HEIRS WITH CHRIST (4 OF 9)
Scripture: Romans 8:12-17
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Heirs With Christ (4 of 9)
Series: Romans 8
Stephen Whitney
Romans 8:12-17
Children learn through discovery and sometimes what they find out is not good. A six-year-old was talking with her mother, she had heard about drugs and asked what they were. Her mother carefully explained that some drugs can help us, like aspirin and penicillin. Then she pointed out that some drugs can harm us.
In her small world of discovery this second part of the answer didn't seem to make sense. So, she then asked her mother, ''Why would anyone take something that would hurt them?''
From the mouth of a kindergartner came a question that challenges all of us. Why, when we know better, do we make choices that cause us trouble? Why do we do things we know we should not?
Romans 7:15 I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.
J.B. Philipps - My own behavior baffles me. For I find myself not doing what I really want to do but doing what I really loathe.
Instead of loving others, I am selfish. Instead of giving, I am stingy. Instead of being patient, I become angry.
Believers can become discouraged in their walk with God because they don't have victory over their sinful desires. Paul provides us with a whole new perspective on how believers are to live.
John Murry - ''The believer's once-for-all death to the law and to sin does not free him from the necessity of mortifying sin in his members; it makes it necessary and possible for him to do so.''
INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM :12-15 Obligation :12 So then - is the conclusion that we are not to be controlled by our sinful nature, but the Spirit of God living in us. We have to make a choice about which one we will allow to control our life. Debtors (NIV obligation) - Gk. to owe something to someone. 1:14 Paul felt obligated to share Christ with everyone no matter what their background was because they needed Christ. 15:27 Gentiles owe the Jews for their spiritual ble ...
Series: Romans 8
Stephen Whitney
Romans 8:12-17
Children learn through discovery and sometimes what they find out is not good. A six-year-old was talking with her mother, she had heard about drugs and asked what they were. Her mother carefully explained that some drugs can help us, like aspirin and penicillin. Then she pointed out that some drugs can harm us.
In her small world of discovery this second part of the answer didn't seem to make sense. So, she then asked her mother, ''Why would anyone take something that would hurt them?''
From the mouth of a kindergartner came a question that challenges all of us. Why, when we know better, do we make choices that cause us trouble? Why do we do things we know we should not?
Romans 7:15 I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.
J.B. Philipps - My own behavior baffles me. For I find myself not doing what I really want to do but doing what I really loathe.
Instead of loving others, I am selfish. Instead of giving, I am stingy. Instead of being patient, I become angry.
Believers can become discouraged in their walk with God because they don't have victory over their sinful desires. Paul provides us with a whole new perspective on how believers are to live.
John Murry - ''The believer's once-for-all death to the law and to sin does not free him from the necessity of mortifying sin in his members; it makes it necessary and possible for him to do so.''
INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM :12-15 Obligation :12 So then - is the conclusion that we are not to be controlled by our sinful nature, but the Spirit of God living in us. We have to make a choice about which one we will allow to control our life. Debtors (NIV obligation) - Gk. to owe something to someone. 1:14 Paul felt obligated to share Christ with everyone no matter what their background was because they needed Christ. 15:27 Gentiles owe the Jews for their spiritual ble ...
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