ROM 6:14 KJV For sin shall not have Dominion over you: For ye are not under the law, but under grace
INTRODUCTION
Sin has become a celebrated monster in the world at large. It is a monster because of its adverse effects upon mankind and the society. These effects include sorrow, sickness, scarcity, stagnation, suffering, struggling, societal corruption, death just to mention but a few.
Yet sin has been erroneously celebrated. Man cannot help the situation and has resolved against his will and pleasure to accept it as a normalcy
Over the years,in an attempt to curb these societal menace;, rules and regulations have been enacted but rather than curtail sin, there has been an alarming increase in social vices . This is a proof that man lacks the capacity to solve the problem of sin.
LIVING ABOVE SIN is a comprehensive book that unveil the remedy to sin; the dreaded monster called sin has been defeated and as such should not have Dominion over man. Therefore man can actually live above sin. Happy reading
CHAPTER ONE
THE BACKGROUND OF SIN
ROM 5:15 KJV Wherefore,as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.
In the beginning,sin was not in the world. Sin entered the world by one man, Adam. God created a good world without sin or adversities and a man in His own image and likeness.
Genesis 1:26 KJV And God said let Us make man in our own image and likeness and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the earth, and over the cattle, and over all the earth and over every creeping things that creepeth upon the earth.
Adam was created to be like God. He had dominion over all of God’s other creatures. In other words, Adam ruled as a god upon earth. But his godship or dominion is dependent upon his obedience to God.
Genesis 2:9,16-17 KJV And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every trees that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, the tree of life also in the midst of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. And the Lord God commanded the man saying, of every tree in the garden thou mayest freely eat, But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof,thou shalt surely die.
Man continued to live without sin and in charge of the affairs of this world as long as he obeys God. It is important to state emphatically that man’s dominion over the earth is dependent upon his obedience to God. Although man was created as god on the earth yet God demands man allegiance to Him. God instructed Adam to eat all the fruits of the garden except the fruits of the knowledge of good and evil. He also told Adam that he would die the same day he disobeys Him.
Genesis 3:1-6 KJV Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And be said unto the woman,yeah hath God said,ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat the fruits 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 God's, 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 to her husban ad with her; and he did eat
Unfortunately, Adam wasn’t loyal to God. He listened to other instructor and disobeyed God
CHAPTER TWO
THE EFFECT OF ADAMS DISOBEDIENCE
ROM 623a KJV For the wages of sin is death.
Man’s loyalty to God enabled him to live in dominion over the earth and without sin. The day Adam disobeyed God, Adam became a sinner and lost his dominion or godship over the earth. God warned Adam of the consequences of disobeying Him. God told Adam that he will die any day he disobeyed Him. The death God meant was beyond the physical departure or transition from this earth; it is the transformation of the nature of man from divinity into carnality; from Dominion into weakness. It is the departure of man from the image and likeness of God into the nature of Sin. This is a spiritual death: A separation from God.
Adams disobedience to God was a global genocide. It transformed the nature of all mankind to Sin. Everyone born of the seed of man is born as a sinner. Man became a sinner and the world became sinful.
Adam also looses his godship over the earth. The Sin nature is a weak, helpless and hopeless nature. Man lost control over the affairs of life.
ROM 3:23 KJV For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
Adam’s disobedience denied man the glory of God. Man started living like a mere mortal. Man cannot do the right things he wants to do but does the wrong things he ought not do. The sinful nature obeys the lustful desires of the flesh.
Adam was sent out of the garden of Eden,a place where God prepared for him,a place where God provides all his needs to a life of hardship,pains, struggling, suffering, scarcity, disappointments, limitations, etc
Adams disobedience did not only change the nature of man from divinity into carnality but altered the good world that God created into a sinful world.
CHAPTER THREE
THE FUTILITY OF MAN’S EFFORT
Galatians 3:24 KJV Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith
SIN is more than an action;it is a nature. It is the fallen nature of man. The nature determines the action. A dog barks because it has the nature of a dog, likewise a man commits sin because of the Sin nature.
Sin(s) are the manifestations or the activities of the Sin nature. As long as man remains a sinner,he must continue to live in sins. The sinful nature lacks the ability to live above sin.
Laws, rules and regulations are good if man is able to keep them but unfortunately man lacks the ability to keep the laws, even those who enact these laws have been found guilty of the law.
Galatians 3:21 KJV Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily,rghteousness should have been by the law.
