Tag: Understanding

  • How Should Christians View Rationality?

    How Should Christians View Rationality?

    Have you thought about how your emotions can make you act impulsively without considering the bigger picture? It’s important to recognize this and take a moment to reflect before making decisions. This allows us to tap into our intuition and make choices that align with our higher purpose.

    Christians are encouraged to use reason and contemplation to guide their actions instead of letting their emotions lead them.

    No Rationality, No Discernment

    It’s important to strive for rationality if we want to make wise decisions and differentiate between truth and our emotional biases. Removing biases helps us see reality more clearly and make better judgments.

    Transcends Logic, Broadens Vision

    Being rational goes beyond just using deductive reasoning. It involves a complete process of evaluating options and making informed decisions based on evidence. This strategy helps us consider different philosophies and expand our worldview. It also improves our capacity to make wise choices.

    What are the fundamentals of Rationality?

    • Reasoning: Rationality is based on the principle of reasoning. It involves the ability to think logically and rationally, without any emotional biases or influences.
    • Evidence: Rationality requires evidence as a basis for decision making or beliefs. Rationality requires that beliefs and actions are grounded upon reason, observation, and evidence.
    • Consistency: Rationality requires coherence and consistency in thinking, decision making and actions. It requires consistency in applying reasoning principles.
    • Objectivity: Rationality requires objectivity. It requires one to evaluate evidence without being swayed by personal opinions, beliefs, biases or prejudice.
    • Critical thinking: Critical thinking is the ability to analyse, evaluate, and critique information and arguments in order to form accurate judgments or make sound decisions.
    • Open-mindedness: Rationality requires open-mindedness, the ability to consider alternative perspectives and ideas, and willingness to change one’s beliefs and thinking based on new evidence.
    • Clarity: Rationality requires clarity in thought, language and decision making. It requires that one’s thoughts and communication are understandable and clear.
    • Scepticism: Rationality requires a healthy level of scepticism. It involves a critical approach to accepting claims and evidence that likely warrant further inquiry.

    Beyond Ability; Rationally Gives Capacity For Ability

    Rationality is not just the ability to think logically and solve problems, but it is also the capacity to understand the world around us and make sense of it. At its core, rationality is the capacity in which we attain the ability to reason and make judgments based on evidence and logic, void of subjectivity.

    Foundation For Comprehending Truth

    It is the foundation of knowledge and the basis for sound decision-making.
    Without rationality, we would be unable to distinguish truth from falsehood or make informed choices about our lives.

    Rationality Is Not Simply Something To Do; But Something To BE

    Rationality isn’t just about solving problems and making decisions. It’s also a way of life that helps us connect with God on a deeper level. By using reason and logic, we can overcome our biases and assumptions and see the world more clearly. This spiritual path of rationality allows us to seek out greater truths and understand the mysteries of existence.

    Rationality Is Akin To Truth

    The quest for truth is a sacred journey that requires us to transcend the limitations of our subjective perceptions and embrace the objective reality that lies beyond.

    The Need For Children To Be Taught How To Think

    Reason is a gift, granted to us by God. As such, it is our responsibility to encourage and nurture rationally within ourselves and the upcoming generation of children.

    The shaping of young souls is a sacred duty, and the cultivation of reason is a crucial factor of this noble task. Reason, as a cornerstone of cognitive growth, has the power to shape our very essence, influencing our beliefs, attitudes, and actions. As such, it is essential to delve deeply into the profound significance of reason in the development of critical thinking skills in children. Yet, regrettably, the existing educational paradigm seems to neglect the vital function of reason in the formative years of childhood.

    Seeking The Very Substance Of Rationality

    Reason & Faith

    I believe that rationality involves using both reason and faith to determine what is true and find effective ways to achieve our goals. This approach recognizes that human intelligence has limits and that divine guidance is important in gaining understanding and wisdom.

    By reflecting on our thoughts, studying religious texts, and praying, we can go beyond the limitations of the physical world and connect with the ultimate source of truth and goodness. Rationality is a spiritual practice that helps us gain a deeper understanding of reality and our purpose in life according to God’s plan. It involves using logical reasoning and evidence to discover truth and make fair decisions.

