Nan Women 8:10, Pòl te ekri, Si Kris la nan ou, kò a mouri akoz peche; men Lespri a se lavi paske grasa jistis. Kisa Pòl te vle di pa sa? Ki jan ou fè konnen si Kris la nan ou? What does the Bible say about Jesus Christ in you?
When do you belong to Christ?
When you have become a new creation in Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit dwells inside of you, you belong to Christ.
By faith in Jesus Christ and through regeneration in Him, you have become a son of God (sa a aplike a tou de gason ak fi). Your flesh has died in Jesus Christ and your spirit that was dead has been raised from the dead by the power of God and has become alive.
If your flesh with its sinful nature has died, it means that it is dead and no longer lives. Se poutèt sa, lè ou vin fèt ankò, you shall no longer be controlled and led by your flesh in which the sinful nature reigns.
Lachè a pa ka fè Bondye plezi
Paske lespri chanèl la se lènmi kont Bondye: paske se pa sijè a lwa Bondye a, ni annefè kapab. Se konsa, lè sa a yo ki nan kò a pa ka fè Bondye plezi (Women 8:7-8)
Since sin reigns in the flesh because of the sinful nature, the flesh can’t please God. The flesh has the nature of the devil and rebels against God and always wants to do those things, Sa ale kont volonte Bondye (Li tou: Batay ak feblès la nan ansyen nonm lan epi Volonte Bondye vs volonte dyab la).
Se poutèt sa Jezi te oblije vin sou tè a, to deal with the sinful nature of (tonbe) man that is present in the flesh.
Jezi te vini ak yon moun, so that Jesus could become the Substitute for (tonbe) limanite (Li tou: Èske Jezi te konplètman imen?’ ak 'Jezi te retabli pozisyon moun ki te tonbe a).
If your flesh has been crucified in Christ and is dead, you shall no longer walk after the flesh in the dominion of the sinful nature. Therefore sin shall no longer reign in your life anymore.
Your flesh has died; donk, you shall no longer live after the flesh and be led by the impulses from the world; the kingdom of darkness that causes your flesh to do things, that go against God’s will and cause you to keep sinning and persevere in sin.
The old man is led by the flesh and controlled by the kingdom of darkness
Before you repanti and became a new creation in Jesus Christ, you were led by your flesh in which sin reigns and controlled by the kingdom of darkness and the will of the devil.
Your mind (panse ou), sans, antiman, emosyon yo, Pwal, and the lusts and desires of your flesh reigned in your life and dictated you what to do and you obeyed them (Efezyen yo 2:1-7).
Men koulye a, that you have become a new creation and your flesh has died in Jesus Christ, you shall no longer be led by your flesh and controlled by the kingdom of darkness that causes you to persevere in sin. You shall no longer walk as a esklav lachè and live in the bondage of the flesh and sin and death.
Ki jan ou fè konnen si Jezikri nan ou?
But you are not in the flesh, men nan Lespri Bondye a, si se konsa Lespri Bondye a rete nan nou. Koulye a, si yon moun pa gen Lespri Kris la, li pa nan li. And if Christ is in you, kò a mouri akoz peche; men Lespri a se lavi paske grasa jistis (Women 8:9-10)
Se poutèt sa, frè m yo, nou se dèt, pa nan kò a, pou viv dapre lachè. Paske, si nou viv dapre lachè, n'a mouri: Men, si se grasa Lespri Bondye a nou mòtifye zèv kò a, n'a viv. Pou tout moun ki se Lespri Bondye a dirije yo, yo se pitit Bondye (Women 8:12-14)
If through regeneration, Jesus Christ is in you by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and Jesus Christ really lives inside of you and is seated upon the throne of your life, then this will become visible by the way you live.
You shall no longer live under the dominion of sin and death, and therefore habitually persevere in sin. You shall no longer do those things which go against the will of God and Jesus (Li tou: Kòmandman Bondye yo ak kòmandman Jezi yo).
