HABITUALLY PUTTING to DEATH the CARNAL NATURE - 18 June 2019
In Matthew 7:21-23 Messiah Yahshua said something of CRITICAL IMPORTANCE regarding SALVATION - and so many people just disregard it or are perishing for lack of knowledge (Hos. 4:6).
With the "ENLIGHTENMENT" that FLOOD the churches in the seventies, new Bible Translations popped up with almost all of it in an altered state. In South Africa the New Afrikaans Translation of the Bible (1983) also left its mark in the lives of many people with the "Lewende Bybel" in 2006 to follow the trend.
SCRIPTURE REGARDING the ASSURANCE of being SAVED:
One such a verse in the Bible (Romans 8:1) having to do with the ASSURANCE of being SAVED, has been halved only giving the first half saying:
"THERE is now NO CONDEMNATION for THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST JESUS".
The complete verse says:
Rom 8:1 "There is therefore now NO CONDEMNATION to THOSE who ARE in MESSIAH YAHSHUA (Christ Jesus), who DO NOT WALK ACCORDING to the FLESH, but ACCORDING to the SPIRIT." (King James) and
Amplified Version: "Therefore there is now NO CONDEMNATION - no adjudging guilty of wrong - for THOSE WHO ARE IN MESSIAH YAHSHUA (Christ Jesus), who LIVE AND WALK NOT AFTER THE DICTATES OF THE FLESH, BUT AFTER the DICTATES of the SPIRIT" (John 3:18)
Rom 8:1 "There is now NO CONDEMNATION for THOSE who are in Christ Jesus." (NIV) - Also The Afrikaans 1983 Translation - Afrikaans Lewende Bybel - Holy Bible - English Standard Bible - Berean Study Bible - Berean Literal Bible - New American Standard Bible - Christian Standard Bible - Contemporary English Version - Good New Translation - Holman Christian Standard Bible - International Standard Version - NET Bible - New American Standard 1977 Bible - American Standard Version - Darby Bible Translation - Weymouth New Testament - etc.
A LIFE NOT AFTER the DICTATES of the FLESH but after the DICTATES of the Spirit of Yahweh God:
With the second half been left out saying that there is NO CONDEMNATION for those who are in Messiah Yahshua (believing in Him) ONLY IF you ARE NOT LIVING in the FLESH or after the DICTATES of the FLESH but after the DICTATES of the SPIRIT - a DECEPTIONAL FALSENESS CAME INTO BEING - a DECEPTION SO GREAT that many many people who THINK that they are SAVED ONLY because they BELIEF in MESSIAH YAHSHUA - and thinking that that is what the Bible says - are in fact - NOT SAVED.
In Matthew 7:21-23 Messiah made it clear that there would be MANY who THINK that they WERE SAVED. They would CALL on HIS NAME - would DRIVE OUT DEMONS in His NAME - and would DO miraculous WORKS IN HIS NAME - but they will in fact be FAR FROM Him.
IF YOU LIVE ACCORDING TO THE FLESH - YOU DO NOT BELONG to HIM:
When living according to the dictates of the FLESH - living a WORLDLY life - a SELF-GRATIFYING LIFE - you are NOT HIS OWN and DOES NOT BELONG to Him.
LIVING after the DICTATES of the FLESH - you are deceived and an enemy of YAH but a FRIEND of the WORLD - a "WORLD" under the PERSONAL SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP of the GOD of the WORLD - SATAN HIMSELF. (2 Cor. 4:4 "Satan, who is the god of this world ...")
WICKED:
THOSE who IGNORE the COMMANDS and COMMANDMENTS of YAHWEH God - are in FACT DISOBEDIENT to YAHWEH God for NOT FOLLOWING and KEEPING HIS WORD. Messiah called this "WICKED" in Matt. 7:23.
