“Because we​​ all​​ show up on planet earth spiritually dead to God,​​ we struggle with these same issues -​​ shame, fear, condemnation, insecurity, guilt and self-consciousness.”

Here’s some good news for you who have received Christ by faith, i.e., you who are Christians. You are a saint! You are holy! You have been sanctified! Here’s some more good news – You didn’t have to work to achieve your “sainthood” or to become holy or sanctified.

“The new man in Christ has a choice to make every moment of every day – walk according to the Spirit or walk according to the flesh. The flesh produces death, the Spirit produces life. So, WHY NOT CHOOSE LIFE!”

Paul has a life-changing message for us in his letter to the church in Rome. But to comprehend what Paul is trying to say, we must first understand what the word sin means when used as a noun.

“… are we to believe that it is the confession of sin that brings forgiveness of sin and cleansing from all unrighteousness?”

“A more accurate understanding of v13 is that the Lord didn’t pass over the house, but that he “hopped or skipped over” the threshold of the door that was smeared with blood, thus entering into the house and protecting the occupants, who in faith, had applied the blood to the door posts.

Though philosophers and bible commentators discuss man’s constitution as if we were divided into distinctive parts, it might be more accurate and beneficial to describe these “parts” as diverse levels for which we have the capacity for life. The Bible indicates we function (have life) physically (body), psychologically (soul), and spiritually (spirit).

“Know this – the free gift of salvation has nothing to do with how good you have been or how bad you have been!”

Satan​​ tempts us to gain an identity by our ‘doing’.