We are no longer under the law, ከጸጋ በታች እንጂ, is cited by many Christians to exculpate themselves from their duty and responsibilities to keep the commandments of Jesus and fulfill the great commission and walk as sons of God after the spirit in holiness after God’s will. As soon as you confront a person with something that diametrically opposes the Word of God and His will, you can count on it, that the person will use, ከሌሎች ጋር, ሮማውያን 6:14 to make it alright and approve what is evil. በዚህ ምክንያት, many Christians turn evil into good and keep sinning under grace. But what does the Bible say about being under grace? ከጸጋ በታች ኃጢአት መሥራት ትችላላችሁ??
ምን ማለት ነው, you are not under the law but under grace?
ኃጢአት አይገዛችሁምና: for you are not under the law, ከጸጋ በታች እንጂ (ሮማውያን 6:14)
There are also many preachers, who cite, ከሌሎች ጋር, ሮማውያን 6:14 to approve, tolerate and accept all behavior, lifestyles, and all things that diametrically oppose God’s Word and His will. They use it, so that no one has to change and can live like the world.
እንደነሱ, it doesn’t matter how you live and what you do, because you are under grace. ስለዚህ, the time of laws, ትእዛዛት, ደንቦች, and regulations is over and now you can live the way you want to live. Because Jesus has dealt with the sin problem and took all the sins of the world away so that you can no longer walk in sin. Sin doesn’t exist anymore, to those, who believe in Him and are transferred from the darkness into the Kingdom of God.
Jesus hasn’t only dealt with all the sins of your former life, but also with the sins, you habitually keep doing in your new life. ስለዚህ, you won’t have to confess your sins, because that will only cause feelings of guilt and according to them, that’s not the will of God. There is already enough misery and judgment in churches and the world and that’s why Christians may live in ‘freedom’, in the love and grace of God, doing what they want to do without submitting to what is written in the Bible, because that belongs to religion and legalism and is old-fashioned and obsolete (እንዲሁም አንብብ: What is the difference between religion and relation?).
By preaching this message, whereby the truth of God is mixed with the lies of people, they please the people, and receive honor and praise, and protect themselves from the resistance and persecution of the world.
But where do we read all these things in the Bible? Where is it written, that there is no more sin and that a person can no longer habitually sin? Where is it written in the Bible, that you won’t have to change? Where is it written, that it doesn’t matter how you live? Where is it written, that the new creation is allowed to habitually keep living in sin? Where is it written, that God tolerates and approves sin? ምክንያቱም, if it doesn’t matter to God how you live, and that He approves the fact, that His children keep living in sin, then why did Jesus have to come to the earth to deal with the sinful nature of (ወድቋል) ሰው? Why were the sacrifices of animals not good enough to temporarily reconcile the sins of man, since people would keep falling back in sin and habitually keep sinning?
Call to holiness and the removal of sins
But as already discussed in previous blog posts, according to the Word, it does matter how you live in the new covenant, that is sealed with the precious blood of Jesus. Because we read, that Jesus and the apostles called the believers; the saints unto holiness and instructed them to remove the sins out of their lives (እንዲሁም አንብብ: ''በጸጋ ባህር ጠፋ”, ‘What is grace?' እና 'በሕግ እና በጸጋ መካከል ያለው ልዩነት ምንድን ነው??”)
Because what happened in the spiritual realm, namely that they had become in Jesus Christ a አዲስ ፍጥረት and that they were redeemed from their flesh, in which the sinful nature is present, had to become visible in the natural realm, በ አሮጌውን ሰው ማስወጣት (ሥጋ) እና አዲሱን ሰው መልበስ (መንፈስ).
እነዚያ, who use, ከሌሎች ጋር, ሮማውያን 6:14 to approve, tolerate and accept all behavior and all things, that go against God’s will and to keep living after the flesh, often forget to read and study scriptures in the right context. They are unspiritual and have created their own ideas, ግኝቶች, and opinions, that is mainly formed by the knowledge and wisdom of the world. In order to empower and confirm their ideas, አስተያየቶች, እና ግኝቶች, they pick and choose scriptures and take them out of their context. That also applies to Romans 6:14, because the verses that are written before and after verse 14, are never discussed. ስለዚህ, let’s have a look in what context Romans 6:14 is written and what else is written in the Bible about the grace of God, and if it’s allowed to habitually keep living in sin after a person is born again.
Death unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? አያድርገው እና. እንዴት እንሁን, ለኃጢአት የሞቱ ናቸው።, ከእንግዲህ በውስጧ መኖር? አታውቁም።, ከኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ጋር አንድ እንሆን ዘንድ የተጠመቅን ሁላችን ከሞቱ ጋር አንድ እንሆን ዘንድ ተጠመቅን።? ስለዚህም ከእርሱ ጋር ከሞት ጋር አንድ እንሆን ዘንድ በጥምቀት ተቀበርን።: ክርስቶስም በአብ ክብር ከሙታን እንደ ተነሣ, እንዲሁ እኛ ደግሞ በአዲስ ሕይወት ልንመላለስ ይገባናል።.
