A mind set on following the flesh concentrates on and desires the things of the flesh (cf. Philippians 2:5; Colossians 3:2). The end of that attitude is ultimately death. However a mind set on yielding to the Spirit will experience life and peace. Peace with God seems to be in view here. Still whenever there is peace with God, peace with other people normally follows. read more
The New Life in Cheist in relation to God and the SpiritIt was shown in Romans 5:12. that condemnation for the guilt of sin is done away by justification through faith in Christ. The question as to the power of sin then arose, answered by the doctrine of sanctification in Romans 6-8. In Romans 6 it is asserted that the union of the Christian with Christ is a new condition, which involves death with Him to sin and resurrection to newness of life. In Romans 7 it is made clear that there is no... read more
(1-11) A result is thus attained which the law of Moses could not accomplish, but which is accomplished in the gospel. The Christian is entirely freed from the law of sin and death, and from the condemnation that it entails. But he is so upon the condition that this freedom is for him a reality—that it really proceeds from the indwelling Spirit of Christ. read more
(5-8) Further description of the antithesis between flesh and spirit in regard to (1) their object, Romans 8:5; (2) their nature, Romans 8:7-8; (3) their end, Romans 8:6. read more
(6) Translate, For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace. To think of nothing but the gratification of the senses, is in itself death—that dead condition of the soul which issues in eternal death; and, on the other hand, to have the thoughts and affections governed solely by the Spirit, brings with it that healthful, vital harmony of all the functions of the soul which is a sure pledge and foretaste of a blissful immortality. Death and life are here, as... read more
In Christ Romans 8:1 The words 'In Christ' have been very happily termed 'Paul's Monogram'. They were first used in the text as a definite description of the child of God, and it is interesting to see how Paul gradually worked up to it. He used different prepositions concerning the Lord Jesus in the Epistle to the Romans until he wrote the wonderful word 'in'. The two words 'In Christ' gave Paul a view which never passed away, and he began only to think of himself and of others, the loved ones... read more
Chapter 17THE JUSTIFIED: THEIR LIFE BY THE HOLY SPIRITRomans 8:1-11THE sequence of the eighth chapter of the Epistle on the seventh is a study always interesting and fruitful. No one can read the two chapters over without feeling the strong connection between them, a connection at once of contrast and of complement. Great indeed is the contrast between the paragraph Romans 7:7-25 and the eighth chapter. The stern analysis of the one, unrelieved save by the fragment of thanksgiving at its close,... read more
CHAPTER 8 1. In Christ; no Condemnation but Deliverance. (Romans 8:1-4 .) 2. Flesh and Spirit. (Romans 8:5-8 .) 3. The Body and the Spirit. (Romans 8:9-11 .) 4. Sons and Heirs of God. (Romans 8:12-17 .) 5. The Time of Travail and Groaning; the Future Redemption. (Romans 8:18-25 .) 6. The intercession of the Spirit. (Romans 8:26-27 .) 7. The Saints Calling; the Challenge and the Assurance. (Romans 8:28-39 .) Romans 8:1-4 . We have reached the mountain-top of this great Epistle. What man... read more
8:6 {7} For to be carnally minded [is] death; but to be spiritually minded [is] life and peace.(7) He demonstrates what follows from his argument: because whatever the flesh savours, that brings about death: and whatever the Spirit savours, that is conducive to joy and everlasting life. read more
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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 8:5-11
The explanation of the believer’s condition 8:5-11 read more