We are no longer under the law, pero bajo gracia, 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, entre otros, romanos 6:14 to make it alright and approve what is evil. Por eso, many Christians turn evil into good and keep sinning under grace. But what does the Bible say about being under grace? ¿Puedes seguir pecando bajo la gracia??
What does it mean, you are not under the law but under grace?
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are not under the law, pero bajo gracia (romanos 6:14)
There are also many preachers, who cite, entre otros, romanos 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.
According to them, it doesn’t matter how you live and what you do, because you are under grace. Por lo tanto, the time of laws, mandamientos, normas, 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. Por lo tanto, 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 (Leer también: 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? donde esta escrito, 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? donde esta escrito, que no importa como vivas? donde esta escrito, that the new creation is allowed to habitually keep living in sin? donde esta escrito, that God tolerates and approves sin? Porque, 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 (caído) hombre? 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 (Leer también: 'Perdido en el mar de gracia', ‘What is grace?' y '¿Cuál es la diferencia entre la ley y la gracia??')
Because what happened in the spiritual realm, namely that they had become in Jesus Christ a nueva creación and that they were redeemed from their flesh, in which the sinful nature is present, had to become visible in the natural realm, por putting off the old man (carne) y putting on the new man (espíritu).
Aquellos, who use, entre otros, romanos 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, recomendaciones, and opinions, that is mainly formed by the knowledge and wisdom of the world. In order to empower and confirm their ideas, opiniones, and findings, 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. Por lo tanto, 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
¿Qué diremos entonces?? ¿Seguiremos en pecado?, que la gracia abunde? Dios no lo quiera. ¿Cómo vamos a, que están muertos al pecado, vivir más allí? ¿No lo sabéis?, que muchos de nosotros que fuimos bautizados en Jesucristo fuimos bautizados en su muerte? Por eso somos sepultados juntamente con él para muerte por el bautismo.: que así como Cristo resucitó de entre los muertos por la gloria del Padre, Así también nosotros debemos caminar en novedad de vida..
For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: sabiendo esto, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin. 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.
Por tanto, no reine el pecado en vuestro cuerpo mortal., para que le obedezcáis en sus concupiscencias. Ni presentéis vuestros miembros al pecado como instrumentos de injusticia.: sino entregaos a Dios, como los que están vivos de entre los muertos, y vuestros miembros como instrumentos de justicia para Dios. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, pero bajo gracia. (romanos 6:1-14)
Jesus has shown us, qué pecado does with a person’s life: sin leads to death. Through His perfect work of redemption, Jesus died once and for all unto sin, fue resucitado de entre los muertos, and is forever seated at the right hand of God. By His work and His blood, Jesus brought redemption to those, who believe in Him, arrepentirse, lay down their own lives y SIGUELO.
A través de regeneración, you are baptized in Christ into His death and that’s why, you are, just like Him, for once and for all, 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 (carne), 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. By the power of the Holy Spirit, your spirit is raised from the dead and is made alive to God. You have become a nueva creación; 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 (a través de la regeneración) you shall obey Him and walk in righteousness after the spirit. Mientras permanezcas en Jesucristo; the Word and live after Jesús’ mandamientos, 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 John 2:28-29, 1 John 3:1-7, 9).
Servants of sin or servants of righteousness?
Entonces que? ¿Pecaremos?, porque no estamos bajo la ley, pero bajo gracia? Dios no lo quiera. ¿No lo sabéis?, aquel a quien os entregáis sirvientes para obedecer, sus siervos sois vosotros a quienes obedecéis; ya sea de pecado de muerte, o de obediencia a la justicia? Pero gracias a Dios, que erais siervos del pecado, sino que habéis obedecido de corazón aquella forma de doctrina que os fue entregada. Ser entonces liberado del pecado, os convertisteis en siervos de la justicia. 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. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord (romanos 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 pecador, walks after the flesh, 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 la ley del pecado y la muerte. The works of the person; pecado, prove that the person is a sinner; a son of the devil and belongs to the kingdom of darkness (1 John 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
For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ (Judas 1:4)
It’s not about what preachers and leaders of the church preach and teach, and what kind of spiritual revelations, visions, Sueños, 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 confiable and shall eventually judge every person, según sus obras (John 12:48, Revelación 20:12-13).
Predicadores, apóstoles, evangelistas, profesores, 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. Pero, 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.
Desafortunadamente, 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.
Pero la Palabra dice, 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, que reina en la carne, 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 (es decir. romanos 6, romanos 7:4-6, romanos 8, Gálatas 5:24, Efesios 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 John 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, por lo tanto, 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. Porque la Palabra dice, que aquellos, who do righteousness, are righteous, as He is righteous.
Niños pequeños, que ningún hombre os engañe: he that does righteousness is righteous, así como él es justo. He that commits sin is of the devil; porque el diablo peca desde el principio. Para esto fue manifestado el Hijo de Dios, para destruir las obras del diablo. Todo aquel que nace de Dios no comete pecado.; porque su semilla permanece en él: y no puede pecar, porque es nacido de Dios. En esto se manifiestan los hijos de Dios, y los hijos del diablo: Todo aquel que no hace justicia no es de Dios., ni el que no ama a su hermano (this last part regarding loving your brother, doesn’t mean accepting the sins of your brother. Read also ‘Walking in love’ y ‘¿Qué es el falso amor??’ (1 John 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, que van en contra de la voluntad de Dios, 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.
Porque la Palabra dice, 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, which is sin.
Because sin is the opposite of righteousness and those, who don’t do righteousness are not of God. Todos, who stays in Christ doesn’t habitually sin. La Palabra dice, que todos, who habitually sin, has not seen Jesus, neither has known Him experientially.
Whosoever commits sin transgresses also the law: porque el pecado es transgresión de la ley. Y sabéis que Él se manifestó para quitar nuestros pecados.; y en él no hay pecado. Whosoever abides in Him sinneth not: todo aquel que peca no le ha visto, ni lo conocí. (1 John 3:4-6)
Living as the old man
hay muchos creyentes, 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, revelaciones, prophecies and do signs and wonders (Leer también: 'Two ways to enter the spiritual realm’)
Es por eso, Jesus warned His followers, that at the end of times, muchos false Christs (followers of Jesus) y falsos profetas shall come, who perform great supernatural signs and wonders (es decir. Mateo 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 fruto del espíritu), 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, la fe, and the gospel that is preached. Because the gospel, that they preach is not the gospel of Jesus Christ, cual 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?
Porque si pecamos voluntariamente después de haber recibido el conocimiento de la verdad, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, Pero cierta terrible búsqueda de juicio y ardiente indignación, que devorará a los adversarios (hebreo 10:26-27)
You cannot use the gracia de Dios to keep living after the flesh, fulfilling the lusts and desires of your flesh. The grace of God is not a license to keep sinning. La Palabra dice, 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 (romanos 5:20-21)
Jesus came to this earth to deal, for once and for all, with the sinful nature of fallen man. Jesus destroyed the works of the devil, para que todos, quien cree en el, 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 (romanos 7:5-6), but shall do the works of righteousness and bear the fruit for God unto life.
El new man has received all authority and all power in Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit, to know La voluntad de Dios 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.
La Palabra dice, 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.
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