Romans 8: 3-6

(Romans 8: 3-6)

『For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:  That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 』

 

In Romans 7:4, we read “Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. 』That those who are in Christ died by the law. The reason for being killed by the law is 『that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. 』 When it comes to bearing fruit, most people may think that they believe in Jesus well and thus become a saved person. But ultimately, fruitful work is to save the dead spirit of the neighbor.

 

To produce fruit for God is to do what God wants. Those who have left God return to God in Christ. That is, the physical body (old man) dies in Christ and is reborn as the spirit body. The word "believe in Jesus" means believing that you die with Jesus and rise again with Jesus. So, God's job is to believe in the one whom God sent (Christ). What the prodigal son wants from his prodigal son is to repent and return as dead.

 

In 2 Corinthians 5:14-15, “For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. The Bible says that the reason the saints died with Jesus was to live for Jesus Christ. It is a witness of Jesus Christ. In 1 Corinthians 1:21, ``For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. 』

 

In Genesis 12:1-3『 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:  And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.』

What God wants is that all nations on earth will be blessed. Blessing means salvation. In Genesis 22:18, "And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. The seed means Jesus Christ. Also in 1 Timothy 2:4, “Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. 』

 

The fact that our old man died with Jesus does not mean that we think that way, but that God sees the heart of the repentant and will do so. That is why, because they died with Jesus, they must be reborn with Jesus into a new life and pass on that life to others. Those who are not born with a new life cannot pass on the heavenly life to others. Those who can preach the heavenly life can do this only to those who participate in Jesus' death and resurrection. That is why God will not ask about the worldly problems that may arise when the evangelist evangelizes on this earth.『 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death』

In order to spread the word of God, there must be someone who is born again (Jesus' disciple). Jesus told Peter that he would make him a fishing man. That is why the number of disciples of Jesus increases. John 17:18 『As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. 』Jesus entered the world in the form of a servant from the kingdom of God. The disciples also went into the world in the form of slaves. When the disciples testify of Jesus, the Holy Spirit is with them to testify. The reason for the coming of the Holy Spirit is to make us realize about sin, righteousness, and judgment.

 

The disciples come to the body, the Spirit is the spirit, and reach people to preach the Gospel. The disciples preach the word of the Gospel, and the Holy Spirit makes them understand. In Hebrews 10:15-18, 『Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin. 』

 

However, because the disciples are in the flesh in this world, they are in a weak situation. In Romans 7:21-24, "I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? 』
God sealed his disciples with the Holy Spirit for evangelism, and gave them to be reborn as spirit bodies in heaven, but on this earth there is still a hard fight due to the existing body.

 

The way to win this fight is not to repent of your sins every day and wash them in the blood of Jesus, but to remember that you are dead with Jesus and ask God. “God does what cannot be done because of the flesh”, that is, to those who died with Jesus, God puts their sins on Jesus Christ. Those who think that they must repent of their sins every day are not dead with Jesus.

 

So, God clearly promises in Romans 6:7, "For he that is dead is freed from sin. So, it is not "Sin sin", but "Freely preach the gospel." God is to work hard in evangelism. That is why when problems arise from God's work, God will solve them. God's solution is the ransom death of Jesus Christ. To those who are in Christ the ransom death of Christ applies. Therefore, those who are in Christ are killed for the law.

 

Those who are in Christ do not simply believe in Jesus, but die with Jesus and are born into a new life. God's will is to bring all people into Christ. God said that those who do not do God's will are those who practice lawlessness. In Matthew 7:22-23, “Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. 』