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– Finding a Life Worth Living – 3. “Living Empowered”

– Finding a Life Worth Living – 3. “Living Empowered”. Romans 8: 1–25 (p. 1043). Living Victoriously. Living the life God calls me to Discipline that doesn’t feel burdensome Joy/Fullness from doing what is right – it’s fun. Knowing what’s right – what God wants me to do.

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– Finding a Life Worth Living – 3. “Living Empowered”

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  1. – Finding a Life Worth Living –3. “Living Empowered” Romans 8: 1–25 (p. 1043)

  2. Living Victoriously • Living the life God calls me to • Discipline that doesn’t feel burdensome • Joy/Fullness from doing what is right – it’s fun. • Knowing what’s right – what God wants me to do. • Living with a daily sense of his presence • God is right with me – affirming and approving my life • Struggles & opposition are only External – not within.

  3. 1. Barriers to Victory • Current (Non) Experience of the Spirit • Normal for the early church (Acts 10:44; Gal 3:5; 1 Ths 1:5) • Power outworking in: • Signs & wonders (Heb 2:4) • Boldness to witness (Rom 1:16; 2 Tim 1:8) • Personal transformation & renewal (2 Cor 3:18; Eph 4:23) • Freedom (“set free” v 2) • Worldly view – do whatever I want when I want. • Slave to my desires, whims and selfish indulgences (cannot choose Good) • Godly view – able to do what is good, right and beneficial (to ALL)

  4. 2. Victory in the Spirit • Is Death (v 6) • Is hostile to God (v 7) • Does not & cannot submit to God (v 7) • Cannot please God (v 8) • Is Life & Peace (v 6) • Lives in all who are in Christ (v 9; 1 Co 12:13) • Gives life to our mortal bodies (v 11) • Confirms our “sonship” (v 15) – heirs (v 17) • Allows us to cry “Abba” [Daddy] (v 15) • Following on from the “inability” of Rom 7. • The “powerlessness” of the Law (v 3) • “weakened by the sinful nature [flesh]” • Overcome by Christ’s sin offering (v 3-4) • Overcome by “the Law of the Spirit of Life” (v 2) • Life in the “Flesh” [sinful nature] - vs - Life in the Spirit

  5. 3. Choosing Victory • A “SET” of the Mind (v 5) • Set on what the flesh desires - OR - Set on what the Spirit desires • No “mix-and-match” - all or nothing! • An “OBLIGATION” (v 12) • Not to the flesh [sinful nature]. • By the Spirit “put to death” the practices of the body • A willingness to share in Jesus’ sufferings (v 17) • Not worth comparing to the glory we will receive (v 18) • A hopeful Waiting (v 25)

  6. Living Empowered • A Real possibility of a Life of VICTORY • Re-defining our worldview – Freedom in the Spirit • Rejecting worldly indulgence; Embracing God’s new Life • Knowing fully our new life in Christ through the Spirit • All the privileges and benefits – not distracted or enticed • Choosing life in the Spirit • A new Mind SET – perseverance in suffering; patient hope. • A New Obligation – to the Spirit.

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