ROMANS 8:4-9
Sunday
Morning: March 5, 2006
Text: Romans 8:4-9 That the righteousness of the law might be
fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 5 For
they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that
are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
6 For to be carnally minded is
death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not
subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 8 So
then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 But
ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God
dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
MORE
THAN DUTY
Romans 8:4 That
[in order that] the righteousness
[an equitable deed] of the law might be fulfilled [aorist
passive subjunctive] in us, who walk
[present active participle] not after [according to] the flesh, but after [according to] the
Spirit (Abba spirit of
submission, Mark 14:36).
THEY
WERE BOTH JUST
Luke 1:6 And they were both (Zacharias, Elizabeth)
righteous [just] before God, walking [present middle] in all
the commandments and ordinances [righteousness,
Rom. 8:4] of the Lord blameless.
OUR
DUTY TO DO
Luke 17:10 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you,
say, We are unprofitable servants:
we have done that which was our duty to
do.
BEYOND
DUTY
Romans 12:11 Not slothful in business [diligence]; fervent [present active] in spirit; serving [present active] the Lord;
WALKING
ACCORDING TO SPIRIT
Romans 8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage
again to fear; but ye have received the
Spirit of adoption [being placed as a son], whereby we cry [present active], Abba, Father.
TWO
FOLD CRY
Mark 14:36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto
thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
WHERE
ARE YOUR THOUGHTS
Romans 8:5 For they that are after [according to] the flesh do mind [present
active] the things of the flesh; but they that are after [according to] the Spirit (do mind) the things of the Spirit.
PAUL’S
PASSION
Philippians
3:10-11 That I may know him, and the power
of his resurrection, and the
fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; 11 If by any means I might attain [subjunctive,
might not] unto the [out] resurrection
of [out from] the dead.
PAUL’S
PRESS
Philippians
3:13-14 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto
those things which are before, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of
the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
SUBMISSION
TO HIS WILL
Galatians 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the (Abba)
Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
EVIDENCE OF THAT WALK
Galatians 5:22-23 But
the fruit of the (Abba) Spirit is love,
joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith(fullness), 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
THE CARNAL PERISH
Romans 8:6 For to
be [the] carnally [flesh]
[the] minded [mind set] is death [qanatov, (loss of a life of glory in the millennial
kingdom)]; but to be spiritually minded [the mind of the spirit] is
life and peace.
SOW
THE DESIRED CROP
Galatians 6:7-9 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for
whatsoever a man soweth [present
active], (sow wheat) that shall he also reap. (to reap wheat)
8 For he that soweth [present active] (carnal
mind) to his flesh shall of the flesh reap
corruption [perish, ruin];
but he that soweth to the (Abba) Spirit
shall of the [that] Spirit reap (harvest) life
everlasting [agelasting]. 9 And
let us not be weary in well doing:
for in due season we shall reap, if
we faint not.
A CARNAL MIND IS LAWLESS
Romans 8:7 Because the carnal mind [mind of
the flesh] is enmity
against God: for it is not [ou, emphatic not] subject [present passive indicative]
to the law of God, neither indeed can be [present passive indicative].
DESPISE THE WORD?
Proverbs 13:13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
SINNING WITH PRIDE
Numbers 15:30-31 But
the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be
born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among
his people. 31 Because
he hath despised the word of the
LORD, and hath broken his commandment,
that soul shall utterly be cut off;
his iniquity shall be upon
him.
THOSE
IN THE FLESH
Romans 8:8 So then they
that are in the flesh cannot [ou, emphatic no] please God.
ARE
WITHOUT FAITH
Hebrews 11:6 But without
faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh
[present active] to God must believe that he is, and that he is a
rewarder of them that diligently [present
middle] seek [present active,
the ones seeking] him.
TANGLED IN THE FLESH
2 Timothy 2:4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs
of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a
soldier.
SPIRIT OF GOD
Romans 8:9 But ye
are [endureth] not [ou, emphatic] in [en, by means of] the flesh, but in [en, by means of] the (Abba)
Spirit, if so be that [eiper, if perhaps, conditional] the Spirit of God dwell [present
active indicative] in you. . . .
THE MIND OF GOD
1 Corinthians 7:40 But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the
Spirit of God.
LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD
Romans 8:14 For
as many as are led [present active] by the Spirit of God, they are [present active, being] the sons of God.
SPIRIT OF GOD, THE HOLY SPIRIT
Matthew 12:28 But
if I cast out devils by the Spirit of
God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
SPIRIT OF CHRIST
Romans 8:9 . . . Now if any man have [ecw, present active,
esteem, regard] not [ou, emphatic] the Spirit of Christ, he is none [ou, emphatic] of his
[genitive, of him].
GOD GAVE US THAT SPIRIT
Romans 8:15 For
ye have not received the spirit
of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption [son-ship], whereby [en ov, in which]
we cry [present active], Abba, Father.
SINCE WE ENDURE
Galatians 4:6 And because ye are sons [and since sons
endure], God hath sent forth the
Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying [present active],
Abba, Father.
THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST
John 4:34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the
will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
MIND OF CHRIST
Philippians 2:5, 7-8 Let
this mind be in you, which was also in
Christ Jesus: . . 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took
upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And
being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto
death, even the death of the cross.
RENEW YOUR MIND
Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this
world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove
what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.