NOT EVERYONE CALLING ON HIS NAME WILL ENTER the KINGDOM of HEAVEN:
Matt. 7:21 "NOT everyone who says to Me, YAH, YAH (Lord God, Lord God), will ENTER the kingdom of heaven, but HE WHO DOES the WILL of MY FATHER Who is in heaven"
MANY WILL SAY they HAVE PROPHESIED, DRIVEN out DEMONS and DID MIGHTY WORKS in HIS NAME:
Matt. 7:22 "MANY will SAY to Me on THAT DAY, Lord, Lord, have we NOT PROPHESIED in Your name and DRIVEN OUT DEMONS in Your name and DONE MANY MIGHTY WORKS in Your NAME?"
But YAH WILL SAY - "I NEVER KNEW YOU - DEPART FROM Me - you ACTED WICKEDLY by DISREGARDING My COMMANDS (commandments)":
Matt. 7:23 "And then I will SAY to THEM OPENLY (publicly), I NEVER KNEW you; DEPART from Me, you who ACT WICKEDLY (DISREGARDING) MY COMMANDS]"
LIVING ACCORDING to the DICTATES of the FLESH:
If we think that we are SAVED just because we BELIEVE in MESSIAH YAHSHUA we are DECEIVED - for even the devil himself BELIEVE in Messiah Yahshua and that fact does not bring him (the devil) salvation.
ACCEPTING YAHSHUA AS your SAVIOR but LIVE LIKE THE WORLD - you are STILL LOST:
So if we ACCEPT YAHSHUA as our SAVIOR and GIVE OUR LIVES to Him, but STILL JUST GO ON LIVING like the WORLD - we are still LOST!
If we ACCEPT YAHSHUA as our SAVIOR - but DO NOT FILL OURSELVES with the WORD of YAHWEH God - we are STILL LOST for YAHSHUA and the WORD is ONE (John 1:1).
If we ACCEPT YAHSHUA as our SAVIOR - but DO NOT REPENT of our SINS AND TURN AWAY FROM IT - we are still FILTHY SINFUL VESSELS in which He cannot DWELL.
If we ACCEPT YAHSHUA as our SAVIOR but REFUSE to KEEP HIS COMMAND AND COMMANDMENTS - we are WICKED in HIS SIGHT - DISOBEDIENT and NOT LOVING Him.
John 14:15 "IF YOU LOVE Me, you will KEEP My COMMANDMENTS ..."
Lev. 22:31 "So you shall KEEP My COMMANDMENTS, and DO THEM, I am YAHWEH (the Lord)."
Lev. 19:37 "You are therefore to KEEP ALL My STATUTES and ALL My ORDINANCES and DO THEM ..."
(Deut. 6:1-2,17, 7:11, 8:1, 8:6, 10:13, 11:1, 11:8, 11:32, 13:4, 13:18, 15:5, 26:16, 26:1, 27:10, 28:9, 13, 58, 29:29, 30:8, 10, 16, 31:12, 32:46; Joshua 1:7, 22:5, 23:6; 1 Kings 2:3, 3:14, 6:12, 8:61, 9:4, 11:38; 2 Kings 17:13, 21:8; Ps. 78:7; Matt. 19:17-19; Lev. 18:26, 19:37, 20:22, 25:18 etc.)
LIVING IN THE FLESH - CONTROLLED by UNHOLY DESIRES:
Rom. 8:5a "For those who ARE ACCORDING to the FLESH and are CONTROLLED by the UNHOLY DESIRES SET THEIR MINDS ON and PURSUE THOSE THINGS which GRATIFY the FLESH ..."
THE MIND OF THE FLESH IS DEATH:
Rom 8:6a "Now the MIND OF THE FLESH which is SENSE AND REASON WITHOUT the HOLY SPIRIT is DEATH, DEATH that COMPRISES ALL the MISERIES ARISING FROM SIN, both HERE AND HEREAFTER ..."
