Rom 8:12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
Rom 8:13 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.
We are debtors- we are in debt but NOT to the flesh. We owe our flesh self NOTHING. If we live for our flesh then we will die eternally. The only way we have life is by living through the Spirit, and in living through the Spirit MORTIFYING the deeds of our flesh.
Mortify - Strong's: From G2288; to kill (literally or figuratively): - become dead (cause to be) put to death kill mortify.
Living through the Spirit we KILL the deeds of our flesh, the works of our flesh.
We cannot do a single thing in the flesh to earn eternal life, not one thing.
We must THROUGH the Spirit choose to have faith in Jesus Christ and the promises He gave to us.
Do YOU live in the SPIRIT?
1Co 10:31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
To the glory of God.
Not to the glory of ourselves.
We aren't to do the things we do to glorify ourselves, but to glorify God.
Do the things we do glorify God?
Are our lives focused on the things of God?
Do we find God in all we do?
Living after the Spirit is finding God in all things, and where we cannot find God we know we shouldn't be.
Rom 8:12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
Rom 8:13 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.
Life and death.
We choose.
If we live…
We choose how we live in a lot of ways. Sure some circumstances are beyond our control but the spiritual choice is ALWAYS under our control.
Some people might be forced into their beliefs- we hear about that a lot in the Middle East- and then we also hear about those who defy that stricture and then are punished even to the point of death for choosing to belief in Jesus Christ the Son of God. This is a reality. Our making a choice is a reality.
Why is it that in some places the Spiritual aspect of life is so important that to believe differently means killing someone. And then in other places, a lot of other places the Spiritual side of life means absolutely nothing. Having no religion- having no spiritual side to your life is perfectly normal. Here in America we laud our ability to have freedom of religion and have taken that to the point of making religion seem senseless. There are more people today in the USA that do not have any spiritual faith at all than ever before.
Choices are being made.
We all have to make choices, everyone of us without fail.
We are the result of the choices we make throughout life and by the GRACE of GOD may we make the most important choice ever, choosing HIM.
May we choose to live spiritually focused, not physically, fleshy, carnally focused- please LORD help us to CHOOSE YOU now and forever, and ever!
In YOUR LOVE!
Rom 8:13 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.
We are debtors- we are in debt but NOT to the flesh. We owe our flesh self NOTHING. If we live for our flesh then we will die eternally. The only way we have life is by living through the Spirit, and in living through the Spirit MORTIFYING the deeds of our flesh.
Mortify - Strong's: From G2288; to kill (literally or figuratively): - become dead (cause to be) put to death kill mortify.
Living through the Spirit we KILL the deeds of our flesh, the works of our flesh.
We cannot do a single thing in the flesh to earn eternal life, not one thing.
We must THROUGH the Spirit choose to have faith in Jesus Christ and the promises He gave to us.
Do YOU live in the SPIRIT?
1Co 10:31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
To the glory of God.
Not to the glory of ourselves.
We aren't to do the things we do to glorify ourselves, but to glorify God.
Do the things we do glorify God?
Are our lives focused on the things of God?
Do we find God in all we do?
Living after the Spirit is finding God in all things, and where we cannot find God we know we shouldn't be.
Rom 8:12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
Rom 8:13 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.
Life and death.
We choose.
If we live…
We choose how we live in a lot of ways. Sure some circumstances are beyond our control but the spiritual choice is ALWAYS under our control.
Some people might be forced into their beliefs- we hear about that a lot in the Middle East- and then we also hear about those who defy that stricture and then are punished even to the point of death for choosing to belief in Jesus Christ the Son of God. This is a reality. Our making a choice is a reality.
Why is it that in some places the Spiritual aspect of life is so important that to believe differently means killing someone. And then in other places, a lot of other places the Spiritual side of life means absolutely nothing. Having no religion- having no spiritual side to your life is perfectly normal. Here in America we laud our ability to have freedom of religion and have taken that to the point of making religion seem senseless. There are more people today in the USA that do not have any spiritual faith at all than ever before.
Choices are being made.
We all have to make choices, everyone of us without fail.
We are the result of the choices we make throughout life and by the GRACE of GOD may we make the most important choice ever, choosing HIM.
May we choose to live spiritually focused, not physically, fleshy, carnally focused- please LORD help us to CHOOSE YOU now and forever, and ever!
In YOUR LOVE!
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