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dennis62
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We Pastors tend to beat People up with the Law to try to manipulate them to get Saved, and live a good life. If we try to live by the law, then we will die by the law because no one has ever been able to to keep the Law.Jesus came and died on the cross so by His Grace and His Love we are set free. We need to live by His Spirit that guides and directs us. The Love of Jesus is never Condemning of Manipulative, it is Grace and Joy because He first Loved us, then we were able to Love Him.
1 Therefore, now no condemnation awaits those who are living in Jesus the Anointed, the Liberating King,
2 because when you live in the Anointed One, Jesus, a new law takes effect. The law of the Spirit of life breathes into you and liberates you from the law of sin and death.
3 God did something the law could never do. You see, human flesh took its toll on God’s law. In and of itself, the law is not weak; but the flesh weakens it. So to condemn the sin that was ruling in the flesh, God sent His own Son, bearing the likeness of sinful flesh, as a sin offering.
4 Now we are able to live up to the justice demanded by the law. But that ability has not come from living by our fallen human nature; it has come because we walk according to the movement of the Spirit in our lives.
5 If you live your life animated by the flesh—namely, your fallen, corrupt nature—then your mind is focused on the matters of the flesh. But if you live your life animated by the Spirit—namely, God’s indwelling presence—then your focus is on the work of the Spirit.
6 A mind focused on the flesh is doomed to death, but a mind focused on the Spirit will find full life and complete peace.
7 You see, a mind focused on the flesh is declaring war against God; it defies the authority of God’s law and is incapable of following His path.
8 So it is clear that God takes no pleasure in those who live oriented to the flesh.
Romans 8: 1-8 The Voice Bible.
1 Therefore, now no condemnation awaits those who are living in Jesus the Anointed, the Liberating King,
2 because when you live in the Anointed One, Jesus, a new law takes effect. The law of the Spirit of life breathes into you and liberates you from the law of sin and death.
3 God did something the law could never do. You see, human flesh took its toll on God’s law. In and of itself, the law is not weak; but the flesh weakens it. So to condemn the sin that was ruling in the flesh, God sent His own Son, bearing the likeness of sinful flesh, as a sin offering.
4 Now we are able to live up to the justice demanded by the law. But that ability has not come from living by our fallen human nature; it has come because we walk according to the movement of the Spirit in our lives.
5 If you live your life animated by the flesh—namely, your fallen, corrupt nature—then your mind is focused on the matters of the flesh. But if you live your life animated by the Spirit—namely, God’s indwelling presence—then your focus is on the work of the Spirit.
6 A mind focused on the flesh is doomed to death, but a mind focused on the Spirit will find full life and complete peace.
7 You see, a mind focused on the flesh is declaring war against God; it defies the authority of God’s law and is incapable of following His path.
8 So it is clear that God takes no pleasure in those who live oriented to the flesh.
Romans 8: 1-8 The Voice Bible.