01/15/24 THE REAL ROMANS 7 AND 8 (read it all)

01/15/24 ROMANS 7 AND 8 (read it all)

Christ delivers us from the, "body of death," in Romans 7 and 8.

Romans 7:21-25 and 8:1-14
21  I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
22  For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
23  But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
24  O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
25  I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
Romans 8:1-14
1  There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2  For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
3  For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
4  That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
5  For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
6  For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
7  Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
8  So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
9  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.
10  And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
11  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.
12  Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
13  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.
14  For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

01/15/24 FULL SALVATION

01/15/24 FULL SALVATION

Through Christ, sinners cleanse their hands, and the double minded purify their hearts.

01/15/24 THE WHOLE PACKAGE

01/15/24 THE WHOLE PACKAGE

Jesus gave Himself to redeem us AND purify us, in order for us to do good works.

Titus 2:13-15
13  Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
14  Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
15  These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

01/15/24 THE FULLNESS OF THE BLESSING

01/15/24 THE FULLNESS OF THE BLESSING

Salvation includes being made holy, righteous and pure (as He is), in this life.

Romans 15:29
29  And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.

01/15/24 ACTUAL SALVATION

01/15/24 ACTUAL SALVATION

Salvation is Divine transformation, not "creative bookkeeping."

01/15/24 WE ARE SAVED BY FAITH

01/15/24 WE ARE SAVED BY FAITH

Doubt and disobedience says God does not save us from all sin in this life.

01/15/24 NOT HYPERBOLE

01/15/24 NOT HYPERBOLE

Yes, it is required of Christians to, "Be perfect in love, as your heavenly Father is perfect in love."