Galatians 6:14-18

(Galatians 6:14-18)

『But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.  From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.  Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. 』

 

This is the same passage as II Corinthians (5:17).『Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.』

Jesus who died on the cross must be my Lord. The apostle Paul says that he has been to the third heaven. Paul said that he did not boast about the Creator God in God's kingdom, but only Jesus on the cross. Most churches emphasize resurrection. Say that Christianity also is a religion of resurrection. But we must not forget that Christianity is the religion of the cross. In Revelation, angels praise the slain lamb. He is the creator of the world in the kingdom of God, who came to earth and died.

『For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.』(Galatians 6:13) Those who are not crucified are those who are willing to boast in the flesh. When the Hebrews left Egypt, Egypt did not forsake the Hebrews, but the Hebrews abandoned Egypt.

So the Egyptian army came to kill the Hebrews. The Red Sea shows a disconnection from Egypt. But the people in the wilderness miss Egypt. The people who ate manna to comes down from the sky each day said, "I'd rather have Egypt."They longed for Egypt, complaining about food. Likewise, material and abundance of the world crucified to the church people, who love the world. This is the body that are proud of.

The flesh is made of the soil to fit the earth. The flesh loves the earth because it is not made of the material of heaven, but the material of the earth. The Bible says that the flesh is the flesh and the spirit is the spirit.

No matter how you try to repair the flesh can not go to heaven. Salvation is not in the flesh that follows the world, but in the spirit that follows heaven. God only raises life to be born from the kingdom of God. It is not written in the Lamb's book of life unless he has received life from the kingdom of God. The key to salvation is rebirth. Salvation is not forgiveness of sins but rebirth. Your former physical self must die and be born again to be saved.

『a new creature』 This is a Greek word that combines two words: kainos and neos. In the Gospels, Jesus said, "New wine must be put in a new bag."The word 'new' of new liquor and new troops are different. In new wine, "new" is the word neos. Neos is the news of English. The news is the latest news. New wine means just salty wine. New liquor should be put in a new bag. The new bag has never been used. The word "new" for a new bag is Kainos. Cainus is a new (Kinus) creature found in 2 Corinthians (5:17). Being born again is not a new wine, but a new bag. The word born again is not spirit but body new. It is not a old bag of wine but a new bag.

The word "new" has two Greek words, and there is only one word "new" in English. The new wine is the new man (spirit). The surviving spirit can only survive by entering a new body. The new body is not a body from parents but a mysterious body from God.

A new man born in the wilderness receives a new covenant from God. The old man who died in the wilderness became the old covenant because they did not keep it. The new covenant is Kainos. Covenant is like clothes. The people of the Church think that they are born again as mind. Rebirth is not the mind but the body. The flesh received from the parents is only a shell until death.

In the Bible or when singing hymns, there is a saying, "Renew."People understand it to mean "Improve, wash."When the old-man dies and is replaced by the new man, the dirt is automatically washed away. Rebirth is being replaced to something else. But today people think that the key to salvation is the forgiveness of sins.

The key to salvation is not forgiveness of sins but rebirth. The old-man must die to become a new man. The old man is the self that originated in the flesh. Self is knowledge and experiences, which must be denied before the word of God. God-given spirits cannot live in bodies received from parents. The spirit can live only when God receives mystical flesh instead of the flesh received from parents. Those who believe this become partakers of the new covenant. Thus the old man's body must die with Jesus on the cross, and the new man's body appears from heaven.

Repentance does not reflect on sins and be forgiven, but die on the cross and be born again. That is why repentance leads to reborn. Repentance is to deny yourself before the word of God. Rebirth and repentance are like two sides of a coin. The former is to die (repent) and be born again (reborn). If the former does not die, sin remains the same. No matter how much the blood of Jesus is shouted, sin remains. Confession and forgiveness of sin every day, but if the old-man does not die, sin remains the same.『For he that is dead is freed from sin.』(Romans 6: 7)