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 The natural man does not have the Spirit. The natural man can be either religious or irreligious. Regardless of whether he is religious or not, the natural man does not have the Spirit. It is the religious natural man for which the Bible has the...[ abbreviated | read entire ] |
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Romans 8:5-8 tells us of those who operate in the flesh - in their own strength and wisdom - rather than by faith - in the strength and wisdom of the Holy Spirit. Those who operate in the flesh are "trying" to live the Christian life; trying to...[ abbreviated | read entire ] |
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In this section Paul contrasts the differences between the saved and the unsaved - between those who experience exempted and exalted living and those who are excluded to that way of life because they are trying to live it in their own power. So it...[ abbreviated | read entire ] |
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In this section Paul contrasts the differences between the saved and the unsaved - between those who experience exempted and exalted living and those who are excluded to that way of life because they are trying to live it in their own power. So it...[ abbreviated | read entire ] |
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The Law cannot claim you (Romans 8:3-4)Since the Law cannot condemn you it also cannot claim you. Why is this so? Because Christ has already set you free from the Law's condemnation by suffering and paying for the Law's just claim over you on the...[ abbreviated | read entire ] |
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The Law cannot condemn you (1-2)"Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus" (Romans 8:1). The apostle is here speaking of justification. For those who are in Christ Jesus their penalty for violating the Law has been...[ abbreviated | read entire ] |
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Paul has been laboring in the book of Romans to prove that the gospel of justification by faith in no way nullifies the Law of God and by no means is a message that means that the Law of God is bad. Paul has already declared that the Law itself...[ abbreviated | read entire ] |
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Paul was accused constantly of preaching against the Jews and their Law. We see the reality of this truth as it came to a head in Acts 21:27-28 - "When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from Asia, upon seeing him in the temple, began to...[ abbreviated | read entire ] |
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Contrary to what many of the Jews believed about the Law, its intent was never to be a means of attaining to the righteousness of God but its intent was to define transgressions and show the total inability of man to attain to God's righteousness....[ abbreviated | read entire ] |
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In Romans 5 the apostle Paul brought out the truth that the Law came in so that transgression would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more (5:20).Based on this truth the apostle anticipated being misunderstood and...[ abbreviated | read entire ] |
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