valiant said:
reneweddaybyday said:
Now go to Rom 8:1
There is therefrore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus,
There is therefrore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus,
A parenthesis is a word, clause, or sentence and is inserted as an explanation.
Whether Rom 8:1 follows Rom 5:21 or whether it follows Rom 7:25, the verses in Rom 6 and 7 were included in Paul's writings for a reason.
I believe what is written in those two chapters is very helpful to us as we learn to walk in the Lord.
valiant said:
reneweddaybyday said:
As the believer continues in Christ Jesus there is no condemnation.
If we observe the works of the flesh in our life (anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication, lying – Col 3:8-9), we know we have left our abode in the Lord Jesus Christ and we are walking after the flesh.
If we observe the fruit of the spirit in our life (love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance – Gal 5:22-23), we know we are abiding in the Lord Jesus Christ.
It is easy to recognize when we have left our Lord Jesus Christ. We just need to get in the habit of checking where it is we are living.
valiant said:
reneweddaybyday said:
If the believer turns from the Lord Jesus Christ and lives according to the flesh, he/she is again subjected to what we see in Rom 7 ... For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I (Rom 7:15).
Romans 13:14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
When we fulfill the lusts of our flesh, we basically end up at Rom 7:15:
Romans 7:15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
because we end up doing those things we allow not and we do not do those things we would (Gr thelō – desire, wish) and we do what we hate. A person who is not born again doesn't care one way or the other whether he/she is pleasing to God. However, the born again believer does. And when the believer falls short, he/she feels it in the very depth of the heart. The believer knows when he/she has been drawn away from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Doesn't mean we're not born again. Just means we're not walking worthy of the vocation wherewith we've been called (Eph 4:1).
valiant said:
reneweddaybyday said:
And it is as the believer walks in the flesh that see him/her living as shown in 1 Cor 3:3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
valiant said:
I can see you are struggling with Romans.