Lesson 2822

(Lesson 2822)(09-15-19) Romans 8:9-17
    “ But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.”

    In today’s quote, Paul clarified that the saved are reborn in the spirit and cannot be charged with the sins of the flesh. He also made it clear that as the children of God, we, the saved, while still in the flesh, are to our live lives in a manner consistent with the will of God.
    Although a Christian is not above sin in the flesh, he/she will usually stand out in a crowd because of  the way they conduct their lives.~