FREEDOM TO SERVE THE LORD

WORDS FROM APOSTLE

Freedom to Serve the Lord 

Romans 8:1-2 KJV: “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.” 

Condemnation

Is the act condemning, of which is to pronounce to be guilty and sentenced to punishment.  When a person is charged with a capital crime, he is usually arrested and put in jail awaiting trial. If he is pronounced guilty, the punishment is death in most cases. In the first sentence of Romans 6:23 KJV:  states “For the wages of sin is death".

To be carnal minded 
Is pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual: carnal pleasures. 

In marriage, as long as the husband is alive, the wife is bound in marriage to her husband, but if her husband dies, she is free then to marry another and so is he that lives in sin is bound to fulfill his lustful desires.  When we act and make decisions based on sinful lust, we are carnal minded, or walking after the flesh. 

Romans 8:6 KJV: “For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.”  For they that are after the flesh do mind or think on ways to fulfilling their lustful habits and desires. 

That’s why Jesus said place your affections on the things that are above, where God is and not things on the earth.  For where your heart is, that’s where your mind is.

These are signs of a carnal mind or the lust of the flesh: 

Galatians 5:17-21 KJV: “For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,  Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”  

Spiritual Minded 

John 4:23-24 KJV:  “But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” 

When a person accepts Jesus as their Lord and Savior, they instantly receive the Holy Spirit which sets them free from their sins. The Holy Spirit influences the heart or soul, to live a life of loving obedience to the word of God.  As a person yields in obedience to the Holy Spirit, his heart becomes as fertile ground, ready to receive seed “the word of God”. 

The Holy Spirit is like rain that waters the seed that's in the ground. Then “The Holy Spirit” begins to produce a new life, new desires, and spiritual fruit within that person as written in Galatians 5:22-23 KJV: But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.”  So the sum of the matter is: when a person confesses their sins, and accepts Jesus as their Lord and Savior, they become a new creature inside, then and then only can they live a life that’s pleasing to God.  

The sinner or unbeliever cannot walk in the spirit, nor produce spiritual fruit because of his mindset which is to fulfill his carnal or fleshly desires. If you want to live a life that’s pleasing to God, and enhance your life, walking in the spirit, and producing spiritual fruit, all you have to do is to acknowledge that you are a sinner and come to the Lord in a simple prayer, saying Lord Jesus I confess my sins to you. I live a life fulfilling my fleshly desires and I'm asking you to forgive me. Help come into my life as my Lord and Savior I ask in your name Jesus, Amen.  

Now, if you just confessed and accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior, or you recommitted yourself to the Lord, now you are free from your sins to serve the Lord. I want you to go to the phone call us at 516-492-8597 and share the good news. We'll pray with you, and encourage you to continue your walk with God, or, email us at forceim@gmail.com and share your testimony with us. Now may the joy of the Lord and the peace of God and the Holy Spirit fill your heart.