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You’ve Been Freed..Why Are You Still in that Prison Cell?
Spiritual Warfare – Putting On The Armor Of God Part 13
This continuation of "Don't Be a Romans 7 Christian" focuses on Romans 8:6, "The mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace." This statement articulates the intentional effort required of every believer to engage the mind on the Spirit. We are free to engage either one, and intentional choices to live for Christ lead to substantial victory over the flesh. The victorious message of Romans 8:2 is that Christians have ACCESS to a higher, more powerful source to live according to the Spirit, "The Law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death." All believers experience the tug-a-war between these two competing principles (Romans 7:14-25), but Christians who INTENTIONALLY engage the mind set on the Spirit access the power to get victory over the flesh. Unfortunately many believers resign themselves to being Romans 7 Christians because they are unaware that they've been liberated. This freedom however requires intentional engagement with the Spirit. The last 20 minutes of the episode provides practical tips on how to set the mind on the Spirit.

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  • 00:00:24 – Introduction to Sanctification
  • 00:02:11 – Understanding Roman Seven Christians
  • 00:06:10 – The Hopelessness of Roman Seven
  • 00:09:50 – The Transition to Victory in Christ
  • 00:12:44 – The Promise of Freedom in Romans Eight
  • 00:18:11 – The Role of the Holy Spirit
  • 00:24:00 – Choices Between Flesh and Spirit
  • 00:30:41 – Connecting No Condemnation to Victory
  • 00:36:15 – Misinterpretation of Romans Seven
  • 00:40:59 – Practical Steps Towards Victory

On This Episode -

You’ve Been Freed..Why Are You Still in that Prison Cell?
Spiritual Warfare – Putting On The Armor Of God Part 13

Podcast (inhisimage): Play in new window | Download | Embed

  • 00:00:24 – Introduction to Sanctification
  • 00:02:11 – Understanding Roman Seven Christians
  • 00:06:10 – The Hopelessness of Roman Seven
  • 00:09:50 – The Transition to Victory in Christ
  • 00:12:44 – The Promise of Freedom in Romans Eight
  • 00:18:11 – The Role of the Holy Spirit
  • 00:24:00 – Choices Between Flesh and Spirit
  • 00:30:41 – Connecting No Condemnation to Victory
  • 00:36:15 – Misinterpretation of Romans Seven
  • 00:40:59 – Practical Steps Towards Victory

Today's Topics -

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This continuation of "Don't Be a Romans 7 Christian" focuses on Romans 8:6, "The mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace." This statement articulates the intentional effort required of every believer to engage the mind on the Spirit. We are free to engage either one, and intentional choices to live for Christ lead to substantial victory over the flesh. The victorious message of Romans 8:2 is that Christians have ACCESS to a higher, more powerful source to live according to the Spirit, "The Law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death." All believers experience the tug-a-war between these two competing principles (Romans 7:14-25), but Christians who INTENTIONALLY engage the mind set on the Spirit access the power to get victory over the flesh. Unfortunately many believers resign themselves to being Romans 7 Christians because they are unaware that they've been liberated. This freedom however requires intentional engagement with the Spirit. The last 20 minutes of the episode provides practical tips on how to set the mind on the Spirit.

Today's Scriptures-

You’ve Been Freed..Why Are You Still in that Prison Cell?

March 11, 2025

This continuation of “Don’t Be a Romans 7 Christian” focuses on Romans 8:6, “The mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace.” This statement articulates the intentional effort required of every believer to engage the mind on the Spirit. We are free to engage either one, and intentional choices to live for Christ lead to substantial victory over the flesh. The victorious message of Romans 8:2 is that Christians have ACCESS to a higher, more powerful source to live according to the Spirit, “The Law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.” All believers experience the tug-a-war between these two competing principles (Romans 7:14-25), but Christians who INTENTIONALLY engage the mind set on the Spirit access the power to get victory over the flesh. Unfortunately many believers resign themselves to being Romans 7 Christians because they are unaware that they’ve been liberated. This freedom however requires intentional engagement with the Spirit. The last 20 minutes of the episode provides practical tips on how to set the mind on the Spirit.

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Don’t Be A Romans 7 Christian

February 15, 2025

This episode challenges all believers NOT to be Romans 7 Christians. Many believers correctly observe that half of Romans 7 describes the struggle between flesh and spirit in gory, pessimistic terms. Paul even states that he is a “prisoner of the law of sin and death.”

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Have you Really Changed Your Mind?

February 4, 2025

This episode states that the purpose of putting on the helmet of salvation is thinking and acting like Christ. This holistic description of salvation helps distinguish its purpose from that of the breastplate of righteousness, which primarily deals with positional righteousness, the gift of imputed righteousness to every believer. The helmet of salvation builds on the double transfer of 2 Cor. 5:21 (Christ took on our sin while we take on His righteousness), with a view to addressing the believer’s actual condition, one in which believers still struggle with sin. This struggle is the theme of Romans 7:21-25, which presents the challenge of thinking and acting like Christ in light of residual evil. The solution, which amounts to taking up the helmet of salvation (thinking and acting like Christ), is Romans 8:2: “the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.” Coupled with the subsequent passage, “the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace”, both supply the means by which all believers can substantially have the mind of Christ. Donning the helmet of salvation is radically life-changing.

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