To sin or not to sin is the decision you make in life. Every person is responsible for his or her own life and decides to believe God and His Word (la Bíblia) and walk in the will of God or not. Just like the Father, Jesus gave a command to sin no more but it was up to the people to give heed to his command or not. Let’s look at the story of the healing of the lame man at the pool of Bethesda and the woman who committed adultery and was caught in the act.
The healing of the lame man at the pool of Bethesda
En Joan 5:1-15, Jesus healed a man, who had an infirmity for 38 anys. This lame man laid on a bed at the pool of Bethesda.
When Jesus saw the lame man, He went to him and asked him if he wanted to get well. The lame man answered Jesus, that he didn’t have anyone to bring him to the water to get healed.
Then Jesus commanded the man to rise up and take his bed and walk. The man obeyed the words of Jesus and stood up and walked. The lame man was healed by Jesus! But what did Jesus say to him about the decision to sin or not to sin?
Why did Jesus say to Sin no more?
When Jesus met the man who was healed of his infirmity in the Temple in Jerusalem, Jesus commanded the man to sin no more. Why did Jesus say to sin no more? Lest a worse thing would come unto him.
Jesus healed the man from his sickness (his infirmity). The man was made whole and the Kingdom of God had come unto him.
The kingdom of darkness had captivated the man for 38 anys. But when Jesus came and the power of the Kingdom of heaven came upon him, the man was released from his bondage.
Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, i li va dir, Contemplar, estàs fet sencer: no pequi més, perquè no et vingui una cosa pitjor
John 5:14
Jesus released the man from the spiritual prison of darkness
Jesus released this lame man from this spiritual prison of darkness. Now that this man was released from this spiritual prison of darkness, Jesus commanded the healed man to no violate the spiritual laws by sinning.
En altres paraules; Jesus told the man to keep the commandments and do the voluntat de Déu and stay obedient to God instead of obeying and doing the will of the devil (que treballa en la carn) en pecar.
Because if the man decided to reject the commandment of Jesus and disobey God and sin, he would be taken captive again by the forces of darkness and worse things would happen to him.
Jesus warned the man, because the man was carnal. He didn’t see the spiritual realm and couldn’t discern the spirits. But Jesus was spiritual and knew the spirit realm and the spiritual laws and revealed it to him through His word.
Jesus knew the Kingdom of Heaven and the kingdom of darkness. He wanted this man to stay free and not become a prisoner of the devil and darkness again.
Per això, Jesus commanded the man to sin no more.
Jesús va dir, Go and sin no more to the woman that committed adultery
En Joan 8:1-11, we read about a woman that was caught in the act of adultery. The woman that committed adultery was brought unto Jesus. The Scribes and the Pharisees accused the woman of adultery and told Jesus what she had done.
They suggested to stone her according to the Llei de Moisès. But the words of these men didn’t come from a good conscience. They only wanted to tempt Jesus, so that they could accuse Him.
Jesus wrote on the ground with His finger and said to them, “He who’s sinless among you, let him be the first to throw the stone upon her“.
Jesus knew that the people that belonged to the old generation of fallen man were carnal. They were trapped in the sinful nature of the flesh.
Instead of stoning the adultrous woman, the men left one by one until there was no one left except Jesus and the adultrous woman.
En aquell moment, Jesus had the power to condemn the woman and stone her. Because Jesus walked in the authority of the Kingdom of God (Com la nova creació) and was sinless.
Tanmateix, Jesus said to the woman that He wouldn’t condemn her either. Since it was not Jesus’ time to judge but to save.
BUT… Jesús didn’t approve of her work of adultery. Jesus commanded the woman to go her way and no pequi més.
Jesús li va dir, Jo tampoc et condemno: viatjar amb vehicle, i no pequi més
John 8:11
The new creation is separated from the world
When you repent and become born again in Christ and enter the Kingdom of God, you leave the kingdom of darkness and are separated from the world. You have been forgiven, bescanviar, and made whole and righteous by the blood of Jesus Christ.
You’ve become new creation and as a result of this spiritual transformation, ho faràs put off your old man with his old habits.
You will no longer walk the way you walked before your repentance, because you repented from that lifestyle and its works (de la carn).
It is essential to realize that Ja no ets pecador. You have become a saint through regeneration in Christ.
If you don’t realize and believe this, you will always think and live as a sinner. You’ll be stuck in your sins and never be freed from your sins.
