... ... . and you shall call His name JESUS: for He shall save His people from their sins (Matthew 1:21b).
Jesus Christ came into the world to save His people (Israelites) from their sins. We need to want to be delivered from sin in our life in order to be saved from it, because even though we are forgiven of past transgressions, if we choose to continue in sin it can destroy us. This is why we need GOD for our Savior, Who cleanses (purges/purifies) us of our unrighteousness (sin) as we repent and confess our sins. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us (purge, purify) from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9).The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9).It is the will of GOD for all to come to repentance; for in Christ all shall be made alive (1 Corinthians 15:22b). We need to repent (turn from our unrighteous ways), and confess our sins to be delivered from unrighteousness (sin) to enter the <st1
lace w:st="on"><st1laceType w:st="on">Kingdom</st1laceType> of <st1laceName w:st="on">GOD</st1laceName></st1lace>. This cleansing process (called our sanctification) is ongoing to make us holy and acceptable in the presence of GOD.
The following passages show that the believers being addressed had turned from sin in their life (repented). And you, He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others (Ephesians 2:1-3). This shows they were dead in trespasses and sins by living to fulfill the desires of the flesh and mind but were born of GOD and saved as they repented by turning from the ways of the world and lusts of the flesh.
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the <st1lace w:st="on"><st1laceType w:st="on">kingdom</st1laceType> of <st1laceName w:st="on">GOD</st1laceName></st1lace>? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortionists will inherit the <st1lace w:st="on"><st1laceType w:st="on">kingdom</st1laceType> of <st1laceName w:st="on">GOD</st1laceName></st1lace>. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our GOD (1 Corinthians 6:9-11). By repenting and believing in Jesus Christ, we are made alive with Christ when forgiven by confessing our sins, and then cleansed of unrighteousness (sin) to enter the <st1lace w:st="on"><st1laceType w:st="on">Kingdom</st1laceType> of <st1laceName w:st="on">GOD</st1laceName></st1lace>.
I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law (Galatians 5:16-18). If we walk with the Spirit, and not after the flesh, we will overcome the world and the lusts of the flesh to enter the <st1lace w:st="on"><st1laceType w:st="on">Kingdom</st1laceType> of <st1laceName w:st="on">GOD</st1laceName></st1lace>.
Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of GOD (Galatians 5:19-21). Those who practice unrighteousness shall not inherit the <st1lace w:st="on"><st1laceType w:st="on">Kingdom</st1laceType> of <st1laceName w:st="on">GOD</st1laceName></st1lace>, unless they turn from sin (repent). The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self- control. Against such there is no law. And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires (Galatians 5:22-24). We take on the attributes of the Spirit as we are conformed to the image of Jesus Christ.
Therefore, put to death your members that are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Because of these things the wrath of GOD is coming upon the sons of disobedience, in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them (Colossians 3:5-7). Here is another example that shows they turned from (repented of) unrighteousness (sin) in their life to be born again.
Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of GOD (1 Peter 4:1-2). The suffering in the flesh we might experience could be GOD helping us to cease from the sin in our life after the lusts of men, to live for the will of GOD in the Spirit.
For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles--when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries. Concerning these, they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of you (1 Peter 4:3-4). When a believer truly repents, they turn away from the world and sin and turn to GOD
They will give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. For this reason, the gospel was preached also to those who are dead, so they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to GOD in the spirit (1 Peter 4:5-6). GOD will save a believer who truly turns from the world and sin (repents).
These verses/passages show believers in the early church had truly turned from the ways of the world and sin, which is not the case with many complacent believers in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">America</st1lace></st1:country-region> today that profess to be Christians. Because we are saved by the grace of GOD for our faith, many were taught to believe, by confessing to be a sinner and accepting Jesus Christ to be forgiven, we have been saved. There are even some that try to avoid repentance as a factor in salvation by categorizing repentance as "works". Those who do not practice righteousness are not children of God, neither are those who do not love their brother (1 John 3:10). .. ... depart from me workers of iniquity, I never knew you (Matthew 7:23).
But as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, (1 Peter 1:15).
If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him (1 John 2:29).
(7) Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. (8) He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. (9) Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God. (10) In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother (1 John 3:7-10).
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.
