The Spirit-led LifeRomans 8:12-17

Our part in the Spirit’s work

• live according to the Spirit• be led by the Spirit

The Spirit- led l i feWhat’s it look

like?• live according to the flesh: death• live according to the Spirit: life

The Spirit- led l i feWhat’s it look

like?• VICTORY over sin (v12-13)–no longer obligated to the flesh (v12)–we can put to death the deeds of the

body (v13)

The Spirit- led l i feWhat’s it look

like?• VICTORY over sin (v12-13)Philippians 2:12–13 So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

The Spirit- led l i feWhat’s it look

like?• VICTORY over sin (v12-13)Philippians 2:12–13 So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

The Spirit- led l i feWhat’s it look

like?• VICTORY over sin (v12-13)Philippians 2:12–13 So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

The Spirit- led l i feWhat’s it look

like?• VICTORY over sin (v12-13)• INTIMACY with our Father (v14-15)–as His adopted “sons”

Romans 6:22 But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God...

The Spirit- led l i feWhat’s it look

like?• VICTORY over sin (v12-13)• INTIMACY with our Father (v14-15)–as His adopted “sons”–crying out to Him as our “Abba”

The Spirit- led l i feWhat’s it look

like?• VICTORY over sin (v12-13)• INTIMACY with our Father (v14-15)Mark 14:36 And He was saying, “Abba! Father! All things are possible for You; remove this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what You will.”

The Spirit- led l i feWhat’s it look

like?1 John 1:5–7 ...God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

The Spirit- led l i feWhat’s it look

like?• VICTORY over sin (v12-13)• INTIMACY with our Father (v14-15)• CONFIDENT HOPE (v16-17)–v16 – the Spirit gives us assurance–v17 – that we are sons and heirs–inheritance = “glory”

The Spirit- led l i feWhat’s it look

like?• VICTORY over sin (v12-13)• INTIMACY with our Father (v14-15)• CONFIDENT HOPE (v16-17)–v16 – the Spirit gives us assurance–v17 – that we are sons and heirs–inheritance = “glory”–suffering confirms that we are heirs

The Spirit- led l i feWhat’s it look

like?• VICTORY over sin (v12-13)• INTIMACY with our Father (v14-15)• CONFIDENT HOPE (v16-17)

The Spirit- led l i feApplication

By the Spirit put to death the deeds of the body–not passive – not “Let go & let God”–continuous activity

1 Corinthians 9:27 but I discipline (“bruise”) my body and make it my slave...

The Spirit- led l i feApplication

By the Spirit put to death the deeds of the body through the Spiritual Disciplines

Engagement• Prayer • Study, meditation• Worship• Service• Gratitude

Abstinence• Solitude, silence• Fasting• Frugality, giving

In and of themselves, the disciplines have no virtue, possess no righteousness... The Disciplines place us before God; they do not give us “brownie points”

Richard Foster

The Spirit- led l i feApplication

By the Spirit put to death the deeds of the body through the Spiritual Disciplines

Engagement• Prayer • Study, meditation• Worship• Service• Gratitude

Abstinence• Solitude, silence• Fasting• Frugality, giving