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Carl Westerlund :: Romans 8:8 - Pleasing God

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Romans in Outline No. 78

1.1  "IN THE FLESH" VS. "ACCORDING TO OR AFTER THE FLESH"

Compare with Romans 8:5

2.1  "In the flesh": unbeliever

ἐν (en) "in" = a fixed position in place, time, or state

2.2  "According to the flesh": believer or unbeliever

κατὰ (kata) "after or according to" = according to anything as a standard; agreeable to"

1.2  WHAT PLEASES GOD

2.1  The basic issue: Faith

Hebrews 11:6

3.1  THE BASIS OF LIVING THE CHRISTIAN LIFE

Romans 1:17

3.2  THE BASIS FOR JUSTIFICATION

Romans 3:22-28

3.3  THE BASIS FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS

Romans 4:5

3.4  THE BASIS FOR PEACE WITH GOD

Romans 5:1-2

2.2  The outworking of faith

3.1  REMAINING UNENTANGLED FROM THE WORLD

2 Timothy 2:4

3.2  BEARING FRUIT IN EVERY GOOD WORK

Colossians 1:10

3.3  INCREASING IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD

Colossians 1:10

3.4  DOING THINGS THAT HE APPROVES

1 John 3:22

3.5  LIVING A GODLY LIFE STYLE (WALK)

1 Thessalonians 4:1-3

3.6  PREACHING THE SIMPLE GOSPEL

1 Corinthians 1:21

3.7  SHARING WITH THOSE IN NEED

Philippians 4:18

3.8  PRAISING AND GIVING THANKS TO THE LORD

Psalm 69:30-31

1.3  WHY THE FLESH CANNOT PLEASE GOD

2.1  We are pleasing ourselves, rather than acting in love

Romans 15:1-3

Jesus did not live for self

Matthew 26:39; 26:42

John 8:29

2.2  We are men pleasers, rather than God pleasers

Galatians 1:10

Jesus did not seek the approval of men

Matthew 22:16

Romans 8:8

So then they who are in the flesh cannot please God. (NKJV)

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