Romans 6:9-14 (NLT)
[9]We are sure of this because Christ was raised from the dead, and he will never die again. Death no longer has any power over him.
[10]When he died, he died once to break the power of sin. But now that he lives, he lives for the glory of God.
[11]So you also should consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus.
[12]Do not let sin control the way you live; do not give in to sinful desires.
[13]Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have new life. So use your whole body as an instrument to do what is right for the glory of God.
[14]Sin is no longer your master, for you no longer live under the requirements of the law. Instead, you live under the freedom of God’s grace.
A certain man once asked when having scriptures conversation with him. Should we continue to live in sin after we are saved? I quickly take him to the above Scriptures.
It is crystal clear a son of God don't live in sin anymore when he is born again. He is dead to sin but alive to God. To be "alive to God " means to be enlightened to the truths of God and His ways of life. It is to be in conscious relationship with God.
Ephesians 2:1-6 (NLT) says;
[1]Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins.
[2]You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil—the commander of the powers in the unseen world. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God.
[3]All of us used to live that way, following the passionate desires and inclinations of our sinful nature. By our very nature we were subject to God’s anger, just like everyone else.
[4]But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much,
[5]that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God’s grace that you have been saved!)
[6]For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus.
You see, this isn't a promise of something God is going to do, He has done it, He has given us life in Christ by that simple obedience, and the recreated beings are living that way. They are righteous and are living righteous life because they have been made alive to God. They don't obey the devil anymore the commander of the power in the unseen world, they have been conveyed into the kingdom of His Son of His love. (Colossians 1:13).
Since you are alive to God and He is real to you, you can hear and know His voice, His thoughts, ways, His will, His truths, and practice it in your life according to His divine destiny for you.
Hallelujah!
The unbelievers are not alive to God, they are alive to sin and the devil. They are dead to the truths and ways of God. They hear the devil's voice but the believers hear God's voice. When we talk about hearing God's voice, they wonder how anyone can claim that God speaks to him. Absolutely, God speaks to His children and we hear Him because we have been made alive to Him. That is the truth the reality of His Word. Glory to God!
The unbeliever who is not alive to God is easily discomfited in the face of adversity. When challenges come he frets and wonders, seeking help, however, when you're alive to God, He becomes your help. If you have not been born again, I encourage you to give your heart to Christ even now, and become alive to the father hood of God. Be alive to God by saying this words:
Say, Father Lord, I confess Jesus Christ as lord and saviour of my life. I believed that Jesus died for me, and God raised him from the dead for my salvation. Therefore, I receive eternal life into my heart now. Amen!
Congratulations!!!
A believer who is alive to God, has His light and His light shines in his heart and becomes His righteousness, wisdom, and grace. God will continue to counsel and guide him through His truths.
The believers who are alive to God they practice the truth by walking in love because love is their inherited nature. They took after the nature of God which is love and God is love. They don't struggle to love they flow in that inherited nature of God.
1John 4:7-8 & 15-16(NKJV)
[7] Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
[8] He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
The nature of God is love and He manifested this through His son Jesus Christ. This also gives us confidence as born again we abide in Him and He in us.
[15] Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
[16] And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
Everyone born of God has love in them because as He is so are we in this world.
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