The old us no longer live.
What do I mean? We are no longer captive by the deed of the flesh which leads to the law of death. Our Dwelling place is now Jesus.
Jesus saved me from the captivity of the works of the flesh and the bondage of the enemy.
So I am now a new creature in the same body but changed by the spirit of Jesus Christ.
Because I am in the same body there is conflict. No worries. We are more than conquerors.
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the flesh desires what is opposite to the Spirit and the Spirit what is opposite to the flesh. They conflict with each other so that you are not to do whatever you want. But if we are led by the Spirit, we are not under the law.
Why is this said?
But if we are led by the Spirit, we are not under the law of sin and death. Why?
We have decided to be led by Jesus who is life, by being obedient to Him.
So we have crucified the work of the flesh and joined Jesus Christ in his resurrection.
The New Creature strongly desires to be loyal to God and to do His will. The flesh strongly desires against all this. The flesh desires to serve itself. It has earthly desires, earthly objects, and earthly aims.
The New Creature desires to set its affections on the Heavenly things and to sacrifice the earthly interests and aims and prospects, to live as a spirit being burning the work of the flesh—to live no longer as a human being with earthly interests. Whatever serves the one interest conflicts with the other interest.
We have been crucified with Christ and we no longer live, but Christ lives in us. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ. Meaning- I have put to death the works of the flesh and am no longer held captive by it. Now I hold the flesh captive by putting my faith in Jesus Christ.
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:37-39.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
We beg you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. This is the experience of the resurrection so that we may live through Christ who saved us.
The New You, We Are More than Conquerors
The New You
by Life Coaching Speaker Trey Knowles
Truth & Knowledge
Episode 39
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