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『But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.』 (Galatians 3:22) Although the gospel is good news, The gospel begins with fearful words. The scripture had concluded all under sin. 『Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?』(Luke 3: 7) 『What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;』(Romans 3: 9) The Bible says that everyone is in sin. Although you confess that I believe in Jesus, it is of no use if you do not escape sin. Romans (6:6) 『speaks of the way out of sin. 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.』 The Bible says that salvation does not mean that we believe in Jesus, but that we must die with Jesus. For he that is de...

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: (Colossians 1:13) Salvation is the favor to come from dark power. The Hebrew people were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt. They lived as slaves. We are also slaves to the world before we are saved. If we are in darkness, we cannot escape from the world. If we are in darkness, we are slaves to the world to live. That are bound by the power of darkness. Those who are in darkness come to church and worship hard, but nothing has changed. Many church members today are bound by the power of darkness, but they think they are in bright light. Rather, they pray for God to help them live well in the world. God told Moses to let my people worship. The reason God created man was not to work, but to worship. Today, however, attention is focused on the things of this world rather than worship. All attention is focused on the successes and failures of the world. This is a life of faith that the Red ...

『But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.』 (Galatians 3:23) Church people say they come to church because of their faith. But to believe so is self-belief. This is the one who is called. They may be impressed by the words of others, determined by their knowledge and experience, and come to church. 『But if it is not the faith of the elect, it is still in the God's law. The reason is in Galatians』(3:22). But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. Although trapped in God's law, they are promised by the faith of Jesus Christ. Those who enter into Christ are united with the faith of Christ. The merit of the cross is open to all, but it applies only to those who repent and enter into the Christ of the cross. An illustration of this is the same as the story of Abraham, ten spies, and Peter. Peter, in particular, became a discipl...

『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.』(Romans 6: 6) That『knowing this』, means that this is done. When this is done, man is freed from sin. That's why Romans (6:7) says.『For he that is dead is freed from sin. Every time you remember the sins of the past, you will be tempted to die.』If you believe that your sinful things have been crucified with Jesus, the flesh is the same, but the inner being replaced with another kind of person. God does it. We must believe this. The Bible explains this belief in Romans chapter four. For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.『Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.』(Romans 4: 3-5) Even though Abraham became 100 and became carnal inability ...

『But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:』(Philippians 3: 7-9) When the pastor speaks righteousness in the church, he says "It is not an act but only faith."The apostle Paul's letter to the church was not written to preach the gospel to the world, but to strengthen those who were already in the faith. So the word(righteous) appears a lot. However, Gospels refer to as "repentance and rebirth" rather than righteous. On the righteousness in Philippians (3: 7-9), 『 which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by fa...

『Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?』(Genesis 17:17) It is God's unilateral grace to be called to the church. In order to be chosen, the self of the flesh must die. The people of the church are acting at the crossroads of two covenants. If you are not chosen, you stay in the half covenant. As a covenant, the one who is called is not saved. The covenant of salvation is a bilateral covenant. Bilateral covenant is the covenant of the death. Circumcision in the Old Testament and baptism in the New Testament are the covenant of the death.『He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my cove...

『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.』(Romans 6: 6) It leads to three sentences. “old man is crucified”“the body of sin might be destroyed”“we should not serve sin” These sentences are progressive. What Luther realized is that this is not done by works but by faith. So faith bears fruit as a result. This faith is not a faith decided to believe in Jesus, but a faith crucified with Jesus. 『I am crucified with Christ: neverthless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.』(Galatians 2:20) Believing depends on what you believe. “I believe in Jesus” is not a faith that unites with me and Christ, but a belief that Jesus died for me to receive forgiveness. The body of sin in me must die. The body of sin is the old man (sinity). But to die with Christ is to die of th...

『The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up. 』(Matthew 4:16) For this land is the land of death and the shade. The light shining on them is not the light of this world, but the light of God. The beginning of the gospel is not to wash away dirt, but to realize that it is in darkness. Darkness is Satan. All evil thoughts and actions of man are manifested because they are in darkness. Why are all in the dark? There is greed in the human heart. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural aff...

