“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.” Romans
8:3-4
The law could not do what Christ
could. It was weak. It was weak because the redemption that was
offered was through the flesh. It could atone
for sins committed by sinful flesh but could not eradicate the sin within our
flesh. The carnal nature that drives us
to commit sin. Therefore, God sent his
own Son to condemn sin in the flesh and provide deliverance. Nothing short of deliverance.
The Bible, considered as a whole, and not in part will prove itself
utterly consistent, and can be used as the complete Word of God that is your
guideline and your strength. While the
old law accomplished only a part of our redemption, Jesus accomplished
all. The reason the Jews sacrificed
animals was because they committed sin.
The reason they had to keep sacrificing year after year was because they
sinned year after year. The reason they
sinned year after year was because of their nature to sin that remained in
them, year after year. The law could
justify sins committed. What could it
not do, is take away the drive to sin. The
nature to sin. That predetermined sinful
state that naturally occurs in all mankind.
A sinful condition that we are cursed with since the fall of Adam. A condition that manifests itself as we leave
the ignorance of childhood and press into young adulthood. We steal because we lust. We kill because were angry. We cheat because we want. The fruit of carnality is committed sin. So, what did God do? “He
sent his own son in the likeness of sinful flesh, for sin, to condemned sin in
the flesh.” Sin is “in the flesh” is
inbred carnality. By sacrificing
himself, spending three days in a tomb, and coming out on the third day; Jesus
conquered sin, death, and hell. He sent
the Holy Ghost as a witness to the victory over sin. As Oswald Chambers once wrote, the Holy Ghost
is a witness to the ascending Christ. If
you believe on Jesus and you are willing to submit your life to his will, way,
and wishes; he provides victory over sin.
That is both sins committed and the desire to sin, and because Jesus
provides it, he condemns it. If you have
the option not to sin, that means that you are choosing to, and if you choose
to you elect to face the consequences of your willingness to live in sin rather
than live in holiness. Jesus did what
the Law could not do. He brought to the
power to live without sin, in this life.
Complete and total deliverance.
If you remain in the flesh,
sinning and repenting, sinning and repenting, sinning and repenting, you are
just like the Jews of old; calling only on the forgiveness of God. But consider this: “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ
Jesus who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit.” If you call on the complete delivering
power of God found in the manifestation of the Holy Spirit in your heart. You are no more in the flesh but in the
Spirit and it guides you to walk as such, to never sin again. The flesh is weak, the Holy Spirit is not. Jesus Christ brings full deliverance.
