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Jn 6:63
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
If each sentence of scripture is given due regard, more often than not we can find something spiritually instructive, for Paul wrote 2 Tim 3:16
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Now understand, when it comes to Salvation, and man having a right relationship with God, being in a lost state, in the flesh, theres nothing he can do, say or think, no obedience he can render, no good work he can perform, that can or will gain him acceptance with or please God. Its all useless, no profit at all, worthless. Rom 3:12
12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
The word unprofitable means worthless, its like spoiled sour milk, useless.
The prophet preached of old about mans righteousnesses in the flesh Isa 64:6
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
That includes our sincere efforts and obedience's in religion and good works. It includes our good morals and ethics, our moral conduct, our righteous acts of charity and benevolence. All this, performed in the flesh, as to being the basis or ground, in any shape or form, as to gaining salvation, favour, acceptance with God, its worthless, less than nothing before God. Attempting to render Gospel obedience while in the flesh, its spiritually unprofitable, a failure.
Understand this, they which are in the flesh[ corrupt nature] the unregenerate, cannot please God with any obedience and or faith Rom 8:8
8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Heb 11:6
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
The only way a person can render any acceptable obedience to God, to include Faith and repentance is once they have been born again, made alive to God by the New Birth Jn 3:3,8 its only then, he is no longer in the flesh, but in the Spirit because the Spirit dwelss in him Rom 8:9
9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Christians/Believers are no longer in the flesh, even though they still have the flesh to contend with Rom 7 and Gal 5 !
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
If each sentence of scripture is given due regard, more often than not we can find something spiritually instructive, for Paul wrote 2 Tim 3:16
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Now understand, when it comes to Salvation, and man having a right relationship with God, being in a lost state, in the flesh, theres nothing he can do, say or think, no obedience he can render, no good work he can perform, that can or will gain him acceptance with or please God. Its all useless, no profit at all, worthless. Rom 3:12
12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
The word unprofitable means worthless, its like spoiled sour milk, useless.
The prophet preached of old about mans righteousnesses in the flesh Isa 64:6
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
That includes our sincere efforts and obedience's in religion and good works. It includes our good morals and ethics, our moral conduct, our righteous acts of charity and benevolence. All this, performed in the flesh, as to being the basis or ground, in any shape or form, as to gaining salvation, favour, acceptance with God, its worthless, less than nothing before God. Attempting to render Gospel obedience while in the flesh, its spiritually unprofitable, a failure.
Understand this, they which are in the flesh[ corrupt nature] the unregenerate, cannot please God with any obedience and or faith Rom 8:8
8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Heb 11:6
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
The only way a person can render any acceptable obedience to God, to include Faith and repentance is once they have been born again, made alive to God by the New Birth Jn 3:3,8 its only then, he is no longer in the flesh, but in the Spirit because the Spirit dwelss in him Rom 8:9
9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Christians/Believers are no longer in the flesh, even though they still have the flesh to contend with Rom 7 and Gal 5 !
