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Notes: How to Live a Spirit-Led Life!
Greg Laurie
Sunday, February 3, 2019
Series: Relentless Grace: Paul's Letter to the Romans
Romans 8
Music: Harvest Worship Band
Depression is real and you know it when you experience it.
It usually comes down to three things:
1. You are haunted by something in your past.
2. You are anxious about your future.
3. You are weighed down by something presently.
Where do you put your hope?
Job 8:13-15 NKJV
[13] So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the hypocrite shall perish, [14] Whose confidence shall be cut off, And whose trust is a spider's web. [15] He leans on his house, but it does not stand. He holds it fast, but it does not endure.
Hope has a name and it’s Jesus Christ.
God tells us how we are covered in the past, future and present:
Romans 8:1 NKJV
[1] There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
Your sin is behind you.
Romans 8:38-39 NKJV
[38] For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, [39] nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:28 NKJV
[28] And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
Romans 8:1-4 NKJV
[1] There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. [2] For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. [3] For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, [4] that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
1. A spirit led believer lives a condemnation free life.
John 8:7 NKJV
[7] So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first."
She became a believer right then,
John 8:11 NKJV
[11] She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said to her, "Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more."
The Bible says we are a person at conception.
God does not see you in your sin, He sees you in His Son.
God sees you for what you are, not what you were.
2. The best way not to go backwards is to go forward in the Spirit.
Romans 8:2 NKJV
[2] For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.
The secret is the Holy Spirit working in your life.
Ephesians 5:18 NKJV
[18] And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit,
God is saying everyday He commands us to fill our sails with the Holy Spirit and let God help us.
3. Spirit led people are spiritually minded people.
Romans 8:5 NKJV
[5] For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
Romans 8:14-16 NKJV
[14] For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. [15] For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father." [16] The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
Romans 8:26-27 NKJV
[26] Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. [27] Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
I am adopted, I am loved and I am cared for.
God chose me!
In contrast to living a spirit filled life is to live a worldly one.
Romans 8:5 NKJV
[5] For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
Matthew 6:33 NKJV
[33] But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
Psalm 42:9 NKJV
[9] I will say to God my Rock, "Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?"
Psalm 42:10-11 NKJV
[10] As with a breaking of my bones, My enemies reproach me, While they say to me all day long, "Where is your God?" [11] Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.
You need to remind yourself of what God says. That is why you need to commit Scriptures to memory.
Is the Holy Spirit at home in your heart?
5. Spirit led believers overcome the old life.
Romans 8:12 NKJV
[12] Therefore, brethren, we are debtors-not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.
Romans 8:14 NKJV
[14] For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
Are you a child of God?
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