Bible Discussion Thread

This Chapter has truly taught me how to live a rightful life in the eyes of God. Many times I have struggled to keep myself distant from the things that slowly make me depart from God. This makes me realize the flesh is weak but the spirit is strong. I am a living testimony, 18 years old, and born in a Christian home. However this does not define our place in heaven. As a Daughter of God I have learned that the flesh leads humanity and even the Christian community to deviate from the word and the actions that define a true Christian. And Paul tells us “for he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption”, thus enclosing that if one lives a sinful life without prayer, fasting, and lack of faithfulness, one reaps spiritual deficit and departure from God. The things that would hold us back from God become our daily doze. In addition Romans 6:23 clearly describes that the “wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life.” Sin nonetheless is the cause of spiritual death but if we depart from the sinfulness in our life and truly repent, living a life of holiness, we can reach eternal salvation through God ( Romans 8:1 KJV). On the other hand Paul also teaches us that if one is in the spirit, of the spirit we shall reap life everlasting. Life everlasting is not just accepting God and believing we are saved. Life everlasting is keeping a sane life in front of God and above all keeping a life of holiness. Because we consciously know we are tainted and feel spiritually dirty in the presence of God but the crucifixion of our Lord Jesus Christ allowed us to break the chains of condemnation and repent from our sins. The letter Paul wrote to Rome allowed me to grasp and recall the scripture in 2 Corinthians 5: 17 “Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”