Quan vas tornar a néixer, you stepped from one spiritual kingdom into another (Colossencs 1:13-14)
In your old life, you thought like the world and walked in sin (sin = disobedience to God. It’s everything that goes against the Word of God that represents the will of God) and you were of the devil.
The nature of the devil will do his will
You had the character and nature of your father the devil. In your fallen state, you were not able to submit to God and do His will. En canvi, you lived after the will of the flesh in rebellion.
You were rebellious towards God and His Word and obedient to the words and will of the devil (la voluntat, desig, and desire of your flesh), i va viure en pecat. Diu la Bíblia, that if you sin, you have the devil as father and do the lust thereof (John 8:44).
When you decided penedir-se, you indirectly said that you didn’t want to have the devil as your father anymore. You didn’t want to obey his words and walk in his will. You were fed up with your life under his authority.
When you heard the words of the gospel and met Jesus Christ, you believed in Him and accepted Him as your Saviour and Lord.
You wanted God as your Father instead of the devil and obey His words and walk in His will. You didn’t want to obey the words of the devil and walk in his will.
The nature of God will do His will
From the moment you are born again and receive the nature of your Father God, you will long for Him and the things of His Kingdom. There must be a desire to do the will of God and to walk according to what God says.
A real father knows what is good for his child. A real father wants the best for his child. If an earthly father wants the best for his children, how much more your heavenly Father.
Per això, God revealed His will to us in His Word (la Bíblia).
God revealed to us not only what pleases Him and what displeases Him, but He also revealed the way of salvation, how to convertir-se en una nova creació and how to walk as the new creation in His will.
God revealed it all in the Bible which is His Word. Així que, El seu camí es converteix en el teu i His thoughts becomes your thoughts.
Did the people choose to sin or not to sin?
Jesús li va dir a l'home, que va ser guarit de la seva malaltia i la dona, who was caught in the act of adultery, per no pecar més. Per això, these people had the power to sin no more. They had the power to say ‘no to sin’. But did they obey the commandment of Jesus and choose to sin no more or not?
Jesús li va dir, Estimaràs el Senyor, el teu Déu, amb tot el teu cor, i amb tota la teva ànima, i amb tota la teva ment. Aquest és el primer i gran manament. I el segon és semblant, Estimaràs el teu proïsme com a tu mateix. En aquests dos manaments pengen tota la llei i els profetes (Mateu 22:37-40)
La dona tenia el poder de dir "no".’ a l'adulteri, perquè en cas contrari, Jesús no li hauria donat el manament de no pecar més. La pregunta és, va respondre la dona a Jesús’ manament de no pecar més?
Did the adulterous woman obey the commandment of Jesus or did she let her feelings, la seva luxúria, and her desire rule over the words of Jesus and give in to her feelings of lust and desire?
Enrecordar, quan Jesús va manar de no pecar més, His crucifixion and the efusió de l'Esperit Sant had not taken place yet.
So these people were not born again. Encara eren l'antiga creació. However the old creation had the power to say ‘no’ to sin and to sin no more.
You too have the power to sin no more. You decide to sin or not to sin.
A través del redemptive work of Jesus Christ, Has estat sagrats i justos. Now that you have been made holy and righteous, you’ve also been called to live in holiness and righteousness (2 Corintis 5:21).
Saved by grace and doing the works of the Spirit
You are not saved by works, but by grace. But being under grace doesn’t mean that you are allowed to keep sinning. Because if your flesh has died in Christ when you became born again, how can you do the works of the flesh?
You shall love the Lord your God with all of your heart, and with all of your soul and with all of your mind and you shall love your neighbour as yourself (Mateu 22:37-40)
When you are saved and born again, you see the nature and effect of sin, que és fruit de la mort. You will hate sin, Igual que Déu. You will hate your former life as a sinner and will not return to it. (Llegiu també: Es pot mantenir el pecat sota la gràcia?)
Quan tu Estima Déu Amb tot el cor, ànima, ment, and strength you shall love doing His will.
You shall spend time with God and renew your mind with the Word of God (la Bíblia) and apply His words into your life, so that you become a doer of the words of God and do the works of the Spirit. No cal, but you want to, because you have been made in His likeness and you love God.
When the Word and the Holy Spirit dwell inside of you, you will walk after the Spirit in obedience to the Word. You will walk in love, santedat, i rectitud, doing the will of the Father and exalting and glorifying Him.
‘Sigues la sal de la terra”
