Rom
8:5-8
Those
who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who
are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit.
So
letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the
Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace. 7 For the sinful nature is
always hostile to God. It never did obey God's laws, and it never will. 8
That's why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can
never please God.
NLT
One
of the ways you can discern which of the two natures dominate you (either the
Spirit’s or the sinful nature) is observing the kind of things that dominate
your thoughts.
When
sinful things are the things that dominate your thoughts, it is an indication
that even though you may be a Christian, you are now being dominated by the
sinful nature.
There
is the question of how this should be ever possible since you are a child of
God. The truth is that as long as you live in this flesh (that can never please God of its
own accord ), there will be a tendency, if you don’t watch it, of
gravitating towards its appetites instead of toward s the Spirit’s appetites.
Thankfully,
God has given us a remedy to this problem. He has given us His word with which
he washes us to present us holy and blameless, He has given us the Holy Spirit
whose reconciliation will make us Holy again, and He has given us one
another to strengthen each other.
God
wants you to walk in the Spirit more than you want to walk walk in the Spirit
and He has made all grace available for you to do this
PAYER: Dear heavenly father, I thank you for your grace and your word you have spoken to me today. i pray that this word will bear fruits unto eternal life, in Jesus name. Amen
By Abraham Arigi Jr
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