Sin affects all of us in all areas of our life and total depravity affects us mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually. Ever since fall, inherent sin affects manhood and we are constantly battling in the lust of the yes, the lust of flesh and with the pride of life. Genesis 3: 1-8, speaks about the Fall of man, and it is so dramatic, that our parents hid themselves from the presence of the Lord among the trees of the garden, because they knew they were naked.
Now the serpent was more subtil than any
beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman,
Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And
the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the
garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God
hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And
the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know
that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be
as gods, knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was good
for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to
make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto
her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened,
and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and
made themselves aprons. And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of
the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
The effects of the Fall are narrated in the remaining chapter of Genesis 3.
Biblical references: Gen 3:1-8 (How sin entered in); Matt: 4 (Jesus was
tempted: lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life),
Rom:6(Dead to sin and alive to God).
What is the moral decision about sin?
What do we understand about the moral decision we make about sin? It does take some time and some thinking to come to that position that the sin in us as fallen people must be killed and we must come to the humble acknowledgement that we are sinful. No one can bring anyone else to this humble position, except the Lord Jesus Christ who took the sin of the whole humanity on the cross when He was crucified. If I may call it, co- crucifixion, that is our sinful nature is being crucified with Christ and though we are religiously motivated and earnestly convinced to do this, the work is of the Lord through the power of the Holy Spirit. This work, the amazing work of God, for any person, who want to come to this moral decision about sin, is freely available by the redemptive power of Christ, and no flesh can do it on their own, because the glory belongs to God alone, and He does not want any flesh to glory, in His redemptive work which was done on Calvary through His Son.
How do we do this?
Take a simple analysis of our heart, and let us identify ourselves with the death of Christ on the cross, and acknowledge that our sin is dead on the cross with Jesus; lust of the flesh, the lust of eyes, and the pride of life....the sin which affects humanity in all areas of our life. Ask the help of the Holy Spirit to invade us, our hearts, the possible areas where sin can lurk, and have the Divine anticipation that God is able to help us when we earnestly seek Him while making the moral decision about sin. In a nut shell I would like to say, anything rising within us which could exalt itself against the knowledge of God. Then we can agree with God's verdict through His Word that disposition of sin, and make a moral decision about sin, "dead indeed unto sin" “Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin”; Rom:6:6-7.
This indeed is a glorious privilege for all of us, to be crucified with Christ, and we begin to understand in our life on this part of eternity “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me”; Gal 2:20.
What do we understand regarding 'Moral Divinity'?
“For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection”: Rom 6:5.
The proof that we have been crucified with Christ will be revealed in our life, that we live on this earth. We will have a decided likeness to Him, and our personal life, will reflect the beauty of Christ in all areas and this can be called as Co-resurrection. This means the life I live, will be one like that of the likeness of the Son of God, on this earth, because the resurrection of the Son of God has imparted that authority in my mortal flesh. This new life in Christ will show itself in holiness, and the resurrection life of Jesus invades us in every part of our personal, professional, community and spiritual lives. The work of the Holy Spirit invades us in all areas of our lives, because He is not a guest, in our life, and He changes our old man and the heredity of sin. We begin to operate in a new order, because the gift of God is parted within us, and this will lead us in the path of holiness and purity of God's Son.
What do we understand by the Moral Dominion?
“Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord;” Rom:6: 9-11.
In this section I would like to talk about the Co-eternal life, the eternal life with Jesus which is the gift of God. In other words once we make the moral decision on sin, the enabling power of the Holy Spirit will help us in our weaknesses, and live a godly life, pleasing God. The full life of God begin to operate within us, and that we may be filled with the fullness of God. Eternal life means living life with God, and this has nothing to do with time, and this is the life Jesus lived while He was living with us. Even the weakest of all saints can experience this power of the Deity of the Son of God once he /she is willing to let go of any strand of their own energy and will that will blur the life of Jesus. Slowly but surely when our will is replaced by His Divine will, and when our energy is replaced by the power of the Holy Spirit, God can invade every part of us. The beautiful thing which could happen when this replacement slowly happens would be that men will know that Jesus is with us and our hearts will reflect the heart of Jesus and this will draw many men towards that Divine love!
What is the moral decision about sin?
What do we understand about the moral decision we make about sin? It does take some time and some thinking to come to that position that the sin in us as fallen people must be killed and we must come to the humble acknowledgement that we are sinful. No one can bring anyone else to this humble position, except the Lord Jesus Christ who took the sin of the whole humanity on the cross when He was crucified. If I may call it, co- crucifixion, that is our sinful nature is being crucified with Christ and though we are religiously motivated and earnestly convinced to do this, the work is of the Lord through the power of the Holy Spirit. This work, the amazing work of God, for any person, who want to come to this moral decision about sin, is freely available by the redemptive power of Christ, and no flesh can do it on their own, because the glory belongs to God alone, and He does not want any flesh to glory, in His redemptive work which was done on Calvary through His Son.
How do we do this?
Take a simple analysis of our heart, and let us identify ourselves with the death of Christ on the cross, and acknowledge that our sin is dead on the cross with Jesus; lust of the flesh, the lust of eyes, and the pride of life....the sin which affects humanity in all areas of our life. Ask the help of the Holy Spirit to invade us, our hearts, the possible areas where sin can lurk, and have the Divine anticipation that God is able to help us when we earnestly seek Him while making the moral decision about sin. In a nut shell I would like to say, anything rising within us which could exalt itself against the knowledge of God. Then we can agree with God's verdict through His Word that disposition of sin, and make a moral decision about sin, "dead indeed unto sin" “Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin”; Rom:6:6-7.
This indeed is a glorious privilege for all of us, to be crucified with Christ, and we begin to understand in our life on this part of eternity “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me”; Gal 2:20.
What do we understand regarding 'Moral Divinity'?
“For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection”: Rom 6:5.
The proof that we have been crucified with Christ will be revealed in our life, that we live on this earth. We will have a decided likeness to Him, and our personal life, will reflect the beauty of Christ in all areas and this can be called as Co-resurrection. This means the life I live, will be one like that of the likeness of the Son of God, on this earth, because the resurrection of the Son of God has imparted that authority in my mortal flesh. This new life in Christ will show itself in holiness, and the resurrection life of Jesus invades us in every part of our personal, professional, community and spiritual lives. The work of the Holy Spirit invades us in all areas of our lives, because He is not a guest, in our life, and He changes our old man and the heredity of sin. We begin to operate in a new order, because the gift of God is parted within us, and this will lead us in the path of holiness and purity of God's Son.
What do we understand by the Moral Dominion?
“Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord;” Rom:6: 9-11.
In this section I would like to talk about the Co-eternal life, the eternal life with Jesus which is the gift of God. In other words once we make the moral decision on sin, the enabling power of the Holy Spirit will help us in our weaknesses, and live a godly life, pleasing God. The full life of God begin to operate within us, and that we may be filled with the fullness of God. Eternal life means living life with God, and this has nothing to do with time, and this is the life Jesus lived while He was living with us. Even the weakest of all saints can experience this power of the Deity of the Son of God once he /she is willing to let go of any strand of their own energy and will that will blur the life of Jesus. Slowly but surely when our will is replaced by His Divine will, and when our energy is replaced by the power of the Holy Spirit, God can invade every part of us. The beautiful thing which could happen when this replacement slowly happens would be that men will know that Jesus is with us and our hearts will reflect the heart of Jesus and this will draw many men towards that Divine love!
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