“But now being made free from sin, and become servants of God, you have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. 23. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
These two verses appeared to me to be a victory cry, by a man who had won the victory through Christ. Paul was victorious in that he had been made free from sin. This did not mean that he did not sin anymore, but that sin did have victory over him. He had been set free from sin through faith in Jesus Christ, which is the same victory that we have. In fact that is the only victory over sin. We are born into a world filled with sin, and we have to deal with sin almost from birth, at least until we reach an age of accountability. There are numbers of people who are so enamored with sin that they do not know that they need to be set free from it. To them sin is not a problem until they encounter Jesus Christ, then they know how awful sin is. You have been made free from sin, or you can be by accepting Jesus into your life by faith. Paul was victorious in that he had become a servant of God. In fact, dealing with the sin factor in life sets us free to become true servants of God. We do not become servants of God just because we decide one that we will be called servants of God. We become servants of God when we come to know Him through faith in His Son. One of the greatest privileges that we can know in this life is to become servants of God. A servant of God is not one who becomes extremely religious, and wears his or her religion on his or his sleeve. A servant of God who gladly serves the Lord, knowing that he or she does not deserve that title but they have been given that title through Christ. Paul was victorious in that he knew the holiness that comes only through faith in Jesus Christ. That’s what “fruit unto holiness” means. He did not mean that he had become holy, but that he was benefitting through the holiness that became his by faith in Christ. Whatever holiness we have, we have it through faith in Christ. The moment we think that we ourselves are “holy” we have become like the self-righteous Pharisees who opposed Jesus. Paul was victorious in that he knew that because of his faith in Jesus, in the end he had everlasting life. This means that through faith in Christ, we do not just win victory over sin, but that we will live eternally with Jesus Christ. Paul summarizes this victory shout with the following: “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Sin does not just kill people, but it kills their souls as well. The “wages of sin” is always death…” Jesus died on the cross to set us from free the effects of sin and from the eternal damnation that it brings. Claim victory in Christ now! Bro. Joe
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tommie collins
10/3/2017 07:22:33 pm
This was such a true message. I needed to hear this today. God, bless & keep You is my Pray!!!
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