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[2169.20 --> 2171.12] How to live a life that is full of the Spirit. |
[2171.12 --> 2174.54] In the coming weeks, we're looking at spiritual gifts and spiritual fruit. |
[2175.10 --> 2180.36] And this morning, I modified our series just a little bit to focus a little bit on this profession of faith. |
[2180.44 --> 2183.00] And I'm going to be preaching on Romans chapter 8. |
[2183.44 --> 2185.32] That speaks so powerfully of the Spirit. |
[2185.44 --> 2190.04] And if you have your Bible, whether digital or physical, turn with me to Romans 8 and we'll read this together. |
[2190.04 --> 2198.54] Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. |
[2198.54 --> 2206.06] Because through Christ Jesus, the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. |
[2206.92 --> 2210.58] For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the sinful nature, |
[2211.26 --> 2216.76] God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful humanity to be a sin offering. |
[2216.76 --> 2223.84] And so he condemned sin in human flesh in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us |
[2223.84 --> 2228.04] who do not live according to the sinful nature, but according to the Spirit. |
[2229.08 --> 2233.34] Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires. |
[2234.06 --> 2237.86] But those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. |
[2238.64 --> 2240.84] The mind controlled by the sinful nature is death. |
[2241.54 --> 2245.00] But the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace. |
[2245.00 --> 2247.74] The sinful mind is hostile to God. |
[2247.80 --> 2250.48] It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. |
[2251.12 --> 2254.04] Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God. |
[2255.18 --> 2261.40] You, however, are not controlled by the sinful nature, but are in the Spirit. |
[2261.64 --> 2263.88] If indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. |
[2264.46 --> 2267.72] And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ. |
[2267.72 --> 2272.66] But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, |
[2273.24 --> 2275.74] the Spirit gives life because of righteousness. |
[2276.64 --> 2280.54] And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, |
[2281.02 --> 2288.54] he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you. |
[2289.78 --> 2292.80] Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation. |
[2292.80 --> 2296.52] But it is not to the sinful nature to live according to it. |
[2296.76 --> 2299.18] For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die. |
[2299.58 --> 2305.48] But if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live. |
[2305.82 --> 2307.06] This is God's Word. |
[2307.06 --> 2318.30] Well, this week I was listening to a story about a missionary in China who encountered and got to know a Chinese scholar. |
[2319.20 --> 2321.34] And this scholar was very curious about religion. |
[2321.46 --> 2324.44] Not a Christian himself had read widely about Eastern religions. |
[2325.06 --> 2329.22] And in conversation, the scholar said, you know, I will read the New Testament and we'll talk about it. |
[2329.24 --> 2332.14] And so the missionary gave this guy a New Testament. |
[2332.44 --> 2334.96] He read through it and the two of them sat down to talk it through. |
[2334.96 --> 2340.76] The missionary prepared for a conversation around Jesus, his life, his death, his resurrection. |
[2341.56 --> 2345.46] But what the scholar wanted to talk about actually was one little verse in the book of Ephesians. |
[2346.16 --> 2351.72] And the verse was, it's about the temple of God being God's people and how God lives in that temple by his Spirit. |
[2352.40 --> 2355.56] And the question the scholar came to the conversation with was simple. |
[2355.92 --> 2364.60] He said, do you Christians believe that God actually dwells inside people? |
[2365.44 --> 2370.52] That God somehow like lives inside humans? |
[2370.52 --> 2375.46] And the missionary said, yeah, that's the work of the Holy Spirit. |
[2375.64 --> 2376.48] That's what we believe. |
[2376.60 --> 2381.22] And the scholar was so intrigued by this idea of God dwelling in humans. |
[2381.34 --> 2391.04] And so the conversation focused mostly on the way in which the Spirit of the living God lives and dwells and moves and changes humans. |
[2391.04 --> 2399.30] And throughout the sermon series, we've been touching on this, how there's something profound and life-changing about coming to faith in Jesus. |
[2399.80 --> 2403.28] And knowing that coming to faith in Jesus means the Spirit is at work in you. |
