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Print Page | Add To Favorites | Close Window | Send To A Friend | Save This Page FAQ # 91 QUESTION 91 : Many who preach eternal security emphases Rom 8:1 but
fail to emphases the second clause, "those who walk after the spirit."
Do you do that? Firstly, I preach Justification. Now the full verse states, "there
is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who
walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit" (Rom 8:1). If you
are truly in Christ Jesus, it goes without saying that you will walk after
the spirit. So the first clause can stand alone and it can also still
imply the second clause. Reason being, this is the effect of being in
Christ, as prophesied long ago and quoted by Paul, "I will put my
spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye
shall keep my judgments, and do them" (Eze 36:27, Heb 8:10, 10:16). In other words, once born again, which is being in Christ, it states that
his laws and ways will be automated in you. You'll get a new mind and
a new nature. This new nature will strive to walk after the spirit automatically,
whiles traces of the Old life will try to oppose this, influenced by the
Devil. That's the reason for the first clause of Rom 1:8, because sometimes
the influence by the Devil wins and we get hopeless. So it is perfectly okay to include or not include the second clause without
any meaning being loss, because those that are in Christ Jesus automatically
walk after the spirit. If that weren't the case, you probably aren't in
Christ (2 Cor 13:5,7; 1 John 5:18). |
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