In verse 4 Paul talks about how before we came to know Christ, we were continually defeated by sin. "When we came to know Him and to receive the indwelling Holy Spirit, we were able to attain a standard we could never reach in our own strength, (Morris, 304)." The Holy Spirit lives among people and enables them to live on something that they could never reach by themselves. That is a difference from those who live in the flesh. People who live in the flesh don't have help from the Spirit, therefore they cannot have the Spirit enable them for anything.

In verse 5, Paul is saying that the people of the flesh may have good intentions but the things of the world bound their lives. Morris talks about how the peopl

In verse 17, according to Morris, Paul doesn't lead the believers to believe that they will have an easy path. The Master suffered; therefore they must suffer as well. "The path of suffering is the path of glory, (Morris 318)." I really don't agree with this, yes Paul has a good point is saying that the master suffered, but I don't think that we as believers are suffering because of Christ's suffering. It is by God's grace that we are saved; we suffer because we are human, not because Christ suffered.

In verse 15, Paul is saying that the Spirit does not make people slaves but sons. Morris made a really good point about how in those days of Paul's preaching, there were many people who were slaves, so they could really relate to this calling. They didn't want to be slaves of God; they wanted to be loved by God and to be treated fairly.

One question that I would have for Paul in this passage would be to ask him if Living in the Spirit requires all worldly desires and possessions to be gone in you life? Will I be able to live in the Spirit while I still might desire to do something that I should not?

If Paul were to preach this passage at the Gorge, I think people would have a different reaction than those in Romans times. People nowadays would want to live in the flesh more than in the Spirit. Living in the flesh brings about more opportunity and fun, while living in the Spirit brings restrictions. People these days are more concerned about

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