The Mindset of the Spirit (Romans 8:5-8)

Last week, we continued our journey through Romans 8 with a passage that gets to the absolute heart of what it means to follow Jesus: the mind. In Romans 8:5–8, Paul confronts a truth many of us feel but rarely name—that the Christian life is a daily battle for our thoughts, our fascinations, and the things we quietly obsess over when no one is watching. But this is not a battle we fight alone or on even terms. The same Spirit who justified us is the Spirit who trains our minds toward life in Jesus, turning what feels like an unfair fight decisively in our favor. Whether you are wrestling with insecurity, lust, self-pity, or simple spiritual drift, this text offers us something far better than more willpower: it offers a reordered fascination, a mind increasingly captured by the Gospel. Join us as we consider what it means to live, even now, in the "already and not yet" of the Spirit’s transforming work.