A NEW MAN IN CHRIST
25th Feb. 2018 Sermon by Pst.Valentine Uhonbam Text: 1 thess5:23, Heb 4:12, Rom3:22-26 Nature before the fall. Man was and is a spirit that has a soul that lives in the body. The spirit was in control over the body and soul. After the fall the order became distorted. (Gen.3:6) In the Old Testament, the sins of the people were not covered and cleansed. The spirit couldn't exactly dwell in the people. This system could not make them perfect. (Heb.10:1-4) Righteousness is the very nature of God (2 Cor.5:17-21). "Righteousness is the divine principle that makes deity" It is the divine principle that makes you stand before God without a sense of guilt and stand before the devil with a sense of superiority. There is no level in righteousness but there are levels of grace. Righteousness is not right living, it produces right living. Justification does not mean to be pardoned but it is a legal action whereby man's action befo...