MIND OF THE FLESH is CARNAL THOUGHTS - HOSTILE to YAH:
Rom. 8:7 "... the MIND of the FLESH with its CARNAL THOUGHTS and PURPOSES is HOSTILE to YAH (God), for IT DOES NOT SUBMIT ITSELF to YAH'S LAW; INDEED IT CANNOT."
LIVING a WORLDLY LIFE CANNOT PLEASE YAH:
Catering to the appetites and impulses of the carnal nature:
Rom 8:8 "SO then THOSE WHO ARE LIVING the LIFE of the FLESH - CATERING to the APPETITES and IMPULSES of their CARNAL NATURE - CANNOT PLEASE YAH (God) or be ACCEPTABLE to Him. :9b ... if ANYONE DOES NOT POSSESS the HOLY SPIRIT of MESSIAH, he is NONE of His - he DOES NOT BELONG to Messiah, is NOT TRULY a CHILD of YAH (God)."
For
Rom 8:14 "... ALL WHO ARE LED by the SPIRIT of YAH ARE SONS/DAUGHTERS of YAH."
LIVING AFTER the DICTATES of the SPIRIT:
Rom. 8:4 "So that the righteous and JUST REQUIREMENT of the LAW might be FULLY MET IN US who LIVE and MOVE NOT in the WAYS of the FLESH but in the WAYS of the Spirit ... controlled by the Holy Spirit."
MIND SET ON THE THINGS which GRATIFY the HOLY SPIRIT:
Rom. 8:5b "... but those who are according to the Spirit and are CONTROLLED by the DESIRES of the SPIRIT SET THEIR MINDS ON AND SEEK THOSE THINGS WHICH GRATIFY the HOLY SPIRIT."
LIFE AND SOUL PEACE:
Rom. 8:6b "... But the MIND OF the HOLY SPIRIT is LIFE and SOUL PEACE BOTH HERE and HEREAFTER."
:9 But you are NOT LIVING the life of the flesh, you are living the LIFE of the Spirit, IF the Holy Spirit of YAH really DWELLS WITHIN you, DIRECTS and CONTROLS you. But if anyone DOES NOT POSSESS the HOLY SPIRIT of Messiah, he is NONE of His - he DOES NOT BELONG to MESSIAH, is NOT TRULY a CHILD OF YAH."
HABITUALLY PUTTING TO DEATH the CARNAL NATURE (the FLESH):
Rom. 8:13 "For IF you LIVE ACCORDING to the DICTATES of the FLESH, you will SURELY DIE. But IF THROUGH the POWER of the HOLY SPIRIT you are HABITUALLY PUTTING to DEATH, making EXTINCT, DEADENING the EVIL DEEDS PROMPTED by the BODY, you shall REALLY AND GENUINELY LIVE FOREVER."
Abba, in Yahshua Messiah's name, we come before Your throne of grace - repenting of our sins .... Father, we lay DOWN the FLESH, we REPENT of all the EFFORTS of the FLESH in our LIVES and we ASK that YOU will be OVER EVERY SITUATION in our LIVES. You, the ALMIGHTY - ALL POWERFUL YAHWEH God, there is NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE for YOU.
Father, please step into every situation in our lives - give BREAKTHROUGHS O ABBA, in Yahshua Messiah's name.
Help us Abba to STEP INTO A DEEPER RELATIONSHIP with You - a COVENANT RELATIONSHIP whilst we FILL OURSELVES with YOUR WORD. As we HOLD ON to MESSIAH YAHSHUA - our WONDERFUL SAVIOR - FILL us with the FIRE of YOUR HOLY SPIRIT - RAISE us up Father - a mighty ARMY - to FIGHT the GOOD FIGHT of YOUR KINGDOM things.
I pray for SPIRITUAL EYES and EARS to be OPENED - LIVING WATERS to FLOW FREELY as the WELLS that were BLOCKED with SIN are being RE-OPENED ... we look up to YOU MESSIAH - our REDEEMER - YAHSHUA - our SAVIOR - our ALTAR - our MEETING PLACE - in YOUR WONDERFUL NAME. Amen.