    God has given us the gift of rationality to guide us through life’s complexities. It is like a beacon that illuminates our path and helps us navigate the challenges we face. Ultimately, rationality helps us grasp the truth about reality.

    Reason Alone Is Useless

    Reason is important for understanding the world, but it has limitations and biases, and must be complemented by other forms of knowledge to achieve true enlightenment.

    Rationality Without The Spirit Of Rationality Is Disorder & Chaos

    Without the Holy Spirit’s light, our human reasoning is not enough. We need the Holy Spirit’s spiritual enlightenment to understand life’s mysteries. Without it, we can’t fully understand things beyond the surface. The Holy Spirit helps us unlock our hidden wisdom and knowledge, leading us to true spiritual enlightenment and transcendence.

    A Stumbling Block

    Without the Holy Spirit, our reasoning is a hindrance and leads us astray. It causes confusion and doubt, making our judgments unreliable. We become vulnerable to the world’s whims, and our convictions become shaky. But with the Holy Spirit, our reasoning is elevated, and we can discern truth from falsehood with confidence. Our convictions become steadfast, and we can navigate life with grace and wisdom. The Holy Spirit unlocks our minds and hearts’ full potential, and without it, we’re lost in uncertainty and doubt.

    Faith & Reason Are to be Unified

    Faith and reason work together to help us understand life’s mysteries. They are not enemies, but partners. Reason helps us analyze and understand the world, while faith gives us access to spiritual and metaphysical aspects of existence.

    What Metaphysics?

    Metaphysics is a philosophy that studies the nature of reality. It explores the relationship between the mind and matter, substance and attribute, and potentiality and actuality.

    The Holy Spirit acts as a mediator between the divine and human, helping people connect the physical and spiritual realms.

    Epistemological Enlightenment

    The Holy Spirit’s illumination is seen as a type of epistemological enlightenment in philosophy. Epistemology deals with the nature of knowledge and how it is obtained.

    Holy Spirit Transcends Limitations

    The Holy Spirit’s light helps us understand the world better. It lets us see beyond our physical senses and minds to get a glimpse of reality. This spiritual insight helps us understand our purpose and existence from a heavenly perspective. We also become more aware of how everything is connected and can see patterns in the universe. This gift is priceless and allows us to see the world divinely.

    Blessed be the Almighty for gifting us with the power of reason, for it is a divine tool that every follower of Christ should embrace and utilize to its fullest potential.

  • Lord Of Dark and Light

    God is the Lord of ALL life & is sovereign over all things:
    Dark, light, peace, calamity, pain, and joy.

    By Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.  And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

    Colossians 1:17

    The very airwaves that Satan uses to deceive are The Lord’s. The tactics of the enemy belong to the Lord…

     As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.

    Ephesians 2:1

    Today Satan is “an angel of light” (2 Cor. 11:14), and his devils are “ministers of righteousness” (v. 15). They have occupied teachingg “doctrines of devils” (1 Tim. 4:1), so they are not wreaking mayhem in the material realm.

    Nothing of His creation operates outside of His order, which is under His complete divine authority. This is difficult for many humans to receive. The flesh gets very angry at this truth. The flesh & love of self reviles the ht of God having complete authority over them.

    He is the Lord of Life & and Death.

    “To this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living”

    Romasn 12:14

    Job 12:10 tells us that in God’s hand is the very breath of every single living thing, the breath of all mankind. He owns the very air we breathe.

    I Chronicle 29:11 tells us that God is sovereign over everything that is in the heavens and the earth and that He exalts Himself as head over ALL, with might in His hand to make great and to strengthen everyone that He pleases to strengthen.
    He doesn’t just say that He “allows” darkness & calamity: He says He creates it Himself.

    Isaiah 45:7 God says He is: “The One forming light and also creating darkness, causing well-being and also creating calamity; I am the Lord who does all these.”

    Isaiah 31:2 teaches that God is “wise and brings forth disaster, and does not ever retract his words.”

    His words create All things.

