In The Spirit

IN THE SPIRIT

In Romans 8 we find something very simple. Forget about making up your mind to do good. The mind should be a submissive wife, but it pre sumes to be the husband. In chapter seven Paul said clearly, "With the mind I myself serve as a slave the law of God" (v. 25). Such a mind is too independent. The mind should be a female, but it presumes to be a male. In chapter eight we see that we should simply walk according to the spirit (8:4). But what about our mind? The mind must be set upon the spirit (8:6). We need to walk according to the spirit and set our mind upon the spirit. This is sufficient. Do not make up your mind to do good or pray that the Lord will help you to do good. Forget all such religious con cepts. We need to walk, behave, and have our being according to the spirit and continually set our mind upon the spirit. Then we shall have freedom, and the indwelling Christ will impart life into every part of our being, even into the weak members of our mortal body (8:11). Our whole being will then be infused with the divine life. This is not a matter of doing good, of keep ing the law, or of fulfilling the requirements of the law. It is a matter of life lived out of our spirit.

This life will do even more than fulfill the right eous requirements of the law. When we behave, walk, and have our being according to the min gled spirit and when we set our mind upon the spirit, not allowing the mind to act on its own to do anything, we enjoy the imparting of life by the indwelling Christ. We enjoy the salvation of God and the sanctification that comes from being saturated with His life.

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