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Sunday School Special : Romans – Lesson 39

Text: Romans 8:3-5
7 April 2024

SENIOR SUNDAY SCHOOL 7 April 2024
Text: Romans 8
Subject: “Those who live according to the Spirit”

INTRODUCTION

3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh,

4 that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

Romans 8:3-5

1. What the Law can do

a) To teach us about God
b) To teach us good morals

2. What the Law cannot do

a) It cannot enable us to respond fully
b) The flesh on its own is too weak to be able to fully obey God
c) The problem lies with flesh
i) It is affected by sin
ii) It is weak
iii) It is unable to fulfil what God has declared in the Law
d) Thus, we end up
i) Breaking God’s laws
ii) Offending God

GOD’S PLAN TO OVERCOME THE SIN PROBLEM

1. He sent the Lord Jesus to deal with the problem of sin

2. What the Lord Jesus accomplished:

a) He dealt with sin
b) He condemned sin
c) He defeated sin
d) He overcame the power of sin

THE VITAL ROLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

1. He enables us to fulfil the requirements of the Law

2. But this is possible:

a) If we do not walk in the flesh
b) If we walk in the Spirit

THE PROBLEM OF CARNALITY

1. One lives according to the flesh

2. The mind is set on things of the flesh

3. The carnal believer

a) He will not be able to fulfil the requirements of the Law
b) He will be weak
c) He will be defeated by sin easily
d) He will falter and fail
e) He will lapse in his faith and life

THE SPIRITUAL CHRISTIAN

1. He lives according to the Spirit’s leading

2. He minds the things of the Spirit

3. He is enabled to fulfil the requirements of the law

4. He discovers strength to follow the Lord meaningfully