SUNDAY IN THE SON
.Christians meet together on the first day of each week to celebrate our risen Savior! Jesus resurrection insured that He would send the Holy Spirit to His people. We, as His disciples, must set our minds on what His Spirit desires.
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Romans 8:5-17 says it beautifully,
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Those who live according to the sinful nature
have their minds set on what that nature desires;
but those who live in accordance with the Spirit
have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.
6 The mind of sinful man is death,
but the mind controlled by the Spirit
is life and peace;
7 the sinful mind is hostile to God.
It does not submit to God's law,
nor can it do so.
8 Those controlled by the sinful nature
cannot please God.
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not by the sinful nature
but by the Spirit,
if the Spirit of God lives in you.
And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ,
he does not belong to Christ.
10 But if Christ is in you,
your body is dead because of sin,
yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.
11 And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus
from the dead is living in you,
He who raised Christ from the dead
will also give life to your mortal bodies
through his Spirit, who lives in you.
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12 Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation-
but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it.
13 For if you live according to the sinful nature,
you will die;
but if by the Spirit you put to death
the misdeeds of the body,
you will live,
14 because those who are
led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
15 For you did not receive a spirit
that makes you a slave again to fear,
but you received the Spirit of sonship.
And by Him we cry,
"Abba, Father."
16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit
that we are God's children.
17 Now if we are children,
then we are heirs-
heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ,
if indeed we share in His sufferings
in order that we may also share in His glory.
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