Life in the Spirit

Text: Romans 8:1-11

1. Freedom From Slavery (v.2)

• Former law, Mosaic law, was never meant to save us.
• Former law was meant to point to our need for a savior.

2. Freedom From Condemnation (v.3)

• God knew the former law was unable to save us.
• In response, He sent His Son to us to do what the law could not do.

3. Freedom From Being Controlled (v.4)

• Because Christ is in us and we are in Christ, all of God’s requirements are fulfilled in us.
• We must live out who we are in Christ, not by doing good works in itself, but, by focusing on what God has done.

4. Freedom From Defeat (v.5-8)

• Paul is comparing the saved and the unsaved.
• One lives for the flesh and the other The Spirit.
• Living a life for the flesh IS death.
• If you are unsaved, you are not battling sin.
• If you are fleshly, then you are trying to please yourself, not God.