• The Main Purpose of Grace:
God is giving all unbelievers as well all believers a plenty of time to repent (2Pet 3:9). God calls the seven churches in the book of Revelation to repent.
Repent means "to turn away from sin". And to turn away from sin completely does not take place overnight. A saved person must progressively grow in holiness and in the righteousness as of in the exact copy of Christ. In other words, change does not happen at once.
However, for God to allow repentance, one must have a godly sorrow. For having sorrow in a godly way results in repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regrets. But the sorrow of the world produces death. 2Co 7:10. Godly sorrow is a kind of sorrow that a person is deeply felt sorry for the sin he did. He is in the state of being sad because he was sinful, wretched and fall short of the glory of God.
Repentance must continuously run its course until the sin we hate (and sin we already knew is sinful and evil) are completely overcome. We have to produce it, until we finally be able to do the good things we ought to do such as to pray, read the bible, having a joy of belonging and a passion to obey God.
• The Main Purpose of Law:
Psalms 19:7 says, "The Law of the Lord is perfect converting the soul". The Latin word of "soul" is "psyche" which means "mind". Therefore, the main purpose of the Law is to convert, to reform, to change and to renew the mind. In other words, the Law is perfect for the renewing of the mind.
All believers were urge to renew their mind, "Do not be conformed to this world, but continually be transformed by the renewing of your minds so that you may be able to determine what God's will is-what is proper, pleasing, and perfect. Rom 12:2
There is no perfect way by which a believer has to renew his minds except through the Law which is the Ten Commandments. Other way will make sense but usually, it end up in frustrations and defeat. Recurring thought patterns and bad habits will keep coming back again and again. While inwardly you desire to do good but cannot carry it out. And unless you surpass the law, that will be your constant situation and no change at all.
Renewing of the mind will make way when you surpass the Law. There would be no renewing without surpassing the Law.
The Law is guaranteed to renew your mind, and there is no other way around.
Monday, December 29, 2008
Monday, December 22, 2008
Choose this Day!
So whoever sets aside one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Mat 5:19
In this last days, a saved person must decide and choose wisely on how he will be going to do about the Law which is the Ten Commandments. If you claimed you are a saved person choose now:
Are you going to set aside the Law and tell others to do just the same? Or
Are you going to keep, obey and teach others to surpass the Law?
Take a closer look at the scripture above, if any saved person prefers to set aside the Law and teaches others that the ten commandments had passed away, that the Law is not binding anymore, obsolete and have no significance until today they are preventing themselves on the great privilege God had prepared in His Kingdom. As for those who does them (the ten commandments) there is a great rewards waiting for the Christians who follow, keep, obey and teach others to surpass the Law.
It does not mean a Christian who set aside the law is not saved. He is saved. However, if he wants that way by not allowing the law to rule in his heart and mind, certainly he will be called least in the kingdom of heaven.
If indeed the saved person decides to set aside the Law, there is a very serious matter they must consider to think about. Sin is transgression of the law (1John 3:4). That is the biblical definition of sin. And if your eyes and hands and also your tongue causes you to sin you actually transgress the law and you are in big trouble (Mat 5:29-30; Jam 3:6). In fact, any possible sin a man can do are cover by the Ten Commandments.
Think of it, if you will not give importance about the Law, then better make sure that your eye is not adulterous, see to it that your hands does not use in wickedness and your tongue found no deceit, arrogant speech and falsehood. Doubtless, the wrath of God will be pour out on those who professed they know God but in themselves does not keep His commandments (1 John 2:4). Be warned, no adulterous, thief and liars will enter the kingdom of heaven.
You can see clearly the big difference, those who will not set aside the law has a greater position than those who will.
There is a the risks involve too, that ignoring and setting aside the Law might putting oneself in the danger of the fire of hell.
So if your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away from you. It is better for you to lose one of your members than to have your whole body go into hell." Mat 5:29-30
The tongue is a fire, a world of evil. Placed among the parts of our bodies, the tongue contaminates the whole body and sets on fire the course of life, and is itself set on fire by hell. Jas 3:6
Now is the time to decide.
