CHRIST SHOWED THAT ONCE WE HAVE THE SPIRIT OF LIFE (OR THE DIVINE NATURE) WHICH WAS ALSO IN HIM WE COULD LIVE SINFREE IN SINFUL FLESH AS HE ALSO LIVED SINFREE IN SINFUL FLESH.
CHRIST SHOWED THAT ONCE WE HAVE THE SPIRIT OF LIFE (OR THE DIVINE NATURE) WHICH WAS ALSO IN HIM WE COULD LIVE SINFREE IN SINFUL FLESH AS HE ALSO LIVED SINFREE IN SINFUL FLESH.
The bible tells us in Romans 8:1 "1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
3 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:
4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
The context of “likeness of sinful flesh” here must mean sameness, that the consistency and thought of all the verses may be maintained. Furthermore it is impossible for Christ to have a flesh like sinful flesh that is not sinful flesh.
Now Sinful flesh is flesh affected by sin and not necessary infected by sin, a flesh that could get hungry, sick, tired, sleepy and could die, all these are due to the effect of sin on the human body and of themselves are not sin. However if a person sin in thought, the flesh would then have sinful passions and emotions flowing in it, which is the flesh being infected with sin.
Verse 2 of Romans 8 speaks of the mind being freed from sin by the knowledge or the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus.
Verse 3 shows that Christ came with a flesh like us and with the Spirit of life in his mind mentioned in verse 2 condemned sin in the flesh.
Verse 4 tells us the intent of why Christ came with the same flesh as us and with the spiritual mind offered to us. It was to give an example that the righteousness of the law would be fulfilled in us who live after the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus and have the same flesh.
Now Christ did not have a sin nature in his flesh, so for him to be an example of how to be sincere and live sinfree he must have what is available to us of having 1. The weakened flesh called sinful flesh which is what we are born with, and 2. The Spiritual mind available at conversion or when we are born from above). In this way sin in us is condemned because Christ shows we have no excuse to continue sinning because he lived sinfree/righteous in the same flesh we have. We have no excuse to live in sin; since the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus is offered to us. This is why Isaiah 53:11 tell us by His knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many. He demonstrated how sinfreeness is possible now in our sinful flesh and in so doing condemned sin in the flesh.
So my dear Facebook friends accept the character of Christ by accepting the doctrines of Christ (2John 9) and be sinfree. As it is written "be ye holy, for a I am holy" (1Peter 1:15) and "Be ye therefore perfect as your Father which is in heaven is perfect".
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