November 21th
Your
Flesh is defeated! You can live accordingly to gods will!
By Riqui Ricón*
Forasmuch then as
Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same
mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin… That
he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men,
but to the will of God (1 Pe
4.1-2).
Every
time I read in the Scriptures about the struggle against sin, about the old
nature and how not to live according to the flesh, I thank God with all my
heart for the great Love that he has loved me with expressed in the sacrifice Jesus
did for me by dying on that cross
If you
ask yourself, what has one got to do with the other? I want to tell you that
both are intimately and completely related, it is through the death and
resurrection of Jesus Christ that the price of ALL your sins was paid: past,
present and future; so that way, once you are totally free of sin, you could be
made accordingly to the image of His Son
For
whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of
his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. (Ro 8.29).
I find it
very curious that some believers get upset when I say that Jesus Christ is no
longer the one and only Son of the Father. Instead of considering this a sort
of blasphemy or degradation to Jesus, we should give thanks that He did not
think of His condition of being equal with God as something to be grasped, but stripped
Himself from that, so you and I, could now be also Children of God.
Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ Jesus…Who, being in the form of God, thought it not
robbery to be equal with God… But made himself of no reputation, and took upon
him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men…And being found
in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even
the death of the cross. (Phil
2.5-8).
Jesus is
the firstborn of the Father and you are his younger brother!
The
Bible, which is God’s Word and cannot lie, says that the law of the Spirit of life in
Jesus Christ has set you FREE from the
law of sin and death. It doesn’t say that you will be free through your actions
and efforts to be holy and please God by submitting your flesh; it clearly
says, that you have already been made free by Jesus Christ because, in addition
to paying the price for your redemption, He also suffered for you in the flesh.
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which
are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For
the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of
sin and death. (Ro 8.1-2).
For what
Jesus did on the cross for His Love to you, overcoming death with His
resurrection, now you are this person who is not in conformity with flesh but lives
according to the Spirit
How
can this be done?- Nicodemus asked Jesus, and He answered – If you are not born
again you won’t see or enter God’s Kingdom (Joh 3:1-6)
At the
very time you made Jesus the Lord of your life and accepted Him as Savior, at
that very moment you were born again; the woman or man that you were, dead in
trespasses and sins, ceased to exist on that cross and now you are God's new
creation: a Son of God BORN AGAIN.
Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have
known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. Therefore
if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away;
behold, all things are become new. (2 Co 5.16-17).
So, it is
not about fighting against flesh and paying a price for your holiness, but it
is about REALLY believing, accepting and receiving the sanctification through
faith [through believing God, believing His Word]. That is, you don’t live in
holiness to believe, feel or prove to be a Son of God, but you live dead for
the flesh because you are ALREADY A TRUE CHILD OF GOD BORN AGAIN. This is what
the Bible says, and this is the Truth!
However, knowing and believing this, is, by no means, a license to sin
or live a licentious life; no, nothing like that. The Bible puts it this way:
What shall we say
then? Shall we continue in sin, that
grace may abound? God
forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? 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: 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 (Ro 6.1-4).
The sinners sin, that's what they like and know. But the Sons of God
have been Born Again and believe and live according to God's Word, the Bible.
We don´t walk according to the flesh anymore, but according to the Spirit.
So, the victory over your flesh is not about doing
something but believing what God did for you and what He says about who you are
now, through Jesus Christ. Not by what you do or have but who you are. Once you
believe this, you can act and make your faith to be not dead but full of works
and fruits of righteousness, because God's will is your sanctification (1 Tes
4.3).
Behold,
what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called
the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. (1 Joh
3.1).
You are
now a beloved son of God, and the law of sin and death through its sickness,
poverty, sadness, loneliness, depression, etc.., has nothing, absolutely
nothing, on you. You can, with your faith, by believing God, by believing His
Word, throw them out of your life. Jesus did not only pay for all your sins by
dying on the cross out of Love for you, but He also bought for you a New Life:
Eternal Life, to live fully and abundantly on earth.
The
thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that
they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly (Jn
10.10).
It's
true! Now you can live accordingly to Gods Will!
Pray out
loud:
Dear
Heavenly Father, again, I want to tell you that I love you, I am grateful for
so much and so great love. I regret of all my sins by confessing them to you.
Thank you, for I know that you have forgiven me because, if we confess our
sins, You are faithful and just to forgive us our sins and purify us from all evil.
Lord Jesus, today I rise from condemnation, failure or weakness to be the Son
that You have placed in authority and dominion. I can do everything in You, Lord, and in all things that I am living
today, I am more than a conqueror through Your Love. I plead healthy, free,
prosperous and full of Your Love, to be light in the darkness and fulfill my
purpose on earth loving my neighbor as myself. Thank you Holy Spirit, for you
are here with me and there is no way we can fail, because you are greater than
the world, you are within me. I am holy! I'm right! I am perfect! I can be
happy. By the
Blood of Jesus. Amen.
Note of importance:
How do I become a Child of God? How do I establish my
relationship with the Almighty?
Simply say this prayer, placing all of your attention
and heart into what you’re saying to God:
Lord Jesus, I believe that you are the Son of God.
That you came to this world from the Virgen Mary to pay for all of my sins, and
I have been a sinner. This is why today I tell you, I accept. I accept your
sacrifice on the cross! Yes, I accept Your precious Blood, spilled to the very
last drop, out of love for me! I open my heart to you and invite you in,
because I want you, oh Lord Jesus, to be my one and only Savior, my God, my
King, my Lord. Thank you, God Almighty, for with this simple prayer and
declaration of faith I have come from death to Life, I have been displaced from
the shadows and into Your marvelous Light. Today I have been Reborn! God I am
now Your Child! You are now my Father! I will never again be alone! Never again
will I live defeated. In the name of Jesus. Amen.
Ricardo C. Peredo Jaime © 2012
Reading
and Meditating on God’s Word.
Do these daily readings
and by the end of one year you will have read all the Bible.
November 21st 1 Pe 4 / Jer 37-38
/ Ps 137
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