The Sin nature bastardized the good intentions of the law. Telling a sinner not to sin is like telling a dog not to bark. The laws was only able to achieve one purpose, which is exposing the helplessness and the weakness of man. There’s no law that can stop a sinner from committing sin. The laws only helped the sinner to know what is good and bad but it doesn’t give the sinner the ability to do what is good and reject what is bad.
It is quite obvious that man lacks the ability to deal with Sin. The Sin nature is a weak nature. The effort of the weak nature is futile. Living above sin is beyond human effort. How can man live above sin? Read on
CHAPTER FOUR
THE REMEDY TO SIN
ROM 8:3-4 KJV For what the law could not do,in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin condemned sin in the flesh: that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us,who walk not after the flesh but after the spirit.
Adams act of disobedience brought a global genocide to mankind. Adam killed humanity. Everyone died into Sin. This death is not physical but spiritual. There was a transformation in the spirit. Although Adam lived physically after that day he disobeyed God but he died spiritually. He loosed the image and likeness of God in him. He was separated from divinity.
God created man in His image and likeness to have dominion over the earth as long as man remains loyal to Him but man was disloyal to God. All that God needed from man was his loyalty.
The carnal nature is self-conscious. It is controlled by the lustful desires of the flesh. It depends on self; yet as independent as the self wants to be.it is weak and incapacitated.
God wants man to be dependent on Him and not to depend on himself. The law exposed the weakness of the flesh or self. Man will not and cannot prevail by his effort. Man’s glory, his godship or dominion depends on his loyalty to God.
ROM 6:23 KJV For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
That which man could not do for himself,nor the law could do for him; God gave to man as a gift. This is graceful. Eternal life is the life of God. To have eternal life means to have the life of God. Although this life is given to man free of charge yet it cost God the precious blood of His only begotten Son.
John 3:16 KJV For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
Jesus Christ is the ransom that God gave to deliver man from the nature of Sin. Jesus Christ is the remedy for Sin. Man died in to Sin, Jesus died to take man out of Sin. With His blood,He paid the price for the remission of our sins.
1peter2:24-25 KJV Who His own self bare our sin in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sin, should live unto righteousness:by Whose stripes ye were healed. For ye were as sheep going astray;but are now returned unto the shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
The sacrificial death of Jesus Christ on the cross of Calvary is the death of all mankind to the nature of Sin. Sin nature was nailed to the cross of Calvary. God has forgiven all mankind of its sin. If God has forgiven all mankind of its sin,why are some still living under the captivity of Sin? Read on
CHAPTER FIVE
HOW TO BE SAVED
Mark16:15-16 KJV And He said unto them,Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
Jesus Christ is the ransom that God paid to redeem man from Sin. At the cross of Calvary, Jesus shed His blood for the remission of the sins of the whole world. This is the good news.
The sins of the whole world has been paid for by the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ. At the cross, Jesus declared that it is finished. In other words there’s nothing else left to be done. Jesus Christ did for man that which man nor the law could do. This is the grace of God.
Unfortunately not everyone is aware of this truth and some who are aware refuse to accept it, yet it is the only way out of the menace called sin. All that is required of man to receive this free gift of God is to believe. Just believe in the finished works of Grace.
Man is created to depend on God. A fish is created to depend on water. Birds are created to depend on the air. Nothing functions effectively outside its natural habitat. Man ought to depend on God to function as a god on the earth.
ROM 10:3-4 KJV For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of the law to everyone that believeth.
The only reason the world is still sinful and some are still living in Sin is that they refused to submit unto God. They are still dependent on themselves. Depending on self does not and cannot save; what saves is believing on the finished works of Jesus Christ.
CHAPTER SIX
LIVING ABOVE SIN
ROM 6:6-7 KJV 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.
Living above sin is a reality and a possibility. The producer or the manufacturer of sins is the Sin nature. This Sin nature or the old man was crucified with Jesus Christ at the cross of Calvary over 2000 years ago. In other words, the sin nature is dead long time ago.The sins of the world has been taken away. God will not judge mankind because of sins but because of unbelief.
Does that mean man should continue to sin? God forbid. The nature that is responsible for sins is dead.
ROM 6:11 KJV, Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
A dead man does not have reaction. It doesn’t and can’t react or respond to desires. The sin nature is dead and should not respond to evil or lustful desires. The knowledge of this truth positions the believer against sins.
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