If you ask Christians if the act of offence of Adam is stronger than the act of righteousness of Jesus Christ, most Christians will say “of course not!” But how come, that so many Christians keep saying that they are not holy, but that they are sinners. Man is a sinner and will always remain a sinner. That’s what they think in their heart and confess with their mouth. Because they think this way, they keep living in the lie under the yoke of the devil as a slave of sin and death and persevere in sin and allow others to persevere in sin. They can live in freedom, but because of a wrong teaching of God’s Word, they live as slaves of sin in the bondage of the kingdom of darkness.
How sin and death entered into the world by one man (Adama)
Ka nako eo, Joalo ka motho a le mong sebe se kene lefatšeng, le lefu ke sebe; Mme ka hona Lefu le fetisitse banna bohle, hobane tsohle li entse sebe: (Hobane pele ho molao sebe se ne se le lefatsheng: mme sebe ha se balwe, ha molao o le siyo. Leha ho le jwalo lefu le busitse ho tloha ho Adama ho isa ho Moshe, esita le holim’a ba sa kang ba etsa sebe ka mokhoa o tšoanang le tlolo ea Adama, eo e leng setshwantsho sa ya neng a tla tla (Baroma 5:12-14).
Through Adam’s disobedience to God, sin entered into the world and death by sin. The spirit of man died and man fell from his position; his place of dominion.
By sin, lefu la kena ho motho, mme motho o ne a le tlasa taolo ya lefu, and death reigned in man.
Man became a living soul, in whom the death reigns as king.
Because death reigns as king in the Adamic nature, man bears the fruit of death, e leng sebe.
Bohle, ke mang ea tsoetsoeng peo ea Adama (Monna) would be born as a sinner. Ha ho na motho ea qheletsoeng ka thoko!
Motho e mong le e mong o tsoetsoe moetsalibe. There is no one, who is born righteous.
No one is righteous in his or her Adamic nature. And no one can be made righteous through the works, which originate from the Adamic nature. Since the works, which originate from the flesh can’t please God.
Everyone is a sinner
Everyone is born in unrighteousness and is born as a sinner. All people are born sinners and live under the authority of death and bear the fruit of death, which is sin and are sentenced to death.
When people say that they are not a sinner and have no sin, they are liars and deceive themselves.
Haeba re re ha re na sebe, rea ithetsa, mme nnete ha e yo ho rona. Ha re ipolela dibe, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us 1 Johanne 1:8-10)
Bonang, Ke ne ke hlophisitsoe ka bokhopo; 'me ka sebe seo' Mè a mpigar (Lipesaleme 51:5)
Everyone is a sinner and if Christians think that before their repentance and regeneration in Christ they were not sinners and didn’t sin, and lived piously and were ‘good’, doing good works, then they lie and make God a Liar and His Word is not in them.
Because everyone is a sinner. Therefore everyone needs Jesus Christ, because every sinner needs redemption.
Every person needs to be cleansed from all sin and unrighteousness and be sanctified with the blood of Jesus Christ. Without Jesus Christ and His blood and redemption, a person remains a sinner and is lost.
The righteousness of one Man (Jesu) entered into the world
But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesu Kreste, hath abounded unto many. And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.
For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
Ka baka leo, jwalokaha kahlolo e ile ya hlahela batho bohle ka tlolo e le nngwe, e isa kahlolong; jalo he, ka tshiamo ya motho a le mongwe fela neo ya mahala e ne ya tlela batho botlhe go siamisiwa ka botshelo.
Hobane joalokaha ka ho se utloe ha motho a le mong ba bangata ba entsoe baetsalibe, kahoo ka kutlo ea a le mong ba bangata ba tla etsoa ba lokileng.
