Sermon Notes

Romans 8:5-11
5 For those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit have their minds set on the things of the Spirit. 6 Now the mindset of the flesh is death, but the mindset of the Spirit is life and peace. 7 The mindset of the flesh is hostile to God because it does not submit to God’s law. Indeed, it is unable to do so. 8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 You, however, are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to him. 10 Now if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit gives life because of righteousness. 11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, then he who raised Christ from the dead will also bring your mortal bodies to life through his Spirit who lives in you. (CSB)

What is a mindset?
A set of beliefs that shape how you make sense of the world and yourself.

THE HOLY SPIRIT:

• Points people to Christ (John 15:26)
• Convicts people of sin (John 16:8
• Regenerates us and renews us (Titus 3:5)
• Baptizes us into the body of Christ (1 Corinthians 12:13)
• Helps us understand the things of God (1 Corinthians 2:12)
• Prays for us (Romans 8:26)
• Distributes spiritual gifts (1 Corinthians 12)
• Guarantees our inheritance (Ephesians 1:13-14)
• Sanctifies us to bear fruit

Martin Luther said that we are saved by faith alone, but faith that saves is never alone.

We set our minds on the things of the Spirit.

Galatians 5:19-21
19 Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, moral impurity, promiscuity, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions, 21 envy, drunkenness, carousing, and anything similar. I am warning you about these things—as I warned you before—that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.