THE SOUL WHO SINS DIES
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Creation
a) The Bible speaks of a new creation, a new birth, or a resurrection. What happens to our souls at conversion is certainly marvelous. It is a free gift from God — a gift from "the surpassing riches of his grace" (Ephesians 2:7) far beyond any price we could possibly pay.
Ephesians 2:10
“We are God’s workmanship created in Christ.”
b) When Paul says that we have been "created in Christ" he is thinking about us being "born again" as Jesus expressed it when he was talking to Nicodemus (John 3:3-5). Paul also speaks of it figuratively, as a resurrection and ascension (Ephesians 2:6).
c) To appreciate the the new creation in Christ, we need to first go back and look briefly at the story of the human soul from the beginning.
2. The Soul Who Sins Dies
a) Sin causes the soul to be "lost" (Ezekiel 18:4, Romans 3:23-24) and so we become spiritually "dead" and doomed (Ephesians 2:5).
b) We sold ourselves for a fool's price, "the pleasures of sin for a season" (Hebrews 11:25). But we cannot buy ourselves back, because that requires an impossible price. As we have seen, we have no answer to the question, "What shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" (Matthew 16:26). That is our predicament. We sold ourselves for a fool's price, yet to buy back our freedom requires an impossible price. So God tells us so kindly that he will pay the price that we cannot pay, and the price is the blood of his only begotten Son.
The End ...
1. Creation a) The Bible speaks of a new creation, a new birth, or a resurrection. What happens to our souls at conversion is certainly marvelous. It is a free gift from God — a gift from "the surpassing riches of his grace" (Ephesians 2:7) far beyond any price we could possibly pay.
Ephesians 2:10
“We are God’s workmanship created in Christ.”
b) When Paul says that we have been "created in Christ" he is thinking about us being "born again" as Jesus expressed it when he was talking to Nicodemus (John 3:3-5). Paul also speaks of it figuratively, as a resurrection and ascension (Ephesians 2:6).
c) To appreciate the the new creation in Christ, we need to first go back and look briefly at the story of the human soul from the beginning.
2. The Soul Who Sins Dies
a) Sin causes the soul to be "lost" (Ezekiel 18:4, Romans 3:23-24) and so we become spiritually "dead" and doomed (Ephesians 2:5).
b) We sold ourselves for a fool's price, "the pleasures of sin for a season" (Hebrews 11:25). But we cannot buy ourselves back, because that requires an impossible price. As we have seen, we have no answer to the question, "What shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" (Matthew 16:26). That is our predicament. We sold ourselves for a fool's price, yet to buy back our freedom requires an impossible price. So God tells us so kindly that he will pay the price that we cannot pay, and the price is the blood of his only begotten Son.
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