Ho feta moo molao o ile oa kena, hore tlolo e tle e ate. Empa moo sebe se ileng sa ata, mohau o ile oa ata haholo: Hore jwalokaha sebe se busitse ho isa lefung, ka mokgwa o jwalo mohau o ka busa ka ho loka ho isa bophelong bo sa feleng ka Jesu Kreste, Morena wa rona (Baroma 5:15-21)
Jesu Kreste; Lentswe la Modimo, came to the earth and became the Sebaka se nkang sebaka Bakeng sa monna ea oeleng; monnamoholo, who is a sinner.
Jesus took the punishment for sin, e leng lefu, upon Him and died at the cross. Ka mor'a matsatsi a mararo, Jesu a tloha bafung.
Through the righteousness of Jesus and His obedience, madi, and redemptive work, Jesu o ile a kholisa monna khutlela ho Molimo le busetsa boemo of fallen man; Moetsalibe.
“Adam’s disobedience led to death, but the obedience of Jesus Christ led to life”
Adam’s disobedience led to judgment and condemnation of death. But the obedience of Jesus Christ; the Son of God led to righteousness and justification of life.
Bohle, who has become a new creation by faith in Jesus Christ and regeneration in Him, is no longer the old creation; Moetsalibe, who lives under bondage of death and no longer bears the fruit of death, e leng sebe, but the person has become a new creation; a saint and lives under the authority of Life; Jesus Christ and reigns as king with Him over sin and death.
Ka ho tsoaloa bocha ho Kreste, the spirit of man is raised from the dead and the Holy Spirit of God dwells in the new creation. The new creation has become a living spirit and walks after the Spirit in obedience to God and His Word.
Monna e mocha, eo eleng wa Modimo, bears the fruit of the Spirit and shall no longer do the works of the flesh. Since the flesh and its corruption died in Jesus Christ (Bala hape: ‘Lebopo selekane se secha‘).
Na sebopuwa se setjha ke moetsadibe?
Che, the new creation is no longer a sinner. Ka ho nchafatsoa, your flesh died in Christ and your spirit rose from the dead. You are no longer the old creation, who is led by the flesh and its sinful nature (the nature of the devil) which is present in the flesh through sin.
Le uena, le shwele dibeng tsa lona le ho se bolleng ha nama ya lona, hath he quickened together with him, ka ho le tshwarela ditlolo tsohle; Ka ho hlakola lengolo la molao la melao e neng e le kgahlano le rona, e neng e le kgahlano le rona, mme a e tlosa tseleng, ho e khokhothela sefapanong sa Hae; Le ho senya mebuso le matla, A etsa ponahatso ka tsona pepeneneng, ho ba hlola ka lona (Bakolose 2:13-15)
Ha o sa le mora wa diabolosi, who is led by the Adamic nature.
But through the act of righteousness of Jesus Christ and regeneration in Him, U fetohile popo e ncha, who’s led by the spirit in which God’s nature is present.
You have become a son of God (sena se sebetsa ho banna le basali) and have received His nature
But ye are washed, empa le halalelitsoe, empa le beilwe ba lokileng ka Lebitso la Morena Jesu, le ka moea oa Molimo oa rona (1 Korinthe 6:11)
Haeba u fetohile popo e ncha, ha o sa le moetsadibe, but you are a saved sinner. You are a saved sinner, who is cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ and sanctified and justified in Christ and made holy.
Popo e ncha ke mohalaleli, who belongs to God and has a relationship with Him through Jesus Christ.
Paul didn’t write “to the sinners.” No! Pauluse o ngotse, “to the saints”. (Oh. Baroma 1:7, 1 Korinthe 1:2, 2 Korinthe 1:1, Baefese 1:1, Bafilipi 1:1, Bakolose 1:2).
Has God’s redemptive work failed?
Che, God’s redemptive work has not failed. It’s the wrong mindset of Christians who believe in the lie of the devil that they always remain sinners and that they have no power over sin.
How do you think that God feels when you say that you are born again but keep saying that you are a sinner? How does God feel, when you keep saying that you’re not holy (separated from the world unto God) le ho loka?
