There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. 3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. 6 For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. 7 For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. 8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. (Romans 8)
Often we speak of people having a certain mindset, or disposition to think and act a certain way. This is deeper than that. It carries with it something much more than mental: it is submission to the Spirit of God in our lives which makes us not only willing, but able to find peace, purpose and pleasure in living for God. When we fully trust in Christ alone for our salvation and new life, He begins to transform us from the inside out, changing the way we think and act, and giving us power to say "no" to sin when it keeps pulling at us. Obviously we are not talking sinless perfection in this life, but we are talking orientation and inclination. He has set us free. Let us live in His freedom.
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