When Principles COLLIDE (Romans 8:1-11)

The Paradox (Romans 8:1-8)

What God Has Done (Romans 8:1-4)

Made Me Free from the Principal of Sin and Death (negating the testimony and death)

How? The Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus

God Sent His own Son in Likeness of Sinful flesh -

because of Sin and CONDEMNED SIN IN THE FLESH (Christ as Man -through righteous living - condemned sin as a man/ in His own flesh) (v. 3)

so that / in order that the righteous requirement of the law MIGHT BE fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit (kata - in close position/relatively deeply)

Paul Presents a Simple Either/Or

Yield / Submit to the Spirit or Yield to the flesh (Romans 6)

What We Tend to Do (Romans 8:5-8)

v. 5 Mind the things of the flesh (interestingly you can mind in association with the flesh or Metanoia [repent] mind in association with God a.k.a. the things of the Spirit

Remember Paul says SET YOUR MIND ON THINGS ABOVE; RENEW YOUR MIND...

v. 6 Reminder of how this works:

Mind (Fix your thinking - Strongly Intend and Aim toward) the Flesh = Death

Mind (Fix your thinking - Strongly Intend and Aim toward) the Spirit = LIFE and PEACE

v7. Why? Because to Fix Your thinking or to Strongly Intend toward the Flesh IS EMNITY WITH GOD since you are unable to make God’s Law Your Focus in this state...

v. 8 The outcome? Mind according to the Flesh means UNABLE to Please God!

The POWER of God (Romans 8:9-11)

v. 9-10 If the Spirit of God Dwells in You - You ARE IN THE SPIRIT. - This is a statement of FACT, even if you choose the flesh - thus why Paul tell’s us to not grieve nor to quench the Spirit)

v. 9b - The Warning: If you do not have the Spirit of Christ (a.k.a the Spirit Christ promised to send and did send to believers at Pentecost) you do not belong to Him - Time to check your position - are you IN CHRIST (through belief upon Him) or OUT of Christ (negating the testimony of God)

v. 10 - The Presence of Christ

v. 11 - The POWER CLAIM (Remember throughout Romans the Apostle Paul makes a series of Power Claims - You are powerless, but God IS POWERFUL ENOUGH.

The start of the promise… If you have the Spirit (through belief in Christ) The ONE who RAISED CHRIST FROM THE DEAD will (future tense) also give LIFE to your mortal bodies BY MEANS OF His Spirit who dwells in you…

The PROMISE - Romans 8:12-30

Romans 8:12–30 ESV

12 So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. 15 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” 16 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him. 18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. 19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. 23 And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. 24 For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. 26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. 27 And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. 28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. 29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.