For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: ይህንን ማወቅ, አሮጌው ሰዋችን ከእርሱ ጋር እንደ ተሰቀለ, የኃጢአት አካል ይፈርስ ዘንድ, ከአሁን በኋላ ለኃጢአት እንዳንገዛ. የሞተው ከኃጢአት ነጻ ወጥቷልና።. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
እንግዲህ በሚሞት ሥጋችሁ ኃጢአት አይንገሥ, በፍትወትዋም እንድትታዘዙት።. ብልቶቻችሁንም የዓመፃ የጦር ዕቃ አድርጋችሁ ለኃጢአት አታቅርቡ: ነገር ግን ራሳችሁን ለእግዚአብሔር አቅርቡ, ከሙታንም በሕይወት እንዳሉ, ብልቶቻችሁንም ለእግዚአብሔር የጽድቅ የጦር ዕቃ አድርጉ. ኃጢአት አይገዛችሁምና: ከሕግ በታች አይደላችሁምና።, ከጸጋ በታች እንጂ. (ሮማውያን 6:1-14)
Jesus has shown us, ምንድን ኃጢአት does with a person’s life: sin leads to death. Through His perfect work of redemption, Jesus died once and for all unto sin, was raised from the dead, and is forever seated at the right hand of God. By His work and His blood, Jesus brought redemption to those, በእርሱ የሚያምኑት።, ንስሐ ግቡ, lay down their own lives እና ተከተሉት።.
በኩል እንደገና መወለድ, you are baptized in Christ into His death and that’s why, አንተ ነህ, just like Him, ለአንዴና ለመጨረሻ ጊዜ, died unto sin.
The sin, that reigned and ruled as king in your flesh; the sinful nature of the old carnal man, who is bound to the law, no longer exists after you become born again. Because the old man (ሥጋ), in whom sin and death have dominion and for whom the law of sin and death was intended, is crucified and has died in Christ.
If your flesh is dead, you can no longer walk after the desire of the flesh and habitually live in sin and keep sinning. Only when your flesh has died, only then are you dead to sin and its power.
When you were baptized in Christ, you were not only a partaker of His death, but you were also a partaker of His resurrection. በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ኃይል, your spirit is raised from the dead and is made alive to God. You have become a አዲስ ፍጥረት; a son of God and have been granted access to the Kingdom of God and are reconciled with Him.
Since God is righteous, and you are born of Him (through regeneration) you shall obey Him and walk in righteousness after the spirit. As long as you stay in Jesus Christ; the Word and live after የሱስ’ ትእዛዛት, which are also God’s commandments, and keep walking after the spirit, you shall walk in righteousness and bear the fruit of the Spirit (1 ዮሐንስ 2:28-29, 1 ዮሐንስ 3:1-7, 9).
Servants of sin or servants of righteousness?
ምን እንግዲህ? ኃጢአት እንሠራለን?, ምክንያቱም እኛ ከህግ በታች አይደለንም, ከጸጋ በታች እንጂ? አያድርገው እና. አታውቁም።, ራሳችሁን እንድትታዘዙለት ባሪያዎች እንድትሆኑለት, እናንተ የምትታዘዙለት ባሪያዎቹ ናችሁ; ከኃጢአት እስከ ሞት ድረስ, ወይም ለጽድቅ መታዘዝ? እግዚአብሔር ግን ይመስገን, የኃጢአት ባሪያዎች እንደ ነበራችሁ, እናንተ ግን ለተሰጣችሁ ለትምህርት ዓይነት ከልባችሁ ታዘዛላችሁ. ከዚያ በኋላ ከኃጢአት ነፃ መውጣት, የጽድቅ ባሪያዎች ነበራችሁ. I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. የኃጢአት ደሞዝ ሞት ነውና።; የእግዚአብሔር የጸጋ ስጦታ ግን በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ በጌታችን የዘላለም ሕይወት ነው። (ሮማውያን 6:15-23)
If a person claims to be born again, but keep walking after the flesh in obedience to the desires of the flesh and fulfilling the desires of the flesh, and therefore keep living in sin and is not willing to remove them, then this proves that the flesh of the person is not crucified in Christ, but is alive and kicking.
As long as the flesh is alive and kicking, the flesh isn’t dead and therefore the person is not redeemed from the flesh and is still a sinner. Because a ኃጢአተኛ, ከሥጋ በኋላ ይራመዳል, fulfilling the desires of the flesh, and keep sinning.