    Isaiah 47:11 says that “God Himself brings about evil and disaster upon the unrepentant

    Amos 3:6 declares that when calamity occurs in a city, the Lord is the one to have done it.

    Psalm 33:10,11 tell us that “The Lord nullifies the counsel of the nations; He frustrates the plans of the peoples.”

    Believers have (false) belief in their own free will, but human will is immediately nullified by the only One with truly free will, God.

    He ordained beforehand the actions of ALL men. He designed every outcome, paved every step, and calculated every second of everything, whether physical or spiritual.

    He gave authority to Pilate to judge the Son. (John 19:11)

    He raises adversaries against His chosen ones. (Exodus 4:21; I Kings 11:14-23)

    He ordained the actions of evil men by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God that they would nail Christ to the cross. (Acts 2:23)

    The sovereignty of God encompasses every bit of righteousness that men do, as well as their sin. He is the very fire that comes, burning all sin within the material to either refine His chosen or consume His enemies.

    Humans don’t have personal experience being Sovereign, we have never known what it is to do whatever we want, whenever we want, to whomever we want…

    Our finiteness could never truly comprehend such Power.

    Sovereignty has no limits. “Sovereign” humans are limited in sovereignty because we are but a tarnished image of God.
    God has decreed that evil is for the glory of His name (character, reputation, standing & title). He has full dominion over the actions of evil men. He is dominant in all aspects.

    Experiencing reality through vision of the flesh, using the wisdom of the world one cannot understand this sovereignty. No matter the evil that transpires, no matter how heinous, God has a purpose & a reason for it.

    This does not in any way alleviate moral responsibility, but rather further condemns, as humans are willing actors through our words and deeds & since God is no respecter of persons, & God creates this system & creates the laws; so we can be both His created vessels & responsible for our sinfulness, simultaneously.

    We can’t forget that God’s ways are NOT our ways.

    “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.”

    Isaiah 55:8,

  • Who Is The Founder & Perfector Of Your Faith?


    “…. Looking to Jesus, THE FOUNDER AND PERFECTER OF OUR FAITH, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.”

    Hebrews 12:2

    FOUNDER:
    n. ( faith) establisher, (faith) mounter
    n. The one who begins (faith); the one who writes (faith), the one from whom all (faith) comes.

    Jesus lays the groundwork. Jesus IS the groundwork. He establishes and forms our faith, He initiates and originates our Faith. He has complete domination over our level of faith.

    It is clear that His sovereignty reigns; it is not up to us to achieve salvation, nor are we deserving of it, not even through our own belief. If someone claims that they can secure and sustain faith solely of their own volition, they are not telling the truth.

    He has the reigns. Jesus alone by the Will of The Father decrees Faith,
    He, in His predestining Will chooses who will be established in Himself and, as many men reject, who is His enemy.

    “For by Grace, you have been saved through FAITH. And this is NOT YOUR OWN DOING; IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD, NOT A RESULT OF WORKS, so that no one may boast. For WE ARE HIS WORKMANSHIP, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which GOD PREPARED BEFOREHAND, that we should walk in them.”

    Eph.2:8-10
    WORKMANSHIP:
    n. To manufacture (His people); invent; meticulously design (His Faithful), producer with intellectual depth & skill, especially by manual labor.
    n. That which is effected;  (The power to produce an outcome, full forced execution; operativeness), made or produced

    We are His Workmanship.

    He executes, He operates, He develops, and He produces His people’s Faith by the Power of His Grace.
    We don’t execute, operate, develop or produce, our own Faith.

    The Grace we receive ISN’T because of anything we do (no matter how significant), nor because of anything we say (no matter how righteous), or anything we think.
    We receive His Grace through His Sovereign Faith (not our free will “faith”); We can only be saved by the perfect Faith of Jesus Christ that can only save us by His Grace.

    AGAIN… We have righteousness through Faith. Whose Faith? Jesus’ Faith.

    ALL have sinned and fall short, but we are justified by Faith through HIS GRACE AS A GIFT… FREE GIFT.

    FAITH IS A GIFT. Therefore, we don’t work for it or at it; there’s only ONE, Christ Jesus, and He alone is able to give Faith to whom the Father chose already, He alone Saves, He follows the Will of His Father.