Do you want to be called least in the kingdom of God and be out of danger of the fire of hell? Or
Do you want to be called great in His kingdom? Reap great rewards God had prepared for those who keep, obey and gave importance even the least stroke of the pen written in the Law?
The choice is yours.
In this last days, a saved person must decide and choose wisely on how he will be going to do about the Law which is the Ten Commandments. If you claimed you are a saved person choose now:
Are you going to set aside the Law and tell others to do just the same? Or
Are you going to keep, obey and teach others to surpass the Law?
Take a closer look at the scripture above, if any saved person prefers to set aside the Law and teaches others that the ten commandments had passed away, that the Law is not binding anymore, obsolete and have no significance until today they are preventing themselves on the great privilege God had prepared in His Kingdom. As for those who does them (the ten commandments) there is a great rewards waiting for the Christians who follow, keep, obey and teach others to surpass the Law.
It does not mean a Christian who set aside the law is not saved. He is saved. However, if he wants that way by not allowing the law to rule in his heart and mind, certainly he will be called least in the kingdom of heaven.
If indeed the saved person decides to set aside the Law, there is a very serious matter they must consider to think about. Sin is transgression of the law (1John 3:4). That is the biblical definition of sin. And if your eyes and hands and also your tongue causes you to sin you actually transgress the law and you are in big trouble (Mat 5:29-30; Jam 3:6). In fact, any possible sin a man can do are cover by the Ten Commandments.
Think of it, if you will not give importance about the Law, then better make sure that your eye is not adulterous, see to it that your hands does not use in wickedness and your tongue found no deceit, arrogant speech and falsehood. Doubtless, the wrath of God will be pour out on those who professed they know God but in themselves does not keep His commandments (1 John 2:4). Be warned, no adulterous, thief and liars will enter the kingdom of heaven.
You can see clearly the big difference, those who will not set aside the law has a greater position than those who will.
There is a the risks involve too, that ignoring and setting aside the Law might putting oneself in the danger of the fire of hell.
So if your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away from you. It is better for you to lose one of your members than to have your whole body go into hell." Mat 5:29-30
The tongue is a fire, a world of evil. Placed among the parts of our bodies, the tongue contaminates the whole body and sets on fire the course of life, and is itself set on fire by hell. Jas 3:6
Now is the time to decide.
Do you want to be called least in the kingdom of God and be out of danger of the fire of hell? Or
Do you want to be called great in His kingdom? Reap great rewards God had prepared for those who keep, obey and gave importance even the least stroke of the pen written in the Law?
The choice is yours.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Four Secrets of Apostle Paul
Four Secrets of Apostle Paul
by Zac Poonen
1. Contentment:
In Philippians 4:11, Paul says, "In whatever state I am, I am content." And such contentment brings with it fullness of joy and peace. Hence Paul speaks of joy and peace in verses 4 and 7 of the same chapter. We can praise God only when we are perfectly content with all His dealings with us. If we believe in a God who is sovereign and Who can therefore make everything that befalls us work together for our good, (Rom.8:28) then we can be truly content in all circumstances. Then we can praise the Lord, like Habakkuk, even when the trees in our garden don't bear fruit, when our flock dies and when we have suffered heavy financial loss - or in any situation (Habak.3:17,18). Ephesians 5:18-20 indicates that the result of the infilling of the Holy Spirit is an outflow of praise to God. The Apostle Paul could rejoice even when he was locked up in prison, with his feet in stocks (Acts 16:25). Even there, he was content and found nothing to complain about.