We hear a lot about righreousness. The paster in the church say that Saint get righteous by faith in Jesus. But Romans (6:6-7) speaks of death with Jesus. “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”. There are two attributes of God: righteousness and love. But humans think of God only as love. When God's righteousness is revealed, man cannot come to God. For God's righteousness is revealed to judge sinners. So sinners cannot go to God. The Bible tells us that not to make the unrighteous one to righteous, but leave it alone. God shows righteousness, but the Paster have made humans first to be Gods of love in order to bring men to the church. So people do not fear God. So The paster say: If you believe in Jesus, you are saved. No one can go to God unless repent. If we do not repent, we cannot enter into the faith of Christ. Most pastors say that ...

『For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.』(Hebrews 11: 14-16) If the country is the kingdom of God, then the spirit in the human body was already in the kingdom of God before it was born. If we compare the kingdom of God with this world, the kingdom of God will be better. Why exiest the spirit of the human in this world? Why exiest not the spirit of the human on the kingdom of God but on earth? We can see that it is a spirit that sinned in the kingdom of God. The fact that the spirit sinned in the kingdom of God is spoken in Jude(1: 6) and 2 Peter(2:4). However, the Bible says that the spirit of the sinful angel was imprisoned. Where is the prison? Jesus quotes from Isaiah 4...

『I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.』(John 15: 5) The branches should be attached to the tree. If a branch breaks and falls to the ground, it rots. The branch must be well-nourished from the stem in order for a branch to attach to a tree. The vine tree is Jesus Christ. Branch is a saint. The saints are those who are in Jesus Christ. Those who are in Christ are supplied spiritual life from God. Thus the saints are in Jesus Christ and bear The fruit of grapes. The fruit of grapes be exchanged to wine. The saints drink wine as a sign of covenant with God. To drink wine is the ritual to participate in the shedding of Jesus. Those who drink the blood of Jesus become dead with Jesus. The sacrament means the dead with Jesus. The sacrament is same with the baptism. As the Saints do the sacrament, he remember that he is dead with Jesus. So every day, he are supplied the power of the ...

Man is afraid of death because he has a body. Man thinks that there is pain before the body dies. So people strive for painless life and happy life. So people try to live as long as possible. Man also fears the world after death. So they try to be blessed after death. They make idols, think of them as gods, and serve them. But those who do not fear God will eventually be judged. The body dies, but the spirit is resurrected with a different body. It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. (1 Corinthians 15:44) Those who do not fear God will go to the resurrection of judgment, and those who honor God will go to the resurrection of life. And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. (John 5:29) But do you know God? If you have never seen God, how can you believe God? It is only God whose Jesus calls the Father. So th...

Some bow down in human form, bow down to certain animals, bow down to the sun and moon, trees and stones, even bow down to dead ancestors, bow down like gods to the living absolute power. The reason is the thing to be protected or blessed. All are deceived by Satan. Where is God? Only those who receive revelation can know God. The revelation is the cross. The cross is where you meet God. If you have a cross in your heart, that is where God is. Jesus Christ, who died on the cross, was both a human and a son of God. Thus, those who participate in his death meet God and become God's people. Why should we die with Jesus on the cross? This is the thing to save the spirit trapped in the human body. Only the spirit can live when the flesh dies. But a living person cannot commit suicide. The sinfulness (old man) from the flesh dies. Because the spirit to be sins in the kingdom of God and is confined in the flesh. Baptism represents the death of the flesh. 『Know ye not, that so many o...

And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; (Ephesians 2: 1) trespasses means sin in this world, and sins mean original sin. Original sin is sinfulness inherited from parents. The Apostle Paul explicate the original sin as like old-man. The old-man were Hebrew people who said that if we enter the land of Canaan, shall be die. They did not believe in God's covenant to give the land of Canaan. Today, for people, old-man means sinfulness. Sinfulness prevents faith in God's promises. So sinfulness must be die.『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.』(Romans 6: 6-7) 『Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;』(Colossians 3: 9) That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; The old-man means the heart of greed. The heart o...