Life in the Spirit | Jeff Fitzgerald

Text: Romans 8:1-11   Freedom From Slavery (v.2) Former law, Mosaic law, was never meant to save us. Former law was meant to point to our need for a savior. Freedom From Condemnation (v.3) God knew the former law was unable to save us. In response, He sent His Son to us to do what the law could not do. Freedom From Being Controlled (v.4) Because Christ is in us and we are in Christ, all of God's requirements are fulfilled in us. We must live out who we are in Christ, not by doing good works in itself, but, by focusing on what God has done. Freedom From Defeat (v.5-8) Paul is comparing the saved and the unsaved. One lives for the flesh and the other The Spirit. Living a life for the flesh IS death. If you are unsaved, you are not battling sin. If you are fleshly, then you are trying to please yourself, not God.