He hath spoken blasphemy

 

He hath spoken blasphemy

 

(Matthew 26:63-68) But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.  Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.  What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.  Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,  Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?

 

The sin of Jesus' execution on the cross was blasphemy. In Leviticus 24:16, ``And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death. 』

When the Jews heard Jesus' words, "Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven," they accused him of blasphemy. The sin of blasphemy is that anyone who is not God can become like God.

Being one with God in Christ and being like God outside of Christ are quite different. Since Jesus is the Christ, he is naturally one with God. But it is Satan who denies oneness with God. Satan is the one who believes that he can become like God without God. Therefore, Jesus is not blasphemy, but those who follow Satan are blasphemy. Therefore, all who are outside Christ are blasphemy against God. By the way, Jews outside of Christ are trying to apply blasphemy to Jesus.

Similar things are happening in the church today. Those who are not united with Jesus, who died on the cross, are attacking the regenerated. The people of the fake church are persecuting the believers who live in the Word of God. Those who follow the thoughts of the flesh persecute those who follow the thoughts of the spirit. Those who follow the thoughts of the flesh and those who follow the thoughts of the spirit are clearly different in the matter of repentance. Those who are obsessed with the thoughts of the flesh, because they look with the eyes of the flesh, cannot always escape from the problem of sin. They believe that they must repent every time they commit a sin, they speak of past sins as if they are spelled out every day, and even confess their ancestors' sins and receive forgiveness every day.

God said, ``There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Even though you promised,

The fleshly people believe that the original sin can be forgiven, but the sin of the world can be sanctified only by repenting of sin every day because they have a body. In John 1:29, John the Baptist reads, The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. 』They say that Jesus takes all the sins of the world, but they do not believe.

Those who look with the heart of the spirit believe in Romans 8:1. 『There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 』

Although they have flesh, they are born of the Holy Spirit. Those who are in Christ are those who are born again of the Holy Spirit like Jesus. That is, the old man is dead. It matters where you put your identity.

The law applies to those who have their own identity with the fleshly heart. Therefore, they will have to remember their sins every day and repent of them every day. However, even God will be judged if he violates.

On the contrary, since the people in the spirit are already dead, God has promised that God will not ask about the sins of the world. It would be laughable if there was anyone who would abuse the old man without dying. God does not condemn the old man to the dead. This is because the law of the Spirit of life (gospel) has been freed from the law of sin and death (law). When the old man dies, the Holy Spirit enters the place of the old man and the law disappears. So, the new person is subject to the law of the Holy Spirit. That is, he is guided by the Holy Spirit.

In Galatians 5:18, ``But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. '

Those who try to keep the law can be said to be "the old man did not die, and the man who did not receive the guidance of the Holy Spirit".

Many church people misunderstand that “I believe in Jesus Christ”. It is the fact that the believer is "not old, but new." The old man must die. However, the old people don't die and just think that they are saved by saying, "I believe in Jesus Christ." It is just self-confidence. It is difficult to understand without knowing the structure of the human mind.

 

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