THE POWER TO LIVE ABOVE SIN 1

12 THEREFORE DO NOT LET SIN REIGN IN YOUR MORTAL BODY, THAT YOU SHOULD OBEY IT IN ITS LUSTS.
13 AND DO NOT PRESENT YOUR MEMBERS AS INSTRUMENTS OF UNRIGHTEOUSNESS TO SIN, BUT PRESENT YOURSELVES TO GOD AS BEING ALIVE FROM THE DEAD, AND YOUR MEMBERS AS INSTRUMENTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS TO GOD.
14 FOR SIN SHALL NOT HAVE DOMINION OVER YOU, for you are not under law but under grace."
Romans 6:12–14 (NKJV)

• Ability to say no to sin, live above sin, is found in Christ Jesus.

• No one can fulfil the law. Thus, by observing the old testament law, you cannot be made perfect. Perfection or justification comes through faith in Christ Jesus (Galatians 2:16).
• Law was given that we, humans, might know our state; that we are sinners (Romans 3:20; 7:7).
• God's intention is, If Man knows his state or condition, and knows he cannot help himself or deliver himself from the power of sin, that he needed a help in order to be delivered from the power of Sin:
  23 BUT I SEE ANOTHER LAW IN MY MEMBERS, WARRING AGAINST THE LAW OF MY MIND, AND BRINGING ME INTO CAPTIVITY TO THE LAW OF SIN WHICH IS IN MY MEMBERS. 24 O WRETCHED MAN THAT I AM! WHO WILL DELIVER ME FROM THIS BODY OF DEATH?" (Romans 7:23,24 NKJV).
  READ: Romans 7:15-24.

• In this state, man or human could know and realize that he or she needs help; a Saviour or a Deliverer: "WHO WILL DELIVER ME FROM THIS BODY OF DEATH?" (Romans 7:24 NKJV).

22 FOR WE KNOW THAT THE WHOLE CREATION GROANS AND LABOURS WITH BIRTH PANGS TOGETHER UNTIL NOW.
23 NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WE ALSO WHO HAVE THE FIRSTFRUITS OF THE SPIRIT, EVEN WE OURSELVES GROAN WITHIN OURSELVES, EAGERLY WAITING FOR THE ADOPTION, THE REDEMPTION OF OUR BODY."
Romans 8:23,24 (NKJV)
READ: Romans 8:20-23

• The law was given to prepare our hearts for the need of a Saviour:
  23 BUT BEFORE FAITH CAME, WE WERE KEPT UNDER GUARD BY THE LAW, KEPT FOR THE FAITH WHICH WOULD AFTERWARDS BE REVEALED. 24 THEREFORE THE LAW WAS OUR TUTOR TO BRING US TO CHRIST, THAT WE MIGHT BE JUSTIFIED BY FAITH" (Galatians 3:23–24 NKJV).
• Now that the Messiah has come, there is no any need for the law again; because the law is faulty and cannot make us right with God (Hebrews 8:7). Justification does not come through the observation of the law, It comes through faith in Christ Jesus (Romans 3:24-26).
• Thus:
  1 THERE IS THEREFORE NOW NO CONDEMNATION TO THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST JESUS, WHO DO NOT WALK ACCORDING TO THE FLESH, BUT ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT. 2 FOR THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS HAS MADE ME [those who come to Christ Jesus] FREE FROM THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH" (Romans 8:1,2 NKJV).

• For this reason, walk in the Spirit, and you will not fulfil the lusts of the flesh (Galatians 5:16-18). You live above Sin by walking in the spirit.

• You walk in the spirit when you allowed the Holy Spirit Who is residing in your recreated human spirit to lead and direct every affair of your life.
• A believer who walks in the spirit is the one who has subdued or mortified the flesh and the mind and walks by the dictates of the Holy Spirit on the inside of him or her.
• Such a believer is not being controlled by the flesh but the Holy Spirit through his or her human spirit, thus, sin has no dominion over him or her (Romans 6:14).

• Concept of man or humans, that is, a general idea or understanding of mankind. Or A general makeup or form of humans.

• Human being is a spirit, has a soul, and lives in a body: "NOW MAY THE GOD OF PEACE HIMSELF SANCTIFY YOU COMPLETELY; AND MAY YOUR WHOLE SPIRIT, SOUL, AND BODY BE PRESERVED BLAMELESS AT THE COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST" (1 Thessalonians 5:23 NKJV).
• A complete human is of spirit, soul, and body. Through your spirit, you relate with God (John 4:23,24); and through your soul, also known as the mind, you relate with intellectual world; while through your body, you relate with the physical world, what could be seen around you.
• So when someone is born-again, It is the spirit of the person that was reborn or regenerated (John 3:3,5). When the person by faith acknowledged Christ Jesus as his or her Lord and Saviour (Romans 10:9,10); the Holy Spirit comes to reside on the inside of him or her.
• The person's soul and the body are not reborn at the time, they still remain the same. Thus, It would take the cooperation of the newly reborn believer with the Holy Spirit through the Word of God to transform his or her mind, and sacrifice or mortify his or her body or the flesh (Romans 12:1,2; Colossians 3:5; James 1:21).
• If the mind of a believer is renewed and cooperated or agreed with the human spirit, the flesh would easily be subdued. It is then you would be able to allow your mind to receive whatever is being passed across to you as a message by the Holy Spirit through your spirit—inward Man.
• If what is said here took place in a believer's life, such would be having a good communion or fellowship with God and live above Sin.

• You will not fail in Jesus' name.

• Whatever is contrary to your health is rebuked and rooted out completely in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
• The hold is totally broken and never to rise or be formed again in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
  Peace!
  TO BE CONTINUED

STEPS TO SALVATION
• Take notice of this:
IF you are yet to take the step of salvation, that is, yet to be born-again, do it now, tomorrow might be too late (2 Corinthians 6:1,2; Hebrews 3:7,8,15).
a. Acknowledge that you are a sinner and confess your Sins (1 John 1:9); And ask Jesus Christ to come into your life (Revelation 3:20).
b. Confess that you believe in your heart that Jesus Christ is Lord, and that you confess it with your mouth, Thus, you accept Him As your Lord and Saviour (Romans 10:9,10).
c. As you took the steps A and B your name is written in the Book of Life (Philippians 4:3; Revelation 3:8).

• If you took the steps As highlighted above, congratulations, It means you are saved—born-again. Join a Word based church in your area and Town or city, and be part of whatever they are doing there. Peace!