1 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. 3 For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, 4 so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 6 For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, 7 because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, 8 and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
The first four points (vv. 1-4) were covered last week.
Introduction
Theme: Five features of the gospel to understand so you will rest in the assurance of your salvation
I. Understand the condemnation you deserve in Adam v. 1a (5:16, 18)
II. Understand the conquest that is yours in Christ – vv. 1b-2
III. Understand the cost God paid for you – v. 3
IV. Understand the consequence for all of us in Christ – v. 4
V. Understand the contrast between those in the Spirit and those in the flesh – vv. 5‑8
A. Their mind set – v. 5
B. Their outcome – v. 6
C. Their disposition toward God – v. 7
D. Their life purpose – v. 8
1 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. 3 For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, 4 so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 6 For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, 7 because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, 8 and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
Introduction
Theme: Five features of the gospel to understand so you will rest in the assurance of your salvation
I. Understand the condemnation you deserve in Adam – v. 1a (5:16, 18)
II. Understand the conquest that is yours in Christ – vv. 1b-2
III. Understand the cost God paid for you – v. 3
IV. Understand the consequence for all of us in Christ – v. 4
The last point and verses 5-8 will be covered in next month’s sermon
