Romans 6:23 says “the wages of sin is death”, 1 Corinthians 15:56 says, “the sting of death is sin and the power of sin is the law”. The Ten Commandments define sin for the carnal unconverted mind. Everyone who thinks they need to keep the Ten Commandments will die because no one can keep them, all have sinned. In order to escape this condemnation to death a person must be called and chosen by GOD and drawn by GOD to HIS son the messiah Jesus Christ. This provides an escape from the laws just condemnation to death because grace provides forgiveness of sin where the Ten Commandments did not. This is why John said, “there is sin not leading to death”. 1 John 2:1 explains that any true Christian that sins has “an advocate with the FATHER, Jesus Christ the righteous one”. Baptism symbolizes the washing away of our sins we have committed up to our conversion but this forgiveness of sins will continue over our lifetime upon true and sincere repentance. Romans 3:25 The saints, even though in Christ, can still sin but these sins are not to death like under the Ten Commandments but because of grace these sins are forgiven. This is why John says, “he that says he has no sins is a liar and the truth is not in him” , 1 John 1:10 Even though we are saints of GOD we are not yet perfect but are growing towards perfection which is achieved when we enter the kingdom at the return of Jesus. It is sad that so many people think they need to keep the Ten Commandments, the very thing that Jesus gave his life for in order to save us from the just condemnation of the Ten Commandments. If we are saved by forgiveness of our sins committed while under the law then why would we return to the law after we have been saved from it ? True Christians have new commandments, the two Jesus gave us, love GOD and neighbor. This love, this “agape” is a gift from the spirit of GOD that empowers us to begin to conquer sin in our lives and develop the divine nature of GOD, a nature incapable of sin. 2 Peter 1:4 Yes we will truly be recreated to be in GODS image as Jesus was and Jesus is our example of this. The Ten Commandments could never do this but GOD did through Jesus. Romans 8:3 Should we hate the Ten Commandments ? No we should love GODS Ten Commandments because they were the schoolmaster that GOD used to draw us to Jesus, but once in Jesus they are no longer needed. We saints actually fulfill the intent of the Ten Commandments which failed due to our fleshly weakness but we do this in the spirit not in the flesh. We are in a Genesis 2 and just as GOD had to recreate the Earth for man now HE recreates man for a new heavens and new Earth. We are a new creation in Christ the second Adam, not of this creation, the church is the new Eve being pregnant with the future sons of GOD. This new creation is what the ultimate goal and will of GOD has been in eternity. Revelation 3:14 “the beginning of the creation of GOD” , is misunderstood by the carnal false churches to say that Jesus was the creator of Genesis I , but this verse is saying that GODS son Jesus is the beginning of Genesis II , the second Adam.
There are many wonderful things for the saints to learn when they are taught by GOD through Jesus.
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