 In Christ Jesus, you are not condemned;
walk in the Spirit; be free from sin.
To walk in the flesh, you are under law;
to walk in the Spirit makes you free from it all.
The law of the Spirit of life in Christ
makes us free, for He is life;
free from sin and free from death.
walking with Christ, not in the flesh.
The law could not give us freedom to live,
being weak, it had no life to give.
God sent His Son, in the likeness of sin,
that through Him sin is condemned.
Those whose minds are set on the flesh,
are condemned by the law of sin and death.
The mind set on flesh is hostile to God,
and does not submit to things of the Lord.
If we live in sin, God is not pleased.
But to live in the Spirit, is life and peace.
You will die if by the flesh you live.
But in the Spirit, life in Christ He will give.
Christ in you, though dead in sin,
the Spirit is life if Christ dwells within.
For the Spirit that raised Christ to life
gives life to you, a new life in Christ.
Sons of God are led by His Spirit.
The spirit of slavery or fear is not in it.
His Spirit bears witness with our spirit,
and we cry “Abba Father” if His Spirit is in it.
We are heirs, joint-heirs with Christ,
if we suffer with Him we will be glorified.
The glory of this time cannot compare
to the glory to be revealed to us and shared.
Devotonal:
Romans 8: 7 & 8: For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
“The mind being set on the flesh” is a mind of an unbeliever. If one does not believe in the things of God, he is hostile or rejects the things of God and God’s laws.
Since Adam and Eve disobeyed God in the Garden of Eden, there has been sin and strife in the world. God created a perfect world for Adam and Eve. If they had obeyed Him and controlled their sinful lusts, the world would be a perfect place. But they listened to Satan and became as we are because they ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; and we became subject to sin and death.
But God, since He loved us so much provided a way for us to become perfect; thus Jesus became our sacrifice; our way of avoiding hell. God the Father, laid all the sins of the world on the strong, able shoulders of our Lord. Psalms 53:5 He took our sins upon Himself and bore our iniquities; He suffered on a cruel cross; suffered as no man has ever suffered and then He died to save our souls from an eternity in hell.
Prayer: Thank you Lord God for providing a way of escape for us and giving us a living sacrifice, Jesus Your only Son to die for us as our propitiation. Thank You for saving us from an eternity of the fire that burns forever and ever.
Nell Berry
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