Section 16
to spirit." Paul's writing is marvelous. In 8:2 he mentions the Holy Spirit and in 8:4 he refers not only to the Holy Spirit, but even the more to the human spirit. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of life, and the human spirit indwelt by and mingled with the Holy Spirit is the very spirit according to which we walk. The Holy Spirit of life is in our human spirit. If we walk according to this mingled spirit, all the righteous requirements of the law will be fulfilled spontaneously. There is no need for us to keep the law. The require ments of the law are fulfilled spontaneously by the law of the Spirit of life.
THE MIND AS THE KEY
The next verse offers some further expla nation. "For those who are according to flesh mind the things of the flesh; but those who are according to spirit, the things of the Spirit." After mentioning the Spirit of life and the human spirit mingled with the Holy Spirit, Paul comes to the mind. Paul has mentioned the mind pre viously in 7:25, which says, "With the mind I myself serve as a slave the law of God…" The phrase "with the mind I myself" indicates that the mind in 7:25 was independent. The mind in chapter eight is different; it is a mind set upon