The Christian Grace Life

 The Christian Grace Life

Just because someone places their faith in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of their sins and eternal life, does NOT mean they think it is a license to sin or that is it permission to live any way they want. At the same time, they also have full assurance of salvation. Colossians 2:2-3 One cannot sin their way out of salvation. You cannot lose by moral imperfection what you did not attain by moral perfection. quote - MHesier

Ephesians 2:8-10 Once a person is saved their spirit is made alive and righteous as Jesus' righteousness is imputed to their account and that is what God sees when He looks at you when you are saved. Romans 8:10 While our spirit has been made alive, we still live in a vile fleshly body. As saved Christians, we have 2 choices. To walk after the Spirit in faith or listen to the flesh warring against the spirit wanting to sin all the time, EVEN saved Christians still sin. God is aware of this dynamic. Romans 6-8 . Walking after the Spirit is standing in God's grace in confidence that you have forgiveness of past present and future sins while walking in faith of who you are NOW in the Spirit. Who you are now read Ephesians 1 & 2 for starters. It is one of the most exciting chapters in the bible !!! I wrote this blog post on the fact we (bocNc) have an inheritance in heaven now!

Walking in faith after the Spirit practically example - when tempted to sin or after you sin, you tell yourself "that is not who I am anymore" and by faith read in scripture, pray, meditate on who we are now in Paul's epistles. Then we praise God for His amazing grace that KEEPS US SAVED. (For who we are now once saved, see my blog post and/or read Ephesians 1 2). But as you can see, sanctification (being made holy set apart once saved), like salvation is also by grace through faith and not by human effort absence of God's Spirit. Once saved you have been made righteous and are a child of God seated in the heavenlies spiritually. You just need to walk in faith that is who you are now. Walk in GOss's Sirit taht dwells and seals you until the great van ISH This grace lifestyle keeps us focused on on how God's love and grace through Jesus Christ sustains us once saved. HIs righteousness not ours. Those focused on works based salvation and/or sanctification are focused on how they think their own righteousness by their own efforts pleases God and they glory in their flesh with their imperfect obedience. 1 Corinthians 1:29 That no flesh should glory in his presence. If you walk after the flesh once saved you will sin. (Actually you sin all the time as Romans 14:23 says 'whatsoever is not of faith is sin". Under that definition we all sinned at least 20 times today probably more. If you walk after the Spirit in faith you will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. Romans 8:5-6 You will sin and when you do, your sin is no longer imputed to you once saved and your flesh has been spiritually cut off from your soul by the circumcision not made with human hands. Colossians 2:12 KJV Therefore, once saved you cannot sin your way out of salvation as you have been placed "in Christ", spiritually your flesh is cut off from your soul, not imputing sin. There is no scriptural proof of this process being placed "in Christ" reversed in Paul's epistles or even how that would work that I ever found. this could only be found in bocNC God cannot be mocked, however. He knows what you believe and trust in. Galatians 6:7-8 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. Notice those that live after the flesh in the above verse, once saved are still subject to the corruption of sin in their lives. The earthly consequences of sin still remain for the saved Christian. All believers will, however , go before the judgment seat of Christ to determine rewards or loss of rewards based upon your service in the body of Christ. If you are busy sinning and ignore sound doctrine and service in the Spirit, while your sin is forgiven past, present, and future, in theory that could mean loss of rewards if you sinned instead of letting the Holy Spirit form Chrit in you through teaching you bocNC docTRINE

1 Corinthians 3:12-15 This is the Christian life and we have victory through the grace of God through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior !!! Grace and Peace

God's Gospel Of Love For His Creation

To be saved:  You not ONLY have to believe in who Jesus is and was and always will be, God became man, you ALSO have to believe and trust only in Jesus’ death burial and resurrection for the forgiveness of sins, and God’s free gift of eternal life, and to be declared righteous forever in God's eyes. Believe and trust the simple gospel that saves - 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 & 2 Corinthians 5:1-20. Trust ONLY in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus for your salvation, to be declared righteous by God forever ! Any trust in your own human works and efforts , whether it be moral or religious has zero power to save you.

After you are saved: - Romans 12:2  - To grow in God's grace and learn about your exciting new creature identity and future then renew your mind daily with body of Christ creature  doctrine (Romans through Philemon), including praying through the simple gospel that saves every day (see my personal example below) in your own words.   New creature / BOC doctrine,  is the instruction that Jesus gave the Apostle Paul for the body of Christ creature found in Romans through Philemon.  This is how God forms Christ in the inner mind of body of Christ new creature members. This is body of Christ creature doctrine only.  

Earn rewards in heaven now: -  by applying sound doctrine written to the body of Christ new creature (Romans through Philemon) in your inner man , the Holy Spirit will use the body of Christ creature doctrine to teach you it so Christ be formed in you during the body of Christ new creature dispensation and then you image that love back to others, not taking glory for it before man and or in your own mind !  God gets this glory by you believing that is exactly what you are doing when you love people , imaging Christ !  Because you now understand God's love and forgiveness is forever. Once you trust only in Christ for righteousness you have it and sin can no longer separate you from God. It is that simple !!!. - 1 Corinthians 3:12-15 , Hebrews 11:1-6 

The Simple Gospel That Saves throughout all history:

Do you acknowledge your sin has separated you from God/Jesus ( OT did not know exactly who Messiah was and BOC creature did , Jesus = God, Jesus = fullness of God became man, Jesus, finished work (DBR), and renounce any attempt to fix your sin problem and be declared righteous by God by your own good works, moral or religion, or thinking you are too good to go to hell because of your moral and religious works, and trust only in Jesus ( God became man)  finished work, which is His death burial and resurrection,  for forgiveness of sins ,  eternal life and Jesus righteousness imputed to your account so God declares you righteous forever and sin can never separate you from God again?  yes or no ?

Lastly if you ask why this has not been taught as being this simple by mainstream church I anity =  ALL MANS religions/denominations/churches in buildings…….. when it is right in the Bible….well here is why :

2 Corinthians 4:3-4

And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled [a]to those who are perishing, 4 in whose case the god of this [b]world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that [c]they will not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

2 Corinthians 11:13-15

13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. 14 No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their deeds.

This is also why the book of Acts is a story of the transition from the Old creature - Israel's program to the New creature the body of Christ.   I believe both Peter and Paul were charged with making sure this transition went smoothly and Peter was not supposed to understand body of Christ creature doctrine all together.  Paul obvi knew Israel creature doctrine and BOC creature doctrine. 

"Creature" is key 

The key to learning your direct instruction in the bible 

is

creature

I myself am a new creature in Christ forever and

so are 

all saved

men and women

in the BOC

new

creature program

be who you are now that Jesus set you free from 

all sin forever

for all those 

in Christ 

creature is key

2 Timothy 2:15

however we can learn things of God's way versus the way of cain In all books of the bible, some in plain view in His word, and many hidden in His word.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 

Hebrews 11:1-6 

11 Now faith is the certainty of things [a]hoped for, a [b]proof of things not seen. 2 For by it the people of old [c]gained approval.

3 By faith we understand that the [d]world has been created by the word of God so that what is seen has not been made out of things that are visible. 4 By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he was attested to be righteous, God testifying [e]about his gifts, and through [f]faith, though he is dead, he still speaks. 5 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he would not see death; and he was not found because God took him up; for before he was taken up, he was attested to have been pleasing to God. 6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for the one who comes to God must believe that He exists, and that He proves to be One who rewards those who seek Him. 7 By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not yet seen, [g]in reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

To God our Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ be ALL glory both now and forevermore !!! 

Grace and peace !!!