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From the Minister's Study
Christ has defeated sin
BY REV. VIC JAMIESON
BELGRAVE-BRUSSELS
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES
Easter is God's on-going invita-
tion for everyone to claim victory
over sin and death by asking Jesus
Christ, the perfect sacrifice provid-
ed by God for all sins of all people,
into our lives.
When we invite Jesus into our
lives to direct them as our Lord, we
join in His victory celebration as
our Saviour. Baptism is an outward
sign to others that we have
accepted God's invitation. Truth-
fully and inwardly speaking, the
Holy Spirit has pursuaded us to die
to any thought or action of being
able to please God ourselves and
has raised us to a new, victorious
life in Christ. This new life requires
us to surrender continuously to the
Holy Spirit, Christ within us. If we
do not, we have no hope of
defeating sin and death.
The new life is one in which our
bodily desires and wordly influ-
ences are continuously being
crucified or, shall we say, that they
must not be allowed to control us.
The apostle Paul explained this
new, victorious life in Colossians 3:
1-5; "You have been raised to life
with Christ, so set your hearts on
the things that are in heaven,
where Christ sits on the throne at
the right side of God. Keep your
minds fixed on things there, not on
things here on earth. For you have
died, and your life is hidden with
Christ in God. Your real life is
Christ and when He appears, then
you too will appear with Him and
share His glory. You mustput to
death, then the earthly desires at
work in you, such as sexual
immorality, indecency, lust, evil
passions, and greed."
Our reaction to this may be that
we are not able to have this sense of
victory. But let us be encouraged
by one who lived the new,
victorious life in Christ in Philip-
pians 3: 12-13: "I donotclaim that I
have already succeeded or have
already become perfect. I keep
striving to win the prize for which
Jesus has already won me to
himself. Of course, my brothers, I
really do not think I have already
won it; the one thing I do, however,
is to forget what is behind me and
do my best to reach what is ahead.
Life isnot easy for most of us. But
we are part of a losing battle if we
try to overcome the things that
separate us from God and one
another, including the fear of death
and what follows, by our own
efforts. God invites us to be part of
Christ's victory over these two
greatest enemies: sin and death.
We need to trust in as Paul did in
these words in Phlippians 4: 7:
"And God's peace which is far
beyond human understanding,
will keep your hearts and minds
safe in union with Christ Jesus."
That way of living can be ours. If
you have not invited Jesus Christ to
be your Lord and Saviour, do it
now! If you have, do all you can to
help others to trust in the only one
•who has defeated sin and death for
everyone. Life may still be a battle,
maybe more so, but the two
greatest enemies will not defeat us
if we put our faith in Jesus Christ.
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