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world at large via our soul man and the soul man would in turn control our flesh. So long as that is the
way I live, I will never sin. The moment I am not walking in the Spirit, I will open myself to sin because
of my flesh. It wants to “do its own thing” and that will be whatever it is programmed to do. If I have
lived in the lust of sex all my life, that programming is still in my flesh. If my flesh rules the day and
determines what I do, I will go back to my old ways. But if my spirit controls and keeps my soul man
under authority, my soul will keep my flesh under control, and I will do the will of God.
I must learn what Paul means in (Gal 2:20 NKJV) "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no
longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the
Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me." [Also, Romans 6:6-8 “ knowing this, that our old
man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be
slaves of sin. 7For he who has died has been freed from sin. 8Now if we died with Christ, we believe that
we shall also live with Him,”].
The old Rene Brown died on the cross with Jesus Christ. No, not in this physical, temporal realm but
in the eternal realm. And the eternal realm is reality - far more real than the realm which we see and feel.
In eternity it is perfectly possible for me to go to the cross with Jesus, to die when He dies, to be buried
when He is buried and most importantly - to be resurrected a new man when He is resurrected. Paul
teaches over and over that we died but few people believe it because we are alive and well and breathing.
But in the spirit realm, when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, we did die. All of the old Rene Brown
died - that is, the “dead to God” spirit of Rene Brown did indeed die. I was born with a spirit “dead to
God” because of my forefather Adam. That old spirit must be gotten rid of. And the way to get rid of it is
death. So God allowed me to die. And then He resurrected me with His Son Jesus. Now there is a new
Rene Brown with a spirit alive to God.
Now it sounds heretical and scary to suggest that we not concern ourselves with sin or sins. But the
bible teaches that we are now connected to our Lord Jesus. He is to be the focus of our attention. So long
as I focus on sin and sins, I will fail. So long as I try to keep the Law, I will fail. Paul abundantly teaches
that in Romans. I cannot overcome sins by concentrating on sins and trying to avoid them. [That is
simply continuing to eat of the wrong tree - the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil - the sin of
Adam our forefather.] It simply will not work and this is why the church at large continues to have
tremendous problems with sin and sins. So long as we put ourselves under the law, any law, we will
continue to break that law.
1 Cor 15:56 RSV "The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the
law."
Rom 7:5-6 RSV "While we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions,
aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.
6But now we are discharged from the law, dead to that which held us
captive, so that we serve not under the old written code but in the new life
of the Spirit."
Rom 7:8 RSV "But sin, finding opportunity in the commandment, wrought
in me all kinds of covetousness. Apart from the law sin lies dead."
Instead of using head knowledge and what seems logical to us, let us follow the scriptures. It is
obvious from the three scriptures above that the law empowers sin and causes our failure. Our rational
mind just cannot accept that. Why would God want it that way? Because He wants us to walk in the
Spirit - to walk by faith. He does not want to relate to us based on rules and laws. He wants to relate to us
way I live, I will never sin. The moment I am not walking in the Spirit, I will open myself to sin because
of my flesh. It wants to “do its own thing” and that will be whatever it is programmed to do. If I have
lived in the lust of sex all my life, that programming is still in my flesh. If my flesh rules the day and
determines what I do, I will go back to my old ways. But if my spirit controls and keeps my soul man
under authority, my soul will keep my flesh under control, and I will do the will of God.
I must learn what Paul means in (Gal 2:20 NKJV) "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no
longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the
Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me." [Also, Romans 6:6-8 “ knowing this, that our old
man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be
slaves of sin. 7For he who has died has been freed from sin. 8Now if we died with Christ, we believe that
we shall also live with Him,”].
The old Rene Brown died on the cross with Jesus Christ. No, not in this physical, temporal realm but
in the eternal realm. And the eternal realm is reality - far more real than the realm which we see and feel.
In eternity it is perfectly possible for me to go to the cross with Jesus, to die when He dies, to be buried
when He is buried and most importantly - to be resurrected a new man when He is resurrected. Paul
teaches over and over that we died but few people believe it because we are alive and well and breathing.
But in the spirit realm, when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, we did die. All of the old Rene Brown
died - that is, the “dead to God” spirit of Rene Brown did indeed die. I was born with a spirit “dead to
God” because of my forefather Adam. That old spirit must be gotten rid of. And the way to get rid of it is
death. So God allowed me to die. And then He resurrected me with His Son Jesus. Now there is a new
Rene Brown with a spirit alive to God.
Now it sounds heretical and scary to suggest that we not concern ourselves with sin or sins. But the
bible teaches that we are now connected to our Lord Jesus. He is to be the focus of our attention. So long
as I focus on sin and sins, I will fail. So long as I try to keep the Law, I will fail. Paul abundantly teaches
that in Romans. I cannot overcome sins by concentrating on sins and trying to avoid them. [That is
simply continuing to eat of the wrong tree - the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil - the sin of
Adam our forefather.] It simply will not work and this is why the church at large continues to have
tremendous problems with sin and sins. So long as we put ourselves under the law, any law, we will
continue to break that law.
1 Cor 15:56 RSV "The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the
law."
Rom 7:5-6 RSV "While we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions,
aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.
6But now we are discharged from the law, dead to that which held us
captive, so that we serve not under the old written code but in the new life
of the Spirit."
Rom 7:8 RSV "But sin, finding opportunity in the commandment, wrought
in me all kinds of covetousness. Apart from the law sin lies dead."
Instead of using head knowledge and what seems logical to us, let us follow the scriptures. It is
obvious from the three scriptures above that the law empowers sin and causes our failure. Our rational
mind just cannot accept that. Why would God want it that way? Because He wants us to walk in the
Spirit - to walk by faith. He does not want to relate to us based on rules and laws. He wants to relate to us
