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What does it look like to put sin to death.

If you live according to the flesh we will die... if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live. The word 'if' is a huge clue as to what Paul is teaching here and how it applies to the believer.

Our empowerment comes with a proper sense of indebtedness.

The flesh, our members, the body are all identified in Romans 6,7 and 8 at vessels of sin and death that are to be overcome by living in the Spirit. But is there no hope for our bodies-- Is the best we can hope for to be released one day from those bodies altogether-- Consider here in short... God's plan for your sinful bodies.

The clear declaration over the Christian is 'you are no longer in the flesh but in the Spirit.' This declaration entails the believers security in Salvation. But then Paul says, -if the Spirit dwells in you.- And there we learn that this security is confirmed in the believers 'assurance' of the Spirit's indwelling. Consider here what constitutes that assurance.

Consider these four points of our positional sanctification- The work of Christ to deal with sin and condemn it in His flesh has set a foundation for holy living. That foundation is fourfold. 1st vs. 1 we are not under condemnation. 2nd vs 2 we are set free to realize our purpose in the law. 3rd and 4th as considered in this message the full requirement of the law is accomplished in us from the start. And we are set beyond the restrictions of the flesh to live in the domain -range- of the Spirit of Life. The believer begins their life in the wide open place of the Spirit.