Kofi Dwira - The Secret to Perfect Living

The Secret to Perfect Living

Copyright 2021 by Kofi Dwira

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Contents

Preface

M any times, when men are faced with a problem for which they have no answer, they resolve into thinking that the problem is insurmountable.

The Bible calls Christians into perfect and holy living; but because, as sinners, perfection has eluded us, we have resolved into thinking that perfection is unattainable to men. We even stigmatize the proponents of perfection and view them as extremists and perfectionists, while failing to realize, if Jesus lived in our time, we would stigmatize him as such. Let us not forget that Adam and Eve before they sinned lived perfectly. There was no stain of sin nor weakness in their characters but they lived wholly abiding by the word and power of God. The same is said about Lucifer. God speaks about Lucifer, the originator of sin, and says: Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. (Ezek. 28:15 KJV)

Jesus, who came to be our example to living a sinless life, was born into our world with the possibility to sin. The Scripture says: He was numbered with the transgressors (lsa. 53:12 KJV). We recall he was tempted by the devil, as we are tempted; but he never sinned. The Scriptures testifying to the perfect life of Jesus, says of him: For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin (Heb. 4 :15 KJV).

It is Jesus who said, Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. (Matt. 5:48 KJV) In other words, Jesus was saying, Be sinless as your Father who is in heaven is sinless.

The secret to the perfect life of Jesus, living in a world polluted with sin and with an enemy who tempts at every step of the way, is that there is a way to living a perfect life. And this is the way by which Jesus lived and never sinned. The question we may ask, as Christians who seek to be like Jesus, is: How did he do it?

It was only as Jesus came to live in our world and to teach by precept and example that Gods way to living a life without sin was unfolded before the whole universe. Even until then, the angels of heaven, though sinless, did not have full knowledge of the way of God, as to how one could live in a world of sin and not sin. The Scriptures say the angels desire to look into the things pertaining to our salvation.

It is possible for us to live the perfect life, which Jesus lived here on earth. If you want to know the way by which Jesus lived and never sinned and desire to be victorious over every sin and reflect perfectly the character of Christ, then this book i s for you.

A Special Note to the Readers

T he Controversy between good and evil, between God and Satan, evolves around how to be like God.

The angel Lucifer, who had desired to be like God in heaven, had claimed to have a better way to be like God when he approached Eve in the Garden of Eden. Satan, speaking to Eve through the serpent about the Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil, had said to her: You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil (Genesis 3: 4-5 NKJV).

Could Satan, who came in the guise of a serpent, be right? Could his way of being like God be right?

In this book you will find the sure way to be like God, and, thus, the secret to perfect living. This is the greatest discovery that could ever be made in the whole universe.

Where Is the Secret?

T he secret to living a perfect life is all to be found in the Christian sacrament of baptism. That ritual, which symbolizes the death to our old lives and the birth of our new life found in Jesus, is the key that unlocks the secret to living the perfect, Christian life. In other words, the real meaning of baptism is the way to living a life without sin.

What then is baptism? The word baptism , which originates from the Greek word baptizo , means to submerge or immerse. When something is hidden in the earth, it is said of that thing that it is buried in the earth. And when something is hidden in water, it is said to be submerged or immersed in water. Baptism, which takes place in water, will, therefore, mean to hide or bury in water. Somehow it is clearly defined by the apostle Paul, who wrote much about it. In his epistle to the Romans, Paul says: Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death... (Rom. 6 :3-4 KJV).

In Pauls definition of baptism is supplied the word death. What then is the purpose of baptism? Paul says, We are buried with him (Christ) by baptism into death... Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin (Rom. 6:4, 6, 7 KJV). The purpose of baptism, therefore, is to destroy or put to death our old m an of sin.

We may ask the question: what constitutes death? The wise man, Solo mon, says:

For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun (Eccles. 9:5-6 KJV).

In other words, at death, man loses his senses of sight, hearing, reasoning, taste , and feeling, and also his portion in the things of the earth. The means through which sin appeals to us is through our senses. Therefore, if we are to overcome sin, we have to put to death ou r senses.

It is through the principle of baptism that we are to overcome sin. Baptism therefore is not just a ritual but the symbol and visual aid of the principle that should be the guiding rule in the life of the child of God. This principle is dying to sin and arising daily to live unto righteousness. The apostle Paul expounds the principle of baptism and says: What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we that are dead to sin live any longer therein? Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. For sin shall not have dominion over you; for ye are not under the law, but under grace. (Rom, 6: 1-14, KJV)