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Wednesday,
October 28, 2009
Vain Subjection
1 Corinthians 15:50 Now this I say,
brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither
doth corruption inherit incorruption. (KJV)
You know, an inheritance is only reserved
for the family members; and the reading of the will, determines at the end
of life who will get what is rightfully theirs. God made promises to
mankind that despite their fall He would provide a way of escape from the
corruption of this world through the sacrifice of His Son, so that we could
receive our reward of inheritance. Do know though, that in order to receive
this inheritance, it can only be accomplished by hearing the Lord
personally for yourself on a daily basis so that you can find your place in
His body of believers and do what He intended for you to do before the
foundation of the world.
Romans 8:20-21 For the creature was made
subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected
the same in hope, (21) Because the creature itself also shall be delivered
from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of
God. (KJV)
When we were born into this world we were
stuck and limited by our carnal minds, which looked to other creatures for
answers. For those that are reborn into the realm of the Spirit they find
that their deliverance is not based in or on a flesh and blood man, but in
a new man that is coming to life within them. Mankind today still thinks that
they can figure their way out of their destructions, which is vain to say
the least. God sent His Word and plan of salvation to a fallen mankind; and
only His incorruptible Word and truth will truly set us free from our vain
imaginations or fantasy land, which we have lived in the past.
Galatians 5:1-3 Stand fast therefore in
the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again
with the yoke of bondage. (2) Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be
circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. (3) For I testify again to
every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. (KJV)
Do you want to know what is vain? Well,
one of the best descriptions is seeing people being born again by an
incorruptible seed which is Christ, and then for them to turn back to a
corruptible carnal way of thinking which is the old law and its works,
which in reality no longer works. No matter how the old law manifests,
whether circumcisions or water baptisms, it all clearly means that a simple
incorruptible plan of salvation has now been replaced with man’s fallen
interpretations of it. Remember that stuff about a little leaven making a
mess of the whole lump? Well, what was intended to be the bread of life
becomes a breeding ground of strife once man corrupts the simple plan of
salvation.
2 Peter 2:18-19 For when they speak great
swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh,
through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live
in error. (19) While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the
servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he
brought in bondage. (KJV)
Oh don’t think that just because you made
some commitment to the Lord at some emotional religious service that you have
got it made, but rather watch and pray always because the enemy is watching
and preying on many unsuspecting new born Christians. You still have a
corruptible lower nature that can only find its deliverance through an
incorruptible seed; the only One that can deliver you from your vain carnal
subjection to the flesh. They that are in the flesh, well, they just cannot
be pleasing to our Father in heaven.
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