We kill the flesh nature through the Spirit

Rom 8:10  And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

Rom 8:11  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.

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.

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With Christ in us our body is dead because we are sinners.  What is alive in us with Christ in us is the SPIRIT, because of Christ's righteousness.

What does it mean to have living dead bodies?  I've spoken about the living dead before but not in this context.  I've talked of them as those who don't know Christ that they are alive but really dead.  Now I'm talking about us who do know Christ and how we are SPIRITUALLY alive, and yet dead to our carnal flesh nature, our body.  We know that we are physically breathing so we aren't dead in that sense. We know that we are sinners and the wages of our sin is death.  Christ DIED in our place. Christ was raised up by the Father God, and the Father God will raise us up as well. We who LIVE with the Spirit in us,  will belong to God and we will be raised up immortal.  

We are in DEBT, but NOT in debt to our flesh nature, we don't have to live after our flesh nature.  THROUGH the Spirit we kill the flesh nature. 

THROUGH the SPIRIT.

PLEASE Father in heaven, please let us THROUGH the Spirit kill the flesh nature in ourselves so we may live in the Spirit and be YOURS, and be raised by YOU in that day when the last trump sounds and our Savior returns.

In the name of our SAVIOR now and forever.

AMEN.