18 July 2021
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We Still Have Sin Within Our Flesh (TMF:1660)

Friday, July 23, 2021
Peace to Live By: We Still Have Sin Within Our Flesh (TMF:1660) - Daniel Litton
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       Paul moves here to discussing how he still struggles with sin within his flesh, how he still has to deal with the sin-nature inside of him, which is the same struggle that all of us, as born again believers, face in our lives. It is the experience of everyone of us. It is good for us to remind ourselves of what we went over two weeks ago, in Romans chapter 6, when Paul said, “Let not sin… reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions” (Romans 6:12, ESV). See, back there Paul told us that we still can develop “passions” within our flesh that are sinful. Remember? We either have the choice to follow that sin, to follow sinful desires, or we have the choice to “Let not.” We have the choice to “Let not sin… reign in [our] mortal bod[ies].” At the core of what Paul is stating here I believe is the fact that we cannot be perfect, no matter how hard we try.

Are We Still in the Flesh? Part 3 (TMF:1659)

Thursday, July 22, 2021
Peace to Live By: Are We Still in the Flesh? Part 3 (TMF:1659) - Daniel Litton
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       We, as Christians, are still ‘of the flesh’ in that we still live, we still reside, in our fleshly bodies which still contains its sin-nature, it’s just that sin-nature is not in full control anymore unless we let it be. We don’t lose that part of us until we die or are Raptured, one or the other. That part, then is sold under sin; but our entire personhood is not sold under sin, not our new creation, just our flesh. Paul is continuing his focus, as he was at the beginning of this chapter, on speaking to and relating to Jewish Christians. Recall, he said in verse 1: “for I am speaking to those who know the law” (ESV). Next, Paul says, “For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good. So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me” (Romans 7:15-17, ESV).

Are We Still in the Flesh? Part 2 (TMF:1658)

Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Peace to Live By: Are We Still in the Flesh? Part 2 (TMF:1658) - Daniel Litton
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       If you compare those two phrases carefully you’ll notice a difference in a small word, and that is he says “I am of the flesh” now versus “while we were living in the flesh.” So, it’s ‘of the flesh’ versus ‘in the flesh.’ And that’s important. We, as believers in Jesus, are no longer in the flesh. I think the best way to understand this is to think of ownership. Our flesh no longer owns us. It no longer calls the shots for us. In our new state as Christians, then, we are owner over the flesh. We can call the shots. We can still let sin reign over us if we want to, but we are not a slave to sin any longer. We, as Christians, are still ‘of the flesh’ in that we still live, we still reside, in our fleshly bodies which still contains its sin-nature, it’s just that sin-nature is not in full control anymore unless we let it be.

Are We Still in the Flesh? Part 1 (TMF:1657)

Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Peace to Live By: Are We Still in the Flesh? Part 1 (TMF:1657) - Daniel Litton
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       Romans chapter 7, verse 14 states: “For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin” (ESV). Here is the beginning of the familiar section of Scripture in which Paul talks about his current condition as a believer, as one who is a new creation, already sanctified by Jesus. Before we get started in this discussion, however, one question comes to mind that I want us to consider and answer to avoid any confusion. How do we reconcile the fact that Paul says here, “I am of the flesh, sold under sin” with what he said last week in Romans chapter 7 and verse 5, when he said, “For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death” (ESV)? See? I’m confused. I thought Paul just said this week he is of the flesh, but then last week back in verse 5, he said, “while we were living in the flesh” as if we are not living in the flesh anymore. So, which is it?

Eliminating Sin from Our Lives (TMF:1656)

Monday, July 19, 2021
Peace to Live By: Eliminating Sin from Our Lives (TMF:1656) - Daniel Litton
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       It is like the verse in Amos, which says, “Can two walk together, except they be agreed?” (Amos 3:3, KJV). Certainly there are things that the person doesn’t come to understand as sin right away at the moment he or she becomes saved. Certainly there are things that the person doesn’t come to understand as sin right away at the moment he or she becomes saved, but at some point, the person is going to cross that bridge. God is going to say, “This over here is incorrect in your belief system. You need to correct that.” Or he’s going to say, “What you’re doing here is sin,” and he’s going to lead you to stop doing it. Anyone can come to God today through Jesus Christ. Anybody can gain real life, and be made pleasing to God, by Christ’s sacrifice on the cross for his or her sins and resurrection from death to life. Yes, you can have life today. By trusting in Jesus, God will give you a new life, make you a new creation, the old will be gone, and the new comes.