“Sin is Death, and the Spirit of God is Life”

 “Sin is Death, and the Spirit of God is Life”

 

Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.  You, however, are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, since the Spirit of God lives in you.  But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.  Now if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.    Romans 8:8-10

 

Some people might believe that LITTLE if ANYTHING changes when a person comes to Jesus Christ for the SALVATION of their SOUL.  However, nothing is MORE WRONG than that.  EVERYTHING CHANGES, because when SALVATION happens to someone, their OLD SINFUL LIFESTYLE will PASS AWAY and ALL things will become NEW.  They will become a NEW CREATION. One that has a DIFFERENT PURPOSE in LIFE and a DIFFERENT OUTLOOK on SIN and its effect on people’s lives.  And the COMPARISON to those who have TRULY GIVEN their HEART and LIFE to GOD.  

 

When a PERSON comes to JESUS, God’s ONLY SON, who SUFFERED, BLED, DIED and was BROUGHT BACK from DEATH and the GRAVE, SINCERELY gives their HEART and LIFE to God, then the SPIRIT of the LIVING GOD comes and INDWELLS them.  Now, the SPIRIT of God CANNOT DWELL with SIN.  So, the SPIRIT does some HOUSECLEANING, and He kicks SIN out of its PLACE of AUTHORITY.  And SIN ends up in the BODY which is DEAD and UNRESPONSIVE because of SIN.

 

Then when WE try to “do better” by being “MORE RELIGIOUS”, it’s like KICKING the dead body, trying to get LIFE into, to get it to MOVE.  It is DEAD and WILL NOT MOVE.  You MUST TRULY GIVE your HEART to the LORD and allow the SPIRIT of the LIVING GOD to work in YOU and You will TRULY BELONG to HIM.  But those who do NOT have the SPIRIT LIVING in them, will NOT BELONG to Him.  And they will be DESTINED for an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY TO ESCAPE, once they are there.  But for those who have TRULY GIVEN their HEART and LIFE to JESUS, they will have an ETERNITY in HEAVEN with ALL its BLESSINGS, for ALL of ETERNITY.  So, where do YOU stand?  Does SIN have the PLACE of AUTHORITY or does the HOLY SPIRIT of the LIVING GOD indwell you?  You MUST CHOOSE and do it CAREFULLY, because where you will spend your ETERNITY depends on it.

 

If God’s Spirit has been dealing with you, about your lifestyle, and your ETERNAL DESTINATION, and CONVICTING YOU of your SINS, this is what you MUST DO:  You MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, Jesus Christ, who has already PAID in FULL the price for YOUR SALVATION.  Then YOU MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS DIED for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in HEAVEN, making intercession for you, before God.  Then you MUST CONFESS your sins to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and the INDWELLING of His SPIRIT.  And let His Spirit do His HOUSECLEANING in your LIFE.  And CHOOSE the SPIRIT, which is LIFE ETERNAL in HEAVEN.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t be LEFT BEHIND!!!