Paul warns us that we owe nothing to our old lives in the flesh. That's not who we are any longer. No, since we are led by God's Spirit, we are God's children.

Paul begins in Romans 8:12-13 to make a contrast between two ways of living, which consequently have two outcomes. To live according to the flesh ends in ...

We are now obligated to God, who has saved us, and has empowered us to live real life while fighting off our sin.

10 июл. 2013 г. · If you don't kill it, it will kill you. The indwelling Holy Spirit will give you the power to kill your sin as you walk in dependence on Him.

28 февр. 2024 г. · Once we were in Adam, but now we are in Christ. We may at times act like we used to when we were in Adam, but we are not in Adam but eternally, ...

15 июн. 2023 г. · The only way we can destroy the deeds of the flesh, the power of sin, is through the power of the Spirit. Living for God is not an obligation, but a desire.

3 авг. 2023 г. · Living according to the flesh, means that we are letting our flesh rule our lives. We are living for our desires, our passions, our lusts and our self.

In this sermon on Romans 8:12–13 titled “A Call for Action,” Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones explains that Paul has been referencing the process of sanctification.

The Christian is called upon to mortify the deeds of the body. We must deal first with the word body, which means our physical body, our physical frame.