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Paul says, in the present life we are in practice to “live by faith,” as though we are now dead (Rom 6:6) – “Consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus” (Rom 6:11). Since the real battle is not against flesh and blood, but is in the “heavenlies,” we cannot participate in that battle in the flesh (Eph 6:12). So, fruit-bearing Christians “live by faith,” that the “power of God might live in them” in the person of the Holy Spirit – when we live by faith, God is involved in the work.

The “key” to being successful in the war of the mind is becoming proficient at wielding the sword of the Spirit – the Word of God – against all sinful thoughts and forces of darkness (Eph 6:10-17). Reckoning” is not pretend-ing that your old nature has died when you know perfectly well that it has not. Unless you really know who you are “in Christ,” the Christian life can be an exhausting, debilitating experience.Cookies collect information about your preferences and your devices and are used to make the site work as you expect it to, to understand how you interact with the site, and to show advertisements that are targeted to your interests. Schaeffer says, “ desire becomes sin when it fails to include love of God or men —we are to love God enough to be contented, and love men enough not to envy. When I give myself a reiki treatment by placing my hands on different parts of the body I can rebalance the energy flow of my body. Where a man will spend eternity depends on his reading or hearing the truth content of the gospel, and his believing it.

You can find out more about our use, change your default settings, and withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by visiting Cookies Settings, which can also be found in the footer of the site.Furthermore, it was always God’s intention that His children be the evidence and demonstration of Christ’s victory on the cross. We are not just dead to certain things… we are to love God… we are to be alive to Him… we are to be in communion with Him (in this present moment of history).

You must have confident assurance in the moment that “God is at work in you to will and do His good pleasure” (Phil 2:13; Heb 11:1) – by the way, the faith you exercise one moment doesn’t get credited to the actions you take the next moment; you must consciously exercise faith at all times. The Christian pursues sanctification by rehearsing the historic life of Christ in his or her own life. Paul also says: “Our old self was crucified with Christ, that our body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin” (Rom 6:6). So Elisha says to him: “Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.

It's about making time to contemplate the awesomeness of life on earth, the extraordinary luck this planet has in sustaining life. Here is the concept of the “iceberg” again – nine-tenths below the surface, and only one-tenth above it, so that we cannot always sort out all that we are in the midst of our sin. In the celebration of Passover, the Passover Lamb died – this looked forward to the comingof Jesus (Ex 12; Is 53:7; Jn 1:29; 19:14).