of our mind, then we put on the new man! Note the new man was created in true righteousness and holiness! God has put everything you need for the issue of life in you by His divine power.
Romans 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Transformation for the soul comes exclusively by renewing your mind in the word of God. Some who have not renewed their mind have tried getting victory by getting in a prayer line. You cannot skip the process of transformation by the renewing of your mind. When you are renewed in your mind you are able to partake of the divine inheritance. Conversely if your mind remains un-renewed you can’t partake in the divine inheritance. The good, the acceptable, and the perfect will of God can be seen in progressive stages. The greater the renewal of the mind the closer we walk in the perfect will of God.
1 Peter 2:2 as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, 3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
When we are born again we have a perfected work done in our spirit. However, if we are ever going to get out of the sand box of salvation we need to partake of the pure milk of the word of God so we may grow by our mind being renewed.
John 16:8 "And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 "of sin, because they do not believe in Me; 10 "of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more; 11 "of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.
Here is the bible defined definition of the work of the Holy Spirit. He the Holy Spirit convicts unbelievers of their sin, convicts believers of their righteousness, and convinces all that the ruler of this world has been judged already. Victory is assured!
Man’s born again body: freed from the sin nature; put off the old man; Groaning for perfection; waiting for that final redemption
Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
In view of God’s mercy you can present your body as a living sacrifice unto God. Without God’s mercy in view it is impossible to present your body as the living sacrifice. This is your reasonable service; one translation says your spiritual worship.
Romans 6:6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. 7 For he who has died has been freed from sin.
We are now dealing with the born again man’s body. When you were born again you died to sin. If you did not die to sin you did not get born again. He who has died to the sin nature, the old man, has been freed from sin. We are no longer indebted to the sin nature; our old man was crucified with Christ. We are not slaves of sin because Jesus makes us sons. Connected to God Spirit to spirit.
Romans 13:14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.
We have been called to put on the new man; this is a faith issue. Live out of the newly created being God has made you. Make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lust
Romans 8:10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.
If Christ is in you the body is dead because of sin! The Spirit of God will give life to your mortal body.
1 Corinthians 6:19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.
When we are born again we have surrendered to the purchase God made of us. He owns us lock, stock, and barrel! With the precious blood of Jesus we have been redeemed; therefore glorify God in our body and in our spirit, which are God’s.
Romans 8:23 Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.
While the Spirit of God ministers to our body, it is our body that is awaiting our final redemption. There will come a day when this mortal body will put on immortality!
What About The Believer’s Sin?
Romans 6:10 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. 11 Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Jesus died to sin once and for all and the life He lives, He lives unto God. Verse 11 begins with the word likewise. In the same way Jesus Christ died to sin once for all and now live unto God, you also reckon yourself dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. This is a faith issue! It is time for the believer to reckon themselves dead indeed to sin. You died to sin when you came to Jesus Christ. It is time to remember you are dead to sin!
PARTIAL TRUTH
1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.
Confessing our sins is apart of the gospel message. However the Beloved John was teaching on the believer and dealing with sin; it did not stop at the end of chapter 1 verse 10. If we do not go on to chapter 2 we are not walking in the fullness of truth how the believer deals with sin.
THE REST OF THE STORY; What about the believer’s sin.
1 John 2:1 My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2 And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world. 3 Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. 4 He who says, "I know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
John wrote the truths of 1 John chapter one that we may not sin. However, if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. Jesus, Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and for the sin of the whole world. If you sin go to your Advocate, Jesus Christ. Get off the sin repent cycle and live in His Advocacy!
Hebrews 12:5 And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: "My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD , Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him; 6 For whom the LORD loves He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives.“ 7 If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?
If you can walk in comfort in your sin you are not a child of God. God deals, corrects, scourges every son whom He receives! Grace is greater that all our sin. However, how can we who died to sin live any longer therein? While there has been a perfected work in our spirit God will correct us to bring our soul and body in line with His holiness.
Hebrews 12:8 But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons. 9 Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?
Spirit to spirit connection to God our Father. We should submit to the correction of His word until we become a reflection of His truth.
Hebrews 12:10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness. 11 Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
God’s correction is with our benefit in mind. The Father’s will is for us to live the abundant life. His correction will yield the peaceable fruit of righteousness if we will allow our soul and body to be trained by it!
1 Thessalonians 4:3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality; 4 that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, 5 not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God; 6 that no one should take advantage of and defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also forewarned you and testified. 7 For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness. 8 Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who has also given us His Holy Spirit.
God’s will is that His children might know how to possess their vessels in sanctification. Rightly dividing between spirit, soul, and body brings understanding to walk in this truth. This grace message came to set us free from sin! God did not call us to uncleanness, but to holiness. He who rejects this truth rejects God!
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