Romans 8:5-8 -- "Opposite"

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The text:

(NET) Romans 8:5 For those who live according to the flesh have their outlook shaped by⁵ the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit have their outlook shaped by the things of the Spirit. 6 For the outlook⁶ of the flesh is death, but the outlook of the Spirit is life and peace, 7 because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so. 8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

Notes:

⁵ tn Grk “think on” or “are intent on” (twice in this verse). What is in view here is not primarily preoccupation, however, but worldview. Translations like “set their mind on” could be misunderstood by the typical English reader to refer exclusively to preoccupation.

⁶ tn Or “mindset,” “way of thinking” (twice in this verse and once in v. 7). The Greek term φρόνημα does not refer to one’s mind, but to one’s outlook or mindset.

“There are two ways, one of life and one of death;
and between the two ways there is a great difference.”
The Didache

Sermon Notes: Matt Bowen talked about:

• Magnets:
  

  “Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.”
  

• Compasses:
  

  “Have their minds set on what that nature desires…have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.”
  

• Vistas:
  

  “The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.”