As long as you live after the flesh in dezobeyisans bondye epi fè bagay sa yo, which don’t please God but instead please the devil, then this shows that the flesh is still alive and reigns in your life and nothing has changed.
But if you really have become a new creation and Jesus Christ is in you, you shall live after the will of God; the will of the Word. You shall be led by the Word and the Holy Spirit and therefore you shall walk after the Spirit in obedience to God. The Spirit shall have dominion and reign in your life.
Is lying not a bad thing?
This means for example, that when you have a conversation with someone and during that conversation, a thought of a lie (or a white lie) vini nan tèt ou, that releases you a.o. from your responsibility, you can do two things.
You can either walk after the flesh, by listening to this thought, which derives from the flesh that is controlled by the kingdom of darkness and ensures that when you bow for this thought and obey this thought you will lie and not speak the truth and therefore do the will of the devil.
Or you can walk after the Spirit, by taking this thought captive in Jesus Christ; Pawòl la, Ki moun ki di, that you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor, but you shall speak the truth, and follow and obey the Word, and reject this thought and speak the truth, malgre konsekans yo.
Because if you have become a son of God and you belong to God and received His nature and Jesus Christ lives in you by the Holy Spirit, then you shall speak the truth, just like your Father.
Does sin lead to eternal life?
As long as you keep doing the works of the old man and walk after the flesh in sins and iniquities, then this proves that your flesh is not crucified in Jesus Christ, but that sin, ki se fwi lanmò, still reigns in your life.
As long as the flesh is still alive, you shall live in bondage and be controlled by the sinful nature of fallen man and belong to the devil. Nati peche a, which is present in the flesh shall reign in your life and shall keep you in the bondage of sin.
The Word says that sin leads to death and not to eternal life. Se poutèt sa, it does matter how you live after you become born again (Li tou: Yon fwa sove toujou sove?)
The only way to be redeemed from the dominion of the devil and the sinful nature and to be reconciled with God is through faith in Jesus Christ and regeneration in Him (Li tou Èske w pa mouri si ou kenbe peche?).
Does the Spirit of Christ live in you?
Men mesaj nou te tande pale de li a, epi fè w konnen, ke Bondye se limyè, epi nan li pa gen fènwa ditou. Si nou di ke nou gen zanmi avè l, epi mache nan fènwa, nou bay manti, epi pa fè verite a: Men, si nou mache nan limyè a, menm jan li nan limyè a, nou gen zanmi youn ak lòt, epi san Jezikri, Pitit li a, netwaye nou anba tout peche (1 Jan 1:5-7)
Men, nou pa nan kò a, men nan Lespri Bondye a, si se konsa Lespri Bondye a rete nan nou. Koulye a, si yon moun pa gen Lespri Kris la, li pa nan li (Women 8:9)
Pou tout moun ki se Lespri Bondye a dirije yo, yo se pitit Bondye (Women 8:14)
Lespri a li menm ap rann temwayaj ak lespri nou, ke nou se pitit Bondye (Women 8:16)
Nou konnen ke nenpòt moun ki fèt nan Bondye pa fè peche; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not (1 Jan 5:18)
Pawòl la di, that if you have received the Spirit of Christ, you belong to God. Therefore if you have not received the Spirit of Christ, you don’t belong to Him.
If Jesus Christ is in you, pa Lespri Sen an rete, ou dwe Renmen li, koute li, Epi kenbe kòmandman li yo. You shall follow Him by obeying Him; the Word and walk after the Spirit in righteousness; apre volonte Bondye.
Si ou swiv Jezi and walk after the Spirit in righteousness, sin shall no longer have dominion and shall no longer reign as king in your life. You shall no longer live in the bondage of the lalwa peche ak lanmò, which reigns in the flesh of the old man. But you shall reign in Christ as king and have dominion over sin and through the Spirit, you shall kill the deeds of the flesh and live in the freedom of Christ.
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