The Lord's Day Bible Message Outlines
June 27, 2010
Pastor Dana Johnson
"Therefore,
brethren, we are debtors...."
-Romans
8:12
Therefore, brethren, we are
debtors; not to the flesh, to live according to the
flesh.
1. Consider the meaning of
"debtors."
a. The word is based on a
verb meaning to owe.
b. Our debt is not a
repayment.
c. Rather, our debt is one of
gratitude.
2. The word "Therefore" reminds us
that we owe our gratitude for:
a. Union with Christ
resulting in a new man. [ Romans chapter
6]
b. The indwelling Spirit resulting
in life and power to live victoriously over sin. {Romans
chapters 7-8]
3. Notice how Paul contrasts the
believer and the unbeliever with reference to the
Spirit.
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Reference
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Believer
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Unbeliever
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Romans 8: 1,
4 - There is therefore now no condemnation to
those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk
according to the flesh, but according to the
Spirit. 4that the righteous
requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us
who do not walk according to the flesh but
according to the Spirit.
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Walks according to
the Spirit.
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Walks according to
the flesh.
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Romans 8:5 -
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, the
things of the Spirit.
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Lives according to
the Spirit.
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Lives according to
the flesh.
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Romans 8:6 -
For to be carnally minded is death, but to be
spiritually minded is life and
peace.
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Is Spiritually
minded.
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Is carnally
minded.
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Romans 8:8-9
- So then, those who are in the flesh cannot
please God. 9But you are not in the
flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of
God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have
the Spirit of Christ, he is not
His.
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Is in the
Spirit.
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Is in the
flesh.
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4. The believer is to express his debt
of gratitude, first, by NOT living according to the
flesh.
Romans 8:12-14 -
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors; not to the flesh, to
live according to the flesh. 13For if you live
according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit
you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God,
these are sons of God.
a. Because salvation is
deliverance from the flesh.
b. The flesh-directed life would
indicate a person is not a child of God and will suffer
eternal death.
5. Instead, the believer expresses his
debt of gratitude by living according to the
Spirit.
a. The believer must put to
death the deeds of the body with the help of the
Spirit.
b. The Spirit-led life is an
indication the person is a child of God and will be
blessed with eternal life.
(All
Scripture quoted is from the New King James
Version)
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