Now this is where God moves on the scene, and we have God's new provision for sanctification.
There is, therefore, now no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus....( Romans 8:1)
That is,chapter 7of Romans describes Paul's failure when he was a believer. I think this took place when he was first converted after the Damascus Road experience. He found failure in the Christian life. But even then there was no condemnation because he was in Christ. It did not disturb or wreck his salvation at all, but he was not happy. There was no joy, no power in his life.
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.( Romans 8:2-4)
Believers have a new nature, but it has no power. You cannot live for God in your own strength. It is only as you and I come and yield to Him, it is only as you and I will obey Him, that we can be well pleasing to Him. It is only by the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit that you and I can live for God. Now Paul makes that extremely clear:
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. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.( Romans 8:5,6)
If you are to have life and peace - that is, a Christian life filled with the fruits of the Holy Spirit - it must be by the power of the Holy Spirit. You can never achieve them on your own.
part 6 of 6.
God's New Provision for Sanctification
Now this is where God moves on the scene, and we have God's new provision for sanctification.
There is, therefore, now no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus....( Romans 8:1)
That is,chapter 7of Romans describes Paul's failure when he was a believer. I think this took place when he was first converted after the Damascus Road experience. He found failure in the Christian life. But even then there was no condemnation because he was in Christ. It did not disturb or wreck his salvation at all, but he was not happy. There was no joy, no power in his life.
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.( Romans 8:2-4)
Believers have a new nature, but it has no power. You cannot live for God in your own strength. It is only as you and I come and yield to Him, it is only as you and I will obey Him, that we can be well pleasing to Him. It is only by the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit that you and I can live for God. Now Paul makes that extremely clear:
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. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.( Romans 8:5,6)
If you are to have life and peace - that is, a Christian life filled with the fruits of the Holy Spirit - it must be by the power of the Holy Spirit. You can never achieve them on your own.
God bless.
That was good read
I miss listening to McGee on the radio.
I listen to him on blue letter bible audio.
When my laptop is fixed O'll be able to listen to that.
But for now, it only works in short spurts, so I need to use my phone. Uugh
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