    No human can manipulate, control,  command, demand, or alter what has been established before the earth’s foundation. No human can interfere with the Book of Life.

    … the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are JUSTIFIED BY HIS GRACE AS A GIFT, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

    Romans 3:22‭-‬24
  • Become Like A Child

    Become Like A Child

    Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”

    Mark 10:15, Luke 18:17

    MEANING

    This statement is a response to his disciples who were trying to prevent children from coming to him.

    Jesus rebukes them and says that the kingdom of God belongs to such as these, and that whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it.

    The profoundness of this assertion lies in the characteristics of children that Jesus is referring to.

    Children are often seen as innocent, trusting, and dependent.

    They have a simple faith and are not burdened by the doubts and cynicism that can come with age and experience. They are also humble and teachable, willing to learn and receive guidance from older and wiser people.

    Jesus says that to enter the kingdom of God, we must approach it with the same childlike qualities of innocence, trust, humility, and teachability.

    We must come to God with a simple faith, not relying on our knowledge or understanding but trusting in God’s wisdom and guidance. We must be humble, recognizing that we are not self-sufficient but dependent on God. And we must be teachable, willing to learn from God, and those who are wiser and more experienced in the ways of God.

    This is the kind of faith that opens the door to the kingdom of God and allows us to enter into a relationship with God that is marked by love, joy, and peace.

    JESUS SAYS THAT WE WILL NOT ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN UNLESS WE BECOME LIKE A CHILD.

    Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

    Matthew 23:12
  • Who Is The Founder & Perfector Of Your Faith?

    Who Is The Founder & Perfector Of Your Faith?


    “…. Looking to Jesus, THE FOUNDER AND PERFECTER OF OUR FAITH, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.”

    Hebrews 12:2

    FOUNDER:
    n. ( faith) establisher, (faith) mounter
    n. The one who begins (faith); the one who writes (faith), the one from whom all (faith) comes.

    Jesus lays the groundwork. Jesus IS the groundwork. He establishes and forms our faith, He initiates and originates our Faith. He has complete domination over our level of faith.

    The Truth of His sovereignty is evident; we do not establish ourselves, we cannot establish ourselves, and we are not worthy to establish ourselves, not even with our own faith. If anyone claims to have the ability to establish and maintain saving faith by the power of their own will, they are a liar.

    He has the reigns. Jesus alone by the Will of The Father decrees Faith,
    He, in His predestining Will chooses who will be established in Himself and, as many men reject, who is His enemy.

    “For by Grace, you have been saved through FAITH. And this is NOT YOUR OWN DOING; IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD, NOT A RESULT OF WORKS, so that no one may boast. For WE ARE HIS WORKMANSHIP, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which GOD PREPARED BEFOREHAND, that we should walk in them.”

    Eph.2:8-10
    WORKMANSHIP:
n. To manufacture (His people); invent; meticulously design (His Faithful), producer with intellectual depth & skill, especially by manual labor.
n. That which is effected;  (The power to produce an outcome, full forced execution; operativeness), made or produced

    We are His Workmanship.

    He executes, He operates, He develops, and He produces His people’s Faith by the Power of His Grace.
    We don’t execute, operate, develop or produce, our own Faith.

    The Grace we receive ISN’T because of anything we do (no matter how significant), nor because of anything we say (no matter how righteous), or anything we think.
    We receive His Grace through His Sovereign Faith (not our free will “faith”); We can only be saved by the perfect Faith of Jesus Christ that can only save us by His Grace.

    AGAIN… We have righteousness through Faith. Whose Faith? Jesus’ Faith.

    ALL have sinned and fall short, but we are justified by Faith through HIS GRACE AS A GIFT… FREE GIFT.

    FAITH IS A GIFT. Therefore, we don’t work for it or at it; there’s only ONE, Christ Jesus, and He alone is able to give Faith to whom the Father chose already, He alone Saves, He follows the Will of His Father.

    No human can manipulate, control,  command, demand, or alter what has been established before the earth’s foundation. No human can interfere with the Book of Life.

