THE SUNDAY SCHOOL April 10, 1994 6. One of the great blessings in the life of a Christian is knowing that the Holy Spirit is in him to guide and to teach him (vs. 9). Lesson Subject: “Living In The Spirit" Scripture Lesson Text: Romans 8:1-11 W. H. Griffith Thomas notes that Romans 8:1-9 reveals seven of the new life (Romans 8:la) Paul important things about new life. Time: AD 56 ~ Place: From Corinth 1. The pronouncement. . declared "There is therefore now no condemnation." Golden Text: "For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death." Romans 8:2 2. The position of the new life (Romans 8:1b). position is for those who are "in Christ Jesus." This glorious Today’s Aim Facts: to emphasize that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ. Principle: peace. to establish that to be spiritually minded is life and Application: to encourage students to walk after the Spirit. 3. The power of the new life (Romans 8:2a). "The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus" is not a regulation or a principle; it is literally Christ’s life transferred to our lives by the Holy Spirit. 4. The protection of the new life (Romans 8:2b). been 5. made "Free from Believers have the law of sin and death." The provision of the new life (Romans 8:3). "What the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending Practical Points his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh." 1. When we accept Christ, we receive a new nature that gives us a desire to please God (Romans 8:1). 2. The believer cannot meet God’s holy demands through the flesh (vs. 2). 6. The possibility of the new life (Romans 8:4). Christ condemned sin so "that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit". 7. 3. We can live a life of obedience to the Lord only as we are controlled by the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:3-4; Philippians 4:13). 4. When we walk in the Spirit, we seek those things that are of | The principle of the new life (Romans 8:5-9). Christianity is a life, not a formula; it is from above, it is experienced within, and it affects everything around us. The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace. The evidence of conversion is the presence of the Holy Spirit within. eternal value (Romans 8:5; Ii Corinthians 4:18). 5. God gives us a peace in our lives when we follow the Holy Spirit’s direction in our walk (Romans 8:6-8). As we follow the Spirit’s leading, we fulfill the righteousness of the law, ware spiritually minded, and please God. Next week’s lesson is "Using Come and study with us. Gifts to Serve", Romans 12:1-18. Sunday School begins at 9:30 AM.