God is done with the works of flesh No more works of the flesh because of His Holy Spirit Condemnation is passed, and justification is here through faith in our God Rom 8: 1-4 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: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. No power in the flesh Rom 8: 1-4 The word here is phronema, which means “way of thinking.” We must reorient our whole approach to life so that we seek to be responsive to God the Spirit and rely on Him, rather than seek to keep God’s Law and rely on our own strength. The flesh has no power and will never subjugate itself to God, but will always do what he wants, not what God wants. Condemnation only comes when you are in yourself, and not in the Spirit, because the Spirit will fight against the flesh to bring him under God’s power, He, The Holy Spirit, will not be defeated by the flesh. But if you walk after the spirit you will not walk in sin, but in power. Condemnation comes when you are in the flesh after your own will, and not the will of the Father. Holy Spirit (Rom 8:11) This verse affirms one of the most exciting of the Spirit’s ministries. He vitalizes us here and now, even though we are sinful human beings, infusing us with that same power which raised Jesus from the dead, enabling us to live holy lives. Every one of our spiritual failures shouts out, “We can’t.” And every spiritual victory affirms, “But He can!” So, the reason we are filled with Holy Spirit, we are to walk after the Spirit, and do spiritual things in our spiritual minds, with our spiritual human spirits. The flesh is very powerful doing what he wants, and cannot become subject to God, and the Laws of God, only through God’s word, and the Holy Spirit, we can live to God by our human spirit, God in our human spirit we can live to Him There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. How does the Christian live a righteous life without a constant struggle to keep God’s Law? Paul introduced another universal principle: the law of life lived in the power of the Spirit (Rom 8:1-2). Old Testament Law failed to produce righteousness, because the people didn’t have the Holy Spirit. So in Christ God condemned “sin in sinful man’’ and provided His Spirit, who enables believers to fully meet the Law’s requirements without “trying.” We focus on responding to God’s Spirit rather than on trying to keep laws. If we’re controlled by the Spirit who brought life to Christ’s dead body, He will bring life to us who are spiritually dead. Our obligation is not to the Law, but to respond to the Spirit’s promptings, to live by the Holy Ghost, He will bring our bodies under subjection of the power of God. Paul now looks ahead. One day creation itself will be renewed, even as we are being renewed. Meanwhile the Spirit helps us in our weakness, praying with and for us. It’s our relationship with God that brings us victory, for He has chosen us not to muddle on in the pit of sin but to be transformed into the image of His Son. On the way God will never forsake us, nor even permit us to be charged with sin. We are God’s loved ones. Nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ our Lord. Witness of the Spirit (Rom 8:14-16) How do we know that what Paul is speaking about is real? The Spirit’s presence in us is unmistakable! We sense His promptings and respond. We find a new freedom in our relationship with God. Deep down, our changed lives and sense of closeness to God make it absolutely clear—we are God’s children. If you do not feel it, believe it. If you believe it, and act on it, you will surely feel it, and know God is in your of a truth. The witness is when the Spirit cries out Aba Father, or He will speak to God in your spirit with the Holy Spirit, to let you know I’m in you of a truth. The Spirit’s work within us is present tense salvation: We are being saved from the power of sin and becoming righteous. When Jesus returns we will be saved completely, liberated from the last vestiges of sin which cling so persistently to us. God had this purpose in mind when He saved us. No one and nothing can keep Him from His goal—or us from our destiny in Jesus. Rom 8: 28. The text does not say that everything that happens to us is good, in the sense of pleasurable. God doesn’t even promise pleasure. He does promise that all things will contribute to our good, in the sense of being for our benefit. And even that benefit is described. God will use our every experience to make us more like our Lord.
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