A murder most foul...

('Black and White' Film Screen)
(Horror Violins)
AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Pulls curtains, falls into bathtub)
I've fallen and I can't get up...

(Film rolls out)



But seriously, blogs seem to be dieing out for the past 24 hours. A mystery of great value...

Anyway, today I've learnt in church about Being 'Dead' Towards All Sins and Condemnations.

Now, to explain this, let us flip to Romans 6:7-14, shall we?

Romans 6
...7because anyone who has died has been freed from sin.

8Now if we died with Christ, we believe we will also live with him. 9For we know that since Christ was risen from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over Him. 10The death He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God.

11In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. 12Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness. 14For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.

Now let me just explain a few verses (not by order):

Romans 6:7 and 9
Now, if someone was released from his fleshly bodies, do you think he would actually have any need to continue to 'sin', whether he went to hell or Heaven? Would he have any bills to tempt him to steal from someone just to pay them? Would he ever keep any pride for him to lie? Would he require any anger that would drive him to murder? Personally speaking, I say no.

As long as a person's dead, he or she wouldn't have anymore reasons to be sinful to God. I mean, what's the use? So I guess you can say that once dead, a person woulod be free from the temptations of sin.

Romans 6:10
Let me just simplify this first:
He died to pay sin in one go with no installments once and for all; but He will live for God's services forever.
So basically, since Christ died (once), sin no longer had control on Him. But He will always live (forever) to serve God.

Romans 6: 11
How do you 'die' and 'live again'? Simple. Die spiritually instead of physically. You see, the Lord loves you soo much, he has already forgiven every sin you've commited, weather as simple as stealing your friend's eraser or as critical as blasting out the lives of thousands in Hiroshima. But the devil wants you to think otherwise, knowing that if you thought God would still be so angry at you for the rest of your days, you'd fear God, not want to go near God, not trust God and most of all, not love God.

Psycologically, we would associate anger with punishment, punishment with uncomfortness, and with a powerful God, uncomfortness with death. So as such, when Christians think that God hates them, they quickly turn away and try not to get involved with him as much as possible.

Now just if you missed this part, that's not true. God really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really loves you! He loves you so much, He actually used His Son to represent you on the cross so that He could accept you again! So please, do not think that there should be any reason for God to be angry for you, 'cause even though there were suppose to be many, God chose to discard them all away!

So getting back to what I'm trying to say, God loves you so much, he cancelled every dept you owe him for the sins you've made. So by right, no one, not even you, has the right to condemn you of being worthless to God, 'cause if you were all along perfect, Jesus died for nothing. So stop trying to be perfect, and instead trust in the Lord and leave all that goes on in your life to Him.

Romans 6:14
So why did God give the Law (Ten Comandments, Moses, ect.) to man if it would just condemn them all?

'Cause men asked for it in the first place.

If you read the part in the Bible where the Israelites were moving from Egypt to The Promised Land, God protected the whole population from dieing throughout the journey till the Ten Comandments arrived.

When the Israelites complained that they had no heading, God gave a cloud to lead by day and a flame to lead by night.
When the Israelites complained that He had them cornered by the Egyptians at the Red Sea, God opened up the sea and killed the Egyptians with it.
When the Israelites complained that they had no water, God made a spring.
When the Israelites complained that they had no food, God rained bread and quail day after day.
When the Israelites complained that they were under attack by enemies, God made sure they won the battle as long as Moses raised his hands.

But then one day, they all thought that they were just too much trouble for God and asked God if He could just give them a few guidelines to follow so that they could be perfect and not require to call God so often. So after quite some persuassion, God finally came up with the Laws, when simplified became the Ten Comandments. And it was cncidered that if you failed to keep the Comandments, you'd be sinning, in other words not perfect. Ever since then,...

When Aaron's sons made unauthorised fire in their tents, God, through Moses, warned them to not take of their priestly garments off then at all times. (And of corse one day, the garments soon came off...)
When the Israelites complained that they were tired of eating the bread for so long, God allowed poisonous snakes to bite them, only saving those who, when bitten, looked unto 'The Bronze Snake'.
When Aaron and Miriam complained about Moses, God scolded them and gave Miriam leprosy.
When a man accidentaly went out to gather wood on the Sabath day, God ordered for his stoning.
When the Israelites complained that God was leading them to a 'Promise Land' that they couldn't possibly take over, God made sure that not a single one of them saw the Promise Land - only their desendants did.

So after many years of trying and failing to keep the Comandments, God knew that His people were breaking down and frustrated that they couldn't make the cut. In fact, He was happy that they finally declared that they needed a Saviour again! And so He sent His Son, Jesus Christ.

If it simplifies things, just remember these points;
~ Condemnation kills. God's grace heals.
~God may be a Judge, but He will no longer Judge me; My judgement has already been done at Calvary.
~ When there is no condemnation, there will be a lesser want to dishonour God through sinning.
~ Rebuke any thought that makes you feel that God has abandoned you; trust that He will make thing good again!
~ GRACE = God's Righteousness At Christ's Expence!

May God bless the rest of your days!!!