Romans 8: 7 " because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s Law, nor can it do so. Those controlled by the flesh cannot please God"
We spend a lot of time discussing how the Christian life should look. But it can only look that way through the power of the Spirit of God. If you're applying these studies, but have not accepted Christ, you are in essence, taking sky diving lessons without a parachute.
You can learn techniques to make you look like you are in a controlled fall...but you are still falling.
This verse makes it clear that if you haven't "come to the end of yourself" and had that moment when you have given your life to Christ, it is impossible for you to change your course. You are a slave to sin and there is only one key that will release you from it's power.
If this was not the case, and there was a way to "work hard enough", the Cross would have not been necessary.
If you are constantly discouraged and unable to change your life, make sure you have received the one gift that makes change and renewal possible.
"... you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in Him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit" (Ephesians 1:13)
Be sure you have believed in Him and are sealed with the spirit of God ... That is what frees you. That is what makes you new...without it, everything else is useless details.
If you're not sure, don't waste another minute not knowing. Call me, talk to your pastor, find someone who can help you through the process.
God made it simple "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
(Romans 10:13). The change is instant, and eternal, and it can happen now. Then, and only then, are you free to begin a lifetime of growth.
No lesson in this series is more important.
"The greatest enemy to human souls is the self-righteous spirit which makes men look to themselves for salvation."
- Charles Spurgeon
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