Section 15
This means that you will live in spirit. This verse corresponds to verse 6 which says that the mind set on the flesh is death and that the mind set on the spirit is life. To live according to flesh primar ily means to set our mind upon the flesh, and, likewise, to set our mind upon the flesh mainly means to live according to flesh. In order to put to death the practices of the body we need to set our mind on the spirit and walk according to spirit.
Take the example of a sister going shopping. In the store she sees a certain item which sells for $12.99. The sister reasons with herself, "I make twelve hundred dollars a month. To spend $12.99 for clothes means nothing. The Lord is not poor. He is rich." The more she reasons, the more she dies. While she is thinking this way, her spirit is suppressed. The more she tries to sustain her spirit, the lower it descends. When she comes to the meeting and shouts, "Hallelujah," it is life less and empty, a sign that she is dead in her spirit. Even though she suffers death in her spirit, she does not repent immediately. The following week she considers whether the article of cloth ing is still available. Finally, she purchases it and brings it home. As she comes to a meeting now she cannot even produce a formal hallelujah.