Victory by the Spirit
Romans 8:1 ESV
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
The Spirit:
1. Changes our thinking
2. Produces life & peace in and through us
3. Dwells in us
4. Will resurrect us
Romans 8:12-13 ESV
So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
Sanctification is the continuing change worked by God in us, freeing us from sinful habits and forming in us Christlike affections, dispositions, and virtues. It does not instantly eradicate sin, nor does it merely restrain or repress sin. Sanctification produces real transformation.
Romans 8:12-13 ESV
So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
Romans 8:12a ESV
So then, brothers…
Romans 8:12a ESV
So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.
Romans 8:13a ESV
For if you live according to the flesh you will die…
Romans 8:13 ESV
For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
2 Corinthians 10:4-5 NIV
The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
1st Recognize the presence of sin in our flesh
Romans 8:13b ESV
but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
Colossians 3:5-9 NIV
Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these, the wrath of God is coming. You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices
Psalms 139:23-24 NLT
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
1 Thessalonians 4:3-4 NIV
It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control his own body in a way that is holy and honorable,
2nd Refuse to entertain sinful thoughts
James 1:14-15 NLT
Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away. These desires give birth to sinful actions. And when sin is allowed to grow, it gives birth to death.
“If you merely repress a temptation or this first motion of sin within you, it will probably come up again still more strongly. To that extent I agree with the modern psychology. Repression is always bad. “Well, what do you do?” asks someone. I answer: When you feel that first motion of sin, just pull yourself up and say, “of course I am not having any dealings with this at all.” Expose the thing and say, “This is evil, this is vileness, this is the thing that drove [Adam] out of Paradise.” Pull it out, look at it, denounce it, hate it for what it is; then you have really dealt with it. You must not merely push it back in a spirit of fear, and in a [cowardly] manner. Bring it out, expose it, and analyze it; and then denounce it for what it is until you hate it.
~ Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Romans 13:14b NLT
And don’t let yourself think about ways to indulge your evil desires.
3rd Repent when you have fallen
Psalms 32:5 NASB
I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I did not hide; I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD"; And You forgave the guilt of my sin.
Psalm 32:5 MSG
Then I let it all out; I said, “I’ll make a clean breast of my failures to God.” Suddenly the pressure was gone—my guilt dissolved…
4th Remember to set your heart on God
Colossians 3:1-2 NIV
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
Galatians 5:16 NLT
So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves.
5th Read the Bible
Psalms 119:11 NLT
I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
6th Regularly talk to God
Matthew 26:41 NIV
“Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
Romans 8:13b NIV
but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.
