What, then, shall we declare? That we may be persisting in sin that grace may be increasing? May it not be coming to that! We, who died to sin, how shall we still be living in it?
Paul to the Romans 6: 1-2, Concordant New Testament
I've written a few pages on the mainstream church belief that our sin is ever before us. This is based upon the words of Paul which we find in Romans {Paul to the Romans 3:23}. But is this really how Paul felt about the sin issue? I would say no, and if the church knew the truth of the evangel of the apostle they might just adjust their theology to fit the truth of our life in Christ. But I'm sure that there are those in the church who, knowing the truth of the evangel of Paul, continue to speak to the separation theology of the institutional church. So, how is it that the apostle Paul saw sin? As an obstacle in his life which prevented him from the presence of the Lord? No, Paul spoke to sin in the past tense. For Paul, Christ has already paid the price on the cross for our sin. This is why I refer to this evangel of Paul to be the truth. Jesus has already paid the penalty which we accumulated long ago. We are no longer found guilty in the eyes of the Father. There is now nothing which keeps us from our life in Him which Jesus proclaimed {Johns Account 14:20}. The church will use sin as a convenient scapegoat. A means to an end if you will. For if they continue to speak to the ever present issue of sin in our lives, then they will keep the Lords children in a constant state of bondage. Where does a believer turn to when they feel that they have a sin burden? To the church of course. I know this is what I did. I believed that I somehow needed the church in order to "Manage" my issue of sin. Indeed, this is what the sin spin doctors within the mainstream church would have us believe. Our sin is always before us, so we need the church to keep us centered on Jesus. We need the religious system to manage the sin in our life. Again I will say, this is a false theology.
Knowing this, that our old humanity was crucified together with Him, that the body of sin might be nullified, for us by no means to be still slaving for sin, for one who dies has been justified from sin. Now if we died together with Christ, we believe that we shall be living together with Him also, having perceived that Christ, being roused from among the dead, is no longer dying. Death is lording it over Him no longer, for in that He died, He died to sin once for all time, yet in that He is living, He is living to God. Thus you also, be reckoning yourselves to be dead, indeed, to sin, yet living to God in Christ Jesus, our Lord
Paul to the Romans 6: 6-11, Concordant New Testament
On the subject of sin, Paul speaks to the thought of continuing in sin since we have been justified by the grace of the Father. For if we have indeed been forgiven, does living in sin really matter? His response to this question is all we need to know. May it not be coming to that! We, who died to sin, how shall we still be living in it {Paul to the Romans 6:1-2}? Paul understood that through the work of Christ Jesus on the cross, that sin was no longer an issue. It is in the past. Therefore, this issue of sin in our own life becomes more of an issue of the mind than anything else. We believe in the words of the separation theology spoken by those in the church that sin is ever present. We are broken and in need of Gods continued forgiveness. Our clothing is filthy, in need of the cleansing of the blood of Jesus. I agree, but that ship has sailed long ago. Jesus has already given Himself for the payment of the sin debt cast upon us {Paul to the Corinthians (2) 5:21}. That debt has been paid in full. The issue remains, do we accept the truth which is spoken in the evangel of Paul, or do we continue to subject ourselves to the yoke of slavery which we find in the mainstream church theology? Again, the words spoken by Paul speak to the truth of our life in the Father. For freedom has Christ Jesus freed us! Freedom from the bondage of sin. Let us not again be enthralled with the yoke of slavery {Paul to the Galatians 5:1}. This is not only the freedom which we find in Jesus, but the freedom of a life in the Father.
~Scott~
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