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THE RESURRECTED LIFE
Victory Over the Flesh: Our Sin Nature
“But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you,
He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal body
through His Spirit who dwells in you.” (Romans 8:11)
Easter means Jesus is risen from the dead! But what does that mean to 21st Century Christians? What does that mean for us NOW? I mean, aside from the hope we have for our future resurrection and eternal life? NOW is important. It’s where we live. What does the resurrection of Jesus Christ mean for us today? It means this – His resurrected life has invaded our bodies!
Resurrection life is what Christ offers to those who want it. It is His life, because “as He is, so are we in this world.” (1Jn.4:17) How is He? He is risen from the dead with power and victory over all His enemies. “So are we in this world.”
There’s a dilemma here: many Christians do not live the resurrected life. The passions of the flesh still hold an undue influence over them. They live defeated lives. They worry, which is a sin. They are in bondage to sexual sins. They are depressed. They are sick. They live in chronic pain. Without hope. Their relationships are fractured to the point that they are ready to throw in the towel. They are lonely. They have little joy, no peace, and no sense of purpose in life. All of this is not “as He is so are we in this world.”
But there is good news! Christ has accomplished for us and offers to us a life of victory over all our enemies, over all the things I just mentioned, and more. He has already won the victory over our sinful nature, that nature in us because we are in our natural body which is connected with this natural fallen world because of sin. One part of the flesh is our propensity to sin, that constant pull against God’s holy will.
How do we make this resurrection life a reality? You’d like that, wouldn’t you? Of course you would. You’d like to live without worry, fear, a string of broken relationships, and all the works of the flesh: “adultery, fornication, sexual immorality (which includes pornography), addiction to drugs, hatred, contentions, jealousy, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I told you that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.” (Gal.5:19-21) You’ve tried to get victory over these things, but nothing has worked. You’re still not the kind of person you want to be.
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