The Word and the World

UV 4156/10000 The World and the Word For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandments, beguiled and completely deceived me, and using it as a weapon killed me ( separating me from God). Romans 7 v 8 Without the commandments of God, we would not know what is sin. So through the commandments, we realize that we have sinned. We are enslaved to sin. But set free by grace, by faith in Jesus. We are made alive in Him. Spiritual death is separation from God. Eternal life is union with God. Instead of being slaves of sin, we are now slaves of God, slaves to righteousness. While earlier it was natural for us to sin, it is now natural for us to be righteous and unnatural for us to sin. We now see sin for what is is- deceitful, beguiling, persuasive. In the Garden of Eden, satan deceives Adam and Eve into disbelieving God’s word. They are deceived into accepting lies as truth. Untruth had been weaponized by the enemy to cause spiritual death of man. They had chosen the lies of this world over the truth of the Creator. Since our eyes are opened to see such deception, we have chosen or been chosen to believe the truth of the gospel over the lies of this world. We, now believe the unadulterated God’s word over the words of the enemy or the words of man. There are thus, three kinds of word, the word of God, pure and simple, the word of the enemy, impure, complex, deceitful, the word of man, mixing the word of God with the word of the enemy. In becoming slaves of righteousness, slaves to God, we are set free to be the supernatural being we were created by God to be. Earlier, we had the option to sin. Sin is not an option for us, now. Though it seems as if our freedom to act is now restricted, we are actually enjoying a larger measure of freedom now. We are set free from the bondage of sin, we are set free from the fear of death and final judgement of our guilt. Sin is not only separation from God’s love, it is also condemning us to a life of shortcoming. We are living like the prodigal son away from the Father’s munificence, generousity, away from our supernatural inheritance. In contrast, being a slave of God, a slave of righteousness entitles us to a life of abundance or hyperbole ( opposite of hamartia). Instead of tragic failings that marked our erstwhile life, we enjoy a life of grace, freedom, abundance, eternal life in union with the Father. In short, we are not slaves but rulers of the supernatural world with limitless influence in the natural world since we have access to the infinite resources, power, wisdom of God.