For God has Done
what the Law Could Not Do,
[its power] being weakened
by the Flesh (Self)
[the Entire Nature of Man
Without the Holy Spirit].
Sending His Own Son
in the Guise of Sinful Flesh and
as an Offering for Sin,
[God] condemned Sin in the Flesh
[Subdued, Overcame, Deprived it
of its Power Over All who
Accept that Sacrifice],
[Lev. 7:37.]
So that the
Righteous and Just
Requirement of the Law
might be Fully Met in us
who Live and Move
Not In the Ways of the Flesh
But in the Ways of the Spirit
[our Lives Governed
Not by the standards and
Not according to
the Dictates of the Flesh, but
Controlled by the Holy Spirit].
For those who
are According to the Flesh and
are Controlled by its UnHoly Desires Set their Minds on and Pursue
Those Things which
Gratify the Flesh (Self),
but Those who are
According to the Spirit and
Are Controlled by
The Desires of the Spirit
Set their Minds On and Seek
Those Things which Gratify
the [Holy] Spirit.
...you are
Living the Life of the Spirit,
If the [Holy] Spirit of God
[really] Dwells Within you
[Directs and Controls you].
(REST is Holy Spirit Directed Activities)
But if Anyone
Does Not Possess
the [Holy] Spirit of Christ,
he is None of His
[he Does Not Belong to Christ,
Is Not Truly a Child of God].
[Rom. 8:14.]
But if Christ Lives In you,
[then although]
your [natural] Body is Dead
by Reason of Sin and Guilt,
the Spirit is Alive
because of [The] Righteousness
[that He Imputes To you].
And if the Spirit of Him
Who Raised Up Jesus
from the Dead Dwells in you, [then]
He Who Raised up Christ Jesus
from the Dead
will also Restore to Life
your Mortal (Short-Lived,
Perishable) Bodies
Through His Spirit
Who Dwells in you.
For if you live according
to [the dictates of] the flesh,
you will surely die.
But if Through
The Power of the [Holy] Spirit
You are [Habitually]
Putting to Death
(Making Extinct, Deadening)
The [Evil] Deeds
Prompted by the Body,
You Shall [Really and
Genuinely] Live Forever.
For All who are Led By
the Spirit of God
are Sons of God.
The Spirit Himself [thus]
Testifies Together
with our Own Spirit,
[Assuring us] that
We are Children of God.
And if
We are [His] Children, then
We are [His] Heirs also:
Heirs of God and
Fellow Heirs with Christ
[Sharing His Inheritance with Him];
Only we must Share
His Suffering if we are to
Share His Glory.
For I consider that
the Sufferings of
This Present Time
(this Present Life)
are Not Worth being
Compared with the Glory
that Is About to be Revealed
To Us and In Us and
For Us and Conferred On Us!
For [even the Whole] Creation
(All Nature) Waits Expectantly
and Longs Earnestly
For God's Sons
To Be Made Known
[Waits for the Revealing,
the Disclosing of their Sonship].
For the Creation (Nature)
was Subjected to
Frailty (to Futility,
Condemned to Frustration),
Not Because of some
Intentional Fault on its Part,
but By the Will of Him
Who so Subjected it–
[yet] With the Hope
[Eccl. 1:2.]
That Nature (Creation) itself
Will Be Set Free
from its Bondage
to Decay and Corruption
[and Gain an Entrance]
Into the Glorious Freedom
of God's children.
We know that the
Whole Creation
Has been Moaning Together
in the Pains of Labor Until Now.
[Jer. 12:4, 11.]
And Not Only the Creation,
but We Ourselves too,
who Have and Enjoy
the FirstFruits of the [Holy] Spirit
[a ForeTaste of the
Blissful Things to Come]
Groan Inwardly as we Wait
For the Redemption of Our BODIES
[from Sensuality and
the Grave, which will Reveal]
Our Adoption
(Our Manifestation
as God's Sons).
For in [this] Hope we were Saved.
But Hope [the object of] which
Is Seen is Not Hope.
For how can One Hope for
what he Already Sees?
But if we Hope for
What is Still UnSeen by us,
We Wait for It
With Patience and Composure.
So Too the [Holy] Spirit
Comes to our Aid and
Bears us Up in Our Weakness;
For we Do Not Know
What Prayer to Offer
Nor How to Offer
It Worthily as We Ought, but
the Spirit Himself
Goes to Meet
Our Supplication and
Pleads in Our Behalf
With UnSpeakable Yearnings and
Groanings too Deep for Utterance.
And He Who Searches
The Hearts of Men
Knows What is In The Mind
Of the [Holy] Spirit
[What His intent is],
because the Spirit
Intercedes and Pleads
[Before God] in Behalf Of
The Saints According To and
In Harmony with God's Will.
[Ps. 139:1, 2.]
We are Assured and Know that
[God being a Partner in their Labor]
All Things Work Together and
Are [Fitting into a Plan]
For Good To and
For Those who Love God and
are Called According To
[His] Design and Purpose.
(Romans 8:3-5, 9-11, 13-14, 16-28 AMP)
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