Haeba u re, hore o tswetswe labobedi, which means that you are born of God and has God’s nature and the Holy Spirit dwells in you, and you keep saying that you are a sinner, then you actually say, that the act of offence of Adam is stronger than the act of righteousness of Jesus Christ and that the blood of Jesus Christ is not strong enough, but is equal to the blood of animals and that God is a God of sinners. (Bala hape: ‘Ke Jesu Mohlodi wa dibe? le ‘The difference between the sacrifices of animals and the sacrifice of Jesus Christ‘)
If you keep saying, that you are a sinner, which means that you belong to the kingdom of darkness and live in rebellion and disobedience to God and His Word, then you are not saved and should get saved.
Because God is not a God of sinners, ba phelang ka borabele le ho se mamele ho Yena. But God is a God of saints, who are transferred from the kingdom of darkness to the Kingdom of God and live in obedience to God and His Word
Empa haeba, ha re ntse re batla ho lokafatsoa ke Kreste, le rona re fumanwa re le baetsadibe, ka hona Kreste ke mosebeletsi oa sebe? Molimo ha ho joalo
Bagalata 2:17
God hears the prayers of His saints
Bebele e re, that God doesn’t hear sinners, who live in rebellion against Him. But God hears those, who worship Him and do His will and listen to Him.
The Father hears the prayers of His saints, who are His children and who know His will and love and obey Him.
Jwale re a tseba hore Modimo ha o utlwe baetsadibe: empa ekare ha motho e le morapeli oa Molimo, mme o etsa thato ya Hae, eena Oa utloa (Johanne 9:31)
And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand (Tšenolo 8:3-4)
Be holy, hobane kea halalela
Ho Hlohonolofalitsoe E-ba Molimo le Ntate oa Morena oa Rona Jesu Kreste, Ke mang ea re hlohonolofalitseng ka litlhohonolofatso tsohle tsa moea libakeng tsa leholimo: Ho latela kamoo a mo khethileng ho eena pele ho motheo oa lefatše, Hore re halalele, ntle le ho beha molato ka pel'a hae ka lerato (Baefese 1:3-4)
That He might present it to Himself a glorious church, ho hloka letheba, kapa sosobane, kapa ntho efe kapa efe e joalo; empa e tle e be e halalelang, e se nang sekodi (Baefese 5:27)
Empa jwalokaha ya le bitsitseng, o a halalela, jalo he, nnang boitshepo mo mekgweng yotlhe ya lona; Hobane e ngotsoe, Le be ba halalelang; hobane kea halalela (1 Peterose 1:15-16)
God is holy and His children should be holy. Hona ho bolela, that His children listen to His voice. They walk after the Spirit in obedience to Jesus Christ; the Word on this earth.
Jesu, Mora Modimo, showed us, how a son of God should walk on earth. Jesus is the Firstborn of all the other sons of God, who are born of God and belong to Him.
Bonang, ke lerato le lekaakang leo Ntate a re fileng lona, gore re tle re bidiwe bana ba Modimo: ka baka leo, lefatshe ha le re tsebe, hobane e ne e sa Mo tsebe (1 Johanne 3:1)
The world shall not know and appreciate the sons of God. Since the sons of God, who have been made righteous in Christ, don’t belong to the world. They don’t do the same carnal works as the world. Because of their righteous and holy state, they shall just like Jesus, reprove the world of sin and iniquity through the Holy Spirit, Who dwells in them and testify that their works are evil.
The sons of God represent, preach and bring the Kingdom of God to the people. They expose and destroy the works of darkness.
Why do Christians keep saying they are sinners?
The Bible is very clear and says, hore bohle, who is born of God and belongs to Him, is no longer a sinner and therefore doesn’t live in sin. But why do so many Christians, including spiritual leaders of churches, keep saying they are sinners? Because they can live the way they want to live and use it as an excuse to keep living in sin, Ntle le ho ikutloa u le molato.
The truth of the matter is, that they still love their life as the old creation, joalo ka moetsalibe. Ha baa ikemisetsa ho etsa joalo tlosa monnamoholo and his carnal works. They’re not willing to give up their own lives and submit to Christ and live holy in obedience to God and His Word.