[2404.30 --> 2407.20] And Romans 8 basically has three main points, if I could summarize it. |
[2407.24 --> 2410.52] Number one, by faith in Jesus, you're adopted into God's family. |
[2411.08 --> 2414.54] Number two, you've been forgiven and set free through the finished work on the cross. |
[2414.54 --> 2420.32] And number three, you have God dwelling in you by the Spirit. |
[2421.14 --> 2426.00] And we're going to focus on what that means and how good news that is for us. |
[2427.12 --> 2429.56] Now, I'm going to focus right on the middle section. |
[2429.72 --> 2430.86] Romans 8 is packed. |
[2430.96 --> 2434.54] In fact, one writer said that hundreds of sermons have been written on every verse. |
[2434.62 --> 2437.06] And I'm going to have one more sermon to the pile this morning. |
[2437.06 --> 2439.66] But I'm going to focus on verses 5 to 8. |
[2440.32 --> 2445.00] Now, you should know that in verse 5 to 8, Paul makes a really sweeping statement. |
[2445.50 --> 2448.30] He basically says, you know, you've heard this phrase, there's two kinds of people in the world. |
[2448.36 --> 2449.28] Have you heard that phrase before? |
[2449.72 --> 2452.68] And it's like you've got cat people and not cat people, right? |
[2452.76 --> 2454.38] You've got morning people and not morning people. |
[2454.96 --> 2455.72] And so on it goes. |
[2455.84 --> 2460.66] Paul makes a very strong, bold statement saying there are, in fact, two kinds of people in the world. |
[2460.74 --> 2465.36] Those who are filled and led by the Spirit and those who are controlled and led by the flesh. |
[2465.36 --> 2466.26] Listen to what he says. |
[2466.26 --> 2467.42] Verse 5 and following. |
[2467.42 --> 2474.02] Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires. |
[2474.92 --> 2479.58] But those who live according to the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. |
[2480.34 --> 2482.16] The mind governed by the flesh is death. |
[2482.60 --> 2485.28] The mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. |
[2486.04 --> 2488.30] The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God. |
[2488.40 --> 2491.36] It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. |
[2491.98 --> 2494.60] Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God. |
[2494.60 --> 2497.24] Those are strong words, don't you think? |
[2498.08 --> 2499.86] Paul's basically saying you've got two options. |
[2500.40 --> 2504.50] The way of the flesh, which leads to death, or the way of the Spirit, which leads to life and peace. |
[2504.84 --> 2508.36] Which road are you on, is Paul's way of speaking here. |
[2508.80 --> 2513.88] And I'm going to highlight now the crescendo, the good news, you might say, of what Paul says next. |
[2513.88 --> 2533.66] Right after these verses, he says, you, however, are not controlled by the sinful nature, but are in the Spirit. |
[2533.66 --> 2537.54] And that last line there, he's not calling into question whether the Spirit lives in believers. |
[2538.00 --> 2542.26] He's basically saying, if you believe in Jesus, the Spirit has brought you to that place of faith. |
[2542.50 --> 2551.46] If you call Jesus Lord and want to follow Him, that's evidence of the Spirit of Christ moving, shaping, changing desires, making you a child of God. |
[2552.20 --> 2553.24] He's not calling into question. |
[2553.48 --> 2557.54] He's reinforcing the point that if you have Jesus, you have Jesus' Spirit. |
[2557.54 --> 2564.38] Now, one of the things that we're celebrating is that you three young women want to follow Jesus. |
[2564.66 --> 2567.74] And I just want to pause and celebrate, that means you have the Spirit. |
[2568.28 --> 2572.68] And what we're about to look at in these verses is very personal and it's very important for the rest of your lives. |
[2574.18 --> 2577.38] We want to unpack what it means to live in the Spirit. |
[2577.44 --> 2581.92] In fact, it's worth to ask the question, Paul's talking so powerfully about what is possible in the Spirit. |
[2582.20 --> 2583.76] What exactly is possible? |
[2584.20 --> 2585.28] What does he say in these verses? |
[2585.36 --> 2586.26] Let me look at it with you. |
[2586.26 --> 2590.66] First, he says in verse 11, this is now what's possible because of the Spirit. |
[2590.80 --> 2603.30] If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of His Spirit who lives in you. |
[2605.32 --> 2606.38] That's quite a verse. |
[2606.54 --> 2608.12] It's worth pausing and saying, do we believe that? |
[2608.24 --> 2614.80] That the same Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead is alive and at work in us. |
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