    … the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are JUSTIFIED BY HIS GRACE AS A GIFT, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

    Romans 3:22‭-‬24

  • Become Like A Child

    Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”

    Mark 10:15, Luke 18:17

    Jesus says that we will not enter the kingdom of Heaven unless we become like a child.

    Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

    Matthew 23:12

  • Who Has All Authority?

    As adopted heirs according to the Promise of our Messiah we are humbled by the certainty of our Salvation being from God’s Grace & nothing else, not even human choice… Not even our own choice.

    And if children, then heirs (namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ)—if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him.

    Romans 8:17

    God is the Potter & His Creation is His clay… The Lord does ALL that He pleases.

    I, being the clay in my Potter’s hands, have no authority over how my Potter establishes & constructs me.

    I am guilty of my sinful actions, thoughts & nature. In my flesh I disgust a Holy God, this is exactly why a Savior is required for reconciliation.

    He patterns His clay according to the pattern He devises in His Mind. His Thoughts are what generate, cultivate, and produce what we humans comprehend as reality.

    Outside of the Mind of God, there is NOTHING.

    Material reality is a shadow of Spiritual reality, the Spiritual Realm reigns as sovereign over ALL material, not the other way around.

    I recognize that I’m just as wicked-natured, crooked, and filled with as much iniquity as the next person & the only reason I am Saved from the wages of my flesh is by His Grace, His Faith, His Decision, His Ordination, His Predetermination, and His Council, all such is derived from His perfect Mind…

    We are the clay being formed into His masterpiece, depending solely on Him, the Potter. We are vessels. A vessel depends on its Operator, not itself.

    My value, of my own volition, is not higher or lesser than any other human, of whom are made in the likeness of God but all tainted by the sin of Adam.

    God always obtains what is His & He deserves ALL Glory!

    If a believer deprives any bit of Glory to God, they are speaking a false, counterfeit Doctrine, aimed at robbing God of His Glory… Be it some Glory or all Glory; we own, control, & inhabit NO GLORY outside of Christ.

    Glory is His – ALONE.

    When we see His perfectly Righteous Wrath, God reveals to us even more that His Glory is merciful, and His Mercy endures (sustains) forever. He reveals His Glory in the ability of His Majestic Grace.

    It’s Grace because it’s unearned, it’s not a reward, it’s a pardon, and there is no cause but the Judge’s own Decision & Mercy.

    If you earned any part of the Salvation & Grace you received, it’s not Grace. & If you depend on your Salvation, I’d question myself because only God is dependable

    He lavishes His Grace and Mercy for whomever He ordains. He is an impartial Judge. He is not a respecter of persons.

    In ALL THINGS He is THE essence & foundation, commanding His declaration to be respected by Speaking that which is nothing into existence and making it something. He is before all things, in all things, & all things work through Him, & for Him & to Him.

    His will is perfect & a perfect will is unable to be incomplete or unfinished, meaning He accomplishes His will… & His will was written before your decision.

    To be perfect is to be exact, complete, accurate, and valid, a completed Will lacks nothing.

    Anything truly perfect needs nothing outside of its perfection. A Will that is perfect achieves & fulfills itself without any missing aspect needed…

    We are provided with the capacity to discern by His Will and Spirit. He is our illumination in the fog. The Spirit illuminates what materiality darkens.

    He determines to lift the veil from the eyes of all that See (in His Spirit) -we are developed beyond the shadow, no longer limited to the diagram, but we are integrated with the Substance.

    We have the Holy Spirit. We are rescued from the death we deserve, we earned Hell, by the power of the flesh.

    We are purchased by our Creator into Life, saved from our flesh’s reward, we don’t deserve to be saved, we have no merit, etc not even a little bit

    But thanks to God we who See are completely Free; only by the Power of the Holy Spirit… Without such, we’re only Tares presuming we are Wheat, but like a flower, we have no substance and we die out.

  • Humans Can’t Help But Exalt Their Own Will (Simultaneously Denying That They Do)

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    Humans are attached to the assurance of their own free will. I have discerned that when we only place our active trust in ourselves & our own opinions, we can only trust what we experience with our five senses.  