As long as a person stays carnal and walks after the flesh and persevere in sin, then the person is still bound to የኃጢአትና የሞት ሕግ. The works of the person; ኃጢአት, prove that the person is a sinner; a son of the devil and belongs to the kingdom of darkness (1 ዮሐንስ 3:7-8). Because the sin, which comes forth out of the sinful nature of the flesh, in which sin and death reigns, still has dominion over the person and still reigns as king in the life of the person.
Since the fruit of death is sin, and the person is not redeemed from sin, the person is also not redeemed from death.
Using the grace of God to fulfill the carnal lusts and desires
አንዳንድ ሰዎች ሳያውቁ ሾልከው ገብተዋልና።, ከዚህ በፊት ለዚህ ፍርድ የተሾሙት, ፈሪሃ አምላክ የሌላቸው ሰዎች, የአምላካችንን ጸጋ ወደ ሴሰኝነት መለወጥ, እና ብቸኛውን ጌታ እግዚአብሔርን መካድ, እና ጌታችን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ (ይሁዳ 1:4)
It’s not about what preachers and leaders of the church preach and teach, and what kind of spiritual revelations, ራእዮች, ህልሞች, prophecies or messages by angels they receive, but it’s all about what the Word of God says, because the Word is the truth and is reliable and shall eventually judge every person, according to their works (ዮሐንስ 12:48, ራዕይ 20:12-13).
ሰባኪዎች, ሐዋርያት, ወንጌላውያን, አስተማሪዎች, and prophets can say, that it’s all grace and that you won’t have to change because it doesn’t matter how you live and what you do.
They can use the grace to keep living after the flesh, fulfilling the lusts and desires of the flesh and therefore turn the grace of God into lasciviousness. ግን, by preaching this message they deny our Lord Jesus Christ and prove, that they don’t know Him experientially. Because the Word of God says something else.
በሚያሳዝን ሁኔታ, because of the fact that many believers don’t read and study the Word of God by themselves and don’t have a personal relationship with the Word; Jesus Christ and therefore have a lack of knowledge of God’s Word, they believe the words of these leaders.
ቃሉ ግን ይላል።, that as long as a person keeps living in sin and persevere in sin, then the person is not saved and not redeemed of the flesh. Because as long as a person keeps living in sin, በሥጋ የሚነግሥ, then from what has the person been redeemed and saved from? If they are saved from death, then they wouldn’t produce the fruit unto death anymore (ማለትም. ሮማውያን 6, ሮማውያን 7:4-6, ሮማውያን 8, ገላትያ 5:24, ኤፌሶን 2:1-6).
As long as a person persevere in sin and therefore bear fruit unto death, the person has not repented, is not born again, and has not become a son of God, but is still a slave of the devil and the flesh, in which sin and death reigns (1 ዮሐንስ 3:7-10)
Son of God or son of the devil?
Because a person is a slave, to whom the person belongs to and to whom the person listens to and obeys. A person lives after the flesh in the kingdom of darkness under the dominion and rulership of the devil and is, ስለዚህ, a slave of sin unto death, or the person lives after the spirit in the Kingdom of God under the dominion and rulership of Jesus Christ and is a slave of righteousness unto life. Because the Word says, እነዚያ, who do righteousness, are righteous, as He is righteous.
ትናንሽ ልጆች, ማንም አያታልላችሁ: ጽድቅን የሚያደርግ ጻድቅ ነው።, ጻድቅ እንደ ሆነም።. ኃጢአትን የሚያደርግ ከዲያብሎስ ነው።; ዲያብሎስ ከመጀመሪያ ኃጢአትን ያደርጋልና።. ለዚህም የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ተገለጠ, የዲያብሎስን ሥራ ያፈርስ ዘንድ. ከእግዚአብሔር የተወለደ ሁሉ ኃጢአትን አያደርግም።; ዘሩ በእርሱ ይኖራልና።: ኃጢአትንም አይሠራም።, ከእግዚአብሔር የተወለደ ነውና።. በዚህ የእግዚአብሔር ልጆች ተገለጡ, የዲያብሎስም ልጆች: ጽድቅን የማያደርግ ሁሉ ከእግዚአብሔር አይደለም።, ወንድሙንም የማይወድ (this last part regarding loving your brother, doesn’t mean accepting the sins of your brother. Read also ‘Walking in love’ እና ‘የውሸት ፍቅር ምንድን ነው??’ (1 ዮሐንስ 3:7-10))
In this life on earth, there are two options: you can either be a son of God or son of the devil. You can’t be both. Your actions and works prove, whose son you are and to whom you belong.
You can say, that you believe and that you are a son of God, but if you keep sinning and willfully keep doing those things, that go against God’s will, and are not willing to submit yourself to the Word, but want to stay a friend of the world and approve his evil works, then you are not a son of God, even if you say you are.
