St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Kansas City - Weekly Talks

Romans 8:1-11 We are flying high over Romans 8, limiting my focus to Paul’s contrast between living in the flesh and living in the Spirit. Understanding and participating in these realities will determine how we live as Christians, and better understand our struggles and longings for greater devotion to the Lord. Paul uses two repeating NOUNS and two repeating PREPOSITIONS. The nouns are flesh and spirit The prepositions are in and according to When Paul uses either of the nouns, flesh or spirit, with the preposition in, he refers to a realm or sphere of existence. Wherever he uses either of the nouns, flesh or spirit, with the preposition according to, he refers to a way of life indicative of the Simply put, there are only two realms of human existence: in the flesh and in the Spirit, and there are only two ways of living: according to the flesh and according to the Spirit. These two spheres and modes are complete opposites; one ends in death, and the other ends in life. Here’s one of the main