Romans 8: Life in the spirit pt 2

⁹ But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them do not belong to him at all.) ¹⁰ And Christ lives within you, so even though your body will die because of sin, the Spirit gives you life because you have been made right with God. ¹¹ The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.

• we are not controlled by our sinful nature
• the spirit controls us
• even though our bodies die with sin we live eternally because the spirit has made us right with God
• the spirit who raised Jesus from the grave lives in us
• God will raise us from the dead just as he did for Jesus

¹² Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, you have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges you to do. ¹³ For if you live by its dictates, you will die. But if through the power of the Spirit you put to death the deeds of your sinful nature, you will live. ¹⁴ For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.

• we have no obligation to our sinful nature
• if we live by sin we will die
• if we live by the spirit we will live and our sinful nature will die
• anyone who lives by the spirit are children of the Lord