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FUNDAMENTALS OF DISCIPLESHIP
DISCIPLESHIP 101
Part 15 – The Issue of Sin - 4
1 Corinthians 15:34 Awake to
righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of Elohim: I speak
this to your shame.
We must understand that sin has not been
accommodated by forgiveness. It has not
had a place made for it because of grace.
Sin is unrighteousness in action; and it has no place in the life of the
disciple.
Sin is not the most pleasant
of subjects to discuss. The church would
like to think it put the sin issue behind them when they prayed “the magic
prayer.” Christians tend to live their
lives, today, as though sin is really no big deal. Christians hardly even feel guilt over their
sin because they have 1 John 1:9 in their hip pocket to pull out any time they
want to cater to the flesh. After all, Yahushua took away their sins. It is no longer something for them to worry
about. The holy life is perceived to be for those choice few who through an
ascetic lifestyle and throwing caution to the wind, make a name for themselves
through exploits of faith. Living a life of devotion and obedience is fully
satisfied by regular church attendance; and yet, even while sitting in the pew
listening to the pastor deliver the Sunday morning sermon, they are already
contemplating what fleshly pursuits should occupy their afternoon.
Such living is alien to the
purposes of IAUE sending and sacrificing His Son for man. IAUE replaces man’s
unrighteous core with the righteousness of His Son for the express purpose of
changing the motivating force of our every word, action and thought from a root
of darkness to a root of light. Our lives are EXPECTED to be a wellspring of
righteous words, works and thoughts.
Our
Words:
James 3:10 Out of the same mouth
proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and
bitter?
12 Can the fig tree, my brethren,
bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt
water and fresh.
Ephesians 4:29 Let no corrupt
communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of
edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Our
Works:
Romans 6:11 Likewise reckon ye also
yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto Elohim through Yahushua
Messiah our Master.
12 Let not sin
therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye
should obey it in the lusts thereof.
13 Neither yield
ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto Elohim, as those that are alive from
the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto Elohim.
Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Messiah Yahushua unto good works, which Elohim
hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Our
Thoughts:
2 Corinthians 10:5 Casting down
imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge
of Elohim, and bringing into
captivity every thought to the obedience of Messiah;
Ephesians 5:1 Be ye therefore followers of Elohim, as dear children;
2 And walk in love, as Messiah also
hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to Elohim
for a sweetsmelling savour.
3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as
becometh saints;
4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are
not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
5 For this ye know, that no
whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any
inheritance in the kingdom of Messiah and of Elohim.
6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these
things cometh the wrath of IAUE upon the children of disobedience.
7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
If Messiah has not made a
difference in the way we live our lives, then Messiah has become of no benefit
to us. If we, who profess to be his disciples,
continue to lend ourselves servants to unrighteousness, we are choosing our
Master by our words, works and thoughts.
Romans 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey,
his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience
unto righteousness?
The gospel is not a message
of a free gift that has been offered to man so he can go to heaven when he
dies. No, it is a message of a King who
loved you so much he laid down his own life in order to redeem you out of
darkness and into the glorious light of His Father. It is a message of IAUE Elohim loving his
creation so much that He devised a plan of redemption that required the
sacrificing of His own Son to restore man unto righteousness.
The missing link between
Elohim and man is righteousness (the nature of intrinsic moral perfection from
which proceeds forth purity of all words, works and thoughts). IAUE and
Yahushua bridged that gap and provided the missing link. The very idea that we can “accept” Yahushua
and go to Heaven when we die disregards the very objective of the gospel. The objective of the gospel was to produce
men and woman who walked uprightly before their Elohim in joyous fellowship
with Him.
1 John 1:3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye
also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father,
and with his Son Yahushua Messiah.
4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that
IAUE is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
6 If we say that
we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the
truth:
7 But if we walk in the
light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and
the blood of Yahushua Messiah his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
1 John 2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye
sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Yahushua
Messiah the righteous:
Our Master spoke of this in
his Sermon on the Mount.
Matthew 7:18 A good tree cannot bring forth
evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and
cast into the fire.
20 Wherefore by
their fruits ye shall know them.
You don’t have to look at
the root to know what kind of tree you are.
You can tell by the fruit; because the root bears the fruit.
21 Not every one that saith unto me, Master, Master, shall enter
into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in
heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Master, Master, have we not
prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name
done many wonderful works?
23 And then will
I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Here, the fruit was not the prophesying,
the casting out of devils or the doing of wonderful works. Don’t you know that WE
do not produce the prophetic word? WE do
not cast out demons, or heal the sick, heal the lame or raise the dead? It is Messiah in us. He does the works (and yes, all of his
disciples should be doing all of these things in His name, on a regular basis). The fruit was their iniquity. Iniquity (a
pattern of unrighteous behavior) is what was being produced by their lives, not
the signs and wonders. Have you ever
reflected on the fact that when Messiah sent out the 12, and he sent out the
70, that none of them were born again? None of them were righteous in their
spirit. All of them were still in darkness awaiting their new creation in
Messiah that would come on the day of Pentecost. Do you not remember the one that the
disciples rebuked because he was casting out demons in Yahushua’s name but was not travelling with them as a part of their group? That person was not born again. He was still lost in his sins; and yet he
performed signs and wonders because the demons were responsive to the name of
Yahushua. The fruit is not the works that
are done by the name of Yahushua. They
are the manifestations of the righteousness of Yahushua within us as
demonstrated by the manner in which we live our lives…our choices…OUR words,
OUR works, and OUR thoughts. We are not
credited with HIS words, works and thoughts; but they do assist us in bearing
the fruit of righteousness.
Hebrews 10:26 For if we sin wilfully after
that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more
sacrifice for sins,
27 But a certain
fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the
adversaries.
28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or
three witnesses:
29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought
worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of Elohim, and hath counted the
blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath
done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I
will recompense, saith IAUE. And again, IAUE shall judge his people.
31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living Elohim.
32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were
illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
33 Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and
afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the
spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better
and an enduring substance.
35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great
recompence of reward.
36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will
of Elohim, ye might receive the promise.
37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and
will not tarry.
38 Now the just
shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure
in him.
39 But we are not
of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of
the soul.
The life that is expected of
us after having been born of the Spirit and made a new creature in Messiah
Yahushua may not be what most “Christians” bargained for; and if that is the
case; they may as well eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow they die. However, if relationship and fellowship with
their Creator and their King is what their heart truly desires, then repentance
unto obedience is the next step.
Father has not made this
complicated. Preachers have troubled the
gospel with lies and misrepresentations about forgiveness and grace. The simplicity of the gospel is that our
unrighteous nature is replaced with a righteous nature; and Father provides His
very own Spirit to empower that spirit of righteousness within us to break
through the barriers of the mind and the flesh in order to bear the fruit of
righteousness. It isn’t
complicated. We simply have to want it.
Kingdom
heart: a heart that offers no resistance to the
performance of the will of IAUE.
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