Memorized so far... typing out word flow.
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according the sinful nature but according to the Spirit.
For the those who live according the the sinful nature set their minds on what that nature desires but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on what the Spirit desires. For the mind of sinful man is death but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace. The sinful mind is hostile to God; it does not submit to God's law nor can it do so. Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.
You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit if the Spirit of God lives in You. If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, then he does not belong to Christ. But if Christ lives in you your body is dead because of sin but your spirit is alive because of righteousness. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is in you, then he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.
Not too shabby. I'm simultaneously encouraged and convicted by the discussion of living by the sinful nature and living by the Spirit. It's so very black and white, heads or tails. If I may confess, I'm not fully living by the Spirit. I think I set my mind on what the Spirit desires, but my sinful nature rocks me pretty hard sometimes. I'm on the journey, the continuum. God, may your Spirit who lives in me continue to sanctify and change me because I cannot do without you. Thank you for changing me so far and thank you for future growth. Thanks!
joel
