Putting On Christ Prevents The Provision Of The Flesh Romans 13:8-14 Sermon Notes 3-3-19

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(1) Walk Thru The Word:   Romans 13: 8-14 (ESV) Putting on the Lord Jesus Christ, & Making no provision for the flesh ⁸Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. ⁹For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and 1any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” ¹⁰Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. ¹¹Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. ¹²The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. ¹³Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy. ¹⁴But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires. (2) message map — Rom. 13: 8 – 14 The Book of Romans: Session 22 “Putting On Christ Prevents The Provision Of The Flesh”

• Rom 13: 8 Putting On Christ Means We Pay Forward The Love Christ Fulfills In Us
• Rom 13: 9-10 loving with God’s Love fulfills the Moral Law
• Rom 13: 11-13 Those Who Know What time It is Put on Armor of Light
• Rom 13: 14 Putting on Christ Pinches/Prevents Our Capacity To Pursue The Flesh

(3) Rom 13: 8 Putting On Christ pays Forward The Love Christ Fulfills In Us  8 Putting on = “clothe yourself” (ISV, NIV, NLT). To put on and be clothed with provides “the sense of sinking into a garment.”  So the phrase means “sink or submerge yourself into The Lord Jesus Christ.” To Sink = go down below the surface of something and become submerged: Noah Webster 1828 says, to sink means “to enter deeply; to be impressed. Luke 9:44 Let these sayings sink (get set into, be fixed, be established) down into your ears.  (Job 29:14, Gal 3:27, Eph 4:24)

• Job 29:14 “I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and turban.”
• Galatians 3:27 “For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.”
• Ephesians 4:24 “and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.”

(4) Rom 13: 9-10 loving with God’s Love fulfills the Moral Law

• ⁹For the [10] commandments,
• ⁹ [#7] “You shall not commit adultery, =
• having sex with someone to whom you are not Biblically married. Today, the world is overwhelming us with sex. Sex education has been Satan’s program for sexualizing children at the earliest ages in school.  Sex Ed. preps kids to be sexually abused by adults.  Satan’s plan for the youngest and most vulnerable in our society seems to be either to 1) abort them in pregnancy, 2) murder them as soon as they come out of womb, and 3) sexually abuse those who survive.
• Spiritually it refers to “idol worship,” (Je 3:9, Ex. 34: 16, Lev 20:5-6, Ezek 6:9, Hosea 4:12 & 9:1, Rev 2:20, 2:14 and Rev 21:8, 22:15)

An idol is a human crafted icon, representation of something on earth or in Heaven that you believe is endowed with one or more attributes of God. (Exodus 20: 3-7 & 14, Duet. 5: 7-10, Isaiah 44: 12-17 & Jeremiah 10: 3-7, Rom. 1: 18—27). Exodus 20: 3-7 3 “You shall have no other gods before [a=besides] me. 4“You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, 6but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. … 14“‘And you shall not commit adultery. Deut. 5: 7-10 7“‘You shall have no other gods before [a=besides] me 8“‘You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 9You shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 10but showing steadfast love to thousandsb of those who love me and keep my commandments. … 18“‘And you shall not commit adultery. Isaiah 44:12-17 “12The ironsmith takes a cutting tool and works it over the coals. He fashions it with hammers and works it with his strong arm. He becomes hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water and is faint. 13The carpenter stretches a line; he marks it out with a pencil. He shapes it with planes and marks it with a compass. He shapes it into the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house. 14He cuts down cedars, or he chooses a cypress tree or an oak and lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a cedar and the rain nourishes it. 15Then it becomes fuel for a man. He takes a part of it and warms himself; he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Also he makes a god and worships it; he makes it an idol and falls down before it. 16Half of it he burns in the fire. Over the half he eats meat; he roasts it and is satisfied. Also he warms himself and says, “Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire!” 17And the rest of it he makes into a god, his idol, and falls down to it and worships it. He prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god!” Jer 10: 3-7 3for the customs of the peoples are vanity. (a = vapor or mist). A tree from the forest is cut down and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman. 4They decorate it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so that it cannot move.  5Their idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field, and they cannot speak; they have to be carried, for they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.” Rom. 1: 18—27 “18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.  24Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. 26For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; 27and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error. In contrast to idols is the living God of The Bible: Jer. 10: 6There is none like you, O LORD; you are great, and your name is great in might. 7Who would not fear you, O King of the nations? 

