Your Civil Status Under the Bible/Gospel

SOURCE:
Your Exclusive Right to Declare or Establish Your Civil Status, Form #13.008, Section 2;
https://sedm.org/Forms/13-SelfFamilyChurchGovnce/RightToDeclStatus.pdf

1. As a sinner our status was condemned “in Adam.” Romans 5:12ff.
2. When we believed, the Spirit baptized us “into Christ” (Romans 6) to share in the marvelous benefits of his triumphant history.
3. The word “baptized” simply means “placed into.” It has NOTHING to do with water, but everything to do with a change in legal, spiritual status.
4. The number one problem among all believers in all denomination is to believe, understand, and claim this change of status. All Biblical counseling should and must begin around this status change. In my history as a Christian, I have only met one man who understood this (Miles Stanford).

“Reckon (account, think, claim) yourself to be (1) dead unto sin, and (2) but alive to God in Christ Jesus.”
[Romans 6:11]

This is the first command in Romans. Why? And, why is this the key to spiritual growth? And, why do believers not understand this command, even though it is the key to our walk with God?

Are you a sinner or a saint? Are you in Adam or in Christ? Most Christians think and act like sinners. Why?

The secular law system works the same way in the balance between freedom and slavery:

Are you a sovereign national (Form #05.006), or a STATUTORY U.S. citizen? Most American act like U.S. citizens. Why?

“Count yourself dead to the United States, Inc. and alive to freedom.”

For a sermon on this subject elaborating further, see:

Getting Out, Pastor Tim Keller
https://sedm.org/getting-out-sermon-by-tim-keller-of-the-gospel-coalition/

For more on the secular side of this subject, see:

1. Civil Status (important!) (from the Litigation->Civil Status menu item)
2. Your Exclusive Right to Declare or Establish Your Civil Status, Form #13.008
   https://sedm.org/Forms/13-SelfFamilyChurchGovnce/RightToDeclStatus.pdf
3. Membership in a Specific Class, Status, or Group As a Cause for Loss of Rights, SEDM Blog
   https://sedm.org/membership-in-a-specific-class-status-or-group-as-a-cause-for-loss-of-rights/
4. Citizenship Status v. Tax Status, Form #10.011
   https://sedm.org/Forms/10-Emancipation/CitizenshipStatusVTaxStatus/CitizenshipVTaxStatus.htm
5. Proof That There Is a “Straw Man”, Form #05.042
   https://sedm.org/Forms/05-MemLaw/StrawMan.pdf

Please think about this.

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