2. Cross:
Paul said, "I am crucified with Christ" (Gal. 2:20). The cross is a symbol of weakness, shame and death. The Apostle Paul had fears, perplexities, sorrows and tears in his life (See 2 Cor. 1:8; 4:8; 6:10; 7:5). He was considered a fool and a fanatic. He was often treated like dirt and garbage by others (1 Cor. 4:13). He glories in nothing but the cross (Gal. 6:14). He does not glory in his gifts or abilities or even his deeper life experiences. He glories only in dying to himself perpetually. He says in 2 Cor. 4:10, "Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body [in ever-increasing degree]." One aspect of the cross that he accepted was the disciplining of his bodily appetites. He says, "Like an athlete I punish my body, treating it roughly, training it to do what it should, not what it wantsto" (1 Cor. 9:27-LB). He disciplined his eyes in what they read and looked at, his ears in what they listened to, and his tongue in what it spoke. He disciplined his life in every area.
3. Humility:
Twenty-five years after his conversion, Paul says, "I am the least of the apostles" (1 Cor. 15:9). Five years subsequently, he says, "I am less than the least of all the saints" (Eph. 3:8). Still a year later he says, "I am (notice, it is not "I was" but "I am") the chief of sinners" (1 Tim. 1:15). The closer Paul walked with God, the more he was conscious of the corruption and wickedness of his flesh. He recognized that no good thing could be found in his flesh (Rom. 7:18).
4. Pressing forward:
"I am pressing on," says Paul, nearly thirty years after his conversion, and as he was drawing to the end of his life (Phil. 3:14). He still has not attained. He is seeking a still greater degree of the fullness of the Spirit of God in his life, and is therefore straining every spiritual muscle toward this goal.
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by Zac Poonen
1. Contentment:
In Philippians 4:11, Paul says, "In whatever state I am, I am content." And such contentment brings with it fullness of joy and peace. Hence Paul speaks of joy and peace in verses 4 and 7 of the same chapter. We can praise God only when we are perfectly content with all His dealings with us. If we believe in a God who is sovereign and Who can therefore make everything that befalls us work together for our good, (Rom.8:28) then we can be truly content in all circumstances. Then we can praise the Lord, like Habakkuk, even when the trees in our garden don't bear fruit, when our flock dies and when we have suffered heavy financial loss - or in any situation (Habak.3:17,18). Ephesians 5:18-20 indicates that the result of the infilling of the Holy Spirit is an outflow of praise to God. The Apostle Paul could rejoice even when he was locked up in prison, with his feet in stocks (Acts 16:25). Even there, he was content and found nothing to complain about.
2. Cross:
Paul said, "I am crucified with Christ" (Gal. 2:20). The cross is a symbol of weakness, shame and death. The Apostle Paul had fears, perplexities, sorrows and tears in his life (See 2 Cor. 1:8; 4:8; 6:10; 7:5). He was considered a fool and a fanatic. He was often treated like dirt and garbage by others (1 Cor. 4:13). He glories in nothing but the cross (Gal. 6:14). He does not glory in his gifts or abilities or even his deeper life experiences. He glories only in dying to himself perpetually. He says in 2 Cor. 4:10, "Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body [in ever-increasing degree]." One aspect of the cross that he accepted was the disciplining of his bodily appetites. He says, "Like an athlete I punish my body, treating it roughly, training it to do what it should, not what it wantsto" (1 Cor. 9:27-LB). He disciplined his eyes in what they read and looked at, his ears in what they listened to, and his tongue in what it spoke. He disciplined his life in every area.
3. Humility:
Twenty-five years after his conversion, Paul says, "I am the least of the apostles" (1 Cor. 15:9). Five years subsequently, he says, "I am less than the least of all the saints" (Eph. 3:8). Still a year later he says, "I am (notice, it is not "I was" but "I am") the chief of sinners" (1 Tim. 1:15). The closer Paul walked with God, the more he was conscious of the corruption and wickedness of his flesh. He recognized that no good thing could be found in his flesh (Rom. 7:18).
4. Pressing forward:
"I am pressing on," says Paul, nearly thirty years after his conversion, and as he was drawing to the end of his life (Phil. 3:14). He still has not attained. He is seeking a still greater degree of the fullness of the Spirit of God in his life, and is therefore straining every spiritual muscle toward this goal.