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• God considers idol worship as being unfaithful to him. Jeremiah 3:9; whoring after their gods Exodus 34: 16)
• In Lev 20:5 God says, “I will set my face against that man and against his clan and will cut … off …all who follow him in whoring after Molech.” In Lev 20:6 God says, “If a person turns to mediums and necromancers, whoring after them, I will set my face against that person and will cut him off from among his people.
• Ezekiel 6:9 Good says, “9… I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols.
• Also see Hosea 9:1, NLT says, “you have been unfaithful to your God, hiring yourselves out like prostitutes, worshiping other gods on every threshing floor.” Also see Hosea 4:12, 1Chron 5:25, Lev 17:7 Ex 34:15 we are told don’t make a covenant with idol worshippers, lest you dragged into cooperating with it. It literally says, “15Do not make a covenant with the[m] …, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices;” (I believe this includes taking communion in Catholic ceremonies where transubstantiation has allegedly occurred.)
• Ex 34:16, says do not intermarry into idol worshipping faiths, because it corrupts children, and this cause god to judge the nation. “16and when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.”
• Exodus 22:20 “If anyone sacrifices to any god other than the LORD alone, he must be set apart for destruction.” There are too many Scriptures against this to go through them all here.
• From Genesis to Rev 2:20, 2:14 and Rev 21:8, which says, “But cowards, unbelievers, the corrupt, murderers, the immoral, those who practice witchcraft, idol worshipers, and all liars–their fate is in the fiery lake.” and Rev 22:15 “Outside the city are the dogs–the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idol worshipers, and all who love to live a lie.”
• Note Rev 21:15 links “cowardice with unbelieving. ” cowardly means, “a person who loses their “moral gumption (fortitude)” that is needed to follow the Lord.” To be unbelieving is to be “without trust in God,”

⁹…[#6] You shall not murder, be a “manslayer,” which Webster’s 1828 says is “unlawfully killing a human being with premeditated malice, by a person of sound mind.”

• ¹⁰ [#8] You shall not steal,
• ¹⁰ [#10] You shall not covet,”
• ¹⁰ and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

(5) Walk Thru The Word:   Isaiah 44:12-17 (The Vanity of Man-Made Idols) Isaiah 44:12-17 “12The ironsmith takes a cutting tool and works it over the coals. He fashions it with hammers and works it with his strong arm. He becomes hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water and is faint. 13The carpenter stretches a line; he marks it out with a pencil’s He shapes it with planes and marks it with a compass. He shapes it into the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house. 14He cuts down cedars, or he chooses a cypress tree or an oak and lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a cedar and the rain nourishes it. 15Then it becomes fuel for a man. He takes a part of it and warms himself; he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Also he makes a god and worships it; he makes it an idol and falls down before it. 16Half of it he burns in the fire. Over the half he eats meat; he roasts it and is satisfied. Also he warms himself and says, “Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire!” 17And the rest of it he makes into a god, his idol, and falls down to it and worships it. He prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god!” (6) Walk Thru The Word:   Jeremiah 10:3-7 (Idols Can’t Do Good Nor Evil) Jer 10: 3-7 3for the customs of the peoples are vanity.(a = vapor or mist). A tree from the forest is cut down and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman. 4They decorate it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so that it cannot move.  5Their idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field, and they cannot speak; they have to be carried, for they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.” (7) Rom 13: 8-10 Putting on Christ Overcomes The Flesh, so We Can Fulfill Our Obligation To Love with the Love of Christ ⁸Owe (be under obligation; bound by duty or necessity, to do something) no one anything, except to love (love; for the believer, preferring to “live through Christ” as we extend His love to others by

• Fulfilling The greatest Commandment = Loving God first & most (Matt 22:37-40, 1John 4:9-10), Matt 22:37-40 37And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38This is the great and first commandment. 39And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.” so we …
• abide John 15: 1-11 (embracing God’s will (choosing His choices) and obeying them through His power. (1 Jn 4:8-10, & 16).

1John 4: 9-   9In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. John 15: 1- 11 1“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. 4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. 7If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. 9As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. 10If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. 11These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full. 1 John 4: 13 -21 13By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 14And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 17By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. 18There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. 19We love because he first loved us. 20If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannota love God whom he has not seen. 21And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother. 13-21 13By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 14And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 17By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. 18There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. 19We love because he first loved us. 20If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. 21And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother. ⁹For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” ¹⁰Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. ⁹…[#6] You shall not murder, be a  “manslayer,” which Webster’s 1828 says is “unlawfully killing a human being with premeditated malice, by a person of sound mind.”

• ¹⁰ [#8] You shall not steal,
• ¹⁰ [#10] You shall not covet,”
• ¹⁰ and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
• James 2:10-12 ¹⁰Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. ¹¹For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker. ¹²Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom [KJV = law of liberty].

(8) Walk Thru The Word: John 15:1-11 (Abiding In Christ) John 15: 1- 11 1“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. 4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. 7If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. 9As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. 10If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. 11These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full. (9) ROMANS 13: 13-14 Putting on Christ Prevents Our Capacity To Pursue The Flesh. 14But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires explained in verse 13. ¹³Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy. flesh = 4561. sarx = flesh, body, human nature — “carnal” = merely of human origin or empowerment. Decisions & actions motivated by self — apart from faith, independent from God’s inworking. Thus what is “of the flesh (carnal)” is by definition displeasing to the Lord – even things that seem “respectable!” In short, flesh generally relates to unaided human effort, i.e. decisions (actions) that originate from self or are empowered by self. This is carnal (“of the flesh”) and proceeds out of the untouched (unchanged) part of us – i.e. what is not transformed by God. Often = “My will for God 14But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires explained in verse 13. Provision = forethought, premeditation, advance-knowledge (“forethought”), enabling (allowing for) something to happen. take thought for beforehand, provide for, planning to practice evil. desires passion built on strong feelings (urges). These can be positive or negative, depending on whether the desire is inspired by faith ¹⁴But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.

