Spiritual Gifts part 203: God uses substitution in dealing with fallen man.
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John Farley Wednesday, December 14, 2011 Spiritual Gifts Part 203: God uses substitution in dealing with fallen man.
Rom 8: 2 We have an exhortation - “live by the Spirit” - followed by a promise - “you will not gratify the desires of the flesh”.
“Walk” is There is actually a double negative here (ou me) meaning “no never”. God substituted Christ for Adam.
1 Cor 15:22
Rom 5:8 God’s plan for our walk after salvation also involves substitution. Lay aside the old… so that we can put on the new. A walk by the Spirit automatically excludes a fulfillment of the desires of the flesh. God takes that victorious strategy of the cross and resurrection of Christ and desires to replicate the formula again and again in each of our lives. Before you were born again, your boss was the sin nature, and you had no choice but to submit to it. Now his stranglehold over you has been broken, and you have the choice to submit to the Holy Spirit instead.
Eph 5:18 asotia (as-o-tee'-ah); compound of negative particle a and a derivative of the verb sozo.
The verb sozo refers to preservation,
1 John 4:18
“We are not called upon to preach against ‘dead leaves’. We have a message of the imperishable Spring.”
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