THE CASE FOR ETERNAL SECURITY.
DELIVERANCE THROUGH THE SPIRIT:
DEPENDENCE THRU THE PRACTICAL COMMAND TO PERSEVERANCE:
FIRST, DELIVERANCE THROUGH THE SPIRIT:
A Believer Is:
Given A New Nature From God.
Given A Desire To Keep The Spiritual Principles Of The Law.
But: Do We Have The Power To Keep Them.
Then: Paul Was Then Able To Give A Cry Of Victory.
Paul Knew: Justification Is Found In The Person Of Jesus Christ.
Paul Explained: Sanctification Is Found In The Person Of Jesus Christ.
THE ANSWER TO INDWELLING SIN.
THE INDWELLING CHRIST.
THE ANSWER TO HOLY LIVING.
DEPENDENCE ON THE INDWELLING SPIRIT.
The Indwelling Holy Spirit Can Produce The Righteous Requirements Of The Law In Believers.
The Responsibility Of Believers Is To Be Rightly Related To The Holy Spirit In Their Experience.
To Submit To His Guidance And Will.
RELEASE FROM CONDEMNATION:
There Is Therefore Now No Condemnation To Them Which Are In Christ Jesus.
If In Christ, We Are Now:
Secure In Eternal Destiny.
Not To Be Judged By God In Eternity For Sin.
Alive In Vital Union With The Lord.
Never To Fear The Wrath Of God Or Eternal Punishment.
If God Condemns The True Believer.
He Must Condemn The Lord Jesus Too.
For Every Believer Is In Union With Christ.
God Would Never Condemn His Own Son.
RECOGNIZING THE NEW POWER OF THE SPIRIT:
Believers Need Not Fear Condemnation Because:
The Law Of The Indwelling Spirit.
The Life Of Christ.
The Union Of Christ.
The Power Of The Spirit | The Law Of The Indwelling Spirit.
Overcomes The Limitations Of the Mosaic Law.
Gives Progressive Victory Over The Flesh.
Reproduces The Life Of Christ In The Believer.
Frees The Believer From The Power Of The Sin Nature.
The Law Of The Indwelling Spirit.
Supersedes The Law Of The Sin Nature.
The Broken Power Of The Sin Nature | The New Life Of Christ.
God Judged The Sin Nature.
Jesus Broke The Power Of The Sin Nature.
The Spirit Produces A Progressive Reality Walking By The Law Of The Indwelling Spirit.
The Guarantee Of Completion | The Union With Christ.
The Union With Christ:
A Guarantee Of Progressive Victory Over Sin.
A Guarantee Of Complete Final Victory Over Sin In Glorification
REGARDING THE PRACTICE OF THE UNSAVED.
For Those Who Are According To The Flesh:
Set Their Minds On The Things Of The Flesh.
Dominated By The Sin Nature In All Things.
Walks According To The Flesh In All Things.
Feeds The Flesh Or Sin Nature.
Lives For Self.
Practices Evil.
Seeks Conflict To Satisfy Ego.
Those Who Are In The Flesh Cannot Please God.
Has No Ability To Please God.
Can Be Kind, Nice, Peaceful BUT Can Not Please God.
Lacks The Indwelling Holy Spirit To Please God.
Lacks Spiritual Requirements Of The Law Being Produced.
REGARDING THE PRACTICE OF THE SAVED.
For Those Who Are According To The Things Of The Spirit:
Dominated In Thinking By The Things Of The Spirit.
Considers The Will Of God In All Things.
Longs To Have Christ As Master Of Life.
Practice And Disposition Are Towards Spiritual Truth.
REGARDING THE POSITION OF THE SAVED:
The Distinguishing Characteristic Of The True Christian.
Is Set Apart For Producing Spiritual Fruit.
Is Set Apart For Evidence Of Progressive Spiritual Growth.
Is Set Apart For Victory Over Cravings Of Sinful Deeds.
FIRST, DELIVERANCE THROUGH THE SPIRIT:
THEN, DEPENDENCE THROUGH PERSEVERANCE:
Believers Are Under No Obligation To Live According To The Flesh.
The True Christian Is Not A Debtor To The Sin Nature.
Believers Are Not Under Obligation To Obey It.
Why?
God Has Positionally Judged The Sin Nature.
