Walking By the Spirit Romans 8 1 4

Walking “By the Spirit” Romans 8: 1 -4

Background “But now we have been released from the law, for we died with Christ, and we are no longer captive to its power. Now we can really serve God, not in the old way by obeying the letter of the law, but in the new way, by the Spirit. ” Romans 7: 6 (NLT)

A New Way to Approach God! [8: 1] is therefore now no of the [4]There so that the requirement condemnation to fulfilled those who are in Law might be in us, who Z` Christ Jesus do not walk according to the [, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. flesh, but according to the Spirit. ] Romans 8: 4 (NASB-U) Romans 8: 1 (NKJV) Never appears before 6 th Century!

[NLT] So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. [NIV] Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus [GW] So those who are believers in Christ Jesus can no longer be [La Biblia de las Américas] Por consiguiente, condemned. no hay ahora condenación para los que están en Cristo Jesús

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Significant Events in History Timeline Forgiveness TOO Far Ahead!? !? 1 Sin

Christ Offers Real Freedom! [2] For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death? – Romans 7: 24 (NASB-U)

Christ Offers Real Freedom! l [3] For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, l [4] so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. Romans 8: 2 -4 (NASB-U)

What is “Walking by the Spirit” ? Romans 8: 5 -8 [5] For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. [6] For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, [7] because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, [8] and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

What is “Walking by the Spirit” ? l Not Setting Our Minds on the “Flesh” The mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God. –Romans. 8: 6 n God Has Declared It Dead, – Dead to sin Romans 6: 11 – Dead to self Romans 6: 6 – Dead to Law Romans 7: 6 – Dead to the Kosmos Galatians 6: 14 Dead!!

What is “Walking by the Spirit” ? l Not Setting Our Minds on l Is Setting Our Mind on the “Flesh” “The Spirit” Dead to sin Not a Sin Focus n Dead to self Not a Self-Focus n Dead to Law Not a Law-Focus n Dead to the Kosmos Not a Kosmos-Focus n n A Christ-Focus n Others-Focus n Grace-Focus n Body of Christ-Focus

Walking by the Spirit: Not an Academic Point! View of Myself View of the View of God Places you Go! God View of Others View of the Future View of the Past View of the World!

What is “Walking by the Spirit” ? l Not Setting Our Minds on l Is Setting Our Mind on the “Flesh” “The Spirit” is Th k Wee Dead to sin Not a Sin Focus n Dead to self Not a Self-Focus n Dead to Law Not a Law-Focus n Dead to the Kosmos Not a Kosmos-Focus n n A Christ-Focus n Others-Focus n Grace-Focus n Body of Christ-Focus

A Sin-Focused Walk “Meditating on my Sin” is therefore now [8: 1] There l 1 John 1: 9: no condemnation to those [14] For by that one offering l If we confess ourin sins, He is Jesus! faithful who are Christ he perfected forever alland righteous to forgive us our sins and to he is making cleanse usthose from allwhom unrighteousness. Hebrews 10: 14 (NLT) – 1 John holy. 1: 9 (NASB-U) n [9]

A Sin-Focused Walk “Meditating on my Sin” l 1 John 1: 9: l n [9] If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. – 1 John 1: 9 (NASB-U) l Often entails presenting ourselves as in Present yourselves to God Adam as those alive from the dead! – Romans 6: 13 b (NASB-U)

A Christ-Centered Focus 1. What God Has Done For Me! “You wereif dead in your Therefore you have beentransgressions raised up and seeking God raised us up with sins. Christ, . keep the things above, and where Christ us is, with seated at the Christ seated him in the right hand realms of God. Set your mind on the heavenly in Christ Jesus” above, not on the things that are –things Eph. 2: 1, 6 on earth. – Col. 3: 1 -2 (NASB-U)

A Christ-Centered Focus 1. 2. What God Has Done For Me! Talk with Him! I. e. , Prayer! l Not Formal, Ritualistic Prayer! l “There are myriad approaches to both prayer and meditation. No way is the right way. . . The real thing is the actual experience of God. ” - John Bradshaw, Bradshaw On: The Family (Deerfield Beach, Florida: Health Communications, 1988), pp. 234

A Christ-Centered Focus 1. 2. What God Has Done For Me! Talk with Him! l With a Vertical Perspective willwhich in all youthe do, Lord and hehas will direct your paths. This is. Seek thehis day made; – Proverbs 3: 6 Let us. Pray rejoice and be glad in it! without ceasing! – 1 Thes. 5: 17 – Psalm 118: 24 (NASB-U) "Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. – John 15: 4 For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace – Romans 8: 6

A Christ-Centered Focus 1. 2. What God Has Done For Me! Talk with Him! With a Vertical Perspective l Loaded with Thanksgiving! l Enter His gates with thanksgiving And His courts with praise! Give thanks to Him, bless His name! – Psalm 100: 4 (NASB-U) “Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. ” – Matthew 25: 34 (NLT)

A Christ-Centered Focus “If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts 1. What God Has Done For Me! to your children, how much 2. Talk with Him! more will your heavenly l With a Vertical Perspective Father give the Holy Spirit l Loaded with Thanksgiving! to those who ask Him? ” – Luke 11: 13 (NASB-U) l Face to Face! So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it. – Hebrews 4: 16 (NLT)

A Christ-Centered Focus 1. 2. 3. 4. What God Has Done For Me! Talk with Him! Worship Him! Read the Word!