How shall we live?

[Santoso]

Beloved ones, we heard:

 

“For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭13‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Let us understand the promise on HOW shall we live!

 

Let us mortify the deeds of the body through the Spirit.

 

WHAT the body ? 

 

Let us consider again what we previously heard apostle Paul said:

 

“Therefore, brethren, WE ARE 

DEBTORS, NOT TO THE FLESH, to LIVE AFTER THE FLESH. 

 

For if ye live AFTER THE FLESH, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭12‬-‭13‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Beloved ones, whom apostles called us brethren, we are not DEBTORS OF SIN, for we also heard: 

 

“whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭3‬:‭25‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

And we also heard apostle John said: 

 

“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, Jesus Christ the righteous: 

 

and he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for our's only, but also for the sins of the whole world.”

‭‭1 John‬ ‭2‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Beloved ones, we are not debtors of sin, to live after the flesh but we are CREDITORS OF OBEDIENCE, TO LIVE AFTER THE SPIRIT. 

 

Let us consider again what we heard: 

 

“For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭13‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Paraphrasing for clarity:

 

“For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of THE BODY OF SIN, ye shall live.”

 

WHAT THE DEEDS of THE BODY?

 

Deed according to Oxford:

 

noun

plural noun: deeds

1. 
LITERARY
an action that is performed intentionallyor consciously.

Paraphrasing for more clarity:

 

“For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify THE WORKS of THE BODY OF SIN, ye shall live.”

 

Paraphrasing for more clarity:

 

“For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify THE CONVERSATION of THE BODY OF SIN, ye shall live.”

 

Beloved ones, brethren, we are CREDITORS OF OBEDIENCE, TO LIVE AFTER THE SPIRIT. 

 

FOR WE LIVE AFTER THE SPIRIT,

WE SHALL LIVE: THAT WE THROUGH THE SPIRIT DO PLEASE/TESTIFY THE WORKS OF THE SPIRIT OF THE BODY OF OBEDIENCE, WE SHALL LIVE.

 

WHAT obedience ?

 

This, we heard apostle Paul said:

 

“by whom WE HAVE RECEIVED grace and apostleship, for OBEDIENCE TO THE FAITH AMONG ALL NATIONS, FOR HIS NAME: 

 

among WHOM ARE YE ALSO THE CALLED OF JESUS CHRIST:”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭1‬:‭5‬-‭6‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

That we may understand:

 

Not only apostles, but we also have received for OBEDIENCE TO THE FAITH AMONG ALL NATIONS, FOR HIS NAME: among whom are  WE ALSO THE CALLED OF JESUS CHRIST.

 

Beloved ones, the answer to the question: How we shall live, that 

we shall live after the Spirit, that we shall live after the spiritual words that Jesus speaks unto us.

 

For we live after the Spirit, we shall live : that we through the Spirit do please/ testify the conversation of the Spirit of the body of obedience, we shall live.

 

Beloved ones, HOW may we understand THE CONVERSATION OF THE SPIRIT OF THE BODY OF OBEDIENCE? 

 

This, we heard:

 

“But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart THAT FORM OF DOCTRINE WHICH WAS DELIVERED YOU. 

 

Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. 

 

I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. 

 

For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. 

 

What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. 

 

But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. 

 

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭6‬:‭17‬-‭23‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

That we may understand:

 

THE CONVERSATION OF THE SPIRIT OF THE BODY OF OBEDIENCE is THAT FORM OF DOCTRINE WHICH WAS DELIVERED YOU.

 

This is what we heard Jesus said:

 

“JESUS answered them, and said, MY DOCTRINE is not mine, but HIS THAT SENT ME.”

‭‭John‬ ‭7‬:‭16‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

“If any man will do his will, he SHALL KNOW OF THE DOCTRINE, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.”

‭‭John‬ ‭7‬:‭17‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Beloved ones, let us consider again what apostle Paul said:

 

“But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. 

 

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭6‬:‭22‬-‭23‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

That we may understand 

 

That now being made free from sin, and become servants (OBEDIENCE) to God, we have our fruit (OF RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD) unto holiness, and the end everlasting life, (THAT THE GIFT OF GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD).