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Monday, December 15, 2008
The Law is Excellent Part 2
The Law is excellent because it makes the saved person to become excellent too. Jesus said,For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.Mat 5:20
The word “surpass” means “be excellent”. Therefore, we must be excellent to go far beyond than the righteousness of the Pharisees who outwardly follow the law but inwardly they are filled with hypocrisy. Their lips speak of the law but their heart is far from what Jesus had really intended on the law.
It was very clear, Christ did not do away with the Law; He fulfilled it (Matt. 5:17). He also taught that the Law would never pass away, and that whoever would break even the least of the commandments and teach others to do so shall be the least in the kingdom of heaven (Matt. 5:18, 19). Jesus himself had surpassed the law and Christians should do the same also.
We are called to be excellent, Paul said, “Be excellent of what is good (Rom 16:19).
Did you know that a “truly saved” person does not and should not sin anymore, excellent not to go on sinning?
No one who has been born from God practices sin, because God's seed abides in him. Indeed, he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born from God. 1Jn 3:9
Actually, the truth is, a saved person will still go on sinning. However, when a saved person had commit sin it should not be intentional and habitual. Those who continually go on sinning in which he knows sin is sin, evil is evil the bible said that person is not a children of God( 1 Jon 3:8). Therefore, not saved.
To become excellent of what is good is to avoid and hate what already knows is sin and evil.
We know that not to tell a lie, not to look with a lust, not to steal and not to anger-murder are good. If in some reason that those who claimed saved had intentionally and continuously lie, lust, steal and murder then accordingly as what the bible tells, will not certainly enter heaven.
The moral law or the Ten Commandments needs more than keeping, fulfilling and obeying. We need to surpass it the way Jesus did.
Becoming expert on the law is not our main goal but to be excellent of what is good. That in any possible way our “good works” ( as a saved person) should never and ever be contrary and against to the exact and real intent of the Law.
The word “surpass” means “be excellent”. Therefore, we must be excellent to go far beyond than the righteousness of the Pharisees who outwardly follow the law but inwardly they are filled with hypocrisy. Their lips speak of the law but their heart is far from what Jesus had really intended on the law.
It was very clear, Christ did not do away with the Law; He fulfilled it (Matt. 5:17). He also taught that the Law would never pass away, and that whoever would break even the least of the commandments and teach others to do so shall be the least in the kingdom of heaven (Matt. 5:18, 19). Jesus himself had surpassed the law and Christians should do the same also.
We are called to be excellent, Paul said, “Be excellent of what is good (Rom 16:19).
Did you know that a “truly saved” person does not and should not sin anymore, excellent not to go on sinning?
No one who has been born from God practices sin, because God's seed abides in him. Indeed, he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born from God. 1Jn 3:9
Actually, the truth is, a saved person will still go on sinning. However, when a saved person had commit sin it should not be intentional and habitual. Those who continually go on sinning in which he knows sin is sin, evil is evil the bible said that person is not a children of God( 1 Jon 3:8). Therefore, not saved.
To become excellent of what is good is to avoid and hate what already knows is sin and evil.
We know that not to tell a lie, not to look with a lust, not to steal and not to anger-murder are good. If in some reason that those who claimed saved had intentionally and continuously lie, lust, steal and murder then accordingly as what the bible tells, will not certainly enter heaven.
The moral law or the Ten Commandments needs more than keeping, fulfilling and obeying. We need to surpass it the way Jesus did.
Becoming expert on the law is not our main goal but to be excellent of what is good. That in any possible way our “good works” ( as a saved person) should never and ever be contrary and against to the exact and real intent of the Law.
Monday, December 8, 2008
The Law is Excellent
● Shame unto them who will disregard the law which is the 10 commandment, who will not establish them upon in their heart and mind, who totally abolished the law in the church, who did not give importance even to the least stroke of the pen written in the law.
● But happy are those who will love the law, who will keep the law in the tablet of their heart, and who will make the law the apple of their eyes.
