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The Promises of God: Part CCLI

Timothy Laughlin

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Timothy Laughlin

Published
Jun 30, 2025

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There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has 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 did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, 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. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God. Romans 8:1-8

    There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has 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 did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, 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. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God. Romans 8:1-8

    The apostle Paul is making it perfectly clear about walking in the Spirit and walking in the flesh. As new creations we are spiritual people living in a human body, and we must not allow our minds to dwell on carnal (fleshly) things.

    A carnal mind is enmity (war) against God, but a spirit-led mind is life and peace! Paul spoke of something the Roman soldiers would do to execute their enemies slowly by chaining a corpse to a healthy person, allowing the decomposition and disease to kill the person. So, it is with us if we allow our flesh to rule our minds and bodies; the old man will destroy us!

    Living the Spirit-filled life can be a battle, trying to please God and war with your flesh. One must be diligent, and discipline themselves by spending time with God, meditating, and praying in the Holy Spirit!

    But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now, if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. Romans 8:9-11

Your servant in Christ, Timothy Laughlin
   Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ

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