Has Indwelt The Believer With The Holy Spirit.
Has Guaranteed Progressive Ultimate Sanctification From Sin.
But Are Under Obligation To The Spirit.
Believers Are :
Under Obligation To Walk In The Spirit.
Dominated By The Spirit.
Able And Willing To Obey The Spirit.
Willing To Put To Death The Evil Deeds Of The Body.
Why?
Because The Believers:
Sin Nature Has Been Judged.
Inner Person Has:
The Indwelling Of The Spirit
The Empowerment Of The Spirit.
Put To Death The Cravings Of The Sin Nature.
THE GRASP OF SIN HAS BEEN OVERPOWERED:
LISTEN TO THE SPIRIT'S INFLUENCE.
REST IN GOD'S PROMISE OF SECURITY.
-God's Son, Through Death, Resurrection, And Appeal On Your Behalf Ensures Your Ultimate Salvation.
-No One And No Thing | Nothing
Can Separate You From God's Love.
Can Keep You From Your Victory In Christ In Glory.
-So Rest In God's Promise Of Security.
-So Believe God’s Promise For The Future.
THE ANSWER TO INDWELLING SIN.
THE INDWELLING CHRIST.
THE ANSWER TO HOLY LIVING.
DEPENDENCE ON THE INDWELLING SPIRIT.
THE ANSWER TO ETERNAL SECURITY.
DEAD TO SIN AND ALIVE IN CHRIST.
NOTE:
THE LIBERATION OF OUR HUMAN NATURE
There Was A Time When As Unsaved A Person Was At The Mercy Of A Sinful Human Nature.
In That State The Law Simply Became Something That Moved Him To Sin
One Would Move From Bad To Worse, A Defeated And Frustrated Man.
But, When He Became A Christian,
Into A Life There Came The Surging Power Of The Spirit Of God,
And, As A Result, Entered Into Victorious Living.
THE TWO PRINCIPLES OF LIFE
A Contrast Between Two Kinds Of Life:
1. There Is The Life Which Is Dominated By Sinful Human Nature Whose Focus And Center Is Self
Whose Only Law Is Its Own Desires
Which Takes What It Likes Where It Likes
In Different People That Life Will Be Differently Described
It May Be:
Passion-Controlled
Lust-Controlled
Pride-Controlled
Ambition-Controlled
2. There Is The Life That Is Dominated By The Spirit Of God
As A Person Lives In Christ A Person:
Is Never Separated From Christ
Has No Mind Of Their Own But The Mind Of Christ
Has No Desires Of Their Own But The Will Of Christ
Is Spirit-Controlled, Christ-Controlled, God-Focused
These Two Lives Are Going In Diametrically Opposite Directions
A LIFE DOMINATED BY SINFUL HUMAN NATURE IS:
On The Way To Death
Self Extinction
Spiritual Suicide
Unfit To Ever Stand In The Presence Of God
Hostile To Christ
Resentful To The Law Of God
Resentful To The Control Of God In Their Life
Not A Friend Of God
An Enemy Of God
Spirit-Controlled
Christ-Centered
God-Focused
Daily Coming Nearer Heaven Even While Still On Earth
Progressing Toward Godliness
Dies Only To Rise Again
One With Death's Conqueror
THE SPIRIT-CONTROLLED ONE IS ON THE WAY TO LIFE
BUT IN POINT OF FACT EVERY PERSON MUST DIE
All Die Because One Is Involved In The Human Situation
Sin Came Into This World And With Sin Came Death
Death Is The Consequence Of Sin
Inevitably, Therefore, All Will Die
The Christ-Possessed Person Is On The Way To Life
Death Is An Inevitable Interlude That Must Be Experienced To LIVE.
DISCUSSION GUIDE
What does it mean that we face no condemnation? (vv. 1 – 4)
[Paul is using imagery of the courtroom at sentencing. You have been found guilty, you know you are guilty, and yet, there is no condemnation. Jesus, who is both the judge and the defense attorney for believers, intercedes for you and the Father, the judge, pardons you.]
What does Paul mean that we are conquerors? (vv. 37 – 39)
[Jesus Christ loves us and gives us the victory, no matter what may come our way. Our security in Christ is an established fact, and we claim it for ourselves because we are in Christ.]
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