WHAT ABOUT SIN? - 4

SIN IS DEAD!

The other time “sin is dead” went viral on social media; the body of Christ was divided. This is because many of us have been so indoctrinated. We believe scriptural truths than revelation truths.

For your information, the scripture is not the totality of God. What we have in the scripture is not all of God. But we have the Holy Spirit, who is God in us and is greater than the scriptures. Because he is in us, he reveals deep things of God to us. This is how we know, through the mind of Christ.

Now, when we say “sin is dead”, some folks say that it is not how the bible puts it, because Paul said “we are dead to sin” and not that “sin is dead”.

Well, very true! However, we need to look deep into the statement of Paul and also look beyond it. Paul was a foundational Apostle. The revelations of Paul are not all of God’s revelations. Every believer in the world today has the same Holy Spirit that Paul has, and is liable to same revelation that Paul had. Putting that aside, the age of Paul is the foundational age of the church and right now we are in the maturity age. Many deep secrets and mysteries are being uncovered. Paul at many times made statements that reveal his incapacity to attain certain spiritual landmarks. He could not grasp all of God’s revelation, before he left the world.

We are in the generation of Sons which the creation have been waiting for,  that will unlock all of God’s possibilities, and wrap up the last age to open up the kingdom age.

So when you come across some of these revelations which cannot be particularly seen word for word in the scriptures, you should do well to explore them thoroughly to see their root in the world of God. Nevertheless, any revelation or supposed truth which does not have its root or cannot be traced at all in the scriptures should be discarded. Remember, the scripture is not all of God. Now we shall endeavor to explain why we said SIN IS DEAD!

For your information, SIN IS ACTUALLY DEAD! It is the world that has failed to realize this. 

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When Jesus Christ was in the garden of Gethsemane, the bible records how he was offered “a cup” which he wished that it should pass him by, nevertheless he took the same “cup” as God’s will. This cup definitely symbolizes the suffering of the cross and the sin of the world. When Jesus drank from that cup, he drank the wrath of God which was to come upon the world. It was in this garden that Jesus became sin. It was in this same garden that the Holy Spirit of God left him. As the first Adam need to die first in the spirit before he died physically, Jesus who is the last Adam also had to die in the spirit before he died on the cross in other to identify with man. Jesus became the substitute of humanity in this garden.

Paul said in our last bible verse, that he was made SIN for us. This means that when Jesus died on the cross, it was SIN that died.

Our understanding of what sin is; matters a lot. Now the word “sin” in the bible can be either noun or verb. The “sin” that died is the noun sin; it is the same sin that separated MAN FROM GOD in the Garden of Eden. It is this same sin that separated GOD FROM MAN in the garden of Gethsemane.

So if Jesus Christ BECAME the SIN that caused separation, and he died, therefore SIN IS DEAD!

Now, this sin (noun) that died is the root and sponsor of sins (verb). It is the sin (noun) that has actually held man captive, not the actions. The actions of sin we see today is as a result of the longtime dominion of sin (the noun) in our body. The body has been so ruled by sin (noun) and as a result had to behave in that manner.

Recall that in lesson 2, we discussed the tragedy that befell man after he ate of the fruit, that the sin nature became resident in the man, controlling the soul and the body. And that man was helpless sin then, forcefully obeying the dictates of this sin. This dictator is also what the bible refers to as the “old man” or the “sinful nature”. Now, this old man has been destroyed by Christ Jesus. This old man is dead.

Now what comes to your mind, if we say sin is dead, why then do we still continue to sin? …

Now, we also need to understand that, the soul of man is not perfect, not even the soul of the believer. It is only the spirit of the believer is that is 100% perfect in Christ. The soul of man is not perfect at all; it is undergoing perfection rather. This is an everyday process through the outworking power of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, what we see today as sins (actions) is actually the result of the imperfect soul of man. The spirit of the believer is holy and knows no sin. The nature of sin in the believer is actually dead. Forget it, it is dead. The nature of the believer is God’s nature. There is no sin in the born again spirit of the believer at all. This is because we have received the gift of righteousness which is by faith in Christ Jesus.

So SIN IS DEAD! The world needs to come to this knowledge. Many people are seriously caged with the fear of sin and hell. This is just a slap on the sacrificial work of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ died to destroy sin and therefore he expects the world to come to the knowledge of this and receive this provision. It is only sin consciousness that can rob man from obtaining what God has made available in Christ Jesus.

When you have the knowledge that sin is dead, you will be set free from the fear of going to hell. This is because the sin that sends people to hell is what actually died. No one goes to hell again because of sin, but because of their unbelief in Jesus Christ as the substitute for their sin. Similarly, the sin that stops people from making heaven is dead. No one makes heaven because they are sinless, but because they believe that Jesus destroyed their sin and gave them his righteousness. Jesus Christ did not asked us to stop sinning (actions) before he received us, so he cannot cast us away now that we have become joint-heir with him. Amen?

God is no longer angry with this world. The world needs to know this. This is what Satan has been fighting to keep away from us all. Jesus has RECONCILED THE WORLD back to him. SIN IS DEAD, Halleluyah!