Faith and righteousness
『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 faith:』The word "by faith in Christ" is confusing.
The King Jame’s version (English Bible) in England that be translated in the 1600s, says『Through the faith of Christ 』.
New International Version(English Bible) in America that be translated in the 1900s, says『Through the faith in Christ 』.
One of the two would be a wrong translation. The explanation follows later. 『the righteousness which is of God by faith:』. 『the righteousness which is of God by faith 』 is not a faith that I believe, but a faith that comes through Christ. So the Bible says that faith is a gift from God. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: (Ephesians 2: 8) Thus, the correct translation is Christ's faith.
The church stresses: to gain righteousness, not by works but by faith. Is this right? There is Christ between God's righteousness and sinners. Most people in the Church think that the sinner arrive to righteousness as passing through Christ. But sinners cannot pass through Christ. The sinner only enters into the death of Christ. I enter into the Christ who died on the cross, and I disappear and only Christ remains. Therefore, it become the faith of Christ in Christ.
The subject of faith I believe is me, If you are in Christ, the subject of faith becomes Christ. Faith in righteousness is the faith to given to those who deny themselves and are united to Christ who died on the cross. People may think, "If I believe in Jesus, I am saved, why is it so complicated?" If you do not accept that "the sinner cannot have faith“, you cannot enter into Christ. Supporting this statement is Romans (6:3-4).
『Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.』(Romans 6: 3-4)
Faith is connected that Jesus is God's righteousness, but repentance is connected Jesus' our sin. So repentance is to bury with the death of Jesus. Without it, the gift of faith is not given from God. When pastors speak repentance and faith in the church today, they speak of repentance as simply reflecting on worldly sin.
Most people simply read and pass by without enlightenment about “buried with Jesus on the cross”.
If without `` burying with Jesus on the cross, '‘you can't get Jesus. Yet, many people think that believing in Jesus is saved. You can see how wrong the word of the gospel is preached today. Repentance is that Jesus become our sin. There should be no separation between me and Jesus on the cross. Jesus and the sinner must be one on the cross. Those who look to Jesus are called to the cross. But if you are not one with Jesus on the cross, you are not chosen. In the Old Testament sinners are freed from sin by the death of the Lamb. The lamb was died on behalf of the sinner, but the sinner(the lamb ) was died. If the Lamb and the sinner do not become one, God does not forgive sin. So to be one in death is repentance.
Those who repent become the death in the world. Thus he who repents does not love the world.
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. (1 John 2:15) If you still love the world, you did not repent. Salvation is to gain the cross of Jesus. Salvation is gaining the faith to enter into Jesus of the cross and become one with the dead Jesus. If you think you are saved by faith without becoming one with the Jesus of the cross, you are mistaken.
This faith cannot be saved. If the minister does not speak correctly the meaning of repentance, all will fall into this false belief. Today, not only the meaning of repentance is recognized wrongly, but also is used wrongly even in the church. God first commanded repentance. God commands repentance from Noah in the Old Testament to Acts in the New Testament.
Today, people believe that Jesus Christ died on behalf of sinners, but do not live one life with him. So they do not turn away, but demand the blood of Jesus every day. They try to kill the lamb every day. Instead of continuing to kill the Lamb, YOU must be one with the Lamb who has already died. Like the apostle Paul's confession, we must remember "I die every day." "I die every day" leads to "I was died every day."
In the memory of guilt, sinfulness must not rise. 『Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.』(1 John 3: 9) If the hard disk is replaced for a computer virus and the hard disk is replaced, the main body will remain the same, but it will be another computer. The virus is not hiding in the body, but again a new virus penetrates the computer.
Thus, those who die with Jesus become different beings. The flesh received from the parents is just a shell like a computer body. To be born again is to be different, like replacing a computer's hard disk.
Satan hinders about being born again. Satan makes us recognize being born again as a state of mind. Satan makes us believe that human beings are born again but that the sinfulness of the flesh never goes away. Satan causes us to raise our guilt until our bodies die. 『We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.』(1 John 5:18) Most people think it's a ridiculous story. Unbelievers are like the people who listened to the ten spies and believed their words. God promised the land of Canaan, but only two of the two million people believed. So they could not enter Canaan and died. For 40 years in the wilderness, only the new born and children under 19 entered to Canaan.
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