They want to remain carnal and stay the old man and be loved by the people and please the people instead of God. Ka hona, they are not bold enough and willing to receive and accept the truth of God and proclaim the truth of God, but they keep living like the world and allowing people to live in sin and approve their sins and don’t call them to repentance.
Due to this behavior, many people are lost and because of lithuto tsa bohata, they are led to eternal death.
If you want to use a pious excuse so that you can persevere in sin, then your nature hasn’t changed. You still have the Adamic nature, because your flesh wants to sin, not your spirit.
If you don’t mind sinning and don’t mind other people’s sin and approve sin or encourage them to sin, then the Spirit of God doesn’t abide in you. (Bala hape: A reprobate mind delights in sin and takes pleasures in those who sin).
Bohle, who is born of God is no longer a sinner and doesn’t persevere in sin
Ka nako ena ke molaetsa oo re o utloileng ka eena, 'me u phatlalatse ho uena, hore Molimo o bobebe, 'me ho eena ha a lefifi ho hang. Haeba re re re na le botsoalle le eena, 'me u tsamaee lefifing, Re bua leshano, 'me u se ke ua etsa' nete: Empa haeba re tsamaea leseling, joalo ka ha a le leseling, Re na le botsoalle le e mong, mme madi a Jesu Kreste Mora wa hae a re hlatswa sebeng sohle (1 Johanne 1:6-7).
Mang le mang ea lekanyetsang sebe sa sebe se tlotlolotsi hape molao: Bakeng sa sebe ke tlolo ea molao. Le hoe tseba hore o ile a bontšoa ho tlosa libe tsa rona; 'me ho eena ha ho na sebe. Mang kapa mang ea ba sijoang ke eena: mang le mang ea sitetsoeng, Le ka se tsebe.
Bana ba Little, ho se ke ha u thetsa: ea etsang hore ho loka o lokile, Leha a lokile. Ea etsang sebe ke oa Diabolose; diabolosi dinneth ho tloha qalong. Bakeng sa morero ona Mora oa Molimo o bonahatsoa, a tle a senye mesebetsi ya diabolosi. Mang le mang ea tsoetsoeng ke Molimo ha a etse sebe; hobane peo ya hae e dutse ho yena: 'me a ke ke a etsa sebe, hobane o tsoetsoe ke Molimo.
Bana ba Modimo ba bonahatswa ka sena, le bana ba diabolosi: Mang le mang ea sa etseleng ho loka hase oa Molimo, ha ho joalo ea lerato eseng mor'abo (1 Johanne 3:4-10)
We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself and that wicked one toucheth him not (1 Johanne 5:18)
Walking by faith in Christ is walking after the Spirit in obedience to the Word in righteousness.
Do you believe the Word of God or the word of man?
If the Bible (Lentswe la Modimo) ho rialo, that you are no longer a sinner, but that you have been made holy and righteous in Christ, who is man to contradict the Word of God?
What gives man the right to speak against the Word and say that you are a sinner and will always dula o le moetsadibe.
Batho, who say this are not humble but live in false humility and rebel against God’s Word. They twist the words of God and ensure that people keep living in the bondage of the kingdom of darkness as sinners in rebellion against God. (Bala hape: Ho ikokobetsa ho bolelang?).
It’s up to you, to either believe what the Bible (Lentswe la Modimo) says or what people say. God’s Word leads you into the truth and the freedom in Christ and eternal life. The words of carnal man, which originate from a carnal mind, lead to lies and bondage to sin and death.
Jesus shall come with His saints
Jesus shall come with His saints and be glorified in His saints. (Oh. 1 Bathesalonika 3:11-13, 2 Bathesalonika 1:10, Juda 14-15).
Haeba u re, that you are still a sinner, then it’s about time to baka and be born again in Jesus Christ. E le hore, you belong to Jesus and by faith and regeneration in Him become one of His saints.
‘E be letsoai la lefatše’