In all over the earth and in all throughout generations, the 10 commandments are excellent. Why? The first and foremost reason why the law is excellent simply is because it will make the whole body of a person to keep out from the danger of the fire of hell. Look at what the scriptures said,
So if your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away from you. It is better for you to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell. Mat 5:29-30
Let us take for example, the 7th commandment says, “Do not commit adultery”. When a person look with a lust to opposite sex that is actually the same if someone committed adultery (Mat 5:27-28). Therefore, that particular command really means is, “Do not look with a lust”. Of course it is the eye that causes the person to sin if to look with a lust to opposite sex.
Another example, the 8th commandment says, “Do not steal”. What else do we think the person uses when he steals something? Definitely he uses his hands and there are many people today (including who claimed they are saved) use their hands in different kinds of immorality and unrighteousness.
Take note, if just the hand or eye causes you to sin, your whole body will be thrown into hell where in that place worms never die, and the fire never put out. How terrible it is to be in that kind of place, it’s unimaginable!
So if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life injured than to have two hands and go to hell, to the fire that cannot be put out. In that place, worms never die, and the fire is never put out. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. In that place, worms never die, and the fire is never put out. And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell. In that place, worms never die, and the fire is never put out. Mar 9:43-48
Just on those two commands it clearly shows that the law is excellent. That by keeping (surpassing) all of the 10 commandments the saved person can enter heaven with his hand and eyes fully intact with the whole body. Don’t take it literally, cutting the hand or tearing out the eye doesn’t do away sin. All sin emanates from the heart and mind and by continually renewing the mind the evil pattern of the hands and eyes that are not pleasing in the sight of God can be cut, tear down and remove. The mind must be renew to become the mind of Christ.
If someone says the 10 commandments has no more significant today, they are putting themselves in danger of the fire of hell. If they do believe in that misconception, then better make sure that their mouth are not full of falsehood, they must have never tell a lie anymore and boast, make sure that if they look to opposite sex there is no lust in their eyes, make sure that they didn’t steal something even if it small of value and make sure that they have not harboring bitterness, wrath, anger, revenge, indignation and hatred toward others. Otherwise, if they continually do those detestable things, they are not different from the unsaved. Not saved at all.
Furthermore, make sure to themselves that they are not becoming like the Pharisees. They keep the law in their mouth but their hearts are very far from the real intent of the law. Outwardly they showed it but inwardly full of hypocrisy. They are expert in the law, preach biblically about the law but they didn’t excel –exceeds-surpass the law.
Indeed the law is excellent. Make it a habit of everyone to look their face to the mirror of the 10 commandments. See to it that there are no mote in your eyes (prejudices) and no dirt (any sin) (sin of omission and sin of commission) sticking on your face. If there’s any, even if it is small, the excellent way is to repent and make every effort to surpass the law.
● But happy are those who will love the law, who will keep the law in the tablet of their heart, and who will make the law the apple of their eyes.
In all over the earth and in all throughout generations, the 10 commandments are excellent. Why? The first and foremost reason why the law is excellent simply is because it will make the whole body of a person to keep out from the danger of the fire of hell. Look at what the scriptures said,
So if your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away from you. It is better for you to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell. Mat 5:29-30
Let us take for example, the 7th commandment says, “Do not commit adultery”. When a person look with a lust to opposite sex that is actually the same if someone committed adultery (Mat 5:27-28). Therefore, that particular command really means is, “Do not look with a lust”. Of course it is the eye that causes the person to sin if to look with a lust to opposite sex.
Another example, the 8th commandment says, “Do not steal”. What else do we think the person uses when he steals something? Definitely he uses his hands and there are many people today (including who claimed they are saved) use their hands in different kinds of immorality and unrighteousness.
Take note, if just the hand or eye causes you to sin, your whole body will be thrown into hell where in that place worms never die, and the fire never put out. How terrible it is to be in that kind of place, it’s unimaginable!