Because the Word says, that you are a son of the devil, who walks after the will of the devil and does and approves the works of the devil, ይህም ኃጢአት ነው።.
Because sin is the opposite of righteousness and those, who don’t do righteousness are not of God. ሁሉም ሰው, who stays in Christ doesn’t habitually sin. ይላል ቃሉ, that everyone, who habitually sin, has not seen Jesus, neither has known Him experientially.
ኃጢአትን የሚያደርግ ሁሉ ሕግን ደግሞ ይተላለፋል: ኃጢአት ሕግን መተላለፍ ነውና።. ኃጢአታችንንም ሊወስድ እንደ ተገለጠ ታውቃላችሁ; በእርሱም ኃጢአት የለበትም. Whosoever abides in Him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen Him, አላወቀውምም።. (1 ዮሐንስ 3:4-6)
Living as the old man
ብዙ አማኞች አሉ።, who think and say that they are born again and are spiritual, because they walk in the supernatural, but keep living as the old carnal man in sin. But you don’t have to be born again to walk in the supernatural, and receive visions, መገለጦች, prophecies and do signs and wonders (እንዲሁም አንብብ: ''Two ways to enter the spiritual realm’)
ለዛ ነው, Jesus warned His followers, that at the end of times, ብዙ false Christs (followers of Jesus) እና ሐሰተኛ ነቢያት shall come, who perform great supernatural signs and wonders (ማለትም. ማቴዎስ 24:11, 24-28). But even if someone performs many miracles and receive many supernatural revelations and prophecies, then these things don’t prove if that person is a son of God and belongs to Christ. Only by the works, that a person does, and the fruit the person bears (this doesn’t mean charity works, which the world does as well, but the works of righteousness and the የመንፈስ ፍሬ), you can tell whether the person belongs to Jesus or the devil.
Transferred from the darkness into the light
If you have been transferred from the darkness into the light, from death unto life, then your spiritual eyes will be opened and you shall see the evil of sin and the power of death and don’t want to be a partaker of them anymore. But as long as you keep walking in darkness, and stay bound by death, by walking after the flesh, you shall remain spiritually blind and not be aware of the evil of sin and the power of death. Therefore you shall keep living in sin and approve and tolerate sin.
As long as the church doesn’t consider sin as evil and as something bad, but considers sin as normal and as something that’s just part of life, then this proves that there is something wrong with the church, እምነት, and the gospel that is preached. Because the gospel, that they preach is not the gospel of Jesus Christ, የትኛው calls man to repentance and brings deliverance and produces life, but is a gospel of man, that causes bondage to sin and produces death.
What happens if you willfully keep sinning?
ወደን ኃጢአት ብንሠራ የእውነትን እውቀት ከተቀበልን በኋላ ነው።, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, ነገር ግን አንድ የሚያስፈራ የፍርድ ፍለጋና የእሳት ቁጣ, ጠላቶችን ይበላል (ሂብሩ 10:26-27)
You cannot use the የእግዚአብሔር ጸጋ to keep living after the flesh, የሥጋችሁን ምኞትና ምኞቶች መፈጸም. The grace of God is not a license to keep sinning. ይላል ቃሉ, that after you have received the knowledge of the truth, but willfully keep sinning, that there remains no more sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment
Who reigns as king in your life?
Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord (ሮማውያን 5:20-21)
Jesus came to this earth to deal, ለአንዴና ለመጨረሻ ጊዜ, with the sinful nature of fallen man. ኢየሱስ የዲያብሎስን ሥራ አጠፋ, ስለዚህ ሁሉም ሰው, በእርሱ የሚያምን, repents, and becomes born again, will no longer be a slave of the flesh, in which the devil reigns through sin and death. The new man is redeemed and bought by the blood of Jesus and doesn’t belong to the devil anymore and therefore the person will no longer do the works of the flesh and bear the fruit unto death by living in sin (ሮማውያን 7:5-6), but shall do the works of righteousness and bear the fruit for God unto life.
የ new man has received all authority and all power in Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit, to know የእግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ and resist the temptations of the devil and the desires of the flesh. As long as you stay in Him and keep walking after the Spirit, you will be able to resist all the temptations of the devil and therefore be an overcomer of sin and death. Not by your own might and power, which means not by the power and ability of the flesh by using all kinds of carnal human techniques and methods, but by the power of the Word and the Holy Spirit.
ይላል ቃሉ, that if you are under grace, you cannot keep sinning, because you shall do the works of righteousness. If you keep sinning, then you are not under grace. Because sin reigns as king in your life, instead of righteousness reigns as king.
If you do the works of righteousness, then grace shall have dominion in your life and shall reign as king, and you shall be under grace.
‘የምድር ጨው ሁን’
