THE SPIRIT WALK: Romans 8:1-27

Last time we studied the ongoing spiritual battle within every true believer in Christ. We ended asking what is the solution to the problem. An initial solution is given in 7:25 which is a summary statement of what Paul has already given in Ch. 6 and which he will practically apply in Ch. 8.

1. What is the ultimate solution to the spiritual battle in Romans 7? (Compare 7:24 with 8:18-23.) Why does this have to be the ultimate solution?

2. What is the immediate solution to the warfare in ch. 7? (vs 2).

1. Why is the law unable to make us holy? Is this in keeping with the thought in Chapter 7?
2. Why is this solution only temporary in the sense that it can be lost and must be appropriated moment by moment? (see Romans 6:13,17ff)

3. Who is able to make us holy? How does He do this? (12,13)

4. Sanctification is a matter of power, not will. Specifically it is the powerful working of the Holy Spirit in our innermost being. Sanctification is the transforming of our character by the renewing of our mind (see 12:2).

1. Look at verses 5-8. What would the mind set on the flesh be like?
2. In what ways would this be different from mind set on the spirit?
3. One commentator has likened the "mind set" to the "bent of the mind". What determines the bent of mind?
4. Where is the bent of your mind? What is the evidence?
   
   

5. If one becomes deceived and his mind becomes fixed on flesh what is the way out? Be certain you practice the pattern necessary to be transformed from one stage of glory to another (2 Cor. 3:18). Revelation, Repentance, Restitution, and Renewal (new patterns put on).