So if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life injured than to have two hands and go to hell, to the fire that cannot be put out. In that place, worms never die, and the fire is never put out. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. In that place, worms never die, and the fire is never put out. And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell. In that place, worms never die, and the fire is never put out. Mar 9:43-48
Just on those two commands it clearly shows that the law is excellent. That by keeping (surpassing) all of the 10 commandments the saved person can enter heaven with his hand and eyes fully intact with the whole body. Don’t take it literally, cutting the hand or tearing out the eye doesn’t do away sin. All sin emanates from the heart and mind and by continually renewing the mind the evil pattern of the hands and eyes that are not pleasing in the sight of God can be cut, tear down and remove. The mind must be renew to become the mind of Christ.
If someone says the 10 commandments has no more significant today, they are putting themselves in danger of the fire of hell. If they do believe in that misconception, then better make sure that their mouth are not full of falsehood, they must have never tell a lie anymore and boast, make sure that if they look to opposite sex there is no lust in their eyes, make sure that they didn’t steal something even if it small of value and make sure that they have not harboring bitterness, wrath, anger, revenge, indignation and hatred toward others. Otherwise, if they continually do those detestable things, they are not different from the unsaved. Not saved at all.
Furthermore, make sure to themselves that they are not becoming like the Pharisees. They keep the law in their mouth but their hearts are very far from the real intent of the law. Outwardly they showed it but inwardly full of hypocrisy. They are expert in the law, preach biblically about the law but they didn’t excel –exceeds-surpass the law.
Indeed the law is excellent. Make it a habit of everyone to look their face to the mirror of the 10 commandments. See to it that there are no mote in your eyes (prejudices) and no dirt (any sin) (sin of omission and sin of commission) sticking on your face. If there’s any, even if it is small, the excellent way is to repent and make every effort to surpass the law.
Monday, December 1, 2008
The Law can save You!
“Just then a man came up to Jesus and said, "Teacher, what good deed should I do to have eternal life?" Jesus said to him, "Why ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good.If you want to get into that life, you must keep the commandments." Mat 19:16-17
“The person who says, "I have come to know him," but does not continually keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. 1Jn 2:4
It’s very simple, the law can save you because if we will not keep it, sin will dominates in the members of our body.
A saved person will go to hell just because of his eyes, hands and tongue:
“But I say to you, anyone who stares at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. So if your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell”. Mat 5:28-29
“ And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away from you. It is better for you to lose one of your members than to have your whole body go into hell." Mat 5:30
"The tongue is a fire, a world of evil. Placed among the parts of our bodies, the tongue contaminates the whole body and sets on fire the course of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.Jam 4:6
Can't you see? The Law can save your whole body from hell!
We must continually put to death the misdeeds of the body that is contrary to the Spirit of God that within us (Rom 8:13). We must consider ourselves dead as far as the sin is concerned, but alive to God in Christ (Rom 6:11).
Therefore, “Do not let sin rule your mortal bodies so that you obey their desires. Stop offering the parts of your body to sin as instruments unrighteousness. Instead, offer yourselves to God as people who have been brought from death to life and the parts of your body as instruments of righteousness to God”. Rom 6:12-13
Keep the (spiritual) Law. It can save You.
“The person who says, "I have come to know him," but does not continually keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. 1Jn 2:4
It’s very simple, the law can save you because if we will not keep it, sin will dominates in the members of our body.
A saved person will go to hell just because of his eyes, hands and tongue:
“But I say to you, anyone who stares at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. So if your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell”. Mat 5:28-29
“ And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away from you. It is better for you to lose one of your members than to have your whole body go into hell." Mat 5:30
"The tongue is a fire, a world of evil. Placed among the parts of our bodies, the tongue contaminates the whole body and sets on fire the course of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.Jam 4:6
Can't you see? The Law can save your whole body from hell!
We must continually put to death the misdeeds of the body that is contrary to the Spirit of God that within us (Rom 8:13). We must consider ourselves dead as far as the sin is concerned, but alive to God in Christ (Rom 6:11).
Therefore, “Do not let sin rule your mortal bodies so that you obey their desires. Stop offering the parts of your body to sin as instruments unrighteousness. Instead, offer yourselves to God as people who have been brought from death to life and the parts of your body as instruments of righteousness to God”. Rom 6:12-13
Keep the (spiritual) Law. It can save You.
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