The Road to Romans!
The battle
that rages within!
Romans 7:25–8:11
(ESV)
25Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I
myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of
sin.
1There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in
Christ Jesus.
2For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ
Jesus from the law of sin and death.
3For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could
not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he
condemned sin in the flesh,
4in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be
fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the
Spirit.
5For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on
the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their
minds on the things of the Spirit.
6For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind
on the Spirit is life and peace.
7For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for
it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot.
8Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
9You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in
fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of
Christ does not belong to him.
10But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because
of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
11If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells
in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your
mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
And the Battle rages on!!!!
VS 25 Thanks be to
God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God
with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
·
We have to never forget there is a battle raging within us
·
Call it the battle of good and evil or the flesh and spirit
·
But the battle is there non the less
·
When we meet Jesus the flesh (evil part of us) is separated
from the Spirit (the now good part of us)
·
And we will deal with this battle or evil will take over
o
We live in a world dominated by evil
o
We live in a world that is dying
o
We live in a world that will one day die because of the fall
and sin
·
We can either face it head on or hide from it but one way or
the other we will have to deal with it
o
You know that person how hides from conflict
o
Runs from problems
o
Does it ever turn out good??
So how do we
deal with Sin??? How do we not fall pray to the power of Sin!
·
We live in the spirit!!
The Spirit will SET YOU FREE! (the Good, the
Bad, and the Ugly!
VS 1 There is
therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
2For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ
Jesus from the law of sin and death.
3For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could
not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he
condemned sin in the flesh,
4in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be
fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the
Spirit.
(The Good) There is
no more condemnation!
·
That is GREAT
news!
·
We no longer
have to worry about paying for our Sin (death)
·
We no longer have
to worry about the day of Judgment
·
We no longer
have to fear God, we can now see him as our father and Jesus is our big
brother!
(The Bad) So how do
we stay humble???? Basically what it’s saying is no matter what you do, you are
free from judgment!
(The Ugly) To stay
humble we have to hear what it doesn’t say
·
It doesn’t say we
aren’t accused of sin
·
It doesn’t say
we don’t deserve it
·
It doesn’t say
we don’t need to own it
·
Or mourn it
·
It doesn’t say
there is no penalty for it/ because a heavy price was paid for it
·
It doesn’t even
say God wont discipline us for it
·
It only says
that we wont be condemned to death with the rest of the world
That’s what keeps us
humble, that should take the air out of your sail, and loose the pride and
arrogance that comes with the fact that you will live forever adopted in to the
family of the one true KING. The fact that you didn’t earn it, don’t deserve
it, and in fact you should even be counted in it!
It was Jesus that set you free
·
Jesus did all
the work
·
Jesus stands before
God as your lawyer
·
Jesus Sets on
the throne, not you
·
You, you need
to take your rightful place
·
Stay humble
·
Always looking,
always searching your heart
·
Stay repent,
stay in prayer, walking with your brothers and sisters
·
And remember
the battle is not only in the world, but more importantly in you!!!!
Just because we carry this body of sin around doesn’t mean
we have to dance with it!
VS 3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could
not do. By sending his own Son in the
likeness of sinful flesh and for
sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,
4in order that the righteous
requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the
Spirit.
·
You ever gone
to a dance and left with someone else?
·
The person you
went with just treated you bad
o Got you in trouble
o Was taking you down the wrong path
·
Then someone
(God) sent someone over
o That treated you good
o Helped you
o Kept you out of trouble
That what happened here
·
You been dance
with the devil all your life
o He got you in to trouble
o Got you a death sentence
o Because he has one (guilt by association)
·
Then God
stepped in and righted the course
o Sent Jesus to fix what Adam broke
o The law is good/but in our weakened state would
never work
·
So God
fulfilled the law with the Blood of His Son
o That’s why Jesus stands before God on your behalf
o He paid the price
o He boldly advocates on your behalf
o He shows God the nails he took for you
o The scares of all your sins
o And says ”I PAID FOR THAT MAN”
o HE was BOUGHT AT A HIGH PRICE!
So now we walk not according to the Sin of the
world, but by the Spirit that set us free!!
·
We have a choice
·
We have options
·
Dance with the one you come with
·
Or take the better option and leave with the one who
wants ya!
YOU GOT TO GET YOUR MIND RIGHT!!!!
Vs 5 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 set their minds on the things of the
Spirit.
6For to set the mind
on the flesh is death, but to set
the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.
7For the mind that is set
on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law;
indeed, it cannot.
8Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
Although there is no
longer condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, we still face a choice
of where we set our minds.
·
So
where are your thoughts, desires?
·
What
drives you?
·
Who
is God in your life?
IF your mind is on the world (the flesh)
1.
You run from
God (you hide in the dark)
a. You put yourself in Gods rightful place as lord over
your life
b. You are a kingdom of one
c. Whatever you want must be good, and right because
your God
2.
You desire
things that only make you happy
a. You live with addictions of all kinds
i. Drugs
ii. Porn
iii. Alcohol
iv. TV
v. Shopping
vi. hobbies
b. You hurt people to get what you want
c. Things matter more than people
d. Money controls you
e. Appearance rules you
f. Social status matters
g. And DEATH scares the hell out of you!
The mind set on the flesh cannot
serve God because of natural hostility, and because the sinful flesh is under
judgment leading to death. All flesh is doomed to die; if our life is focused
on serving our flesh, we cannot simultaneously serve God
IF
your mind is on the Spirit (Jesus)
1.
People matter
a.
Relationship
become more important than things
b.
We want to serve
others
c.
We want to be a
part of Gods greater plan
2.
We start to
look in the mirror
a.
We look at
ourselves in light of who Jesus was
b.
We start to see
our need for a savior
c.
We start to
understand we aren’t God
3.
Repentance and
Faith become a priority
a.
We pray regularly
b.
We seek
forgiveness daily
c.
Our faith and
understanding of Grace, mercy and Love becomes our obsession
4.
We stop running
from God and we run to Him
a.
We no longer
see Him as overlord
b.
We start to see
Him as a good Dad
c.
We seek advice
in His word
d.
We share our
lives with Him
e.
We expose our
Sin to Him
f.
And We lay it
all at the foot of the cross
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