Monday January 15th 2017
Romans 8:1-11
Paul indefatigably fought against the law of sin in his body, but finally he cried "I give praise to God through Jesus Christ our Lord". This fight is for all mankind. And this deliverence is for all people.
1. There is no condemnation in Jesus (1-4)
In Jesus there is no condemnation for all who walk according to the Spirit. The mercy of forgiveness comes from the action of the Holy-Spirit. It's the Spirit who gives life; the flesh does not avail, says Jesus. By the Spirit we are delivered from our sins and we become God's children. The law of sin does not dominate us, we feel the real freedom. Actually God condemned sin in the flesh through Jesus incarnated and dead. We are justified in him and now we walk according to the Spirit.
2. To set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace (5-11)
How can we walk according to the Spirit ? What is the difference between carnal men and spititual men ? These who walk according to the Spirit are led to life and peace, and those who walk according to the flesh are led to death, they are the ennemies of God, they can't be pleasant for God and they don't belong to him. But those who walk according to the Spirit don't die, they will be resurrected the last day, because it's by this Spirit that Jesus was resurrected.
Prayer: Lord, thank you for the deliverence from condemnation in you. Now make me walk according to the Spirit, to have life in you.
Bottom line: there is no comdemnation in Jesus
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