For those who are according to the flesh and are controlled by its unholy desires set their minds on and pursue those things which gratify the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit and are controlled by the desires of the Spirit set their minds on and seek those things which gratify the [Holy] Spirit. Romans 8:5
Amen, notice how our Father so clearly and plainly tells us the Truth that we are now controlled by His Holy Spirit. I cannot say this enough, because I honestly believe that people really don’t know this glorious Truth, the Holy Spirit controls us. Far too many believe that we control ourselves. They believe that we, on our own, must decide to choose or not to choose to follow our Father’s will. This couldn’t be farther from the Truth because through Christ we are free from anything that would ever separate us from our Father. His will is what controls and leads us into righteousness.
For it was in Him that all things were created, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, whether thrones, dominions, rulers, or authorities; all things were created and exist through Him [by His service, intervention] and in and for Him. Colossians 1:16
Therefore if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come! 2 Corinthians 5:17
Even as [in His love] He chose us [actually picked us out for Himself as His own] in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy (consecrated and set apart for Him) and blameless in His sight, even above reproach, before Him in love. For He foreordained us (destined us, planned in love for us) to be adopted (revealed) as His own children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the purpose of His will [because it pleased Him and was His kind intent]-- Ephesians 1:4-5
O Lord [pleads Jeremiah in the name of the people], I know that [the determination of] the way of a man is not in himself; it is not in man [even in a strong man or in a man at his best] to direct his [own] steps. Jeremiah 10:23
Our old condition has passed away, we have been re-created in Christ to exist, and it is not in us to direct our own steps. We are now one with God just as Jesus is one with Him. This is what allows us to go and honestly be used to tell the world the Truth that sets them free, John 17:18-23. We are controlled by the Holy Spirt and therefore there is now no condemnation for us, Romans 8:1. We are always fully pleasing to our Father because our Father is always greater in us, then we are in this world. Our Father always causes us to triumph, because He doesn’t know failure. For us to fail would mean that God had failed. We are all, 100% of the time, victorious through Christ.
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