 

Beloved ones, brethren, let us live after the Spirit, that is, we live after Jesus’s Spiritual Doctrine, let us live after His Heavenly Father that sent us, that we do of His will, we SHALL  LIVE: that we through the Spirit do please/ testify the conversation of the Spirit of the body of obedience, we shall live TO GOD, we have our fruit OF RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD unto holiness, and the end everlasting life, THAT THE GIFT OF GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. 

 

To God the Father be all glory and thanksgiving through Christ.

Amen

[Santoso]

Beloved ones, let us live after THE SPIRIT.

 

What THE SPIRIT ?

 

This, we heard Jesus said:

 

“It is THE SPIRIT that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: THE WORDS THAT I SPEAK UNTO YOU, they ARE SPIRIT, and they are life.”

‭‭John‬ ‭6‬:‭63‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

That we understand:

 

We that live after THE SPIRIT, we live after THE WORDS THAT JESUS SPEAK UNTO US.

 

Now, let us consider what the words that Jesus speak unto us.

 

This, we heard: 

 

“And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: 

 

not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭15‬:‭10‬-‭11‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

“Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable. And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? 

 

Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? 

 

But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. 

 

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: 

 

these are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭15‬:‭15‬-‭20‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Beloved ones,if these are the things which defile a man, then WHAT THING WHICH DEFILE NOT A MAN. 

 

This, we heard earlier: 

 

“Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, 

 

Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. 

 

But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD by your tradition?”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭15‬:‭1‬-‭3‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

The thing which defile not a man is THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD.

 

How we may not defile ourselves? 

 

Should we not also wash not our hands when we eat bread?

 

While we also heard Jesus’s disciples, apostle James said:

 

“Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. CLEANSE YOUR HANDS, YE SINNERS; and PURIFY YOUR HEARTS, ye double minded.”

‭‭James‬ ‭4‬:‭8‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Apostle James also said about hands and hearts.

 

Beloved ones, apostle James is not talking about physical hands, but spiritual hands.

 

Spiritual hands that receive THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD. 

 

Apostle James is talking about hearts that can BE PURIFIED by HAVING SINGLE MIND TOWARD THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD. 

 

Let us consider again what Jesus said: 

 

“But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye ALSO TRANSGRESS commandment of God by your tradition?”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭15‬:‭3‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Let us compare spiritually.

 

This, we heard:

 

“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and TURN YOURSELVES FROM ALL YOUR TRANSGRESSIONS; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. 

 

CAST AWAY FROM YOU ALL YOUR TRANSGRESSIONS, WHEREBY YE HAVE TRANSGRESSED; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? 

 

For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and LIVE YE.”

‭‭Ezekiel‬ ‭18‬:‭30‬-‭32‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Beloved ones, if out of the ( OLD or STONY or HARDEN) heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies, let us TURN OURSELVES FROM OUR TRANSGRESSIONS (evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies). Let us CAST AWAY FROM US ALL OUR TRANSGRESSIONS  (evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies)

, WHEREBY WE HAVE TRANSGRESSED, THAT MAKE US A NEW HEART AND A NEW SPIRIT: for THE REASON WILL WE LIVE.

 

Beloved ones, let us consider again what Jesus said:

 

“But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭15‬:‭3‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Beloved ones, for the reason of GRACE OF GOD IN TRUTH, let us OBEY THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD by LIVING AFTER THE SPIRIT: THAT MAKE US A NEW HEART AND A NEW SPIRIT.

 

For this we heard Jesus said:

 

“A GOOD MAN OUT OF THE GOOD TREASURE OF HIS HEART BRINGETH FORTH THAT WHICH IS GOOD; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: FOR OF THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART HIS MOUTH SPEAKETH.”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭6‬:‭45‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

How may we bring forth that which is good ? 

 

This, we heard Jesus said: 

 

“I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same BRINGETH FORTH much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.”

‭‭John‬ ‭15‬:‭5‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Beloved ones, we bring forth that which is good BY ABIDING IN JESUS and JESUS in us. 

