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Carl Westerlund :: Romans 8:5-7 - The Two Ways in a Believer

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Romans in Outline No. 77

1.1  THE TWO LIFE–STYLES

Romans 8:5

2.1  According to flesh

2.2  According to Spirit

3.1  HOLY SPIRIT OR HUMAN SPIRIT

4.1   Romans 8:2 obviously refers to the Holy Spirit

4.2  Christian victory over sin cannot be obtained by our renewed spirit, but by God the Spirit

3.2  SPIRIT WITHOUT “THE” = POWER, NATURE, SPHERE OF BEING

1.2  THE TWO MIND SETS

Romans 8:5

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he

Proverbs 23:7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, But his heart is not with you.

2.1  The things of the flesh

3.1  WHAT IS THE FOCUS

Examples:

4.1  Entertainment

4.2  Money

4.3  Status

4.4  Possessions

4.5  Self–fulfillment

3.2  A CHOICE OF THE WILL

2 Corinthians 10:2-5

2.2  The things of the Spirit

Colossians 3:1-4

2.3  The two results

Romans 8:6

3.1  DEATH

Death is separation

4.1  Temporal

Isaiah 59:2

Manifestations:

Fear

Guilt

Hostility

Emptiness

4.2  Eternal

3.2  LIFE AND PEACE

4.1  Life = Full satisfaction, experiencing all that God has

4.2 Peace means that not only do we experience peace with God, but the peace of God

The rest of God

Hebrew 4:9-10

3.3  THE ISSUE OF THE CARNAL MIND

Romans 8:7

4.1  Having enmity against God

James 4:1-10

4.2  Not subject to the law of God

Romans 8:5-7

5 For they who are according to the flesh mind the things of flesh, but they who are according to 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 it be. (NKJV)

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