Built Well. Pt1

Built Well.

Romans 8:1-2, 5-6TPT

You’ve heard people use the expression, body by Ford, or body by Chevy. How about body by Holy Spirit.

Listen to the apostles Pauls announcement of a forgiving, loving Savior:

Romans 8:1-2, 5-6NIV Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. 5 Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. 6 The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.

A.W. Tozer attempted to reconcile these seemingly contradictory ideas of God choosing or calling us and our choosing God with this illustration: "An ocean liner leaves New York bound for Liverpool. Its destination has been determined by proper authorities. Nothing can change it. This is at least a faint picture of sovereignty. "On board the liner are scores of passengers. These are not in chains, neither are their activities determined for them by decree. They are completely free to move about as they will. They eat, sleep, play, lounge about on the deck, read, talk, altogether as they please; but all the while the great liner is carrying them steadily onward toward a predetermined port (which they have accepted as their destination). "Both freedom and sovereignty are present here, and they do not contradict. So it is, I believe, with man’s freedom and the sovereignty of God. The mighty liner of God’s sovereign design keeps its steady course over the sea of history."

No condemnation in Christ Jesus...Jesus Christ gives life. The true believer sets their minds on the spirit. The mind governed by the spirit is life and peace!

I want you to hear this text from, The Passion Translation: Romans 8:1-2, 5-6TPT “So now the case is closed. There remains no accusing voice of condemnation against those who are joined in life-union with Jesus, the Anointed One. 2 For the “law” of the Spirit of life flowing through the anointing of Jesus has liberated us from the “law” of sin and death.”

5 Those who are motivated by the flesh only pursue what benefits themselves. But those who live by the impulses of the Holy Spirit are motivated to pursue spiritual realities. 6 For the sense and reason of the flesh is death, but the mind-set controlled by the Spirit finds life and peace.

Please hear me as your pastor. If you’re motivated to pursue spiritual realities. To every surrendered vessel, “you are being built well.” PH

Paul and Apollos are convincing their audience, fellow believers, including listening enemies of the cross, that we are all an audience to One!

-Paul’s creed, “I do all I do all for God’s Glory. I solely belong to God.”

Paul goes on and says, 1 Corinthians 3:8-9 The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor. 9 For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.

Again, believers have a body made by-God.

The MSG paraphrases, 8-9 Planting and watering are menial servant jobs at minimum wages. What makes them worth doing is the God we are serving. 9 You happen to be God’s field in which we are working.

And again Paul answers his own questions. In, 1 Corinthians 3:10-11NIV By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. 11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Church, our purpose is to be co-laborers for God’s service. God’s our foundation, and we become God’s field-God’s building.

For God and God alone can save; For God and God alone can deliver. Plus He’s given us the HolySpirit therefore, we can be satisfied because we’re never alone. P.H

During this journey, because life is a journey, As God’s servant you will have your highs and your lows. Sometimes your emotional well-being can only picture and speak gloom, sometimes our emotions feel and seem greater than our redemption.

Think about it, You’re free today because of the spirit that made Jesus Christ free. You have a body made by God!

Romans 8:1-2MSG Seems pretty magical, 1 With the arrival of Jesus, the Messiah, that fateful dilemma is resolved. Those who enter into Christ’s being-here-for-us no longer have to live under a continuous, low-lying black cloud. A new power is in operation. 2 The Spirit of life in Christ, like a strong wind, has magnificently cleared the air, freeing you from a fated lifetime of brutal tyranny at the hands of sin and death.