    As it is written in Proverbs 3:5-6, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight." 
    Our reliance on our free will and limited senses can lead us astray, but when we trust in the Lord and submit to His will, He will guide us on the right path. 

    As it says in Isaiah 55:8-9, "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways... As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." 
    Let us not be bound by our understanding but instead seek the wisdom and guidance of the Lord.

    There are some who strongly believe that we have the ability to determine our own will and choices, as this seems evident based on our personal experiences. However, it is important to approach differing viewpoints with respect and understanding, rather than resorting to ridicule or mockery. While some may feel that certain religious leaders or teachings hold more weight than others, it is also important to seek guidance from multiple sources and to carefully consider the guidance of the Holy Spirit in interpreting scripture.

    The popular argument is:

    ‘humans do respond to God & response is derived from the will, therefore man’s will.”

    Free will is limited by God’s will, and our decisions are part of his divine plan, so following his direction leads us on the right path.

    As it is written in Philippians 2:13, "For it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose." 

    Therefore, let us humble ourselves before the Lord and seek His guidance in all our decisions, knowing that He is the one who ultimately directs our paths. 

    Proverbs 3:5-6 reminds us, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight."

    Man, without the Holy Spirit pastoring him through Scriptures believes the opposite of the Truth. We can only be truly free IN CHRIST.

    But then we are not free in our will but in His Will.

    Scripture tells us that there’s no freedom in any works of the flesh…

    “For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.”

    – Galatians 5:1

    HIS WILL! NOT MINE! LORD! ❤️

  • Humans Can’t Help But Exalt Their Own Will (Simultaneously Denying That They Do)

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    Humans are attached to the assurance of their own free will. I have discerned that when we only place our active trust in ourselves & our own opinions then we can only trust what we experience with our 5 senses. 

    Our senses tell us that it’s beyond obvious that we are free to will as we determine and any opposition to this Doctrine ought to be ridiculed and mocked because we believe what Pastors and mere mortal men tell us, many forsaking the Holy Spirit of God, the One Who guides man DIRECTLY through Scripture.

    Because we can’t sense the Will of God through human perceptions, we laugh at the thought.

    The popular argument is that ‘humans do respond to God & response is derived from the will, therefore man’s will.”

    Of course responding, acting, choosing, and deciding appears to a man (who’s biggest enemy is truly himself & his Pride) as his own free will, but the truth is: he can only respond because God makes him willing first, and then when God opens man’s spiritual ears and eyes to Hear and See, God changes his heart, so then, the man can believe freely or willingly.

    Freely in who? Or Freely from who?

    Man surely is not free in himself.  Nor is a man who’s in Christ have a will free from Christ.

    Man, without the Holy Spirit pastoring him through Scriptures believes the opposite of the Truth. We can only be truly free IN CHRIST. But then we are not free in our will but in His.

    Scripture tells us that there’s no freedom in any works of the flesh…

    HIS WILL! NOT MINE! LORD! ❤️

  • Bondage Of The Will

    Bondage Of The Will

    There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

    The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.

    What the Law could not do, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh & an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, 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.

    Those who walk according to the flesh put their minds on the things of the flesh,
    but those who walk according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

    The mind set on the flesh is death

    But the mind set on the Spirit is life & peace, 
    The mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, it is not even able to do so,(man in & of himself is wicked & deprived) & those who are in the flesh cannot please God (no matter how hard they try). .

    The good news is you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if the Spirit of God really dwells in you. But if ANYONE  does not have the Spirit of Christ, that person does not belong to Christ.

    If Christ is in you, though your body is dead because of sin, yet the Spirit is alive because of His righteousness.

    If you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if you are living by the Spirit you are laying to death the actions of the body, & you will live.

    All who are being directed by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.

    You have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!”

    The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God, & if we are children, we are heirs also, heirs of God & fellow heirs with Christ,
    If  we suffer with Him we may also be glorified with Him.

    The sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

    The anxious longing of His entire creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God.

    For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

    For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now.

    And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body.

    For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees?

    But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it.

    Romans 8:1‭-‬25 Directly quoted.