Living with Life

The book of Romans is just packed with truth - sometimes it's hard to get your mind around what you've read. This morning I was led to Romans 8. As believers, the following is list of what is ours in Christ, according to Romans 8:1-11 ...

• We are not condemned (8:1).
• We are free from the law of sin and death (8:2).
• Our sin in the flesh is condemned by Christ (8:3).
• Christ in us has fulfilled the righteous requirement of the law for us (8:4).
• We walk according to the Spirit, not the flesh (8:4).
• As we live according to the Spirit and set our minds on the things of the Spirit, we have life and peace (8:5 & 6).
• If the Spirit of God dwells in us, we are not in the flesh but in the Spirit (8:9). We then do not set our minds on the things of the flesh (8:5), which is death (8:6). We are not hostile to God because we submit ourselves to God's law (8:7). And because of Christ, we can please God (8:8). We belong to Him (8:9).
• Because Christ is in us, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness (8:10).
• The Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead lives in us (8:11)!!! Therefore, the Spirit, who lives in us, gives life to our mortal bodies (8:11).

PRAISE THE LORD! Recite these truths to yourself out loud. And live life with all the zeal and zest you can because of who you are in Christ. Oh the riches that are ours in Christ - how quickly we forget! Give thanks today that you belong to Him.

Grace and peace to you.