 

Beloved ones, let us have A NEW HEART AND A NEW SPIRIT, that God make by CASTING AWAY ALL OUR TRANSGRESSIONS, that God COMMAND.

 

For this, we heard:

 

“Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; AND MAKE YOU A NEW HEART AND A NEW SPIRIT: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?”

‭‭Ezekiel‬ ‭18‬:‭31‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Beloved ones,let us live after the Spirit. 

 

To God the Father be all glory and thanksgiving through Christ.

Amen

[Santoso]

Beloved ones, we heard:

 

“But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.”

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭3‬:‭11‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

HOW shall we live by faith ? 

 

This, we heard then:

 

“And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.”

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭3‬:‭12‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

WHAT the law is ? And WHAT is OF FAITH? 

 

This, we heard:

 

“Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by THE LAW is THE KNOWLEDGE OF SIN.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭3‬:‭20‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

That we perceive:

 

THE LAW is THE KNOWLEDGE OF SIN, that we heard in the book of Romans.

 

Likewise, in the book of Romans, this also apostle Paul clarifies:

 

“For THE LAW of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from THE LAW  of sin and death.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭2‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

That we perceive:

 

THE LAW, that apostle Paul mentioned in Romans chapter 3 verse 20, is THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH, that is:  THE KNOWLEDGE OF SIN, and not the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus, for the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus is THE KNOWLEDGE OF OBEDIENCE OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS. 

 

And WHAT is OF FAITH? 

 

This, we heard: 

 

“Therefore IT is OF FAITH, that IT might be BY GRACE; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭4‬:‭16‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

That we perceive:

 

And the law (of sin and death 

) is NOT OF FAITH but BY GRACE is OF FAITH. 

 

How may we understand “BY GRACE”, that apostle Paul said in the book of Romans?

 

This, we heard:

 

“But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift BY GRACE, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭5‬:‭15‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

That we may understand:

 

BY GRACE, which is BY ONE MAN, JESUS CHRIST, THE GIFT, which hath abounded unto many.

 

That we perceive:

 

BY GRACE is OF FAITH: BY ONE MAN, JESUS CHRIST is OF FAITH. 

 

Beloved ones, let us consider again what we heard:

 

“But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.”

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭3‬:‭11‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

That we understand:

 

The just shall live BY ONE MAN, JESUS CHRIST.

 

How shall we live BY JESUS CHRIST?

 

This, we heard:

 

“For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came BY JESUS CHRIST.”

‭‭John‬ ‭1‬:‭17‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

That we may understand:

 

The just shall live BY GRACE AND TRUTH. 

 

Beloved ones,let us live after the Spirit, that we live by faith,

that we live by one man Jesus Christ, that we live by grace of Jesus Christ and live by truth of Jesus Christ. 

 

How shall live we by grace of Jesus Christ?

 

This, we heard: 

 

“As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: CONTINUE YE IN MY LOVE.”

‭‭John‬ ‭15‬:‭9‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

How shall we live by truth of Jesus Christ?

 

This, we heard Jesus said:

 

“Then said Jesus to those Jews (inwardly separated unto God) which believed on ( the testimony of) him, If ye CONTINUE IN MY WORD, then are ye my disciples indeed; 

 

and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

‭‭John‬ ‭8‬:‭31‬-‭32‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Beloved ones, let us live by grace and truth, that we live by continuing we in His love and by continuing we in His word. 

 

To God the Father be all glory and thanksgiving through Jesus Christ. Amen

 

Beloved ones, let us be encouraged by what apostle Paul said: 

 

“Moreover the law (of sin and death) entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: 

 

that as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life BY JESUS CHRIST our Lord.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭5‬:‭20‬-‭21‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Beloved ones, let us live by grace of Jesus Christ (Jesus’s love) by yielding ourselves unto God’s righteousness, that is revealed in His Word (in the spiritual gospel of Jesus Christ our Lord), from Jesus’s faith unto our faith, unto eternal life. 

 

To God the Father be all glory and thanksgiving through Jesus Christ. Amen