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Romans 8:1-5 - Pastor David McGee

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Pastor David McGee

Date Taught: November 9, 2008

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Life Lessons Referenced

Life Lesson (Romans 8:2)

You can rise above the requirements of the law through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Life Lesson (Romans 8:3)

We can choose to let sin control us or the Holy Spirit to control us.

Life Lesson (Romans 8:3)

Jesus shows us how to live.

Life Lesson (Romans 8:5)

We do not have to live defeated lives.

Life Lesson (Romans 8:5)

We cannot fight our sinful nature, but the Holy Spirit within us can.

Verses Referenced and Teaching Notes

John 3:18 NKJV

"He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Eph 5:18 NLT

Don't be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, let the Holy Spirit fill and control you.

Rom 8:3 NLT

The law of Moses could not save us, because of our sinful nature. But God put into effect a different plan to save us. He sent his own Son in a human body like ours, except that ours are sinful. God destroyed sin's control over us by giving his Son as a sacrifice for our sins.

Gal 5:22-23 NKJV

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

Eph 5:9 NLT

For this light within you produces only what is good and right and true.

Rom 8:4 NLT

He did this so that the requirement of the law would be fully accomplished for us who no longer follow our sinful nature but instead follow the Spirit.

Matt 4:19 NKJV

Then He said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men."

Matt 16:24 NKJV

Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

John 21:22 NKJV

Jesus said to him, "If I will that he remain till I come, what is that to you? You follow Me."

Rom 8:5 NLT

Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit.

Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.

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