And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever (1 John 2:15-17).
Jesus Christ came into the world to save His people (Israelites) from their sins. We need to want to be delivered from sin in our life in order to be saved from it, because even though we are forgiven of past transgressions, if we choose to continue in sin it can destroy us. This is why we need GOD for our Savior, Who cleanses (purges/purifies) us of our unrighteousness (sin) as we repent and confess our sins. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us (purge, purify) from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9).The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9).It is the will of GOD for all to come to repentance; for in Christ all shall be made alive (1 Corinthians 15:22b). We need to repent (turn from our unrighteous ways), and confess our sins to be delivered from unrighteousness (sin) to enter the <st1
lace w:st="on"><st1laceType w:st="on">Kingdom</st1laceType> of <st1laceName w:st="on">GOD</st1laceName></st1lace>. This cleansing process (called our sanctification) is ongoing to make us holy and acceptable in the presence of GOD.The following passages show that the believers being addressed had turned from sin in their life (repented). And you, He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others (Ephesians 2:1-3). This shows they were dead in trespasses and sins by living to fulfill the desires of the flesh and mind but were born of GOD and saved as they repented by turning from the ways of the world and lusts of the flesh.
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the <st1
lace w:st="on"><st1laceType w:st="on">kingdom</st1laceType> of <st1laceName w:st="on">GOD</st1laceName></st1lace>? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortionists will inherit the <st1lace w:st="on"><st1laceType w:st="on">kingdom</st1laceType> of <st1laceName w:st="on">GOD</st1laceName></st1lace>. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our GOD (1 Corinthians 6:9-11). By repenting and believing in Jesus Christ, we are made alive with Christ when forgiven by confessing our sins, and then cleansed of unrighteousness (sin) to enter the <st1lace w:st="on"><st1laceType w:st="on">Kingdom</st1laceType> of <st1laceName w:st="on">GOD</st1laceName></st1lace>.I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law (Galatians 5:16-18). If we walk with the Spirit, and not after the flesh, we will overcome the world and the lusts of the flesh to enter the <st1
lace w:st="on"><st1laceType w:st="on">Kingdom</st1laceType> of <st1laceName w:st="on">GOD</st1laceName></st1lace>.Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of GOD (Galatians 5:19-21). Those who practice unrighteousness shall not inherit the <st1
lace w:st="on"><st1laceType w:st="on">Kingdom</st1laceType> of <st1laceName w:st="on">GOD</st1laceName></st1lace>, unless they turn from sin (repent). The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self- control. Against such there is no law. And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires (Galatians 5:22-24). We take on the attributes of the Spirit as we are conformed to the image of Jesus Christ.Therefore, put to death your members that are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Because of these things the wrath of GOD is coming upon the sons of disobedience, in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them (Colossians 3:5-7). Here is another example that shows they turned from (repented of) unrighteousness (sin) in their life to be born again.
Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of GOD (1 Peter 4:1-2). The suffering in the flesh we might experience could be GOD helping us to cease from the sin in our life after the lusts of men, to live for the will of GOD in the Spirit.
For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles--when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries. Concerning these, they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of you (1 Peter 4:3-4). When a believer truly repents, they turn away from the world and sin and turn to GOD
They will give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. For this reason, the gospel was preached also to those who are dead, so they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to GOD in the spirit (1 Peter 4:5-6). GOD will save a believer who truly turns from the world and sin (repents).
These verses/passages show believers in the early church had truly turned from the ways of the world and sin, which is not the case with many complacent believers in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1
lace w:st="on">America</st1lace></st1:country-region> today that profess to be Christians. Because we are saved by the grace of GOD for our faith, many were taught to believe, by confessing to be a sinner and accepting Jesus Christ to be forgiven, we have been saved. There are even some that try to avoid repentance as a factor in salvation by categorizing repentance as "works". Those who do not practice righteousness are not children of God, neither are those who do not love their brother (1 John 3:10). .. ... depart from me workers of iniquity, I never knew you (Matthew 7:23).But as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, (1 Peter 1:15).
If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him (1 John 2:29).
(7) Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. (8) He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. (9) Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God. (10) In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother (1 John 3:7-10).
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.
And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever (1 John 2:15-17).