• The Works of The Flesh include the things people like to do at night, such as … ¹³ orgies, which are a) wild parties – NLT, b) carousing, NAS, NIV c) reveling – ESV d) rioting-KJV The Word means a party of revelers parading the streets in wild, furious, and ecstatic behaviors.
• , drunkenness, = intoxication. Proverbs 20:1 “Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.” Mocker = ambassador, have in derision, interpreter.  NW 1828 says mockers are those who are scorners, which means in Scripture, one who scoffs at religion, its ordinances and teachers, and who makes a mock of sin and the judgments and threatenings of God against sinners.
• Proverbs 1:22, How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
• Proverbs 19:25 “Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.”
• Intoxication makes one stagger in Isaiah 28:7; – Nothing positive or holy happens from intoxication.
• sexual immorality
• and sensuality, Vines Expository Dictionary says, “”belonging to the psuche, soul” (as the lower part of the immaterial in man), “natural, physical,” describes the man in Adam and what pertains to him (set in contrast to pneumatikos, “spiritual”), 1 Corinthians 2:14 “But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.” 15:44 (twice),46 (in the latter used as a noun); James 3:15 , “sensual” (RV marg., “natural” or “animal”), here relating perhaps more especially to the mind, a wisdom in accordance with, or springing from, the corrupt desires and affections; so in Jude 1:19 .
• Witness Lee says Sensuality is, “A PICTURE OF THE VAIN MANNER OF LIFE
• Literally the Greek word rendered “desire” here is purpose, will; that is, intention, inclination; hence, desire. All the negative things listed in this verse are related to the vain manner of life (1:18). All the negative expressions in this verse denote indulgence in different aspects. Sensuality denotes indulgence in sex, and lusts are different kinds of indulgences. People may have various lusts. For example, worldly people may have a lust for adornment. Not only do they have that kind of lust, but they indulge in it.
• The word “debaucheries” means indulgence in the drinking of wine. It refers to an excess of wine drinking.
• “Carousings” signifies an eating and drinking together with evil companions. Carousing involves shouting and noise-making without limitation or restriction.
• not in quarreling and jealousy.
• We must avoid putting on Fake Christ, false saviors and Colossians 2:23 — “Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body; but they are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.”
• Putting on Christ includes Colossians 3:10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
• Colossians 3:12 —Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.

Romans 13: 8-14 ⁸Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. ⁹For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” ¹⁰Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. ¹¹Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. ¹²The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. ¹³Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy. ¹⁴But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires. ( 10) ROMANS 13: 8 Putting On Christ Means We Pay Forward The Love Christ Fulfills In Us  Rom 13: 11-13 Those Who Know What time It is Wear Armor of Light… ¹¹Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep (spiritual slumber). For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. ¹²The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor (“instruments that God always gives as the resources we need to prevail in every form of spiritual warfare – as we live in faith, resulting from “His inbirthed persuasion,”) of light (the manifestation of God’s self-existent life that emanates divine illumination through us to reveal and impart life, through Christ.). (John 9:4, 2 Cor 10:3-6) ¹³Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy.

• ¹¹… wake from the sleep of sin to walk in salvation. ¹²The night is far gone; the day is at hand.
• understand that time is moving to a destination of Christ’s return, which— “is nearer to us now than when we first believed.”
• They know the difference between day and night. John 9: 4 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.
• 2 Cor 10:3-6 3For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. 4For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. 5We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, 6being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete.
• John 9: 4 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.
• ¹³Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy.
• John 9: 4 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.

(11) ROMANS 13: 10 Loving God’s Way Does No Wrong We must love God first to love Other’s God’s way 

• ¹⁰Love does no wrong (what is contrary to divine law) to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling (supplies what accomplishes) of the law. 10Love does no wrong (what is contrary to divine law) to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
• 1 Jn 4: 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
• Rom 13: 9-10 9 and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
• Barnes — Law of Liberty = …”The law of liberty,” (James 1:25, James 4:1) is that which encompasses the Gospel that sets us free from the dominion of sin, which God has laid down in his word, the rule by which true freedom is to be secured in a system of religion that emancipates man not only from one sin, but from all.
• Christ must set us free to keep His laws/commands.
• A. Hallam, D. D. says “the law of liberty — “is a law that has power to work in its subjects such a spirit as will render their service perfect freedom, procure from them a willing and cheerful performance in obedience, and create such a thorough coincidence between its requirements and the choice of their wills, as will rid their submission of any feeling of restraint or awe of authority.” In other words, God’s Spirit connects with our spirit’s in the born again experience that works to will us to God’s will.
• James 1:25 But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.
• John 8:32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
• John 13:17 If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
• Romans 2:13 For it is not the hearers of the Law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the Law who will be declared righteous.
• Romans 8:2 For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life has set you free from the law of sin and death.

Mark 12:30 30and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’  Luke 10: 27 27He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”  [email-download-link namefield=”YES” id=”360″]

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