February 1, 2008 - Romans 8 : 1-17

Christ was the requirement for man to be saved. It was necessary because man was too embodied with sin to see the light of God. And through Christ, "he condemned sin in sinful man, in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us... 

who do not live according to the sinful nature buy according to the Spirit."

Cleansed of sin, Christians have the spirit flowing within them and their minds are changed. We have our minds and our hearts set on Heavenly things rather than those things here on earth. Our minds come in sync with God's and we see what he sees. As we get to know God more and more, as the Spirit flows more and works more within us, we tend to have that mindset of what is more benefical for God. And I am trying to change my mindset to that. 

But sin is so powerful and it still controls me. 

No. God is infinitely more powerful than sin has on us. "You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you...  But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness." We have become His son and He is our Father "because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God." Because of God's love, we have inherited the earth and all those treasures that are being prepared for us in Heaven. 

Amen.