Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation, but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh:
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… Jesus from the dead is living in you, then he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his spirit. Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation, but it is not to the sinful nature to live according to it. For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die. But if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live. Because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. You did not receive a Spirit that makes you a slave again to fear. You received the Spirit of sonship. And by Him we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. And if we're children, we are heirs. Heirs with God. Co-heirs with Christ. If indeed we may share in His sufferings in order that one day we are going to share in his glory. I consider our sufferings, present sufferings do not compare with the glory that will be revealed in us. The creation waits an eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. For the creation itself was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, and hope that the creation will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. We know the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. …
… in you. Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation now. In other words, we're not free agents to do whatever we want because Christ saved us and gave us his life. But it is not to the flesh to live according to it. In other words, it is not my way. For if you live according to the flesh, my way, you'll die. But if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live. For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. in other words, the Holy Spirit, once he becomes your advocate, the one who intercedes for you and defends you, the one who comforts you in every situation, the one who guides you and the one who helps you, once the Holy Spirit is on the scene, he is going to continually remind you that you are a child of God. your refrain in life is going to be, I'm a child of God. …
… It says, therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation, but it's not to the flesh to live according to it. for if you live according to the flesh, you will die. But if by the spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live. Obligation, man, that's a tough word, Paul. I like verse one where there's no condemnation and I'm free. But now you're telling me I'm obligated, right? I love the idea where I get to pray a prayer and ask Jesus to be my Lord and savior and be forgiven of my sins. And I can put a scripture in my bio of my Instagram and I can live my life. But Paul's telling me there's more. There's more to it. There's an obligation. In light of what Jesus has done for me, my response is to wage all-out war against every part of my sinful nature, not by my power, but by the power of God's Spirit who lives in me. …
… Keep going. Therefore, brethren, we are debtors not to the flesh to live after the flesh. I don't owe the flesh nothing. I'm not saying I always do right, but when I do wrong, it's not because I owe a bill. I don't owe the flesh nothing. I'm not in debt to sin. I'm not in debt to Satan. He can't have me because I don't owe him nothing. I don't owe him anything. Glory to God, I can be free. I don't owe cancer anything. I don't owe leukemia anything. I don't owe diabetes anything. I might have to deal with it, but it doesn't own me. It hasn't purchased me. I have been bought with the price and the precious blood of Jesus. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die. But if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, you shall live. If you through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, that means you got to kill it. …
… So then, brothers and sisters, we are debtors, not to the flesh to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh, you will die. But if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, Abba, Father, it is that very spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God. And if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ. If in fact we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him. Romans 8 reminds us that we're free. Romans 8 reminds us we are alive. And in this segment, do me a favor, touch yourself and say, I'm an heir. I'm an heir. Within these verses that I've just read, Paul makes allusion to one of the most beautiful and the deepest components of salvation that is arguably one of the most neglected. …