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... Romans 8:1-4

Romans 8:1-4 (NIV)
1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man, 4 in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit.

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What do you think about verses Romans 8:5-8?

HELP ... Romans 8:5-8

Romans 8:5-8 (NIV)
5 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. 6 The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; 7 the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. 8 Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.

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Share your thoughts on sin and righteousness; Romans 8:10-11 and 1st Peter 2:24.

HELP ... Romans 8:10-11 and 1st Peter 2:24

Romans 8:10-11 (NIV)
10 But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. 11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.

1 Peter 2:24 (NIV)
24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.

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How do you explain, your own righteousness before God to unbelievers?

HELP ... Hint 123 Explaining your Righteousness before God

Man (humans) cannot have any righteousness of his own, because man is sinful. But what about the grace of God?

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How does Romans 7:14-25? Compare to Romans 8:5-8?

HELP ... Romans 7:14-25 and Romans 8:5-8

Romans 7:14-25 (NIV)
14 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. 15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. 18 I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do--this I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it. 21 So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22 For in my inner being I delight in God's law; 23 but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? 25 Thanks be to God--through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God's law, but in the sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.

Romans 8:5-8 (NIV)
5 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. 6 The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; 7 the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. 8 Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.

Romans 7:14-25
Sometimes you try very hard to change something about yourself but you cannot change it. If we want to stop sinning and we cannot stop then aren't we separating ourselves from the sin? So it is the sin that is living in you that keeps on sinning, it is not you that is sinning.

Romans 8:5-8
Don't let your mind wander around thinking whatever it wants to think, control it. You can control your mind, if you start thinking wrong thoughts, switch to good and godly thoughts.

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Explain in your own words how God loves you.

HELP ... Hint 123 How God love you

God made a great self-sacrifice on our behalf. We can accept it or reject it.

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Why did Jesus come to earth as a man to die for us?

HELP ... Hint 123 Why it was necessary for Jesus to die for us

Could a sinful man have died for the sins of another sinful man?. Angels do not die, couldn't use them.

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Why did God not select a man born to an earthly mother and an earthly father as our Savior?

HELP ... Hint 123 Earthly mother and God our father

Could God have used a woman who had slept with a man already?. Could a sinful man have died for the sins of another sinful man?

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Why do you think God loves us?

HELP ... Hint 123 Why God loves us

What is our relationship with God?. How does a parent feel about his/her child?

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Explain in your own words the meaning of 1st Corinthians 13:4-8

HELP ... 1st Corinthians 13:4-8

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (NIV)
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.