I nga Roma 8:10, Ua papa'i Paulo, If Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. He aha te tikanga o Paul i taua? How do you know if Christ is in you? 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, kua riro koe hei tama na te Atua (e pa ana tenei ki nga tane me nga wahine). 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. No reira, when you become born again, you shall no longer be controlled and led by your flesh in which the sinful nature reigns.
Kaore e taea e te kikokiko te pai ki te Atua
Na te mea ko te ngakau kikokiko he mauahara ki te Atua: e kore hoki e pa ki te ture a te Atua, kaore ano hoki e taea. Na, ko te hunga i roto i te kikokiko e kore e pai ki te Atua (Roma 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, o tei patoi i te hinaaro o te Atua (Panuitia hoki: Te pakanga me te ngoikore o te koroua a Ko te hiahia o te Atua vs te hiahia o te rewera).
No reira Iesu i haere mai ai i te fenua nei, to deal with the sinful nature of (tōmāngere) man that is present in the flesh.
I haere mai a Ihu i roto i te ahua o te tangata, so that Jesus could become the Substitute for (tōmāngere) uri tangata (Panuitia hoki: Ko Ihu tino tangata?’ me 'I whakahokia e Ihu te tūnga o te tangata hinga).
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; no reira, 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
I mua i a koe ripeneta 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.
To hinengaro (o koutou whakaaro), rongo, karekau, kare-a-roto, hiahia, and the lusts and desires of your flesh reigned in your life and dictated you what to do and you obeyed them (Epeha 2:1-7).
Engari inaianei, 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 pononga o te kikokiko and live in the bondage of the flesh and sin and death.
Me pehea e mohio ai koe mehemea kei a Ihu Karaiti kei roto ia koe?
But you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His. And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness (Roma 8:9-10)
No reira, teina, he kaituku matou, Ehara i te kikokiko, kia ora i muri i te kikokiko. Ki te mea hoki e noho ana koutou i muri i te kikokiko, ka mate koutou: Tena ki te mea na te Wairua koe e whiriwhiri i nga mahi o te tinana, Ka ora koutou. Ko te hunga katoa e arahina ana e te Wairua o te Atua, He tama ratou na te Atua (Roma 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 (Panuitia hoki: Ko nga ture a te Atua me nga ture a Ihu).
As long as you live after the flesh in Te whakapono ki te Atua A meatia aua mea, 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) ka puta ake i roto i to hinengaro, 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; te Word, Ko wai e kii ana, that you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor, engari me korero pono koe, and follow and obey the Word, and reject this thought and speak the truth, ahakoa nga hua.
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, ko te hua o te mate, 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. Te ahua hara, 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. No reira, it does matter how you live after you become born again (Panuitia hoki: Kia ora tonu te ora?)
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 (Panuitia hoki E kore koe e mate ki te pupuri koe i te hara?).
Does the Spirit of Christ live in you?
Koia tenei te korero i rongo ai tatou ki a ia, korerotia ki a koe, he marama te Atua, e kore ano hoki te pouri i roto ia ia. Ki te mea tatou e whai hononga ana tatou ki a ia, ka haere i te pouri, teka tatou, A kaua e mahi i te pono: Engari ki te haere tatou i roto i te marama, I a ia e haere ana i te marama, Kei a maatau tetahi atu, Ko te toto o Ihu, o tana tama, e horoi ana i a matou i nga hara katoa (1 Hone 1:5-7)
But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His (Roma 8:9)
Ko te hunga katoa e arahina ana e te Wairua o te Atua, He tama ratou na te Atua (Roma 8:14)
Ko te Wairua tonu ano hei kaiwhakaatu ma o tatou wairua, Ko tatou nga tamariki a te Atua (Roma 8:16)
E matau ana tatou, ko te tangata kua whanau i te Atua e kore e hara; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, e kore ano taua wairua kino e pa ki a ia (1 Hone 5:18)
E kī ana te Word, ki te mea kua riro i a koutou te Wairua o te Karaiti, no te Atua koe. Na, ki te kahore i riro ia koutou te Wairua o te Karaiti, ehara koe i a ia.
Mena kei roto a Ihu Karaiti i a koe, Na te ahua o te Wairua Tapu, ka koe Aroha ki a ia, whakarongo ki a ia, me te pupuri i ana whakahau. Ka whai koe i a ia ma te whakarongo ki a ia; te Kupu me te whai i te Wairua i runga i te tika; I muri a'e te hinaaro o te Atua.
Mena ko koe Whaia a Ihu me te whai i te Wairua i runga i te tika, e kore te hara e rangatira a muri ake nei, e kore ano e kingi hei kingi i roto i to oranga. E kore koe e noho tonu i roto i te pononga a Ihowa ture mo te hara me te mate, e kingi ana i roto i te kikokiko o te koroheke. Engari ka kingi koe i roto ia te Karaiti hei kingi, ka rangatira ano koe i runga i te hara me te wairua, ka patu koutou i nga mahi a te kikokiko, ka noho i runga i te herekore o te Karaiti.
'Kia tote mo te whenua’
