Sunday, September 25, 2016

MAKE NO PROVISION - Donald W. Weffald





MAKE NO PROVISION
 Donald W. Weffald


Scripture Reading: Romans 13:14

"But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not  provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof' (Romans  13:14). Those who are saved by grace should live holy lives. In  our text, it is stated in two ways-in the positive and in the  negative. The positive side is to "put on the Lord Jesus  Christ," and the negative side is to "make not provision for the  flesh."

The oriental garments covered the whole man. It  illustrates here that the Christian is to be completely clothed  with the character of Christ. Upon believing the gospel, the  Christian puts on Christ in a mystical union (Galatians 3:27).  Here, it is the putting on of Christ in daily experience- to live  in Christlikeness.

The negative side is to deny the flesh even a foothold.  "Provision" is pronoia in the Greek. It means "foresight" or  "forethought." The meaning here is that the believer is not to  plan to sin. He is to say no to the flesh. The best place to start  is in the mind-in the thinking. The "flesh" is what is  inherited from Adam. It is that tendency to sin that is the  result of the Fall. It is manifested in the life through the body,  hence the term "flesh."

God has dealt with the power of sin in us. Therefore, we  "are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh" (Romans  8:12). It is now possible to walk in the Spirit and not in the  flesh. Salvation by grace does not lower the standards for holy  living. Sin's dominion has been broken because we are under  grace (Romans 6:14). Through grace, God's enablement, we can live for God. 



How God Saves Men
Believing Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing Christ DIED for YOU SINS and Rose again that’s SALVATION.
Read Romans 1:16, Romans 10:9-10 and 1. Corinthians 15:1-4


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