Romans 8:5-8
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. 6 For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. 8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
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. 6 For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. 8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
Living for our own desires, ignoring the right to revel in wrong, only results in death - spiritually and physically. Such thinking and living sets us as God’s enemies. To be so at odds with God and His commands and refusing to obey the creator is the result of this rebellion called sin. We can never please God while continually and willingly sinning, no matter how many confessions are made or beads stroked. Only Christ can set us free to be slaves of righteousness, as His Spirit in the regenerated man provides the ability and will to choose right over wrong. We are then to live by His Spirit, not our old carnal mindset.
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