Scripture Reading: Romans 6:1-6
"To be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually
minded is life and peace. Because THE CARNAL MIN D IS
ENMITY AGAINST GOD: for it is not subject to the law of
God, neither indeed can be. SO THE N THEY THAT ARE I N
T H E FLESH CANNOT PLEASE GOD" (Romans 8:6-8). So
many warnings throughout God's Word; so few who properly
heed them! Thebelieverhasbeensufficiently enabledto resist
the temptations of the worldly elements. His problem is that
he neglects to maintain his focus upon the Person of Jesus
Christ, thus lowering himself to the plane of the carnal
creature of whom the psalmist says, "[He] will not seek after
God: God is not in all his thoughts" (Psalms 10:4).
Rather, the believer should follow the example expressed
by David: "Search me, 0 God, and know my heart: try me,
and know my thoughts" (Psalms 139:23). "Knowing this, that
our old man is crucified with Him , that the body of sin might
be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin"
(Romans 6:6).
"Know ye not that the friendship of the world is ENMITY
WIT H GOD? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the
world is the enemy of God" (James 4:4). These are strong
words, but they deal with a strong issue! The great God and
our Saviour Jesus Christ performed a redemptive work the
magnitude of which is inconceivable to our meager capacity of
understanding. But the significance is made perfectly plain to
us through holy writ. "[Christ] His own self bare our sins in
His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should
live unto righteousness...being made a curse for us" (I Peter
2:24, Galatians 3:13).
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