The question at hand is really of great importance not to some but to all. It is a personal question that we must all ponder with all honesty. In this Part 2 series, the resounding question is, why do we still walk in the flesh given all the benefits we inherit as being saved? We know that being saved we must walk in the Spirit of God, but why do we deviate and walk in the flesh which is contrary to our Savior Jesus Christ?
In his sermon on this topic, pastor Exzabia pointed out that not knowing the benefits inherent in our salvation could be the cause for believers in Jesus Christ not walking in their purpose as saved individuals. When we each get saved, when we each surrender our hearts and lives to Jesus Christ, we become recipients of the work of the Cross of Jesus which is charged with a plethora of benefits.
To better understand these benefits of being saved, we must first understand what we are saved from, and as he very rightly said, the answers are all in the sixty-six books of the bible. There is no need to consult an encyclopedia, commentary, or Google because all the answers are in the Word of God given to us for our total benefit as outlined to us by the Apostle Paul to Timothy in 2 Timothy 3:16 (AMP). He said, “All scripture is God-breathed [given by divine inspiration] and is profitable for instruction, for conviction [of sin], for correction [of error and restoration to obedience], for training in righteousness [learning to live in conformity to God’s will, both publicly and privately, behaving honorably with personal integrity and moral courage].”
The Bible is our living manual as to how God has designed our walk of faith and righteousness. Benefits of Salvation
- What Are We Saved From?
- “…we should be saved from our enemies(the works of Satan), and from the hand of all that hate us” (Luke 17:1; Psalm 18:3; Psalm 44:7).
- “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him” (Romans 5:8-9)
- “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16)
- “That whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have eternal life” (John 3:15)
- “And I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand” (John 10:28).
- “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 6:23).
The list of what we are saved from goes on and on, but clearly from these few passages, we can see that we are saved from perishing. For there will be a perishing, a weeping, and gnashing of teeth in the end for those who reject Jesus Christ. We are promised eternal life as opposed to eternal damnation and separation from God the Father.
John the Baptist sounds as if he was angry or disappointed that the sinful crowd was flocking to be baptized when he angrily asked those who believed, “Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?” (Luke 3:7). They were so wicked that even though he was preaching Jesus, the irony of it all is that he really didn’t want them to believe and escape the wrath that is to come. That’s how much he believed in it.
So, we are saved from the wrath to come unto eternal life with Jesus Christ and the Father. Ever so often as believers, we tend to forget that Jesus has gone to prepare a place for us who believe so that wherever He is we will be there also (John 14: 2-3). “In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Isn’t this beautiful? Isn’t this enough reason for us to live right before God daily? Saved to inherit eternal life with Christ and saved from the wrath of God in hell? Especially “as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment” (Hebrews 9:27 KJV).
- We are saved from condemnation. Romans 8:1 tells us clearly, “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:”
We have been delivered from the power of sin. We have been given abundant life. We have been given the power of the Holy Spirit to dwell within us to enrich our walk with and in Christ.
The benefits are too many to mention here, but to answer if we are really saved, “if we are risen with Christ we must seek those things which are above where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set our affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For we are dead, and our life is hidden with Christ in God” (Colossians 3:1-3).
Believers let us strive daily to walk in the Spirit as truly saved believers. We measure our walk with the Scriptures and not each other. Following Jesus Christ ensures our walk in the light of God and our salvation.
Blessings
