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Romans 8:5-13
We are continuing on our journey through the Epistle to the Romans.
Last week we looked at the Deliverance of the Spirit Life, and we saw how living in the Spirit delivers us from the Sentence of Sin, the Slavery of Sin and the Susceptibility to Sin.
Now in this next section we want to see the Difference of the Spirit Life as we compare the old life of the Flesh with the new life in the Spirit.
One pastor said, “There are two great needs in the heart of every person - One is for forgiveness, and the other goodness.
Both of these needs are met in Jesus Christ.”
Verse one shows us the forgiveness - There is therefore now no condemnation.”
Verse 2 shows us the goodness “That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit.”
One is Justification the other is Sanctification.
Holiness (Sanctification) is the work of the Holy Spirit as we yield (cooperate) with Him.
We have a new position in Christ - Justified - verses 1-4
Now we have a new life available to us - Sanctified - verses 5-13
But there are three key things that we must yield to the Holy Spirit if we are going to live the Spirit Life, and see the difference that God wants to make in us.
I.
The Mind of the Believer
5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
The Bible says again in verse 5 that those after the flesh mind the things of the flesh and those after the Spirit mind the things of the Spirit.
This word translated Mind - phronéō - To think, have a mindset, be minded.
The activity represented by this word involves the will, affections, and conscience.
It is talking about what we set our mind to do.
So in these verses we see The Believer’s Mind will have
A. A Different Focus
5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
If you focus on the things of the flesh, you will do the things of the flesh.
If you focus on the things of the mind, you will do the things of the mind.
What you feed is what will grow stronger in you.
So if your mind will be different, you must guard what you focus on.
What are you focusing on?
When the Alaskan Pipeline was being built, there were many Texans who went to Alaska and found work on the pipeline.
The Texans could only work a few hours in the frigid weather, yet the Eskimos, the native Alaskans, could work indefinitely in the cold.
They decided to do a study to find out why the Eskimos could withstand the weather.
After much study they found that there were no physiological differences between the Eskimos and the Texans.
There was nothing in skin thickness, blood, or any other thing physically that would explain the differences in the ability to withstand the temperatures.
The solution came when they did a psychological study.
The difference was the Eskimo said, "He knows it was cold but there was a job to be done."
In other words, his focus was on the job and obtaining results rather than on the weather.
The Texan focused on the weather and this kept him from focusing on the job at hand.
Watch what you are focusing on.
B. A Different Finish
The difference between the Flesh life and the Spirit life is seen not only in the Focus of that life, but also on the result of that focus.
6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Paul is telling the Roman Christians - If you focus on the the things of the flesh - If you are carnally minded the end is death.
It leads to death!
The life of the carnal christian is the life of death.
Even Solomon came to this same conclusion
When he focused on the things of this world, it was vanity, it was a vexation to his spirit - he saw that it had no profit at all!
But you do not need to be such - you have been quickened.
You are renewed, and have the Holy Spirit living inside of you.
And as Paul tells us here, “to be spiritually minded is life and peace.”
Sounds like a much better life to me!
Not only is the Focus different for the Believer
And not only is the Finish different for the Believer
But thirdly we see in verse 7 that the Believer has
C. A Different Foundation
7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
The very foundation of the carnal mind comes from the place of enmity with God.
You cannot please God with that which is His enemy.
The Flesh does not follow the Law of God.
In fact it is impossible for it to as we have seen earlier in Romans.
So the Difference of the Spirit Life is our Focus, Our End Result, and Our Beginning.
- Where we are coming from.
The Carnal Mind cannot please God because the carnal mind is the enemy of God.
But we are of the Spirit -
We mind the things of the Spirit, Our Spirit life results in life and peace…Our spirit life comes from Yielding to God.
So the Mind of the Believer is different.
II.
The Means of the Believer
That is the method of the believer -the instrument that is used to obtain the result that we are looking for, and more importantly God is looking for.
8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you.
Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
What is the instrument that we use to please God?
The Flesh or the Spirit?
A. The Flesh Can Never Please God
8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Those who are controlled by the flesh, who walk after the flesh, who focus on the things of the flesh they cannot please God.
We can try on our own to please God, but it will never happen.
God is not interested in your efforts outside of your cooperation with His efforts.
The only righteousness that He is pleased by is the righteousness that He gives to us, through faith, by yielding to His Holy Spirit.
Then and only then will we see Righteousness produced in our life.
B. Only the Spirit Can Please God
The only way to please God is through faith.
And Faith is a part of the Fruit of the Spirit.
When a Christian acts in faith he is showing the evidence that the Spirit not only resides inside of him, but that he is yielding to Him.
The flesh cannot produce that which is spiritual.
When a person has the Spirit of God they have an interest in the and a desire for the things of God.
By God’s Grace our desires change...
The Holy Spirit inspired the Bible, so through the Holy Spirit we desire to read the Bible.
The Holy Spirit called the church body together into the Church, so we have a desire to go to church.
The Holy Spirit came to convict the lost sinner, so we have a desire to see the lost saved.
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Intercession, so we have a desire to pray.
The Holy Spirit enables us to sing, so we have the desire to worship him in Spirit and in truth.
How are we doing?
Do we have these desires?
If not, it is a tell-tale sign that we either:
1. Do not have the Holy Spirit living in us (we are not saved)
2. Or we are not yielded to the Spirit of God.
If we are working in the flesh, we will not desire the things of the Spirit.
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